Environmental Science Minor

Program Description

The environmental science minor at Flagler College connects students with the natural world, giving them a firm grounding in global environmental processes and ecological sustainability while focusing on the diverse Floridian ecosystems nearby. Environmental Science courses are infused with opportunities for students to work together to solve problems, research environmental issues in the laboratory and the field, engage in community issues and grow personally and professionally. 

Including an Environmental Science minor in a pre-professional major program of study enhances a student’s competitiveness for careers in the growing fields of environmental law, “green business”, global sustainability industries, education, environmental justice, environmental economics, environmental policy, and environmental risk assessment. Additionally, students who complete this minor often go on to pursue graduate degrees in environmental and ecological fields

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon completing the requirements for this concentration in Environmental Science:

Students will demonstrate comprehension of the diversity of life, and its patterns of distribution.

Students will demonstrate understanding of the connections between all living organisms, their adaptations to their environment, as well as the outcomes of unbalanced relationships.

Students will demonstrate expertise in distinguishing among the best approaches and tools for conserving biological diversity.

Students will demonstrate their ability to think critically by asking questions and seeking answers using the scientific process to collect, analyze and interpret data.

Students will synthesize foundational curriculum objectives by applying the process of scientific inquiry through active and significant participation in undergraduate research.

Students will demonstrate an enhanced understanding of how the synergy between various fields of scientific study can be used in efforts to develop solutions to environmental problems.

Courses Offered

NAS 104 Life Science
NAS 105 Earth Science
NAS 106 Physical Science
NAS 107 Environmental Science
NAS 108 Water Science
NAS 109 Environmental Factors in the Rise and Fall of Human Civilizations
NAS 111 Introduction to Biological Science
NAS 151 Environmental Chemistry
NAS 203 Marine Biology
NAS 205 Physical Anthropology
NAS 211 Introduction to Biological Sciences II
NAS 221 Introduction to Human Nutrition
NAS 240, 340 Selected Topics
NAS 243 Physical Geography
NAS 245 Oceanography
NAS 310 Field Methods
NAS 401 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
NAS 405 Biodiversity and Conservation
NAS 391, 392, 491, 492 Independent Study

Minor Requirements

The minor is a total of 16-17 credits, with three required courses: NAS 104 or NAS 111, NAS 107, and NAS 401 or 405, and 6 credits of NAS electives.

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