Office of Interdisciplinary Studies

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: Minor

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E-mail: ls@mail.ucf.edu
Contact: Interdisciplinary Studies Advising Team, 407-823-0144

The Environmental Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program that prepares students for a diverse set of academic endeavors and careers. It delivers the tradition of a liberal arts education with the rigor of the natural and social sciences, providing the introspection and artistic presentation of the humanities with the inquisitiveness that we share concerning our environment.

21 hrs
Credit Hour Requirements

Note: It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that any prerequisite courses have been completed before enrolling in any of these courses requiring a prerequisite.

Required Course
IDS 3150Foundations of Environmental Studies3 hrs
(9 hrs)
Science & Environmental Electives
BSC 1050&LBiology and Environment and lab
BSC 2011CBiology II
BOT 3152CLocal Flora
BOT 4156CFlorida Wildflowers
BOT 3800Ethnobotany
BOT 4303CPlant Kingdom
BOT 4686CConservation and Management of Native Plants
BOT 4713CPlant Taxonomy
BSC 4312CMarine Biology
OCE 3008Oceanography
PCB 3044&LPrinciples of Ecology and Lab
PCB 3442Florida Aquatic Ecology
PCB 4302CPhysiochemical Limnology
PCB 4303CBiological Limnology
PCB 4683Population Biology and Evolution
CHM 3120Analytical Chemistry
HSC 4500Epidemiology
ENV 3001Introduction to Environmental Engineering
ENV 4341Solid Waste Management
PCB 3063Genetics
PCB 3304CRiver Ecology
PCB 3314Marine Biodiversity
(9 hrs)
Social & Humanities Electives
ECP 3302Economics and the Environment or
ECP 4302Economics of the Environment
ECO 4701The Global Economy
INR 4351International Environmental Law
PUP 3203Environmental Politics
PUP 4503Government and Science
PAD 4351Issues in Environmental Program Management
PAD 3330Urban and Regional Planning
PLA 4631Land Use and Environmental Law
PUP 4204Sustainability
GEO 2370Resources Geography
GIS 3043CGIS for Environmental Studies
GIS 4301CAdvanced GIS Applications in Environmental Studies
GIS 4035CRemote Sensing of the Environment
PHI 3033Philosophy, Religion, and the Environment
PHI 4400Philosophy of Science
PHI 3640Environmental Ethics
PHI 4633Ethics and Biological Science
PHM 4031Environmental Philosophy

Other Requirements

  • A grade of “C” or above (2.0) is required in each course used to satisfy the minor.
  • 18 hours must be taken at the upper division.
  • At least 15 hours used in the minor must be earned at UCF.
  • No credit by exam (TSD, Military credit) may be used.
  • Internship or Independent Study require prior approval from the Interdisciplinary Studies advisors to be used toward the minor.
  • Internship, independent study, and co-op credit cannot be used in this minor.