{"id":1383,"date":"2013-07-24T07:03:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T11:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2013-2014\/sshs\/envstudies\/"},"modified":"2013-07-24T07:03:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T11:03:15","slug":"envstudies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2016-2017\/sshs\/envstudies\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Studies (B.A.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right;text-align: center\"><a class=\"redButton button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/mygraduationplan\/\">Four Year Plan<\/a><\/div>\n<h4>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/\"> School of Social Science and Human Services<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"facultyTable\"><div class=\"row colSet\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \"><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"convenerListing\">Convener:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/michael-edelstein\/\">Michael Edelstein<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<h4 class=\"facultyListing\">Faculty:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/howard-horowitz\/\">Howard Horowitz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/sanghamitra-padhy\/\">Sanghamitra Padhy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<h4 class=\"facultyListingColTwo\">Faculty:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/ashwani-vasishth\/\">Ashwani Vasishth<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Current as of\u00a0June 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>About the Major <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p>Founded in 1974, Ramapo\u2019s Environmental Studies Program pioneered this new field, preparing over our 41 year history some 2,500 graduates to work for a sustainable future.\u00a0 Our students emerge as leaders and sound decision makers.\u00a0 As cross-disciplinary thinkers, able to draw upon the wisdom of many fields, they understand where we need to go and how to get there.<\/p>\n<p>Following the distinctive pillars of Ramapo\u2019s education mission, we promote an integrative interdisciplinary mode of learning, simultaneously local and global in focus, experiential in form, protecting and promoting social and ecological diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Given our distinctive Social Ecological approach, our program\u2013was a forerunner in recognizing sustainability as the central focus of study given the inseparability of environment and society (including the economy). \u00a0Transcending siloed and narrow disciplinary thinking, we emphasize the interplay of ecology and society throughout a truly integrative and diverse curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>After some foundational science courses, students take a core program. After our gateway course World Sustainability, they study Public Policy, Environmental History, Energy and Society, and Natural History and Field Ecology.<\/p>\n<p>Students then individualize their advanced study by selecting their own path through a wide array of upper level electives. Possible pathways include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Place-based Community,<\/li>\n<li>Education for Sustainability,<\/li>\n<li>Policy, Ethics and Law,<\/li>\n<li>Natural Resources and Parks,<\/li>\n<li>Social Ecology,<\/li>\n<li>Permaculture: Food, Water and Energy, and<\/li>\n<li>Experiential Learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A capstone topical seminar hones academic research skills. In a second experiential capstone experience an Environmental Assessment is undertaken of a real contemporary regional issue of significance.\u00a0 Forming their own consulting firm, \u00a0students learn to collaborate, to organize and manage, to do quality field research and to deliver professional quality work to actual clients.\u00a0 This program generates learning that will translate directly to graduates\u2019 future experiences.<\/p>\n<p>We employ experiential learning throughout the curriculum to provide hands on, real world experiences. All of our students engage in field learning through internship opportunities, Cooperative learning experiences, and\/or Independent study.\u00a0 Ramapo manages the highly regarded Meadowlands Environmental Education Center as well as several other regional programs and has a longstanding role in the Weiss Ecology Center. We encourage our students to participate in study abroad programs, offering the option to spend a life changing semester in South India, as well as scores of other global study options.<\/p>\n<p>Our faculty and students actively participate in the continuing work on global sustainability focused around the United Nations. Our proximity to the UN and New York allows us to serve as a global crossroads of the best critical thinking in our areas of interest. Given the importance of local sustainable communities of place, we use as our local laboratory the beautiful Ramapo Mountain\/Highlands region of New Jersey and New York, its diverse communities and its ecological and historical wealth.\u00a0 We partner with the best local and regional organizations, including our neighbors, the Ramapough-Lenape nation, to promote the restoration and preservation of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty bring a blend of academic accomplishment and real world professional experience to our program. They engage in research locally but also work across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Our faculty are active environmental stewards, working for sustainable innovation.\u00a0\u00a0 And we offer seminars, workshops, lectures, MOOCS and conferences on a regular basis, bringing diverse models of sustainable practice and innovative thinkers from around the world to enrich our learning environment.\u00a0 The result is a dynamic educational context, matching local and global. Few have been doing this longer than we have, and few do it as well.<\/p>\n<p>Our success is reflected in a student body active on campus and in the community, already engaged as change agents and innovators. A growing number of student clubs address issues of sustainability, environmental activism, beekeeping and animal rights and diet. Many of our students participate in the Sustainable Living Facility project. Our graduates are prepared to move fluidly into the work world, often forging their own opportunities. Many of our students elect to do advanced study at the master\u2019s level and some at the doctoral level.\u00a0 Doctoral theses by our graduates include such topics as the\u00a0 impact of wind energy on native peoples and the potential for environmental education to counter nature deficit. Our graduates have pioneered in such fields as hospital sustainability, solar design, environmental impact assessment, environmental and sustainability education, sustainable building, sustainability education, ecological landscaping, environmental law, local food, climate and energy policy, environmental engineering, sustainable land use planning and design, and local business development.<\/p>\n<p>Our current programs include the BA in Environmental Studies and a\u00a0minor in Environmental Studies. Our Masters in Sustainability Studies is preparing to graduate its third class. \u00a0For more information, contact Convener Michael R. Edelstein, Ph.D.\u00a0 Stop by to chat with Mike or other faculty, attend our many events, sit in on classes or engage our very active students through the growing number of environment and sustainability clubs on campus.