Climate Resilience Minor
The Climate Resilience Minor (MCRS) allows students to supplement their major with a focus on the environmental and social effects of climate change. Students learn scientific principles related to climate-change adaptation and mitigation and gain foundational knowledge about urban resilience strategies. Students also have the opportunity to select from a range of courses exploring climate resilience and environmental analysis across various academic disciplines.
Students complete 16 credits of coursework, including two required courses and two electives.
Program Educational Objectives
- The Climate Resilience Minor (MCRS) allows students to supplement their major with a focus on the environmental and social effects of climate change. Students learn scientific principles related to adaptation and mitigation and gain foundational knowledge about urban resilience strategies
Course | Title | Credits |
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Required courses (8 credits) | ||
SCIN1000 | Environmental Science | 4 |
or BIOL1200 | FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY | |
HSSI1000 | BOSTON INSIGHTS | 4 |
or HSSI1050 | URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AT HOME AND BEYOND | |
Elective courses (8 credits) | ||
CRES3000 | TOPICS IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBAN RESILIENCE | 4 |
ECON4225 | ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS | 4 |
HIST4400 | ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT | 4 |
HUMN4000 | OLMSTED'S VISION AND U.S. PARKS | 4 |
HUMN4330 | CLIMATE CHANGE & THE HUMANITIES | 4 |
HUMN4325 | FROZEN! THE CLIMATE CRISIS OF 1816 | 4 |
PHIL4700 | ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS | 4 |
POLS3000 | ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY | 4 |