Coastal Studies Minor

Director: Drew Ferrier

Coordinator: Claire Hudson

The coastal studies minor provides students with an interdisciplinary view of environmental issues that confront coastal habitats and communities. The minor is largely travel-based and designed to provide students with both textbook and first-hand knowledge of environmental challenges currently facing coastal regions.

Requirements for the Minor

Required courses (block-scheduled during fall semesters):

ENSP 210Coastal Oceanography

4.0

ENSP 212Coastal Community Ecology

4.0

ENSP 307/HON 307The Chesapeake Bay:Human Impact on a Natural System

3.0

ENSP 370Coastal Studies Practicum

2.0

Total Credit Hours:13.0

One block-scheduled elective offered as part of the Coastal Studies Semester which may include:

 

ENGL 368/HON 368American Landscapes: Environmental Literature in the United States

3.0

ENSP 299Special Topics:Environmental Science & Policy

4.0

Total Credit Hours:4.0

One of the following:

BIOL 348Tropical Marine Ecology

3.0

Total Credit Hours:3.0

Total Credit Hours: 20.0