Climate Change Minor requirements for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Climate Science (8-10 credits)
❑ Complete two of the following courses:
- ENVS 203 Physical Geography (4)
- ENVS 326 Climatology (4)
- ENVS 392 Introduction to Global Change (4)
- or ESCI 392 Introduction to Global Change (4)
- ESCI 393 Our Coastal Seas and Climate Change (4)
- ESCI 423 Paleoclimate and Paleoecology (5)
- ESCI 485 Global Environmental Change in the Cryosphere (5)
- ESCI 492 Climate Change (4)
- GEOL 252 The Earth and Its Weather (4)
Climate and Society (6-10 credits)
❑ Complete two of the following courses:
- ECON 383 Environmental Economics (4)
- ENRG 101 Energy and Society (3)
- ENRG 340 Energy and Climate in Rural Development (4)
- ENVS 115 Hope and Agency for a Climate-Altered World (3)
- ENVS 352 – Climate Governance and Political Economy (4)
- or ENRG 352 – Climate Governance and Political Economy (4)
- ENVS 344 – Community Solutions to Climate Change (4)
- or ENRG 344 – Community Solutions to Climate Change (4)
- ENVS 362 U.S. Disaster Policy (4)
- ENVS 363 Climate Change and Society (5)
- or SOC 350 Climate Change and Society (5)
- ENVS 450 Science in the Policy Process (4)
- ENVS 453 Climate Politics and Governance (4)
- ENVS 487 Conservation Psychology (4)
- HIST 450 Climate and Culture in America (5)
Electives (0-6 credits)
Select additional courses from the Climate Science and Climate and Society course lists above to bring your total minor credits to a minimum of 20. Additional courses, including temporary and special topics class, may be used with faculty advisor approval. Please keep an eye on our program web site (wp.wwu.edu/ClimateChangeMinor) for new class suggestions.