Fairfield University Environmental Science Minor
Fairfield University Environmental Science Minor
Welcome to the WWW site for our new Environmental Science Minor!
Liaison Faculty: J. Beal (Physics), D. Brousseau (Biology), R. Chambers (Biology), O. Harriott (Biology), M. Hill (Biology), April Hill
(Biology),
L. K. Steffen (Chemistry)
Description of Minor
Issues of environmental research, regulation and responsibility are pervasive in today's society. The scientific value of preparing environmentally literate students is substantial, and goes beyond technical training for specific environmental vocations. As an interdisciplinary field of inquiry, environmental science can provide students an important framework for addressing issues in both scientific and social settings.
This program will lead to an interdisciplinary minor in environmental science by combining lecture and laboratory courses from the Biology, Chemistry and Physics Departments. Course work will culminate in an individual senior capstone experience, which will be either a research project or an internship. While the minor will be open to any major, it will be of particular interest to science majors planning on graduate school programs or careers requiring an interdisciplinary knowledge of environmental science.
The basic prerequisite for the minor is General Inorganic Chemistry I and II (Ch 11-12). As such, it is open to students who major in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Neuroscience, Psychology on the B.S. track, and any other major linked with a premed concentration. All other majors would first have to satisfy the requirement of General Inorganic Chemistry I and II (Ch 11-12) to enter the minor. A total of 17 credits is required for the minor and consists of four courses and the senior capstone experience.
Required Courses Summary: 17 Credits
1. BI 260 Ecology (4 credits)
2. CH 220/PS 220 Pollution in the Environment (4 credits)
3. BI 270 Environmental Health and Safety (3 credits)
4. One elective (3 credits) from the following:
AE 284 Ethics and Environment
BU 120 Environmental Management and Policy
EC 120 Environmental Economics
EN 378 The Spirit of Place: Environment as a Shaper of Identity in America
HI 362 The Frontier: Man, Nature and the American Land
5. One capstone semester of either Biology, Chemistry or Physics Research (3 credits) or
Biology, Chemistry or Physics Internship (3 credits)
For more information contact professor Poincelot
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