Students completing the minor may take classes in the humanities, social sciences, sciences and exercise science in order to achieve an interdisciplinary experience. Students should contact the coordinators, Dr. David Kozak or Dr. Gary Gianniny, in order to plan a course of study or learn the details of the program and internships.

 NOTE: This minor has been approved to be included in the 2006-2007 Academic Catalogue of Fort Lewis College. Students may begin taking courses in the minor as early as Winter 2006, but to receive the minor students must use the 2006-07 Catalogue or a later catalogue.

There are five primary components to the minor:

1. The student selects 12 hours from a list of existing courses (at least six hours of biology or specified geoscience offerings including labs); 6 credits must be upper division
2. The student completes a total of four hours of internship, at least one internship experience must qualify as service learning.
3. The student will be responsible for maintaining documentation proving completion of this requirement. This documentation will be required to attain instructor permission to register for MS 496
4. The student takes two hours of Physical Education (PE) classes selected from a list of existing courses;
5. The student culminates their Mountain Studies Minor with an integrative capstone course, MS496 (2-4 hours),
6. and the student participates in four pre-approved Outdoor Pursuits outings. (These experiences form the basis of reflective writing essays in the Mountain Studies Colloquium.) The student will be responsible for maintaining documentation proving completion of this requirement. This documentation will be required to attain instructor permission to register for MS 496.