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Twin Cities Campus
Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management MinorCollege of Food, Agri & Natural Resource Sciences
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
The environmental sciences, policy and management minor provides students in programs such as biology, education, journalism, political science, and others with the basic understanding to recognize, evaluate, and develop solutions to a range of environmental problems. Students interested in the minor should contact Student Services in 190 Coffey Hall.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
Minor Core
Take 2 or more course(s) totaling 6 - 8 credit(s) from the following:
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ESPM 1011 - Issues in the Environment
[ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3607 - Natural Resources Consumption and Sustainability
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
FW 2001W - Introduction to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
[ENV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
SOIL 2125 - Basic Soil Science
[PHYS, ENV]
(4.0 cr)
Electives
See your minor advisor for a list of these courses arranged by the following themes: environmental education and communication; environmental management and policy; and environmental and biological sciences. Students may but are not required to take all 10 credits in one thematic area.
NOTE: at least two courses MUST have an ESPM designator.
Take 10 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ESPM 2401 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources
[CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3101 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3108 - Ecology of Managed Systems
[ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3202W - Environmental Conflict Management, Leadership, and Planning
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3211 - Survey, Measurement, and Modeling for Environmental Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3221 - Soil Conservation and Land-Use Management
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3241W - Natural Resource and Environmental Policy
[SOCS, CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3245 - Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy
[ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management
[SOCS, ENV]
(4.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3271 - Environmental Policy, Law, and Human Behavior
[CIV, SOCS]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3575 - Wetlands
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3602 - Regulations and Corporate Environmental Management
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3603 - Environmental Life Cycle Analysis
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3604 - Environmental Management Systems and Strategy
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3605 - Recycling: Extending Raw Materials
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3612W - Soil and Environmental Biology
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
ESPM 4061W - Water Quality and Natural Resources
[ENV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 4216 - Contaminant Hydrology
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 4256 - Natural Resource Law and the Management of Public Lands and Waters
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 4295W - GIS in Environmental Science and Management
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
ESPM 4601 - Environmental Pollution
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 4607 - Industrial Biotechnology and the Environment
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 4811 - Environmental Interpretation
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 5601 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
BBE 2201 - Renewable Energy and the Environment
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
BBE 4608 - Environmental and Industrial Microbiology
(3.0 cr)
·
CI 5537 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
CI 5747 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
EEB 3603 - Science, Protection, and Management of Aquatic Environments
(3.0 cr)
·
EEB 4609W - Ecosystem Ecology
[ENV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
EEB 4611 - Biogeochemical Processes
(3.0 cr)
·
ENT 3925 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
FNRM 1101 - Dendrology: Identifying Forest Trees and Shrubs
(3.0 cr)
·
FNRM 3114 - Hydrology and Watershed Management
(3.0 cr)
·
FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources
[TS]
(4.0 cr)
·
FNRM 3203 - Forest Fire and Disturbance Ecology
(3.0 cr)
·
FNRM 3204 - Landscape Ecology and Management
(3.0 cr)
·
FNRM 3218 - Measuring and Modeling Forests
(3.0 cr)
·
FNRM 3411 - Managing Forest Ecosystems: Silviculture
(3.0 cr)
·
FW 4102 - Principles of Conservation Biology
[ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
FW 5604W {Inactive}
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
HSCI 3244 - Nature's History: Science, Humans, and the Environment
[HIS, ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
PMB 4321 - Minnesota Flora
(3.0 cr)
·
PMB 4511 - Flowering Plant Diversity
(3.0 cr)
·
PHIL 3301 - Environmental Ethics
[ENV]
(4.0 cr)
·
REC 4301 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
·
SUST 3003 - Sustainable People, Sustainable Planet
[ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
GCC 5008 - Policy and Science of Global Environmental Change
[ENV]
(3.0 cr)
·
ENT 5241 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
or
WRS 5241 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
ESPM 3601 - Sustainable Housing--Community, Environment, and Technology
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
or
HSG 3482 {Inactive}
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Soil 2125/Soil 5125 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Biol 3407//Biol 3807/EEB 3407 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Summer |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Biol 3407//Biol 3807/EEB 3407 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | FNRM 3104/FNRM 5104 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3108/ESPM 5108 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3202WESPM /5202 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3211/ESPM 5211 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3241W/ESPM 5241 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3245/ESPM 5245 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3261/ESPM 5261 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3575/ESPM 5575 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3602/ESPM 5602 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3603/ESPM 5603 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3604/ESPM 5604 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3605/ESPM 5605 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3612W/Soil 5611 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 4256/ESPM 5256 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Prerequisites: | FNRM 3131 or Geog 3561 or # |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BBE 4607/BBE 5607 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 4811/ESPM 5811 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | BBE 4608/BBE 5608 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EEB 4611/EEB 5611 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | FNRM 3114/FNRM 5114 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | FNRM 3203/FNRM 5203 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | FNRM 3204/FNRM 5204 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | FNRM 3218/FNRM 5218 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | FNRM 3411/FNRM 5411 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Prerequisites: | introductory biology course |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | HSci 3244/5244 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | GloS 3304/Sust 3003 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EEB 5146/FNRM 5146/GCC 5008/P |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 5555/Soil 5555 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 5555/Soil 5555 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | ESPM 3601/Hsg 3482 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |