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	Xavier University Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG] 																	 
	    Environmental Studies Minor
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				The Environmental Studies Minor is a 16-hour interdisciplinary program compatible with any major. It offers students an integrated overview of environmental and natural resource fields. 
			 
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		Approved Non-Science Electives
  (The below list is a sample of offerings. Please use the “Attribute Type” when searching the Schedule of Classes to find other approved courses).    - ECON 421 - Environment, Economics and Policy
  - ENGL 205 - Lit. & Moral Imagination: Literature & the Environment (Specific environmental sections must be approved)
  - ENGL 348 - Literature & the Environment
  - ENGL 363 Ecocriticism
  - HIST 123 - African History I
  - HIST 171 - US Environmental History
  - HIST 398 - History of Agriculture
  - HIST 399 - Green Urbanism
  - HIST 400 - History of Agriculture
  - HIST 436 - Urban Ecologies and Economics
  - PHIL 200 - Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Ecology   Konopka only
  - PHIL 387 - Topics in Contemporary Philosophy    Konopka only
  - PHIL 392 - Philosophy of Nature
  - POLI/HIST 316 - Globalization
  - SOCI 240 - Population and Globalization
  - SUST 301 - Cultural Studies and Sustainability
  - SUST 465 - Topics in Sustainability: Renewable Energy and Economies   Bertaux only
  - THEO 245 - God Creation and Ecology
  - THEO 332 - Sacred Ground and New Story/Cosmology
  - THEO 360 - Consumption as a Problem
  - THEO 388 - Theology and Ecology
  - THEO 396 - Native American Lifeways
   Note(s):
  - A 2.000 cumulative average must be attained in all these courses. 
  - Information regarding the minor can be obtained from the co-directors, whose names are noted in each semester’s schedule of classes.
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