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Program Description
The Department of Environmental Studies aims to provide students with the breadth of understanding and skills necessary for resolving environmental questions and creating a sustainable future on scales ranging from local to global. It does so through integrated, problem-oriented study and a broad range of courses across disciplines and schools.
The department offers opportunities to develop interests in a number of areas, including environmental studies; environmental values, policy, and law; urban environmental problems; climate change; energy systems; environmental justice; and our complex relations with both domesticated and wild nature.
Minor Declaration
CAS students who would like to declare a minor in Environmental Studies can do so by visiting the department's website and filling out the form listed under the "Declaring a Major or Minor" section. Non-CAS students must declare the minor through the "Application for Cross-School Minor" form found on the "Academics" tab in Albert. The "host school" for the minor is CAS, and the "home school" is the school in which you are matriculated as a full-time student. The minor declaration request will then be processed by your home school.
Program Requirements
The minor in Environmental Studies requires five 4-credit courses (20 credits) as outlined below. All must be completed with a grade of C or better (courses graded Pass/Fail do not count).
Policies
Program Policies
Policies Applying to the Minor
One course cannot satisfy more than one requirement for the Environmental Studies minor. Students must earn a C or better in all courses for the minor. Pass/Fail courses cannot count toward the minor. Transfer students must complete at least half of the minor at NYU.
Students may double count no more than one course between the ES minor and another major or minor, as long as both departments approve.
Completion of the major in Environmental Studies satisfies the Societies and the Social Sciences component of the College Core Curriculum. However, completion of the minor does not satisfy this requirement.
Some courses approved for the minor in ES are outside of the College of Arts and Science in other NYU units. CAS students may take up to 16 credits outside the College and apply them to their degree. To request additional non-CAS credits beyond the 16-credit limit, students must consult with the College of Arts and Science Advising Center or CAS Academic Standards (25 West 4th Street, 5th and 6th Floors; 212-998-8130; http://cas.nyu.edu/academic-standards/petitions).
Courses without a -UA suffix cannot count toward the 64-credit CAS residency requirement for transfer students, even if they count toward this minor.
NYU Policies
University-wide policies can be found on the New York University Policy pages.
College of Arts and Science Policies
A full list of relevant academic policies can be found on the CAS Academic Policies page.