2024-2025 Course Catalog

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Blue Planet (BLPL) Minor

Required Foundational Course
GEOG/WATR 2004Water, Environment, and Society (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)3
Subtotal3
Specialization Options
Choose one specialization (Water and Society or Science of Water) (9 credits)9
Water and Society Specialization
Economics of the Food and Fiber System (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
OR
Principles of Economics (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
Water Resources Policy and Economics (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences and Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States)
Leadership for Global Sustainability (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities or Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
OR
American Environmental History (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities or Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
Science of Water Specialization
Principles of Watershed Hydrology
Elementary Calculus (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking)
OR
Calculus of a Single Variable (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking)
Elementary Calculus (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking)
OR
Calculus of a Single Variable (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking)
Subtotal9
Required Capstone Course
ALS/WATR 4614Watershed Assessment, Management, and Policy 1 2
REQUIRED NATURAL SCIENCES RESTRICTED ELECTIVE3
Subtotal5
Choose ONE class from the following list:
Foundations of Environmental Science
Foundations of Environmental Science
Forest Ecosystems (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences)
Ecology of Appalachian Forests (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences)
Earth Resources, Society, and Environment (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences)
Climate History: Past, Present, and Future (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences)
Environment and Natural Systems (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences or Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking)
REQUIRED RESTRICTED ELECTIVE3
Choose ONE class from the following list:
Environmental Law
Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries
Literature and the Environment (Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse or Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities)
Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences)
Environmental Data Science (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking)
Climate Change and the International Policy Framework (Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse or Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
Forest Soil and Watershed Management (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking)
Introduction to Coastal Regions
Environmental Justice (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
Interdisciplinary Issues and Ethics in Water Resources (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
Seeking Sustainability (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
Oceanography
Land Use and Environment: Planning and Policy
Total Credits20
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Courses may have prerequisites, corequisites, or other restrictions. Please consult the University Course Catalog, or check with your advisor.

Graduation Requirements

20 Credit Hours Required for Minor

Notes:

  1. All courses for the Blue Planet minor must be taken A/F and be completed with a minimum in-minor GPA of 2.0. Any course taken to fulfill the Blue Planet minor will count towards the minor GPA.
  2. No more than 50% of the graded course credits required for the Blue Planet minor may be double-counted by a student in the Water: Resources, Policy, and Management major.
  3. A minimum of 6 hours of 3000/4000 level courses are required for the minor.

Key to Pathways Learning Core Outcomes:

1f = Foundational Discourse

1a = Advanced/Applied Discourse

2 = Critical Thinking in the Humanities

3 = Reasoning in the Social Sciences

4 = Reasoning in the Natural Sciences

5f = Foundational Quantitative and Computational Thinking

5a = Advances/Applied Quantitative and Computational Thinking

6 = Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts

7 = Critical Analysis of Equity and Identity in the United States