Environmental Studies Minor

Faculty members from a wide range of departments have organized a new interdisciplinary minor – Environmental Studies. A minor in environmental studies is designed to introduce students to an interdisciplinary approach to environmental concerns, including: 1) a study of human / environmental interactions from the viewpoint of the social sciences; 2) a reflection on environmental themes in the arts and humanities; 3) the scientific foundations of environmental thought.

The Environmental Studies minor consists of ENVS 101: Classics of Modern Environmental Literature, either BISC 104 or BISC 162, and 12 hours of approved electives.  The approved electives must include a minimum of three hours in at least two of the three discipline categories: Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. 

Humanities Category

• ENGL 362 American Env Lit 1850-Present
• ENGL 447 Animals in Lit
• ENGL 475 Southern Env Writing
• ENGL 483 Renaissance Lit and the Environment
• GST 391 Women, Gender, and the Environment
• PHIL 345 Environmental Ethics

Natural Sciences:

• BISC 318 Botany
• BISC 320 Introductory Marine Biology
• BISC 329 Biology of Fishes
• BISC 334 Ornithology
• BISC 337 Introductory Entomology
• BISC 342 Plant Diversity
• BISC 345 Symbiosis
• BISC 350 Mammology
• BISC 413 Conservation Biology
• BISC 525 Conservation and Restoration Ecology
• CHEM 104 Chemistry for Non-majors or CHEM 105 Chemistry for Majors
• PHCL 347/547 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology
• PHCL 381/581 Introduction to Toxicology

Social Sciences:

• ANTH 319 Environmental History of the South
• ANTH 330 Environmental Anthropology
• ANTH 331 American Indians and the Natural World
• PPL 381 Global Environmental Issues
• SOC 411 Environment, Technology, and Society

For more information about this minor, contact Dr. Ann Fisher-Wirth (Professor of English) at afwirth@olemiss.edu or 915-5929.