Environmental Humanities Minor

Dr. Katey Castellano, Coordinator
Phone: (540) 568-3753
Website: https://www.jmu.edu/environment/humanities.shtml

This minor allows students to articulate broad historical and cultural views of the complex interactions among humans and the natural and material environment. Students will analyze and produce expressive, creative work that illustrates the complexity of human interaction with the environment.

Students select 18 hours as distributed below. No more than three courses can come from a single academic unit in the total hours selected. Students may double-count two courses in the minor with their major. At the discretion of the minor coordinator, science courses may be substituted into the minor.

Humanities and the Environment

Choose four courses, no more than two from the same discipline: 12 Credit Hours

ARCD 330. Materials and Methods Credits: 3.00
ENG 221. Literature/Culture/Ideas [C2L] Credits: 3.00 (for minor credit when topic is “Environmental Literature”)
ENG 371. Literature and the Environment Credits: 3.00
ENG 372. Ecocriticism and Environmental Ethics Credits: 3.00
ENG 390. The Environmental Imagination Credits: 3.00
ENVT 300. Topics in Environmental Humanities Credits: 3.00
ENVT 301. Internship in Environmental Humanities Credits: 3.00
ENVT 401. Studio or Independent Study in Environmental Humanities Credits: 3.00
GEOG 325. Environmental Ethics Credits: 3.00
HIST 270. Modern Middle East Credits: 3.00
HIST 304. Native Peoples of the United States Credits: 3.00 ¹
HIST 315. History of Sport Credits: 3.00
HIST 427. U.S. Environmental History Credits: 3.00
HIST 434. Recent America Credits: 3.00
INDU 392. Topics in Industrial Design Credits: 3.00 (for minor credit when topic is “Design and Sustainability”)
REL 366. Religion, Animals and the Environment Credits: 3.00
or
ENVT 366. Religion, Animals and the Environment Credits: 3.00
SCOM 302. Third Wave Ecofeminism Credits: 3.00
or
WGSS 302. Third Wave Ecofeminism Credits: 3.00
SCOM 354. Environmental Communication and Advocacy Credits: 3.00
or
WRTC 326. Environmental Communication and Advocacy Credits: 3.00
WRTC 416. Rhetoric of Environmental Science and Technology Credits: 3.00
or
SCOM 465. Rhetoric of Environmental Science and Technology Credits: 3.00
Approved Special Topics Courses
Approved Internship Programs
Approved Study Abroad Programs

Humanities/Social Science Elective

Choose one: 3 Credit Hours

ANTH 300. The Anthropology of Food Credits: 3.00
ANTH 307. Climate, Culture and Change Credits: 3.00
ANTH 430. Primate Conservation Biology Credits: 3.00
ARTH 380. American Art to 1870 Credits: 3.00 (for landscape, painting, nationalism)
ENG 325. Romantic Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG 363. Native American Literature Credits: 3.00
ENG 496. Advanced Topics in Creative Writing Credits: 3.00 (Cavanagh’s section)
HIST 326. The Automobile in 20th Century America Credits: 3.00
HIST 327. Technology in America Credits: 3.00
HIST 405. Travel and Exploration Credits: 3.00
HIST 443. Modern American Technology and Culture Credits: 3.00
HIST 453. Patterns of Global History Credits: 3.00
HIST 469. A History of International Development in the Twentieth Century Credits: 3.00
HUM 252. Global Cultures [C2HQC] Credits: 3.00 “Global South Asia” only
HUMN 301. Introduction to Natural Disasters Response Credits: 3.00
ISAT 421. Environmental Policy & Regulation Credits: 3.00
PPA 484. Environmental Regulatory Policy and Politics Credits: 3.00
SOCI 311. Sociology of the Environment Credits: 3.00
SOCI 354. Social Inequality Credits: 3.00
SOCI 358. Sociology of Consumption Credits: 3.00
WRTC 342. Writing Place Credits: 3.00
WRTC 358. Writing About Science and Technology Credits: 3.00

Science Elective

General Education courses may double-count for the minor.

Choose one: 3 Credit Hours

ENVT 200. Environmental Systems Theory Credits: 3.00
GEOG 322. Agricultural Systems Credits: 3.00
GEOG 341. Wilderness Techniques Credits: 3.00
GEOL 102. Environment: Earth [C3NS] Credits: 3.00
GEOL 115. Earth Systems and Climate Change [C3NS] Credits: 3.00
GEOL 211. Introduction to Oceanography [C3NS] Credits: 3.00
HTH 352. Environmental Health Credits: 3.00
ISAT 100. Environmental and Energy Sustainability [C3PP] Credits: 3.00
ISAT 112. Environmental Issues in Science and Technology (2,3) [C3PP] Credits: 4.00
NUTR 380. Global Nutrition Credits: 3.00

Total: 18 Credit Hours

¹ These four history courses are offered on a rotating basis. One will be offered each year. Each one contains substantial environmental material.