Environmental Ethics and Policy, B.A., Requirements

The University’s bachelor of arts in environmental ethics and policy is designed to provide students with a firm foundation in environmental science and ecology and the influence these sciences have on the development of political policy, environmental ethics, and recent theological reformulation within the Judeo-Christian tradition. The program culminates in a capstone experience designed to challenge students to apply their area of study to specific issues germane to the Pacific Northwest.

University Requirements - 39 hours

See Core Curriculum

College Requirements - 21-33 hours

See College Requirements BA

Degree Requirements

3 credits from below:

PHL 434	Environmental Ethics	3
THE 427/THE 327	Theological Environmental Ethics	3

Major Requirements — 55 hours

Required:

ENV 182	Environmental Science	3
ECN 322	Environmental Economics	3
	Or
ECN 325/ENV 325	Metrics for Sustainability	3
ENV 349/POL 349	Environmental Policy	3
ENV 383	Environmental Geoscience	3
ENV 400	Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies	3

3 credits from below:

THEP 482/ENV 482	Theology in Ecological Perspective	3
THE 353/THE 453	Religion and Science	3
THE 327/THE 427	Theological Environmental Ethics	3

4 credits from below:

BIO 304	Wetlands Ecology	3
	with
BIO 374	Wetlands Ecology Laboratory	1
BIO 363	Freshwater Ecology	3
	with
BIO 373	Freshwater Ecology Laboratory	1
BIO 338	Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest	3
	with
BIO 368	Marine Biology Laboratory	1
BIO 442	Ecology	3
	with
BIO 472	Ecology Laboratory	1
ENV 365	Climatology	3
ENV 387	Environmental Laboratory	1

3 credits from below:

ENV 110	Earth Systems Science	3
	Or
ENV 111	Natural Hazards in the Pacific Northwest	3
	Or
ENV 162	Introduction to Oceanography	3
	Or
BIO 206	Organismal and Population Biology	3

27 credits from below:

Any 300 or 400 level ENV course
BIO 304	Wetlands Ecology	3
	with
BIO 374	Wetlands Ecology Laboratory	1
BIO 338	Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest	3
	with
BIO 368	Marine Biology Laboratory	1
BIO 442	Ecology	3
	with
BIO 472	Ecology Laboratory	1
CST 401	Rhetoric of Politics and Social Movements	3
ECN 322	Environmental Economics	3
ECN 325/ENV 325	Metrics for Sustainability	3
ENG 363	Environmental Literature	3
ENG 461	Oregon and Northwest Writers	3
HST 314	American Frontier	3
HST 357	Environmental History of the Americas and the World	3
HST 359	The Modern City	3
PHL 413	Socio-Political Philosophy	3
PHL 422	Philosophy of Science	3
PHL 434	Environmental Ethics	3
POL 320	United States Urban Politics	3
POL 335	American Public Policy	3
POL 338	Food, Politics and Policy	3
POL 356	Building World Peace	3
POL 379	Business in a Political World	3
POL 462	North-South Relations in a Globalized World	3
SOC 434	Urban Society	3
THE 402/THE 302	Poets, Prophets, Divas, and Diviners	3
THE 404/THE 304	Sages and Singers, Songwriters and Storytellers	3
THE 422/THE 322	Modern Catholic Ethics	3
THE 423/THE 323	Christian Social Ethics	3
THE 425/THE 325	Catholic Social Teaching: A Living Tradition of Thought and Action	3

General Electives — 14-26 hours

Total Credit Hours: 120

48 hours of total credits must be upper-division.