Program Requirements
Program Requirements
The minor requires that students take a minimum of four (4) courses outside of their major subject area. Only one (1) course may be taken within the student’s major subject area. Courses in the minor may also be used to fulfill general education requirements. To complete the course residency requirement for a minor, a minimum of three (3) course-credits (12 semester hours) in the minor must be taken at Framingham State University.
The minor requires five (5) courses as follows:
Accounting, Economics, and Finance
Biology
Chemistry and Food Science
Communication, Media, and Performance:
Computer Science
English
Environment, Society, & Sustainability:
- EASC 101 Climate Change is Now: An Introduction to Earth Systems OR
- EASC 308 Climatology and the Future of Human Society
- ENVS 218 Energy Science and Policy: The Pursuit of Sustainability
- ENVS 246 Sustainability and Social Justice
- ENVS 272 Global Environmental Issues
- GEOG 216 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
- GEOG 235 Environmental Law and Policy
- GEOG 238 Environmental Geography
- GEOG 375 Sustainable Management of Natural Resources
- GEOG 380 Making Places Sustainable
- GEOL 233 Environmental Geology
- PHYS 111/111L Physics, Nature, and Society
Food and Nutrition
- HLTH 222 Public Health and Epidemiology
- NUTR 110 Fundamentals of Nutrition Science
- NUTR 262/262L Food, Culture, and Society with Lab
Psychology and Philosophy
Sociology and Criminology