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Environmental Inquiry

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington · Abington, PA

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Program
Award
Minor
Credits (computed from items)
567-602
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214801
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214801_a8031f4e
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Requirements for the Minor

0 items

    Additional Courses

    0 items

      Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

      0 items

        Introductory Course

        35 items
        1. Select one of the following: 1
          Not resolved to a course
          3-4
        2. AGECO 121
          Plant Stress: It's Not Easy Being Green
          Not resolved to a course
        3. ANTH 45N
          Cultural Diversity: A Global Perspective
          Not resolved to a course
        4. BIOL 120N
          Not resolved to a course
        5. BIOL 110
          Biology: Basic Concepts and Biodiversity
          Not resolved to a course
        6. BISC 3
          Environmental Science
          Not resolved to a course
        7. CED 152
          Community Development Concepts and Practice
          Not resolved to a course
        8. EARTH 2
          The Earth System and Global Change
          Not resolved to a course
        9. EARTH 100
          Environment Earth
          Not resolved to a course
        10. EARTH 101
          Natural Disasters: Hollywood vs. Reality
          Not resolved to a course
        11. EARTH 111
          Not resolved to a course
        12. EGEE/MATSE 101
          Energy and the Environment
          Not resolved to a course
        13. EGEE 102
          Energy Conservation for Environmental Protection
          Not resolved to a course
        14. EMSC/STS 150
          Not resolved to a course
        15. ENGL 180
          Literature and the Natural World
          Not resolved to a course
        16. ENT 202
          Not resolved to a course
        17. ENVST 100
          Not resolved to a course
        18. ERM 210
          Environmental Factors and Their Effect on Your Food Supply
          Not resolved to a course
        19. FDSC/STS 105
          Food Facts and Fads
          Not resolved to a course
        20. GEOG 30N
          Environment and Society in a Changing World
          Not resolved to a course
        21. GEOG 110
          Not resolved to a course
        22. GEOG 123
          Not resolved to a course
        23. GEOSC 21
          Earth and Life: Origin and Evolution
          Not resolved to a course
        24. GEOSC 40
          The Sea Around Us
          Not resolved to a course
        25. HIST/STS 151N
          Technology and Society in American History
          Not resolved to a course
        26. HORT 101
          Horticultural Science
          Not resolved to a course
        27. HORT 150N
          Plants in the Human Context
          Not resolved to a course
        28. INTAG 100
          Not resolved to a course
        29. MATSE 81
          Materials in Today's World
          Not resolved to a course
        30. PHIL 118
          Environmental Philosophy
          Not resolved to a course
        31. PLSC/STS 135
          Not resolved to a course
        32. SOC 23
          Population and Policy Issues
          Not resolved to a course
        33. SOILS 71
          Environmental Sustainability
          Not resolved to a course
        34. SOILS 101
          3
        35. WFS 209N
          3

        Cluster Selection

        1 item
        1. Select 9 credits from one of the following clusters:
          Not resolved to a course
          9

        Biodiversity and Ecosystems

        0 items

          Environment and Society

          0 items

            Environmental Explorations

            0 items

              Ideas About the Environment

              0 items

                Water Resources

                0 items

                  Human Settlements

                  0 items

                    Energy Resources

                    0 items

                      Final Course

                      14 items
                      1. Select one of the following: 2
                        Not resolved to a course
                        3
                      2. BIOL 419
                        Ecological and Environmental Problem Solving
                        Not resolved to a course
                      3. BIOL 461
                        Contemporary Issues in Science and Medicine
                        Not resolved to a course
                      4. CED 410
                        The Global Seminar
                        Not resolved to a course
                      5. ERM 430
                        Air Pollution Impacts to Terrestrial Ecosystems
                        Not resolved to a course
                      6. GEOG 412W
                        Climatic Change and Variability
                        Not resolved to a course
                      7. GEOG 430
                        Human Use of Environment
                        Not resolved to a course
                      8. GEOG 436
                        Not resolved to a course
                      9. GEOSC 451
                        Natural Resources: Origins, Economics and Environmental Impact
                        Not resolved to a course
                      10. NUTR 497
                        Special Topics
                        Not resolved to a course
                      11. SOC 422
                        World Population Diversity
                        Not resolved to a course
                      12. SOILS 422
                        4
                      13. STS 420
                        Energy and Modern Society
                        Not resolved to a course
                      14. WFS/FOR 430
                        Conservation Biology
                        Not resolved to a course

