Environmental Ethics, Minor

Minor in Environmental Ethics (360006M)

The Environmental Ethics Minor is designed for students to become familiar with the ethical relationship of humans to the natural environment and its inhabitants, particularly in a time of global warming, loss of rare habitats and species, and sustainability and green technology initiatives.  Environmental Ethics draws on perspectives from other disciplines, and so this program incorporates an interdisciplinary approach by allowing designated courses from other departments to count as partial credit towards the minor.

Program Contact
Dr. Christopher Buford
Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Philosophy
330-972-6959
​cb72@uakron.edu

The following information has official approval of The Department of Philosophy and The Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences, but is intended only as a guide. Completion of this minor is contingent upon many factors, including but not limited to: class availability, total number of required credits, work schedule, finances, family, course drops/withdrawals, successfully passing courses, prerequisites, among others.

The following courses constitute a “Minor in Environmental Ethics” and must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0 overall for the minor to be noted on the student’s record. Students cannot overlap more than 6 credits if obtaining both a Philosophy major and a Philosophy minor or if obtaining two Philosophy minors. Please refer to the University Requirements for Minor Areas of Study for specific graduation information regarding minors.

Summary

Required Courses

Electives

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Needs to be on an environmental or animal ethics topic.