Climate change and environmental inequality will affect every part of your life and those of your families, and communities. This minor brings together ethics, history, and the natural and social sciences to collectively imagine and design the solutions our society needs. No matter what major you pursue, this minor combines analytical skills with cultural understanding to prepare you for a purposeful life and meaningful livelihood addressing pressing issues of our common environment. 

Students who are already completing the associated General Education (GE) Sustainability and Climate Change upper-division Pathway can earn the minor by taking six courses from different GE Areas. Students who complete all courses in the minor will meet the University’s US Diversity (USD) and Global Cultures (GC) requirements, as well as at least one upper-division Writing (W) course.

Course Requirements for the Minor

The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.

Students can earn the minor by taking six courses from different GE Areas. Students who complete all courses in the minor will meet the University’s US Diversity (USD) and Global Cultures (GC) requirements, as well as at least one upper-division Writing (W) course.

Course List

Course	Title	Units
Lower Division
Select one of the following:		3
Critical Thinking (A3)
ERTH 104	Inquiry into the Science of Climate Change
Physical Science (B1)
ERTH 101	Our Changing Planet
Humanities (C2)
PHIL 129	Environmental Ethics	3
Social Sciences (D)
HIST 205W	Global Environmental History (W)	3
Upper Division
Select three of the following: 1		9
Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning (UD-B)
ERTH 330	Environmental Science
or ERTH 330W	Environmental Science (W)
Arts and Humanities (UD-C)
HIST 341W	American Environment (W)
Social Sciences (UD-D)
GEOG 304	Sustainability and Resilience
SOCI 420	Environmental Sociology
Total Units		18

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Choose three courses, each from a different GE area.