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Program checklist · Minor

Coastal Environmental Studies

Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY

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Program
Award
Minor
Catalog edition
Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Coastal Environmental Sciences minor is intended to provide a coherent foundation of scientific study on the physical processes and interactions of the coastal zone environment.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196097_da8eb7be
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Minor Requirements

3 items
  1. No more than one three-credit course in the minor may be taken under the Pass/No Credit option.
    Not resolved to a course
  2. All upper-division courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher.
    Not resolved to a course
  3. Completion of the minor requires 22 to 23 credits.
    Not resolved to a course

Required two introductory courses (6-7 credits)

3 items
  1. MAT 125
    Calculus A 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    or: MAT 130 - Trigonometry and Logarithms 1 credit,
  2. MAT 125
    Calculus A
    Not resolved to a course
    or: MAT 131 - Calculus I 4 credits
    or: AMS 151 - Applied Calculus I 3 credits
    3
  3. SUS 113
    Physical Geography Lecture 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    or: GEO 102 - The Earth 3 credits

Required advanced courses (10 credits)

4 items
  1. ENV 316
    Coastal Zone Management 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  2. GSS 313
    GIS Design and Application I 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  3. GSS 314
    GIS Laboratory 1 credit
    Not resolved to a course
  4. MAR 333
    Coastal Oceanography 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course

Required two advanced elective courses chosen from the following, for a minimum of 6 credits

16 items
  1. BIO 319
    Landscape Ecology Laboratory 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  2. BIO 351
    Ecology 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  3. BIO 386
    Ecosystem Ecology and the Global Environment 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
    or: ENS 311 - Ecosystem Ecology and the Global Environment 3 credits
  4. ENV 304
    Global Environmental Change 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  5. ENV 320
    Chemistry for Environmental Scientists 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  6. ENV 340
    Contemporary Topics in Environmental Science 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  7. ENV 487
    Research in Environmental Sciences 0-6 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  8. GEO 313
    Understanding Water Resources for the 21st Century 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  9. GEO 315
    Groundwater Hydrology 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  10. GSS 325
    GIS Design & Applications II 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  11. GSS 354
    Geospatial Science for the Coastal Zone 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  12. MAR 303
    Long Island Marine Habitats 4 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  13. MAR 304
    Waves, Tides, and Beaches 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  14. MAR 336
    Marine Pollution 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  15. SUS 317
    American Environmental History 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
  16. SUS 319
    Restoration Ecology 3 credits
    Not resolved to a course
Source. Stony Brook University, catalog Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalog.stonybrook.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=11&poid=1403&returnto=1136. Captured page pages/0283.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.