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Program checklist · Minor

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
Return to: Minors Director : Tara Rider Undergraduate Advisor: Nancy Black Office : E2361 Melville Library Phone : 631-632-9404 Email : nancy.black@stonybrook.edu Department Website The ENS minor is open to all undergraduate students and takes approximately 4 semesters (fall/spring) to complete and students are encouraged to declare before the start of their sophomore year but no later than the first semester of their junior year depending on target date of graduation. Students should consult with the Faculty Director as soon as possible and plan their course of study for fulfillment of their degree requirements.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196097_e32ff6d8
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Requirements for the Minor

0 items

    One introductory course chosen from the following

    8 items
    1. ATM 102
      Weather and Climate 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. EST 102
      Weather and Climate 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. BIO 113
      General Ecology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. BIO 201
      Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    5. GEO 101
      Environmental Geology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    6. GSS 105
      Introduction to Maps and Mapping 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    7. MAR 101
      Long Island Sound: Science and Use 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    8. MAR 104
      Oceanography 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course

    Additional Requirements

    6 items
    1. ENS 101
      Prospects for Planet Earth 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: SUS 111 - Introduction to Sustainability 3 credits
    2. ENS 301
      Contemporary Environmental Issues and Policies 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. SUS 351
      Design and Implement a Research Project in Ecotoxicology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. SUS 352
      Conduct and Communicate a Research Project in Ecotoxicology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: at least 3 credits of:
    5. ENS 487
      Independent Research in Environmental Studies 0-6 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: research in any SBU department
      or: ENS 488 - Internship in Environmental Studies 0-6 credits approved by the faculty director.
    6. Research or internship in ANP, ANT, ATM, BIO, CHE, ECO, ENV, GEO, MAR, POL, or SUS will be accepted with permission of the faculty director.
      Not resolved to a course

    Two advanced courses chosen from the following

    17 items
    1. ANT 361
      Primate Conservation 3 credits (formerly ANP 360)
      Not resolved to a course
    2. ATM 397
      Air Pollution and Global Warming 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. BIO 351
      Ecology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. BIO 353
      Marine Ecology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    5. CHE 310
      Chemistry in Technology and the Environment 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    6. ENV 316
      Coastal Zone Management 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    7. GEO 304
      Energy, Mineral Resources, and the Environment 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    8. GEO 315
      Groundwater Hydrology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    9. GSS 355
      Remote Sensing GIS Data 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    10. SUS 311
      Disasters and Society: A Global Perspective 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    11. SUS 317
      American Environmental History 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    12. SUS 318
      American Environmental Politics 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    13. SUS 325
      Environmental Writing and the Media 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    14. SUS 326
      Conservation Genetics 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    15. SUS 343
      Age of the Anthropocene 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    16. SUS 366
      Philosophy of the Environment (III) 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    17. Any upper division ENS or MAR course
      Not resolved to a course
    Source. Stony Brook University, catalog Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalog.stonybrook.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=11&poid=1452&returnto=1136. Captured page pages/0292.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.