                      Supporting Courses and Related Areas

                      0 items

                        Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better

                        1 item
                        1. Select one 400-level course from a cluster option other than the one you have chosen (field experience courses are encouraged)
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3

                        Cluster Course Selections

                        57 items
                        1. BIOL 127
                          Introduction to Plant Biology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        2. BIOL 220W
                          Biology: Populations and Communities
                          Not resolved to a course
                          4
                        3. BIOL 417
                          Invertebrate Zoology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          4
                        4. BIOL 435
                          Ecology of Lakes and Streams
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        5. BIOL 448
                          Ecology of Plant Reproduction
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        6. BIOL 482
                          Coastal Biology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        7. BIOL 499A
                          Tropical Field Ecology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        8. CE 370
                          3
                        9. CHEM 20
                          Environmental Chemistry
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        10. CHEM 301
                          Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        11. CHEM 402
                          Environment Chemistry: Atmosphere
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        12. ENT 202
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        13. FOR 308
                          Forest Ecology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        14. FOR 401
                          Urban Forest Management
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        15. FORT 100
                          Introduction to Forestry
                          Not resolved to a course
                          1
                        16. GEOG 110
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        17. GEOG 123
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        18. GEOG 314
                          Biogeography and Global Ecology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        19. GEOG 310
                          Introduction to Global Climatic Systems
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        20. GEOSC 21
                          Earth and Life: Origin and Evolution
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        21. HORT 101
                          Horticultural Science
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        22. INTAG 100
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        23. LARCH 245
                          Ecology & Plants II
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        24. METEO 451
                          3
                        25. PPEM 120
                          3
                        26. SOILS 101
                          3
                        27. SOILS 412W
                          3
                        28. STS 201
                          Climate Change, Energy, and Biodiversity
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        29. WFS/FOR 430
                          Conservation Biology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        30. ANTH 456
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        31. CED 152
                          Community Development Concepts and Practice
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        32. CED 230
                          Development Issues in the Global Context
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        33. CED 309
                          Land Economics and Policy
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        34. CED 410
                          The Global Seminar
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        35. CED/CEDEV 430
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        36. CED 201
                          Introductory Environmental and Resource Economics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        37. CED 429
                          Natural Resource Economics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        38. CED 431
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        39. EARTH 101
                          Natural Disasters: Hollywood vs. Reality
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        40. ECON 428
                          Environmental Economics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        41. EMSC 101
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        42. ERM 411
                          Legal Aspects of Resource Management
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        43. GEOG 124
                          Elements of Cultural Geography
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        44. GEOG 438W
                          Human Dimensions of a Changing Climate
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        45. GEOSC 109H
                          Earthquakes and Society
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        46. GEOSC 310
                          Earth History
                          Not resolved to a course
                          4
                        47. GEOSC 402Y
                          Natural Disasters
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        48. HIST 453
                          American Environmental History
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        49. INTAG 100
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        50. NUTR 497
                          Special Topics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          1-9
                        51. PHIL 132
                          Bioethics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        52. RSOC 11
                          Intro Rural Sociology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        53. SOC 423
                          Social Demography
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        54. SOC 450
                          Justice and the Environment
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        55. SOILS 71
                          Environmental Sustainability
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        56. STS 201
                          Climate Change, Energy, and Biodiversity
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        57. STS 420
                          Energy and Modern Society
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3

                        Social Science

                        20 items
                        1. ANTH 40
                          Biocultural Evolution
                          Not resolved to a course
                          or: ANTH 146 Indigenous North America
                          3
                        2. CED 201
                          Introductory Environmental and Resource Economics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        3. CED 429
                          Natural Resource Economics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        4. CED 431
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        5. CED 410
                          The Global Seminar
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        6. ECON 428
                          Environmental Economics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        7. FDSC/PHIL 280
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        8. GEOSC 451
                          Natural Resources: Origins, Economics and Environmental Impact
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        9. LARCH 65
                          Built Environment and Culture: Examining the Modern City
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        10. NUTR 497
                          Special Topics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          1-9
                        11. PLSC 412
                          International Political Economy
                          Not resolved to a course
                          or: PLSC 420 State Making
                          3
                        12. SOC 422
                          World Population Diversity
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        13. TURF 425
                          Turfgrass Cultural Systems
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        14. Select one of the following:
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        15. ANTH 152
                          Hunters and Gatherers
                          Not resolved to a course
                        16. ANTH 456
                          Not resolved to a course
                        17. Select one of the following:
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        18. GEOG 20
                          Human Geography: An Introduction
                          Not resolved to a course
                        19. GEOG 333
                          Human Dimensions of Natural Hazards
                          Not resolved to a course
                        20. GEOG 430
                          Human Use of Environment
                          Not resolved to a course