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Outcomes for the Major <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<p><strong>Goal 1<\/strong>: Students will be able to recognize and address both global and local issues of sustainability, based on an interdisciplinary understanding of environmental affairs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1<\/strong>:\u00a0 Student work will reflect a clear grasp of the connected nature of global and local issues in community sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 2<\/strong>: Students will demonstrate an integrative interdisciplinary perspective capable of synthesizing across the natural sciences, social sciences and economic perspectives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1<\/strong>: Student work will clearly reflect an understanding of Sustainability as a transdisciplinary concept that integrates the Environment, Ethics, and Economy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 3<\/strong>: Students will demonstrate the ability to integrate and synthesize interdisciplinary research while at the same time showing competence in written and spoken presentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1<\/strong>: Students will pass a capstone experience on Environmental Assessment that incorporates a field research project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 2<\/strong>: As a writing intensive course, incorporating a series of iterated writing assignments and multiple opportunities for formal oral presentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Goal 4:<\/strong> Students will develop collaborative skills, through community building, cooperative teamwork, and interaction with stakeholder processes that can lead to strategic involvement in real world sustainability decision making.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 1<\/strong>: Students will experience a capstone experience in Environmental Assessment where they conduct cooperative field research and prepare a collaborative project outcome, while engaging in reflective reading, writing and analysis based on collaborative team work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Outcome 2<\/strong>: Students will develop collaborative decision making skills in strategic involvement in real world issues and interact extensively with stakeholder processes grounded in real world policy setting and decision making.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Requirements of the Major <\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n<ol>\n<li>Transfer students who have 48 or more credits accepted at the time of transfer are waived from the courses marked with a <strong><strong>(W)<\/strong> <\/strong> below. Waivers only apply to General Education Requirements NOT School Core or Major Requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Double counting between General Education, School Core, and Major may be possible. Check with your advisor to see if any apply.<\/li>\n<li>Writing Intensive Requirement (six courses): \u00a0three writing intensive courses in the general education curriculum are required: First Year Seminar, Critical Reading and Writing, and Readings in the Humanities; the other three courses are taken in the major.<\/li>\n<li>Not all courses are offered each semester. \u00a0Please check the current Schedule of Classes for semester course offerings.<\/li>\n<li>The Career Pathways Program requirements must be completed prior to graduation.\u00a0 Visit the Cahill Career Center.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><strong>ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAJOR<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"courseTable\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"majorTableHeading\">Subject &amp; Course # &#8211; Title &amp; Course Description<\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\">GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6a06f\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/INTD101\" target=\"_blank\">INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR<\/a> <strong>(W)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6a2c8\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/CRWT102\" target=\"_blank\">CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6a57c\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/AIID201\" target=\"_blank\">AIID 201 - READINGS IN THE HUMANITIES<\/a> <strong>(W)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211; <\/strong> <strong>(W)<\/strong> <a id=\"69d32fdf6a5be\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - GE-HISTORY CATEGORY: HIST 101-110<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211; <\/strong> <a id=\"69d32fdf6a5f6\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - GE-MATHEMATICS CATEGORY: MATH 101-121<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211; <\/strong> <a id=\"69d32fdf6a61b\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - GE-INTERCULTURAL NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211; <\/strong> <a id=\"69d32fdf6a63c\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES CATEGORY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>SELECT ONE &#8211; <\/strong> <strong>(W)<\/strong> <a id=\"69d32fdf6a65a\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/\" target=\"_blank\">  - GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES CATEGORY<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\">SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMAN SERVICES REQUIREMENTS<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6a829\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/SOSC101\" target=\"_blank\">SOSC 101 - SOCIAL ISSUES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6aa0e\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/SOSC235\" target=\"_blank\">SOSC 235 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\">ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAJOR REQUIREMENTS<\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6ac15\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENSC103\" target=\"_blank\">ENSC 103 - INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>BIOLOGY REQUIREMENT: \u00a0SELECT ONE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6addf\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL101\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 101 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY<\/a><strong> OR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6af92\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/BIOL110\" target=\"_blank\">BIOL 110 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I:  LECTURE AND LAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>EARTH SCIENCE REQUIREMENT: \u00a0SELECT ONE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6b183\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/GEOL101\" target=\"_blank\">GEOL 101 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6b368\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/GEOG101\" target=\"_blank\">GEOG 101 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6b555\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/GEOL105\" target=\"_blank\">GEOL 105 - FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOLOGY: LEC\/LAB<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>200-LEVEL CORE REQUIREMENTS:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6b6f7\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST207\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 207 - PUBLIC POLICY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6b8f7\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST209\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6ba85\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST215\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 215 - ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6bbf1\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST223\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 223 - ENERGY AND SOCIETY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6bd81\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST234\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 234 - NATURAL HISTORY AND APPLIED FIELD ECOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>300\/400 LEVEL ELEMENTS OF A SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY: \u00a0SELECT FOUR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6befd\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/COMM307\" target=\"_blank\">COMM 307 - ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6c085\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENSC325\" target=\"_blank\">ENSC 325 - BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6c219\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST305\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 305 - ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS AND ETHICS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\"><a id=\"69d32fdf6c3ae\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST313\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 313 - APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6c534\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST314\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 314 - GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6c697\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST317\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 317 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6c80c\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST326\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 326 - ENVIRONMENTAL LAW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6c97c\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST335\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 335 - ECOLOGY, SOCIETY, AND THE SACRED<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6caea\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST336\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 336 - GLOBAL ETHICS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6cc8f\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST338\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 338 - SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6cdff\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST339\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 339 - SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6cf67\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST340\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 340 - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6d4df\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST350\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 350 - NATIONAL PARKS & OUTDOOR RECREATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6d6a0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST358\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 358 - GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6da3c\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST390\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 390 - TOPICS:<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6dc28\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/GEOG303\" target=\"_blank\">GEOG 303 - WATER RESOURCES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6ddc8\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/GEOG304\" target=\"_blank\">GEOG 304 - FOREST RESOURCES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6df40\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/GEOL333\" target=\"_blank\">GEOL 333 - ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6e129\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/PSYC343\" target=\"_blank\">PSYC 343 - ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6e289\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/SOCI306\" target=\"_blank\">SOCI 306 - ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">India Study Abroad courses<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>FIELD PLACEMENT REQUIREMENT: \u00a0SELECT ONE OR MORE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6e499\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST331\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 331 - ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6e686\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST388\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 388 - CO-OP\/INTERNSHIP ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Approved Study Abroad<\/li>\n<li><strong>400-LEVEL REQUIREMENTS:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6e83a\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST410\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 410 - ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINAR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6e9df\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST414\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 414 - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6eb8e\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST418\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 418 - FIELD RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\">CAREER PATHWAYS REQUIREMENTS<\/li>\n<li class=\"majorTableSubHeading\">Visit the\u00a0Cahill Career Center<\/li>\n<li><strong>SOSC-001<\/strong> &#8212; CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 (Career Assessment\/Advising)<\/li>\n<li><strong>SOSC-002<\/strong> &#8212; CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 (Resume\/LinkedIn\/Cover Letter)<\/li>\n<li><strong>SOSC-003<\/strong> &#8212; CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 (Interview Practice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note: A 2.0 GPA in the major is required for graduation. <\/div><\/div> <div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Requirements of the Minor <\/div><div class=\"c_content\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>At least 1\/2 of the courses fulfilling a minor must be distinct from the student\u2019s major. That is, three of the five courses required for a minor cannot be used towards fulfillment of major requirements. A school core does not need to be completed for a minor. Minors are open to students regardless of school affiliation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5 align=\"center\"><strong>ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MINOR<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div class=\"courseTable\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"majorTableHeading\">Subject &amp; Course # &#8211; Title &amp; Course Description<\/li>\n<li><strong>REQUIRED:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6edc7\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST209\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>200\/300 ADDITIONAL ES CORE COURSE: \u00a0SELECT ONE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>300\/400 LEVEL COURSES: \u00a0SELECT TWO (with Environmental Studies Advisor)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>400 LEVEL CAPSTONE REQUIREMENT: \u00a0SELECT ONE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6ef94\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST410\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 410 - ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINAR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"69d32fdf6f14f\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.ramapo.edu\/courses\/ENST414\" target=\"_blank\">ENST 414 - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div> <div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>Related Information <\/div><div class=\"c_content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2016-2017\/general-education\/\">General Education Requirements<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/mygraduationplan\/\">Four Year Plan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2016-2017\/grad-requirements\/\">Graduation Requirements<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/ssec\/\">Sharp Sustainability Education Center Website<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/\">School of Social Science and Human Services Website<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/sshs\/faculty\/\">Faculty Profiles<\/a> <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Year Plan Website: School of Social Science and Human Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1381,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page_leftCol.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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