Plan of Study
Courses
Students must complete two of the following foci and are required to select course options from multiple divisions.
Geology Focus
- Both of the following:
- GEOL 201 Earth and the Environment — offered every semester
- GEOL 316 Geochemistry and Environmental Change
Biology Focus
- BIOL 111 Ecological Biology — required, offered every fall semester and a prerequisite for BIOL 350, 360 and 362
- and one of the following:
- BIOL 350 Field Botany — offered twice every three years
- BIOL 360 Conservation Biology— offered alternative years
- BIOL 362 Biology of Insects
- BIOL 410 Applications of GIS in Ecology, Environmental and Health Sciences — offered in the spring semester in alternate years
Environmental Sustainability Focus
- Two of the following:
- ENSU 141 Environment, Society and Sustainability — offered every fall semester (Social Science Division)
- ENSU 151 Environment, Science and Sustainability — offered every spring semester (Natural Science Division)
- ENSU 326 U.S. Environmental and Natural Resource Policy — offered spring semester in alternate years (Social Science Division)
- ENSU/POLS 322 Climate Policy — offered spring semester in alternate years (Social Science Division)
- ENSU 341 Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation — offered spring semester in alternate years (Natural Science Division)
Management/Economics Focus
- Two of the following:
- ECON/MGMT 100 Introduction to Economics — offered every semester and a prerequisite for ECON 342 and ECON/ENSU 343
- MGMT 200 Financial Accounting — offered every semester
- MGMT 306 Ennovation Lab
- ECON 342 Economic Development — offered in alternative years
- ECON/ENSU 343 Economics of the Environment — offered in the fall semester in alternate years
Co-Curricular Activity
Students shall complete a set of experiences, totaling 30 hours or more, approved by Applied Minor faculty, for example:
- Volunteer or work at a farm or garden
- Lead a project at Miller Farm
- Volunteer or work with a Farmer’s Market or other organization focused on agriculture and/or food systems
- Lead Miller Farm Sustainable Agriculture course
- EPIC Advantage or summer research focused on agriculture or food systems as approved by Applied Minor faculty
- Participate in a farm/agricultural-focused conference, since as the Indiana Small Farms Conference
- Other opportunities considered by petition as approved by Applied Minor faculty
Culminating Experience
A poster or oral presentation at EPIC Expo or other conference (for example, Indiana Small Farms Conference, Ohio Small Farms Conference, professional conferences, etc.) that demonstrates connections between curricular and co-curricular components of the Applied Minor.