Environmental Policy Minor

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Admissions Standards/Procedures

• Students may request admission to the minor following admission to a graduate program in one of the participating departments.
• Students in good standing in one of these programs may apply for admission to the minor in environmental policy.
• The coordinating committee will consider the admission of interested students. Applicants should have a background in both natural and social sciences evidenced by prior course work or experience.

Credit Hours Required

18 graduate credit hours

Required Courses

• One graduate course (3 credit hours) in environmental studies from the student’s major discipline and chosen in consultation with the major professor and/or coordinating committee
• One graduate course (3 credit hours) in quantitative methods and chosen in consultation with the major professor and/or coordinating committee
  • The above two requirements may be fulfilled before or after admission to the minor.
• All students admitted to the minor will be required to register for
  • POLS 549 (3 credit hour)
  • Complete the following (3 credit hours)
    • EEB 484 or another Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) graduate course with the consent of the program coordinating committee or
    • GEOG 433 or approved equivalent as determined by the program coordinating committee.
• 6 credit hours of graduate coursework outside the major discipline approved by the coordinating committee

Non-Course Requirements

• Doctoral students seeking a minor in environmental policy must also complete, in addition to above, a policy-relevant dissertation approved by the coordinating committee.