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Undergraduate Programs

Environmental Sciences Minor

An Environmental Sciences Minor is available to all WSU students, regardless of major. All you need is junior standing, a 2.0 grade point, and an interest in environmental issues. The courses available for the EESS minor are part of the program initially developed over 20 years ago for WSU's major in EESS, which is one of only 24 accredited programs in the entire United States.


Environmental Sciences Minor Course Options

Thirty-five credits are required for the minor. The thirty-five-hour minimum permits the students to select from a broad array of environmental courses suited to his-her individual needs. A minimum of a 2.0 grade point must be maintained for each course taken in the minor, and students must maintain a 2.0 grade point average overall.

I. All students choosing the EHS minor take 15 credit hours of the following EHS survey courses requiring junior standing, and which will provide a student with a conceptual foundation in the environmental sciences.

EES 260        Environmental Science and Society                                                                        

EES 362       General Environmental Health. Junior standing required
EES 364       Solid and Hazardous Waste Management. Junior standing required
EES 468       Environmental Law for Scientists
EES 476       Air Quality Management. Junior standing required

II. With environmental faculty assistance, choose the remaining 20 credit hours from the following broad range of other environment-related courses. Note that some of these additional courses may have prerequisites. (This is not a non-inclusive list. Other courses may qualify with advisor approval.)

EES 360-3    Water Quality and Treatment
EES 401-3    Topics in Environmental Science
EES 464-3    Risk Assessment and Communication
EES 472-3    Epidemiology and Community Health
EES 474-3    Fundamental Occupational Health and Safety
EES 467-3    Fundamental Occupational Health and Safety Lab
EES 478-2    Environmental Issues Seminar
BIO 231-1     Introduction to Ecology
CHM 302-4   Environmental Chemistry
EES 309-4    Geologic Hazards and Environmental Quality
EES 450-4    Hydrogeology
EES 430-4    Geologic and Environmental Applications of GIS
GEO 447-5   Geographic Information Systems
EC 370-3      Environmental Economics


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