                        Natural Science

                        28 items
                        1. BIOL 220W
                          Biology: Populations and Communities
                          Not resolved to a course
                          4
                        2. BIOL 427
                          Evolution
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        3. EARTH 106
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        4. EMSC 121
                          Minerals and Modern Society
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        5. ERM 300
                          Basic Principles and Calculations in Environmental Analysis
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        6. FOR 308
                          Forest Ecology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        7. GEOG 110
                          Not resolved to a course
                          or: GEOG 115 Landforms of the World
                          3
                        8. GEOSC 320
                          Geology of Climate Change
                          Not resolved to a course
                          or: GEOSC 340 Geomorphology
                          3
                        9. METEO 4
                          Weather and Risk
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        10. PPEM 120
                          3
                        11. WFS/FOR 430
                          Conservation Biology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          or: WFS 408 Mammalogy
                          3
                        12. Select one of the following:
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        13. BIOL 435
                          Ecology of Lakes and Streams
                          Not resolved to a course
                        14. BIOL 436
                          Population Ecology and Global Climate Change
                          Not resolved to a course
                        15. BIOL 444
                          Field Ecology
                          Not resolved to a course
                        16. BIOL 446
                          Physiological Ecology
                          Not resolved to a course
                        17. Select one of the following:
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3-5
                        18. BIOL 450
                          Not resolved to a course
                        19. BIOL 461
                          Contemporary Issues in Science and Medicine
                          Not resolved to a course
                        20. BIOL 499A
                          Tropical Field Ecology
                          Not resolved to a course
                        21. Select one of the following:
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        22. CHEM 20
                          Environmental Chemistry
                          Not resolved to a course
                        23. CHEM 301
                          Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
                          Not resolved to a course
                        24. CHEM 402
                          Environment Chemistry: Atmosphere
                          Not resolved to a course
                        25. Select one of the following:
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        26. GEOSC 10
                          Geology of the National Parks
                          Not resolved to a course
                        27. GEOSC 20
                          Planet Earth
                          Not resolved to a course
                        28. GEOSC 303
                          Introduction to Environmental Geology
                          Not resolved to a course

