Environmental Studies B.A.

Course Requirements

Foundation Courses

Introduction to Environmental Studies

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENST 200	Environmental Studies	4	Fall, Spring.

Statistics

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MATH 240	Statistical Methods I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Professional Writing

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 231	Writing for Digital and Multimedia Environments	4	As needed.
	-Or-
ENGL 232	Writing for the Public Sphere	4	As needed.

The Natural Environment

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 100	Fundamental Concepts of Biology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 105	General, Organic and Biological Chemistry I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 212	Introduction to Geology	4	Fall, Summer.
	-Or-
PSCI 217	Introduction to Oceanography	4	Spring.

The Cultural Environment

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
	ONE COURSE from:
HIST 328	History of the American West	4	As needed.
HIST 358	Environmental History	4	Annually.
	ONE COURSE from:
ANTH 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	4	Fall, Spring.
ANTH 102	Introduction to Archaeology	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 200	Society and Social Behavior	4	Fall, Spring.

The Human-Environment Interface

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
PHIL 325	Environmental Ethics	3	Spring.
POL 202	American Government	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
POL 203	Global Politics	4	Fall, Spring.
ECON 214	Principles of Microeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
GEOG 301	Natural Resource Management	4	As needed.
	ONE COURSE from:
ANTH 214	Indigenous Cultures in the Amazonian Environment	4	Alternate years.
COMM 240	Mass Media and Society	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 100	Introduction to Environmental Geography	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 201	Mapping Our Changing World	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 204	Urban Sociology	4	As needed.
SUST 200	Introduction to Sustainability	4	Fall, Spring Summer.

Depth Courses

FOUR COURSES, BUT NO MORE THAN TWO FROM ANY SINGLE DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM FROM:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 307	Human Nature: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior	4	Fall, Spring.
ANTH 325	Cultures and Environments in South American	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 334	Steamships and Cyberspace: Technology, Culture, Society	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 338	Urban Anthropology	4	Alternate years.
ENGL 315	Literature, Environment and Ecocriticism	4	Annually.
GEOG 202	Geographic Information Systems I	4	Spring.
GEOG 206	Disaster Management	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 301	Natural Resource Management	4	As needed.
GEOG 307	Coastal Geography	4	As needed.
GEOG 338	People, Houses, Neighborhoods, and Cities	3	As needed.
HIST 357	Public History	4	Annually.
INGO 300	International Nongovernmental Organizations	4	Fall.
INGO 301	Applied Development Studies	3	Spring.
PHIL 320	Philosophy of Science	3	Spring (odd years).
POL 300	Methodology in Political Science	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 301	Foundations of Public Administration	4	Fall.
POL 341	The Politics of Developing Nations	3	As needed.
POL 342	The Politics of Global Economic Change	4	Every third semester.
POL 345	International Nongovernmental Organizations	4	Fall.
POL 355	Policy Formation Process	4	Spring.
PSCI 340	Field Methods in Geology	3	As needed.
SOC 302	Social Research Methods I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
XXX 350	Appropriate topics from different departments	4	As needed.

Note: Cannot receive credit for INGO 300 and POL 345. GEOG 301 may not be taken for both Foundational and Depth credit.

Capstone

Select one of the following: Seminar, Internship or Fieldcourse

Seminar

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENST 461	Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar	4	Fall.
	-Or-

Internship

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
INGO 303	Pre-Internship Seminar in International Nongovernmental Organizations	1	As needed.
	-And-
INGO 304	Internship in International Nongovernmental Organizations	1-4	As needed.
	-Or-

Fieldcourse

CHOOSE ONE from the following:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 482	Anthropology Field School: Archaeology	4-8	As needed.
ANTH 483	Anthropology Field School: Biological Anthropology	4-8	As needed.
ENST 462	Internship in Environmental Studies	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
GEOG 463	Internship in Geography	4-6	Fall, Spring, Summer.
POL 327	Internship in State Government	4	Spring.
POL 328	Field Experiences in the Public Sector	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Note: ANTH 482, ANTH 483 and GEOG 463 only require 4 credits to fulfill the requirement. INGO 304 requires all 3 credits to fulfill the requirement.

Note: If selecting the INGO options, both INGO 303 and INGO 304 MUST be completed.

Note: Students enrolled in the Environmental Studies program can only receive credit for ONE of the following courses: ENST 462, GEOG 463, INGO 304, POL 328.

Total Credit Hours: 64-68

Note: Program adds to 48-56 without general education courses.