Outdoor Studies
Minor offered
Visit the outdoor studies webpage at https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/outdoor-studies.
Minor Requirements
To complete a minor in outdoor studies, students may choose between the on-campus track or the Adirondack Semester intensive off-campus track. Either track requires a minimum of 5.5 units. Both tracks require the acquisition of certain fundamental outdoor skills.
On-Campus Track
Students must take courses from three categories of courses: Outdoor Education, Science w/field lab and the Philosophy/Environmental Studies/Art categories.
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ODST 100 or ODST 251.
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One additional 0.5-1.0 credit course from the Outdoor Education category.
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Two courses from the Philosophy /Environmental Studies/Art category, preferably from different disciplines
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One course from the sciences with field lab category.
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One additional 1.0 credit course form any category or a relevant FYP or FYS course.
*Courses in these required categories include but are not limited to the list below; refer questions to the director.
Outdoor Education
100. Principles of Outdoor Leadership.
101. Modern Outdoor Recreation Ethics (“MORE”). (0.5 units)
115. Introduction to Snow Science and Avalanches.
251. Advanced Topics: Outdoor Leadership.
Science with Field Lab
Biology
121. The Natural World.
209. Vertebrate Natural History.
215. Invertebrate Biology.
218. Ornithology.
221. General Ecology.*
227. Mammalogy.
224. Biology of Plants.
258. Ethnobotany.
325. Mycology.
330. Ecology of Lakes and Rivers.
335. Winter Ecology.
360. Marine Ecology.
380. Tropical Ecology.* Medicinal Plant Ecology
440. Conservation Biology.
Geology
103. The Dynamic Earth.
211. Geomorphology.
216. Sedimentology.
320. Regional Field Studies.
350. Structural Geology.
3019. Adirondack Natural History & Environment.
Physics
101/102. Introduction to Astronomy.
English
231. Adirondack Literature.
243. Creative Non-Fiction Writing.+
282. Going Locavore*
293. Literary Harvest*
295. Nature and Environmental Writing*
308. Advanced Creative Non-Fiction Writing.+
328. English Romanticism.
334. Reading the Land: Pastoral and Georgic Literature*
346. American Literature and the Environment.*
352. Contemporary Literature and the Environment.*
Environmental Studies
235. Foundations of Environmental Thought
249. Outdoor Recreation and Public Land.
263. Global Change and Sustainability.
326. Once and Future Forests.
333. Climate Change Politics and Advocacy
343. Ecology and Political Thought.
371. Landscape Ecology.
Philosophy
310. Philosophy of the Environment.
Religious Studies
103. Religion & Ecology.
Sociology
187. Environment and Society *
Art
256. Art and Nature.
*Dual-listed with Environmental Studies.
+Only sections including experiences in nature satisfy this requirement.
Intensive Off-Campus Track
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Four and a half units taken during the Adirondack Semester.
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One 1 unit elective from the Outdoor Education (other than ODST 111), Field Science or Philosophy/Literature/Environmental Studies/Arts categories, or a relevant FYP or FYS