                        Arts and Humanities

                        100 items
                        1. AMST 50
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        2. CED 410
                          The Global Seminar
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        3. COMM/STS 408
                          Cultural Foundations of Communications
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        4. COMM 411
                          Cultural Aspects of the Mass Media
                          Not resolved to a course
                          or: COMM 459 Cultural Effects of Interactive and Online Media
                          3
                        5. EMSC/STS 150
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        6. ENGL 88
                          Not resolved to a course
                          or: ENGL 233N Chemistry and Literature
                          3
                        7. ENGL 402/404
                          Literature and Society
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        8. ENGL 430
                          The American Renaissance
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        9. FDSC/PHIL 280
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        10. GEOG 434
                          Politics of the Environment
                          Not resolved to a course
                          or: GEOSC 310 Earth History
                          3
                        11. HIST/STS 428
                          The Darwinian Revolution
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        12. HIST 453
                          American Environmental History
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        13. LARCH 60
                          Cultural History of Designed Places
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        14. Select one of the following:
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        15. PHIL 13
                          Nature and Environment
                          Not resolved to a course
                        16. PHIL 132
                          Bioethics
                          Not resolved to a course
                        17. PHIL 403
                          Seminar in Environmental Ethics
                          Not resolved to a course
                        18. AG 160
                          Introduction into Ethics and Issues in Agriculture
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        19. BIOL 419
                          Ecological and Environmental Problem Solving
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        20. BIOL 438
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        21. BIOL 461
                          Contemporary Issues in Science and Medicine
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        22. CED 450
                          International Development, Renewable Resources, and the Environment
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        23. ECON 428
                          Environmental Economics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        24. EMSC/STS 150
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        25. ENGL 88
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        26. ENGL 430
                          The American Renaissance
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        27. ENVE 460
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        28. FDSC/PHIL 280
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        29. GEOG 123
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        30. GEOG 434
                          Politics of the Environment
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        31. HIST 110
                          Introduction to Global Environmental History
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        32. HIST/STS 428
                          The Darwinian Revolution
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        33. HIST 453
                          American Environmental History
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        34. LARCH 60
                          Cultural History of Designed Places
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        35. NUTR 497
                          Special Topics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          1-9
                        36. PHIL 403
                          Seminar in Environmental Ethics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        37. SOC 450
                          Justice and the Environment
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        38. SOILS 71
                          Environmental Sustainability
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        39. STS 100
                          Science, Technology, and Culture
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        40. STS 101
                          Modern Science, Technology, and Human values
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        41. ASM 327
                          Soil and Water Resource Management
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        42. BE 307
                          Principles of Soil and Water Engineering
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        43. BIOL 220W
                          Biology: Populations and Communities
                          Not resolved to a course
                          4
                        44. BIOL 435
                          Ecology of Lakes and Streams
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        45. CE 370
                          3
                        46. CE 371
                          3
                        47. CE 461
                          3
                        48. CE 475
                          4
                        49. EARTH 111
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        50. EMSC 440
                          Science Diving
                          Not resolved to a course
                          4
                        51. ENVE 411
                          Water Supply and Pollution Control
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        52. ENVE 415
                          Hydrology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        53. ERM/WFS 450
                          Wetland Science and Sustainability
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        54. FOR 470
                          Watershed Management
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        55. GEOG 431
                          Geography of Water Resources
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        56. GEOSC 40
                          The Sea Around Us
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        57. GEOSC 440
                          Marine Geology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        58. GEOSC 452
                          Hydrogeology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        59. METEO 451
                          3
                        60. PLANT 217
                          Landscape Soil and Water Management
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        61. WFS 422
                          3
                        62. WFS/ERM 435
                          Limnology
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        63. AMST 50
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        64. ANTH 45N
                          Cultural Diversity: A Global Perspective
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        65. ARCH 316
                          Analysis of Human Settlements: Cities
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        66. BIOL 120N
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        67. CED 230
                          Development Issues in the Global Context
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        68. CED 309
                          Land Economics and Policy
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        69. CED 409
                          Land Use Planning and Procedure
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        70. CED 431
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        71. COMM/STS 408
                          Cultural Foundations of Communications
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        72. COMM 411
                          Cultural Aspects of the Mass Media
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        73. EARTH 101
                          Natural Disasters: Hollywood vs. Reality
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        74. EARTH 106
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        75. ENGL 88
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        76. ENGL 402
                          Literature and Society
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        77. FDSC/PHIL 280
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        78. GEOG 20
                          Human Geography: An Introduction
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        79. GEOG 333
                          Human Dimensions of Natural Hazards
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        80. GEOG 436
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        81. GEOSC 109H
                          Earthquakes and Society
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        82. LARCH 60
                          Cultural History of Designed Places
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        83. LARCH 65
                          Built Environment and Culture: Examining the Modern City
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        84. METEO 4
                          Weather and Risk
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        85. NUTR 497
                          Special Topics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          1-9
                        86. SOILS 71
                          Environmental Sustainability
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        87. TURF 425
                          Turfgrass Cultural Systems
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        88. WFS/ERM 450
                          Wetland Science and Sustainability
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        89. CED 201
                          Introductory Environmental and Resource Economics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        90. CED 429
                          Natural Resource Economics
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        91. CED 431
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        92. CED 450
                          International Development, Renewable Resources, and the Environment
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        93. EGEE/MATSE 101
                          Energy and the Environment
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        94. EGEE 102
                          Energy Conservation for Environmental Protection
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        95. EGEE 401
                          Energy in a Changing World
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        96. EGEE 464W
                          Energy Design Project
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        97. EMSC 101
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        98. EMSC/STS 150
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        99. GEOSC 451
                          Natural Resources: Origins, Economics and Environmental Impact
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
                        100. MATSE 81
                          Materials in Today's World
                          Not resolved to a course
                          3
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