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Environmental Studies Minor

University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Minor
Total credits (published)
31
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196088
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196088_884d3212
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Admission Criteria

0 items

    Course Requirements

    0 items

      Introductory Course (3 credits)

      1 item
      1. EVS 118LEC
        Introduction to Environmental and Sustainability Studies
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Social Sciences/ Humanities Core: two courses (6 credits)

      5 items
      1. EVS 201LEC
        Climate Change & Sustainability
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. EVS 220LEC
        Nature Through Time
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. EVS 238LEC
        Science, Religion, and Nature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. EVS 250LR
        Environmental Justice
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. EVS 341LEC
        Environment & Society
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Natural Sciences Core: three classes (7 credits)

      6 items
      1. GEO 101LEC
        Earth Systems Science
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. GEO 105LAB
        Earth, Environment, and Climate Laboratory
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      3. GEO 106LEC
        Global Climate Change
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. ERT 101LEC
        Natural Hazards
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. ERT 105LAB
        Natural Hazards and Climate Change:Past, Present, Future
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      6. ERT 102LEC
        Climate Change
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Field Ecology: one course (3 credits)

      1 item
      1. EVS 315LAB
        Field Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Environmental Internship (usually 3 credits)

      1 item
      1. EVS 496TUT
        Environmental Internship
        Not resolved to a course
        1-6

      Speciality Electives: three courses (9 credits)

      23 items
      1. EVS 301SEM
        Wilderness First Aid I
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      2. EVS 302SEM
        Wilderness First Aid II
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      3. EVS 321LEC
        The Environmental Impact of War
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. EVS 326LEC
        Great Lakes Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. EVS 350LEC
        Water Quality
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. EVS 360LEC
        Environmental Impact Statements and Resource Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. EVS 385LEC
        Energy, Environment, and Society
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. EVS 411LEC
        Marine Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. EVS 413LEC
        Ecology of Invasive Species
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. EVS 418SEM
        Sustainability Transformations in Practice
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. EVS 419SEM
        Wilderness
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. EVS 441LEC
        Wildlife and Wildlands Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. EVS 445LEC
        Restoration Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. EVS 452LLB
        Limnology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      15. EVS 459SEM
        Human Impacts On Ancient Environments
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. EVS 463LEC
        Soil Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      17. EVS 472LEC
        Tropical Environments
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      18. EVS 493LAB
        Ecology of Unique Environments
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      19. EVS 495TUT
        Undergraduate Supervised Teaching
        Not resolved to a course
        1-3
      20. EVS 498LEC
        Undergraduate Research
        Not resolved to a course
        1-6
      21. EVS 499TUT
        Independent Study
        Not resolved to a course
        1-6
      22. GEO 356LEC
        Forest Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      23. GEO 435LEC
        Conservation Biogeography
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Academic Requirements

      2 items
      1. Students must attain a 2.330 GPA in the minor for degree conferral. All classes completed for the minor will be used to calculate the minor GPA.
        Not resolved to a course
      2. All transfer courses officially articulated to UB courses used in the Environmental Studies major will be accepted to meet minor requirements.
        Not resolved to a course
      Source. University at Buffalo, catalog 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalogs.buffalo.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=21&poid=8125&returnto=1178. Captured page pages/0356.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.