Requirements and Courses
The Environmental Humanities Minor gives you flexibility in drawing from many disciplines—from literature and philosophy to sociology and ecology—to cultivate environmental awareness, take local action, and prepare for diverse paths of future care and advocacy.
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 Spring 2024.
Foundational Environmental Humanities Class Options
(Choose 1 of the Following Classes)
- ANT 1307 The Evolution of Human Societies: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
- BIO 1303 Human Ecology: Our Place in Nature
- ENG 1310 Writing and Academic Inquiry EHUM)*
- ENG 2310 American Literature Cultures (EHUM)*
- ENG 2301 British Literature (EHUM)*
- ENG 2306 World Literature (EHUM)*
- ENV 1301 & 1101 Exploring Environmental Issues & Lab
- ENV 1307 Fundamentals of Climate Change+
- ENV 2376 Environment and Society
- FYS 1399 (For HONS students) Child Migration in the Western Hemisphere
- 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
- PHI 1308 Contemporary Moral Problems (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.
+As of Spring 2024, this course is still going through inclusion in the minor in the official university catalog. It will still count for the minor. Contact Joshua_King@baylor.edu with any questions.
Humanities and the Environment Class Options
(Choose 3 of the Following Classes)
- CW 4345 Writing Climate Change+
- ENGL 4365 Literature and the Environment
Also fulfills new Engaged Learning Core Requirement
(This course was formerly numbered ENG 3360 & is numbered ENGL 4365 starting Fall 2024 because of changes to the English major. Requirements remain the same: all 3000 and 4000 level courses count equally in the new major.) - ENGL Women Writers (EHUM)*+
- ENGL 4366 Ecogothic Literature+
- ENGL 4372 Oceanic Literature+
- HIS 3383 A Cultural History of Hunting in North America+
- HIS 4383 History of the South (EHUM)*
- HIS 4388/ENV 4389 American Environmental History
- 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 3385 Special Topics in Writing Workshop (EHUM)*+
- REL 4393/ENV 4393 Environmental Ethics
- 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.
+As of Spring 2024, this course is still going through inclusion in the minor in the official university catalog. It will still count for the minor. Contact Joshua_King@baylor.edu with any questions.
Social and Natural Sciences Approaches to the Environment
and Human Ecologies Class Options
(Choose 1 of the Following Classes)
- ANT 3301 Science, Society, and Culture
- ANT 3320/ENV 3320 Environment and Human Behavior
- ANT 4311/ENV 4310 World Food Problems
- ANT 4321/ENV4322 Climate Anthropology
- ANT 4350/ENV4350 Development and Indigenous Peoples
- ANT 4362 Applied Anthropology
- ANT 4373 One Health: Connecting Global Health and Conservation Medicine
- BIO 3320 Climate Change Biology
- BIO 4331 Science Leadership: Community-Based Research+ (Theme: Food and the Environment)
- ECO 3355/SOC 3355 Introduction to Economics of Poverty and Discrimination
- ECO 4323/AVS 4323/ENV 4323 The Environment and Economic Analysis
- ENV 1303 Wildlife Ecology
- ENV 2307 Ecology for a Changing World
- ENV 3314/BIO 3315 Introduction to Environmental Health
- ENV 3103 Seminars on Environmental Topics
- ENV 4307/PSC 4307 Environmental Law
- ENV 4309/PSC 4309 Environmental Justice+
- ENV 4313 Agricultural Ecology
- ENV 4410 Humans and Environmental Change
- GEO 1309 Origins of Habitable Worlds
- GEO 4373/ENV 4374 Global Soil Systems
- MH 4V98 Advanced Topics in Medical Humanities—Racial Disparities in Healthcare (EHUM)*
- PSC/ENV 3300 The Environment and Political Processes
- SOC 4V70 Special Topics in Sociology (EHUM)*+ (Theme: Environmental Sociology)
- SW 4322-01 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.
+As of Spring 2024, this course is still going through inclusion in the minor in the official university catalog. It will still count for the minor. Contact Joshua_King@baylor.edu with any questions.
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.