Environmental Science, Minor
The environmental science minor provides students with the specialized knowledge needed to analyze complex environmental issues, as well as the societal and economic impacts of environmental change.
What Can I Do with this Minor?
Graduates may explore some of the following professional careers:
- Environmental consultant
- Environmental scientist
- Environmental specialist
- Environmental technician
- Marine biologist
- Microbiologist
- Microbiology technician
- Wildlife biologist
Program Information
- Degree Awarded
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- Minor
- Program Type
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- Minor
- Program Location
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- Main Campus - Northeast Philadelphia
- Required Credit Hours
- 18-20
Program Overview
Students will evaluate environmental problems and develop solutions with the limits of societal resources in mind. Students who graduate with a completed minor in environmental science will be able to:
- Utilize analytical skills to apply interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary environmental questions.
- Synthesize knowledge from differing disciplines to understand how society and the environment interact, as well as the social, economic, and environmental implications of that interaction.
- Integrate information from across scientific disciplines and apply these concepts to complex environmental problems.
- Collect and interpret scientific data in both field and laboratory settings.
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Chemistry, Minor UG
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Natural Sciences, Minor UG
The Minor in the Natural Sciences prepares the Holy Family student to think globally and will give the student the opportunity to experience and to explore the breadth of the Natural Sciences. Essential biological and chemical principles of nature will be presented as an interplay between chemical and physical Laws and their impact upon both living and nonliving systems. This minor is particularly useful for education majors who want to teach middle level science courses.