The Environmental Science minor helps students develop knowledge about environmental patterns, processes, and issues by exploring diverse relationships between humans and the environment. Courses emphasize scientific examination of social-environmental systems for understanding complex problems and working toward solutions. A minor in environmental science can compliment students' majors to prepare them for careers in natural resource management, ecological science, conservation biology, environmental education, and other environmental issues. In addition, environmental science courses encourage students to reflect on their personal relationships to biodiversity, ecosystems, and sustainability, and take actions to improve the sustainability and environmental quality of communities from local through global scales.
