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)
- 21-23
- Credits (computed from items)
- 42-46
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 232423
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_232423_5b4d329a
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Courses
0 items
Introduction to Environment
0 items
All students seeking the minor must have one broad survey course on the human/nature relationship.
12 items
- Choose one of the following:Not resolved to a course3-4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- SubtotalNot resolved to a course3-4
Environmental Science Literacy
0 items
The Environmental Literacy requirement ensures that Minors will have at least one course providing depth and focus on at least one environmental science topic.
13 items
- Choose one of the following:Not resolved to a course3-4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 1-4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- GEOG/ISAT 429Sustainability: An Ecological PerspectiveNot resolved to a course
- SubtotalNot resolved to a course3-4
The Socio-Cultural Context of Environmental Studies
23 items
- Choose four courses (a minimum of 12 credit hours) from the following: 1Not resolved to a course12
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Literature and Ideas [C2L] (Lit, Nature, Env section only)”3
- 3
- 3
- or: GEOG 310 Environmental Issues1-4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- SCOM/WGSS 302Third Wave EcofeminismNot resolved to a course
- SCOM 354/WRTC 326Environmental Communication and AdvocacyNot resolved to a course
- 3
- 3
- WRTC 416/SCOM 465Rhetoric of Environmental Science and TechnologyNot resolved to a course
Approved special topics courses
0 items
Approved internship programs
0 items
Approved study abroad courses
1 item
- SubtotalNot resolved to a course12
Senior Seminar Capstone Course
2 items
- 3
- SubtotalNot resolved to a course3
Source. James Madison University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.jmu.edu/programs/environmental-studies-minor/. Captured page pages/0307.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.