Climate Change Studies Minor (CCSN)

The Climate Change Studies minor is an interdisciplinary and integrative program of study involving expert faculty and key courses from intersecting disciplines. It provides students with the necessary science-based background and a broad understanding of the human relationship to climate change including the social and environmental causes, challenges, and opportunities for mitigation and adaption. As climate change is recognized as one of the critical challenges to the sustainability of human society and the environment, the goal of the program is to develop informed and engaged citizens who can use information from multiple disciplines to draw appropriate conclusions and constructively contribute to societal adaptation to global environmental change. It is intended for any undergraduate and will prepare students to address the complex roots and implications of climate change in any number of professional settings as well as be directly relevant and significant to their lives.