Requirements and Courses
The Environmental Humanities Minor helps you appreciate and seek the interconnected wellbeing of cultures, communities, and creation. You select from a rich offering of environmentally focused classes in the arts and humanities and flexibly combine them with options from the social and natural sciences, as well as pre-professonal pathways, such as healthcare, law, and social work. Many classes include hands-on, applied learning on campus and beyond.
Overview
Minimum 18 credit hours (Some courses options are 4 hours, but the total will never exceed 20).
9 credit hours must be at the 3000/4000 level.
Three Distribution Lists
- Foundational Environmental Humanities Class (3-4 hours)
- Humanities and the Environment (9 hours)
- Social and Natural Sciences Approaches to the Environment & Human Ecologies (3-4 hours)
& Elective (3 additional hours) from the above distribution lists or as approved by Director of Minor; these three credit hours can include 1-hour EHUM sections of Philanthropy & Public Service (PPS) 1100 or PPS 1101.
Class Offerings
- See "Current Courses" for classes being offered in Summer and Fall 2026.
Foundational Environmental Humanities Class Options
(Choose 1 of the Following Classes)
- ANT 1307 The Evolution of Human Societies: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
- ENG 1310 Writing and Academic Inquiry EHUM)*
- ENGL 1350 Introduction to Poetry (EHUM)+
- ENGL 2310 American Literature Cultures (EHUM)*
- ENGL 2301 British Literature (EHUM)*
- ENGL 2306 World Literature (EHUM)*
- ENV 1301 & 1101 Exploring Environmental Issues & Lab
- ENV 1307 Climate Change: Environmental and Human Dimensions
- ENV 1309 Introduction to Environmental Sustainability
- ENV 2376 Environment and Society
- FYS 1399 Child Migration in the Western Hemisphere (EHUM)*
- FYS 1399 Climate and Apocalyptic Fiction (EHUM)*
- HIS 1300 US in Global Perspective (EHUM)*
- GEO 1306 The Earth Through Time
- GEO 1307 Evolution and Extinction
- GEO 1401 Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters
- GEO 1402 World Oceans
- GTX 2301 Intellectual Traditions of the Ancient World: Literature and Thought (EHUM)*+
- PHI 1308 Contemporary Moral Problems (EHUM)*
- PHI 2332 Literary and Philosophical Perspectives on the Environment+
*Only the sections of this course that include (EHUM) in the title are eligible to count for this minor. They are special environmentally themed versions of the class.
+This course is still going through inclusion in the minor through the university catalog. In the meantime, to receive credit, students should notify the instructor they wish to apply it to the Environmental Humanities Minor. The instructor will then email the Director, Dr. Josh King (Joshua_King@baylor.edu) and credit will be secured via petition.
Humanities and the Environment Class Options
(Choose 3 of the Following Classes)
- CW 4345 Writing Climate Change
- ENGL 3360 Special Topics: 1900-Present [Course Topics Vary] (EHUM)*+
- ENGL 4305 Women Writers (EHUM)*
- ENGL 4309 Magical Realism in Latinx Literature+
- ENGL 4315 Literature of the American West and Southwest*
- ENGL 4360 Special Topics: Electives [Course Topics Vary] (EHUM)*+
- ENGL 4365 Literature and Environmental Justice
Also fulfills Engaged Learning Core Requirement - ENGL 4366 Ecogothic Literature
- ENGL 4372 Oceanic Literature
- GTX 3343 Great Texts in the Origins of Science (EHUM)*+
- GTX 3375 Great Texts and the Great Outdoors+
- GTX 4321 Twentieth Century (EHUM)*+
- GTX 4341 Great Texts in Modern Science+
- HIS 3383 A Cultural History of Hunting in North America
- HIS 4383 History of the South (EHUM)*
- HIS 4388/ENV 4389 American Environmental History
- HON 3V70 Readings in the Honors Program (EHUM)*
- LAS 4350 Latin American Studies Seminar
- PHI 3322 Philosophy and the Arts (EHUM)*
- PHI 4310 Philosophy of Science
- PHI 4363 Philosophy and Medicine (EHUM)*
- PWR 3381 Food Writing and Foodways
- PWR 3385 Special Topics in Writing Workshop (EHUM)*
- REL 4393/ENV 4393 Environmental Ethics
- THEA 4215 Art as Civic Practice: Engagement, Collaboration, and Inclusivity+
Also fulfills Engaged Learning Core Requirement - THEA 4306 Research Methods in Sustainable Design
- THEA 4321 History of Costume (EHUM)*
*Only the sections of this course that include (EHUM) in the title are eligible to count for this minor. They are special environmentally themed versions of the class.
+This course is still going through inclusion in the minor through the university catalog. In the meantime, to receive credit, students should notify the instructor they wish to apply it to the Environmental Humanities Minor. The instructor will then email the Director, Dr. Josh King (Joshua_King@baylor.edu) and credit will be secured via petition.
Social and Natural Sciences Approaches to the Environment
and Human Ecologies Class Options
(Choose 1 of the Following Classes)
- ANT/ENV 3320 Environment and Human Behavior
- ANT 4311/ENV 4310 World Food Problems
- ANT 4321/ENV4322 Climate Anthropology
- ANT/EnV 4340 Environmental Archeology
- ANT/ENV4350 Development and Indigenous Peoples
- ANT 4362 Applied Anthropology
- ANT 4373 One Health: Connecting Global Health and Conservation Medicine
- BIO 4331 Science Leadership: Community-Based Research (Theme: Food and the Environment)
- ECO 4323/AVS 4323/ENV 4323 The Environment and Economic Analysis
- ENV 1303 Wildlife Ecology
- ENV 2307 Ecology for a Changing World
- ENV 3103 Seminars on Environmental Topics
- ENV 3302 Data Analysis for Environmental Studies+
- ENV 3314/BIO 3315 Introduction to Environmental Health
- ENV/PSC 4307 Environmental Law
- ENV/PSC 4309 Environmental Justice
- ENV 4410 Humans and Environmental Change
- ENV 4313 Agricultural Ecology
- ENV 4355 Sustainability and Natural Resources
- GEO 1309 Origins of Habitable Worlds
- GEO 4373/ENV 4374 Global Soil Systems
- MH 4391 Disrupting Disparities in Healthcare
Also fulfills Engaged Learning Core Requirement - PSC/ENV 3300 The Environment and Political Processes
- PSC 3374 European Union Politics+
- PSC 3375 Model United Nations
Also fulfills Engaged Learning Core Requirement - PSC/ENV 4330 Urban Political Processes
Also fulfills Engaged Learning Core Requirement - RLS 4331 Meanings, Culture, and Philosophy of American Landscapes
- SOC 3325 Environmental Sociology
Also fulfills Engaged Learning Core Requirement - SWO 4315 Foundations for Social Justice
- SWO 4322 Social Policy for Social Work Practice (EHUM)*
*Only the sections of this course that include (EHUM) in the title are eligible to count for this minor. They are special environmentally themed versions of the class.
+This course is still going through inclusion in the minor through the university catalog. In the meantime, to receive credit, students should notify the instructor they wish to apply it to the Environmental Humanities Minor. The instructor will then email the Director, Dr. Josh King (Joshua_King@baylor.edu) and credit will be secured via petition.
Elective
(3 Additional Credit Hours)
- Select 3 credit hours from any of the distribution lists (or other courses as approved by Director of Minor).
- These three credit hours can include (EHUM) sections of Philanthropy & Public Service (PPS) 1100 or PPS 1101. These sections are worth 1 credit each. Only PPS sections with (EHUM) in their titles can count for this minor. Also fulfills Engaged Learning Core Requirement