The Environment and Society minor requires the completion of 6 courses (18 credits), including 2 basic required courses and 4 additional courses. The Fall 2026 courses that are pre-approved for the minor include:

Fall 2026: Required Courses for the Minor

GEO 103—Environment and Society · B. Wilson · MoWe 10:35–11:30 + discussion

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GEO 155—The Natural Environment · E. Coffel · TuTh 9:30–10:25 + discussion

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GEO 215—Global Environmental Change · T. Perreault · MoWe 12:45–1:40 + discussion

Fall 2026: Additional Courses for the Minor

• ANT 438—The Archaeology of Food · G. Pezzarossi · TuTh 11:00–12:00

• CEE 341—Intro. to Environmental Engineering · S. Todorova · TuTh 2:00–3:20 + discussion

• EEE 450—Sustainable Enterprise · M. Coleman II · MoWe 5:15–6:35

• FST 202—Agroecology · J. Welsh · TuTh 12:30–1:50

• FST 302—Food, Environment and Climate · N. Shanguhyia · TBD

• GEO 307—Globalizing Food · L. Minkoff-Zern · TuTh 2:00–3:20

• GEO 353—Geographies of Environmental Justice · T. Perreault · MoWe 2:15–3:35

• GEO 356—Environmental Ideas & Policy · A. Vlasak · TuTh 11:00–12:20

• GEO 422—Water: Environment, Society & Politics · F. Sultana · Tu 9:30–12:15

• GEO 426—Environmental Change in the Anthropocene · E. Coffel · TuTh 11:00–12:20

• GEO 432—Authoritarianism & the Environment · N. Koch · MoWe 5:15–6:35

• NSD 555— Food, Culture & Environment · S. Raj · MoWe 12:45–2:05

• PHI 394—Environmental Ethics · V. Nicolau Sholl De Freitas Lima · MoWe 2:15–3:35

• PHP 303—Environmental Health · B. Gump · TuTh 12:30–1:50

• PSC 302—Environmental Politics & Policy · S. Pralle · TuTh 11:00–12:20

• PSC 318—Technology, Politics, and Environment · T. Shibaike · MoWe 3:45–5:05

Contact:
Undergraduate Director
geoundergraddirector@syr.edu                           

Geography and the Environment Department
144 Eggers Hall
(315) 443-2605