Environmental Humanities, Minor
The minor in Environmental Humanities allows students to explore how attitudes and perceptions, ethics and social structures, arts, cultures and language respond to and shape our environments. The program places special emphasis on arts-driven inquiry into place, integrating the methods and modes of analysis traditionally associated with the arts and humanities with those of the social and natural sciences. The minor also emphasizes public research, training students to engage with publics outside the university in the processes of environmental knowledge-making. Students will complete both a customizable public engagement requirement and a final capstone project. The minor is open to undergraduates in all disciplines.
| Code | Title | Course Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| The following course lists are not exhaustive; other courses may be substituted but require prior approval from the Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies. | ||
| Arts & Humanities Approaches to Environmental Inquiry | ||
| Select two of the following: | 2 | |
| First Year Seminar: Climate Fiction | ||
| August Wilson and Beyond | ||
or AFRC 2325 | August Wilson and Beyond | |
| Architecture in the Anthropocene | ||
| Liquid Histories and Floating Archives | ||
or HIST 0872 | Liquid Histories and Floating Archives | |
or GRMN 1140 | Liquid Histories and Floating Archives | |
or ENGL 1589 | Liquid Histories and Floating Archives | |
| Water Worlds: Cultural Responses to Sea Level Rise & Catastrophic Flooding | ||
or COML 1050 | War and Representation | |
or GRMN 1130 | Water Worlds: Cultural Responses to Sea Level Rise & Catastrophic Flooding | |
| Forest Worlds: Mapping the Arboreal Imaginary in Literature and Film | ||
or GRMN 1132 | Forest Worlds: Mapping the Arboreal Imaginary in Literature and Film | |
| Comparative Cultures of Sustainability | ||
or GRMN 1150 | Comparative Cultures of Sustainability | |
| Sustainability & Utopianism | ||
| Schelling, Goethe, Nature. Thinking Nature with Schelling and Goethe. | ||
or COML 5250 | Schelling, Goethe, Nature. Thinking Nature with Schelling and Goethe. | |
| Global Environmental History from Paleolithic to the Present | ||
| Human-Animal Relationships in Historical Perspective | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Philosophy of Biology | ||
| Religion and Ecology | ||
| Animals and Religion | ||
| Spirituality in the Age of Global Warming: Designing a Digital Mapping Project in Scalar | ||
| Social Science Approaches to Environmental Inquiry | ||
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
| Water in the Middle East Throughout History | ||
| Origin and Culture of Cities | ||
| Making the Natural World: An Introduction to Political Ecology | ||
| Nature Culture Environmentalism | ||
| The Politics of Matter and the Matter of Politics | ||
| Historical Ecology | ||
| Plants and Society | ||
| Thinking with Models: Business Analytics for Energy and Sustainability | ||
| Environment and Society | ||
| Environmental History | ||
| Nature's Nation: Americans and Their Environment | ||
| Data Dreams | ||
| Animals in Science Medicine Technology | ||
| Environments and Health | ||
| Environmental History | ||
| Natural Science Approaches to Environmental Inquiry | ||
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
| Introduction to Environmental Science | ||
| Urban Environments: Speaking About Lead in West Philadelphia | ||
| Community Based Environmental Health | ||
| Air Pollution: Sources & Effects in Urban Environments | ||
| Environmental Case Studies | ||
| The anthropocene: Human-dominated Earth | ||
| Humans and the Environment | ||
| Evolution of Behavior: Animal Behavior | ||
| Ecology: From individuals to ecosystems | ||
| Environmental Chemistry | ||
| Natural Disturbances and Disasters | ||
| Oceanography | ||
| Global Climate Change | ||
| Glaciers,Ice & Climate | ||
| Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics and Implications for Future Climate Change | ||
| Biogeochemistry | ||
| Soil Science | ||
| Touchstone Course | ||
| Transdisciplinary Environmental Humanities | 1 | |
| Public Engagement Requirement | ||
| If completed using one of the courses below, this credit can double count as one of Requirements I, II, and III, above. This requirement may also be fulfilled with an independent study, credit-bearing summer project or other course with a significant community-based research or service component, but requires prior approval from the Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies | 1 | |
| August Wilson and Beyond | ||
or AFRC 2325 | August Wilson and Beyond | |
| Liquid Histories and Floating Archives | ||
or GRMN 1140 | Liquid Histories and Floating Archives | |
or HIST 0872 | Liquid Histories and Floating Archives | |
| Comparative Cultures of Sustainability | ||
| Nature Culture Environmentalism | ||
| Urban Environments: Speaking About Lead in West Philadelphia | ||
| Community Based Environmental Health | ||
| Air Pollution: Sources & Effects in Urban Environments | ||
| Capstone Course | ||
| ANTH 5440 | Public Environmental Humanities | 1 |
| or COML 5440 | Public Environmental Humanities | |
| or GRMN 5440 | Public Environmental Humanities | |
| or URBS 5440 | Public Environmental Humanities | |
| Total Course Units | 6-7 | |
The degree and major requirements displayed are intended as a guide for students entering in the Fall of 2024 and later. Students should consult with their academic program regarding final certifications and requirements for graduation.