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Climate and Society (CLSO) Minor

A minimum of 18 credit hours:
Required Foundational Courses
FREC 2124Forests, Society & Climate (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness)3
GEOG 1524Introduction to Earths Climate (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness)3
Subtotal6
Restricted Electives
Select one course from four different content areas for a total of three courses: Please note that one of the courses must be at a 3000/4000 level.9
Physical/Natural Sciences
CSES 2244
Agriculture, Global Food Security and Health (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 10 - Ethical Reasoning ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness)
FREC 4354
Forest Soil and Watershed Management (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking ( 5A ) ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness) 1
GEOS 1064
Climate History: Past, Present, and Future (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 10 - Ethical Reasoning)
GEOS 3034
Oceanography (Not a Pathways course)
STS 2454
Science, Techology, and Environment (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities ; Pathways Outcome 10 - Ethical Reasoning ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness)
Environment and Ecosystems
FREC 2004
Forest Ecosystems (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness)
GEOG/WATR 2004
Water, Environment, and Society (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 10 - Ethical Reasoning)
GEOG 3104
Environmental Justice, Resources and Development (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness)
GEOG 3274
Polar Environments (Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse ( 1A ); Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness) 1
GEOS 1024
Earth Resources, Society, and Environment (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness)
Humans Dimensions and Policy
FREC/NR/LAR 2554
Leadership for Global Sustainability (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities ; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 10 - Ethical Reasoning ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness)
STS 2444
Global Science and Technology Policy (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities ; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness)
STS 3334
Energy and Society (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities ; Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 11 - Intercultural and Global Awareness)
Methods
FREC 1004/GEOG 1084
Digital Planet (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking ( 5F ) ; Pathways Outcome 10 - Ethical Reasoning)
FREC 3044
Environmental Data Science (Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking ( 5A ) ; Pathways Outcome 10 - Ethical Reasoning) 1
Subtotal9
Required Capstone
FREC/IS/PSCI 4174Climate Change and the International Policy Framework (Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse ( 1A ); Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences ; Pathways Outcome 10 - Ethical Reasoning) 13
Total Credits18
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Graduation Requirements

NOTES:

Complete a minimum of 18 credit hours.

  1.  Students must complete 3 credits in each of the two following integrative outcomes: (10) Ethical Reasoning and (11) Intercultural Global Awareness.
  2.  A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in all courses taken is required to complete this minor.
  3. All minor courses must be taken on A - F basis.
  4. No more than 50% of the graded course credits required for the Minor may be double-counted in a student's Major.​
  5. When the need arises, such as due to limited course availability or scheduling conflicts, students enrolled in the minor may contact the College of Natural Resources and Environment Advising Center to request to substitute a minor requirement. 

Pathways Core Concepts: 
If= Foundational Discourse 
la = 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 =Advanced/Applied Quantitative and Computational Thinking 6 = Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts 
7 = Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States 
Pathways Integrative Concepts: 
IO = Ethical Reasoning 
11 = Intercultural and Global Awareness