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Environmental Studies Contact Info

John Zobitz
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Environmental Studies - Degree Requirements

Major

Standard Track Requirements (14 course credits):

Core courses:
  • ENV 100  Environmental Connections
  • SCI 106  Introductory Meteorology
  • SWK 210  Environmental Justice and Social Change
  • POL 241  Environmental and River Politics, or INS 342 River Politics Field Seminar, or POL 325 Politics and Public Policy Politics (CGE), or or POL 341/WST341 Environmental Politics (CGE) or SOC 381 The City and Metro Urban Planning
  • ENL 270  Rites of Thematic Passage (Literature and Landscape) or REL 313/WST 313 Environmental Theology and Ethics (CGE)
  • HIS 316  U.S. Urban Environmental History
  • ECO 365  Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development
  • ENV 399  Internship
  • ENV 499  Environmental Studies Independent Project (Keystone)

Biology requirements:

  • BIO 151  Introductory Biology
  • BIO 152  Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity
  • BIO 481  Ecology

Chemistry requirements:

  • CHM 105  Principles of Chemistry I
  • CHM 106  Principles of Chemistry II, or CHM 115 General Chemistry I
  • CHM 116  General Chemistry II (depends on MPG score)

HECUA Track Requirements (14 course credits):

  • ENV 100  Environmental Connections
  • SWK 210  Environmental Justice and Social Change
  • ENL 270  Rites of Thematic Passage (Literature and Landscape), or REL 313/WST 313 Environmental Theology and Ethics (CGE)
  • HIS 316  U.S. Urban Environmental History
  • INS 345, INS 346, INS 399 (HECUA ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY SEMESTER, 4 course credits: Adaptive Ecosystem Management; Social Dimensions of Environmental Change, Field/Research Methods and Investigation, Internship and Integration Seminar)
  • SBS 499  Environmental Studies Independent Project (Keystone)
Biology requirements:
  • BIO 151  Introductory Biology
  • BIO 152  Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity
  • BIO 481  Ecology
Chemistry requirements:
  • CHM 105  Principles of Chemistry I
  • CHM 106  Principles of Chemistry II, or CHM 115 General Chemistry I
  • CHM 116  General Chemistry II (depends on MPG score)
Minor (7 courses)
  • ENV 100  Environmental Connections
  • CHM 105  Principles of Chemistry I, or CHM 115 General Chemistry I
  • BIO 151  Introductory Biology
  • BIO 152  Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity
  • SWK 210  Environmental Justice and Social Change
  • HIS 316  U.S. Urban Environmental History, or ENL 270 Rites of Thematic Passage, or REL 313/WST 313 Environmental Theology and Ethics (CGE)
  • POL 241  Environmental and River Politics, or INS 342 River Politics Field Seminar, or POL 325 Politics and Public Policy, or POL 341/WST 341 Environmental Politics (CGE), or ECO 365 Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development, or SOC 381 The City and Metro-Urban Planning

Graduation skills in Critical Thinking (CT), Quantitative Reasoning (QR), Speaking (S), and Writing (W) are embedded throughout the offered courses and are met by completing the major.

Transfer students must consult an adviser about potential adjustments to their course requirements to fulfill each of these skills.

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