Environmental Studies B.A.

Course Requirements

Foundation Courses

Introduction to Environmental Studies

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENST 200W	Environmental Studies	4	Spring.

Statistics

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 240	Biostatistics and Experimental Design	4	As needed.
	-Or-
MATH 240	Statistical Methods I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Professional Writing

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
COMM 201W	Writing for Strategic Communication	4	Fall, Spring.
	-Or-
COMM 242	Message, Media, and Meaning	4	As needed.
	-Or-
ENGL 231W	Multimodal Writing	4	Alternate years.
	-Or-
ENGL 232W	Public and Community Writing	4	Alternate years.

The Natural Environment

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 100	Fundamental Concepts of Biology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 110	Introductory Chemistry	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 212	Introduction to Geology	4	Fall, Summer.
	-Or-
PSCI 214	Introduction to Meteorology	4	Fall.
	-Or-
PSCI 217	Introduction to Oceanography	4	Spring.

The Cultural Environment

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 258	Environmental History	3	Annually.
	ONE COURSE from:
ANTH 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	4	Fall, Spring.
ANTH 102	Introduction to Archaeology	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 200	Introduction to Sociology	4	Fall, Spring.

The Human-Environment Interface

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
PHIL 325	Environmental Ethics	3	Spring.
POL 102	American Government	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
POL 103	Global Politics	4	Fall, Spring.
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
ECON 214	Principles of Microeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
	ONE COURSE from:
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	Annually.

Depth Courses

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

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 301/ENST 301	Ethnobotany	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 307	Human Nature: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior	4	Fall, Spring.
ANTH 334	Steamships and Cyberspace: Technology, Culture, Society	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 343	Environmental Anthropology	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 347	Environmental Justice	4	Alternate years.
ECON 331	Topics in Global Economics	4	Annually (even years).
ECON 337	Economics of Climate Change and Sustainability	4	Annually (odd years).
ENGL 315	Literature, Environment and Ecocriticism	4	As needed.
ENST 301/ANTH 301	Ethnobotany	4	Alternate years.
GEOG 202/PBAD 202	Geographic Information Systems I	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 206	Disaster Management	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 338/POL 338	People, Houses, Neighborhoods, and Cities	4	As needed.
HIST 357	Public History Experiences	3	Annually.
INGO 300/POL 345	International NGOs and Nonprofits	4	Fall.
INGO 301	Global Development	4	Spring (even years).
PHIL 320	Philosophy of Science	3	Spring (even years).
POL 300	Methodology in Political Science	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 301W	Foundations of Public Administration	4	Fall.
POL 341	Politics of Development	4	Spring.
POL 345/INGO 300	International NGOs and Nonprofits	4	Fall.
POL 349	Environmental Policy and Law	4	Early Spring.
POL 355	Policy Formation Process	4	Spring.
SOC 302W	Social Research Methods	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 404	Social Data Analysis	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
XXX 350	Appropriate topics from different departments	4	As needed.

Note: Cannot receive credit for ANTH 301 and ENST 301. 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	As needed.
	-Or-

Internship

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
INGO 303	Pre-Internship in International NGOs and Nonprofits	1	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: 63-67

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