Academics

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.