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Degree Requirements 2023-2024

Environmental Studies Major

A total of 14 courses, as follows:

  • BIO 152 and 152L – Ecology, Evolution and Diversity and Lab
  • ECO 113 – Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECO 365 – Environmental Economics
  • ENV 100 – Environmental Connections
  • ENV 301 – Environmental Seminar (.5 credit) students must take 2 sections; advanced transfer students (entering with more than 63 credits) must take 1 section
  • ENV 320 and 320L – Environmental Science and Lab
  • ENV Internship (ENV 396, 397, 398, or 399)
  • HIS 316 – Nature, Cities, and Justice: U.S. Urban Environmental History
  • One of SWK 210 or ENV 340
    • SWK 210 – Environmental Justice and Social Change
    • ENV 340 – Climate and Environmental Justice

 

  • One of CHM 102 or CHM 115
    • CHM 102 and 102L – Chemistry for Changing Times
    • CHM 115 and 115L- General Chemistry I and Lab
  • One lower division elective chosen from:
    • AIS 105 – Introduction to American Indian Studies
    • AIS 205 – Contemporary American Indian Issues
    • COM 260 – Environmental Communication
    • POL 241 – Environmental and River Politics
    • SOC/URB 111 – City Life: Introduction to Urban Sociology
  • One research methods course chosen from:
    • COM 301 – Research Methods in Communication Studies
    • DST 164 – Introduction to Statistics (with R)
    • ENV 360 – Field Research Methods and Investigation
    • MAT 163 – Introductory Statistics
    • MIS 379 – Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics
    • POL 483 – Political Statistics and Methodology
    • PSY 215 – Research Methods and Statistics I
    • SOC 362 – Statistical Analysis
  • One additional upper division elective chosen from:
    • BIO 420 – Conservation Biology
    • BIO 425 and 425L – Freshwater Ecology
    • BIO 481 and 481L – Ecology and Lab
    • ECO 370 – International Economic Development
    • ENV 310 – Environmental Politics Field Seminar
    • ENV 330 – Topics in Environmental Studies
    • ENV 340 – Climate and Environmental Justice
    • ENV 350 – Ecology and Socio-Ecological Systems Change
    • ENV 370 – Environmentalism and the Arts: Building a Sustainable Humanities
    • POL 325 – Politics and Public Policy
    • POL/WST 341 – Globalization, Social Struggle and the Environment
    • RLN 333/WST 313 – Environmental Theology and Ethics
    • SOC 380 – Disaster and Resilience
    • SOC/URB 381 – City and Regional Planning
  • One of ENV 492 or ENV 490
    • ENV/URB 492 – The City and Environment Keystone
    • ENV 490 – Environmental Studies Independent Project

Environmental Studies Minor

Five courses:

  • ENV 100 – Environmental Connections
  • ENV 301 – Environmental Seminar (.5 credit)
  • SWK 210 – Environmental Justice and Social Change
  • Complete four courses from at least two of the three divisions; at least two of the electives must be numbered 300 or above:
    • Humanities
      • COM 260 – Environmental Communication
      • ENL/ENV 370 – Environmentalism and the Arts: Building a Sustainable Humanities
      • HIS 316 – Nature, Cities, and Justice: U.S. Urban Environmental History
      • RLN 333/WST 313 – Environmental Theology and Ethics
    • Social Sciences
      • ECO 365 – Environmental Economics
      • ENV 310 – Environmental Politics Field Seminar
      • POL 241 – Environmental and River Politics
      • POL 325 – Politics and Public Policy
      • POL/WST 341 – Globalization, Social Struggle and the Environment
      • SOC 380 – Disaster and Resilience
    • Natural Sciences
      • BIO 152 and 152L – Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity
      • BIO 420 – Conservation Biology
      • BIO 425 and 425L – Freshwater Ecology
      • BIO 481 and 481L – Ecology
      • CHM 115 and CHM 115L- General Chemistry I
      • ENV 320 and 320L – Environmental Science

Graduation Skills

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

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


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