Minor in DSM

To earn an Undergraduate Minor in Disaster Science and Management, at LSU, students must first be admitted into the University and have declared a major field of study.  Any undergraduate student enrolled at LSU, regardless of major, may apply for an Undergraduate Minor in DSM.

Students working toward a Minor in DSM must complete a core set of courses totaling 12 hours.  Nine (9) hours are completed with these courses:

  • GEOG 2200 Hazards, Disasters, and the Environment (3)
  • GEOG 2210 Fundamentals of Emergency Management (3)
  • GEOG 4200 Hazard Risk Reduction (3)

The remaining three (3) hours are chosen from ONE of the following Geospatial Techniques classes:

  • GEOG 4044 Computer Cartography (3)
  • GEOG 4045 Environmental Remote Sensing (3)
  • GEOG 4047 GIS (3)

Finally, students will select two (2) elective courses from a broad range of categories that reflect the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary nature of disaster science and management.

GEOG 3001 Geography of Louisiana (3)             GEOG 4078 Environment and Development (3)

GEOG 4013 Meteorology (3)                              GEOG 4221 Tropical Atmosphere (3)

GEOG 4014 Climatology (3)                              GEOG 4997 Global Change (3)

GEOG 4015 Phys. Climatology (3)                     GEOG 4995 Internship (3)

GEOG 4018 Geography Hydrology (3)                ANTH 4909 Doing Oral History (3)

GEOG 4022 Geomorphology (3)                         ANTH 4090 Ethnographic Methods (3)

GEOG 4029 Coastal Res. & Management (3)     ANTH 4997 Environmental Anthropology (3)

Notes:

Additional electives not listed above may be approved by the DSM Director or Program Manager.

Once a student completes the registration process and has chosen to minor in DSM, the student should notify the Program Manager.

 

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