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View all courses and descriptionsIntroducing the Environment & Sustainability minor. Open to all undergraduate students across Georgetown University, the E&S minor is designed to provide a comprehensive, interdisciplinary understanding of today’s most pressing environmental challenges.
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View all courses and descriptionsThe E&S minor will encapsulate the learning goals built into the BS-ES degree, including an inherent interdisciplinarity that encompasses science, policy, and humanities perspectives. The E&S minor requires students to complete:
Required Foundational Courses | Credits | Core Requirement Fulfillment |
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ERTH-1050: Environmental & Sustainability Science I | 3 cr | Science for All (when taken with ERTH-1051) |
ERTH-1051: Environmental & Sustainability Science I Lab | 1 cr | Science for All (when taken with ERTH-1050) |
ERTH-1060: Environmental & Sustainability Science II | 3 cr | – |
ERTH-1061: Environmental & Sustainability Science II Lab | 1 cr | – |
ERTH 2240: Environmental Justice | 3 cr | Pathways to Social Justice |
Choose a pairing of interruption/integration courses (1008 + 1009 or 1018 + 1019) below. If all four are taken, this fulfills the College’s Humanities: Arts, Literature, and Cultures (HALC) requirement.
Interruption/Integration Courses | Credits | Core Requirement Fulfillment |
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ERTH-1008: Opening Interruption: Ecological Belonging | 1 cr | HALC if taken with ERTH-1009,-1018,-1019 |
ERTH-1009: Closing Integration: Wellbeing | 1 cr | HALC if taken with ERTH-1008,-1018,-1019 |
ERTH-1018: Opening Interruption: Environment & Power | 1 cr | HALC if taken with ERTH-1008,-1009,-1019 |
ERTH-1019: Closing Integration: Embodied Transformation | 1 cr | HALC if taken with ERTH-1008,-1009,-1018 |
The minor can be declared by filling out a change of program form in the College or emailing your Dean in any other schools.