The School of the Environment has launched a new Minor in Climate Change Studies. This new minor can be paired with the School’s existing programs, providing students with opportunities to add depth to their existing areas of study. Importantly, the minor can also be paired with many other programs offered at the St. George campus.
“We’re thrilled to be adding this focus to our existing curricula as a concrete way of responding to the monumental challenges presented by climate change,” says Professor Michael Classens, undergraduate associate director.
The total number of credits required for completion of the minor is 4.0, of which 2.0 credits are required courses, 1.5 credits are electives at the 300+level, and the remaining 0.5 credit is a capstone course.
Students will have the opportunity to add an area of emphasis through one of three pathways:
(a) ethics/thought/communication/culture
(b) civil society/policy/politics
(c) economics/resources/science.
The elective courses, drawn from units across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, provide students with an opportunity to engage with climate change from interdisciplinary perspectives.
The new minor will give students from rich and diverse scholarly communities the opportunity to add a vitally important breadth dimension to their studies. “ We intend for the minor to be relevant to those who plan to engage directly in sustainability, environmental, and climate change work beyond graduation, as well as for those who desire to bring a foundation of climate change knowledge to other fields,” says Classens.