{"id":48,"date":"2019-08-23T13:25:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T17:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/minors\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T12:13:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:13:57","slug":"minors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/academics\/undergraduate\/minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department offers several minors for students both inside and outside the Department. We currently offer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/programs\/earth-environment\/minor-in-earth-environmental-sciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minor in Earth &amp; Environmental Sciences<\/a><span>, which provides students with a framework for understanding the Earth\u2019s natural science systems and environmental forces that shape human life. <\/span><em><span>(20 credits)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/programs\/earth-environment\/minor-in-environmental-analysis-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minor in Environmental Analysis &amp; Policy<\/a>, which trains students in the social sciences with a clearly defined specialization in the environmental field. <em><span>(20 credits)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/programs\/earth-environment\/minor-in-environmental-remote-sensing-gis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minor in Environmental Remote Sensing &amp; GIS<\/a>, which gives students scientific and practical knowledge of the methodology and uses of remote sensing and geographic information systems. <em><span>(20 credits)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/programs\/marine-science\/minor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minor in Marine Science<\/a>, which offers theoretical and practical expertise in all areas of marine science, including biological, chemical, geological, and physical. <em><span>(20 credits)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cas\/programs\/earth-environment\/sustainable-energy-minor\/\">Minor in Sustainable Energy<\/a>, which exposes students to the interdisciplinary nature of energy studies and how it confronts the preeminent challenges facing humanity: a sustainable existence on Earth. <em><span>(20 credits)<\/span><\/em><em><span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department offers several minors for students both inside and outside the Department. We currently offer: Minor in Earth &amp; Environmental Sciences, which provides students with a framework for understanding the Earth\u2019s natural science systems and environmental forces that shape human life. (20 credits) Minor in Environmental Analysis &amp; Policy, which trains students in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22681,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/22681"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}