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 continuing theological reflection on environmental issues. 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

Environmental Ethics & Policy majors may only take THE 327/427 or THE 353/453 or THEP 482 to fulfill the upper division theology core requirement.

College Requirements - 21-33 hours

See College Requirements BA

Degree Requirements

Major Requirements — 52 hours

Required:

ENV 200	Perspectives in Environmental Science	3
ECN 322	Environmental Economics	3
	Or
ENV 325/ECN 325	Metrics for Sustainability	3
ENV 349	Environmental Policy	3
ENV 383	Environmental Geoscience	3
ENV 400	Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies	3
ECN 120	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
	Or
ECN 121	Principles of Microeconomics	3

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
ENV 182	Environmental Science	3
	Or
BIO 208	Introduction to Evolution and Ecology	3

3 credits from below:

PHL 324	Environmental Ethics	3
	Or
THE 427/THE 327	Theological Environmental Ethics	3

4 credits from below:

BIO 304	Wetlands Ecology	3
	with
BIO 374	Wetlands Ecology Laboratory	1
	Or
BIO 338	Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest	3
	with
BIO 368	Marine Biology Laboratory	1
	Or
BIO 341	The Nature of Plants	3
	with
BIO 371	Field Botany	1
	Or
BIO 345	Vertebrate Biology	3
	with
BIO 375	Vertebrate Biology Laboratory	1
	Or
BIO 442	Ecology	3
	with
BIO 472	Ecology Laboratory	1
	Or
BIO 363	Freshwater Ecology	3
	with
BIO 373	Freshwater Ecology Laboratory	1
	Or
ENV 365	Climatology	3
	with
ENV 387	Environmental Laboratory	1

Ethics and Policy Concentration -- 24 credits from below

Any 300 or 400 level ENV course
CST 491	One Time Course Offering	Variable
ENG 361	Northwest Literature	3
ENG 363	Environmental Literature	3
PHL 314	Philosophy and Feminism	3
PHL 324	Environmental Ethics	3
PHL 422	Philosophy of Science	3
HST 314	American Expansion	3
HST 357	Environmental History of the Americas and the World	3
HST 359	The Modern City	3
POL 302	Perspectives on Social Justice	3
POL 335	American Public Policy	3
POL 338	Food, Politics and Policy	3
POL 349	Environmental Policy	3
POL 352	Survival	3
POL 356	Building World Peace	3
POL 379	Business in a Political World	3
POL 391	Special Topics	1
SOC 434	Urban Society	3
SW 456	Environmental Social Work	3
THE 304/THE 404	Sages and Singers, Songwriters and Storytellers	3
THE 321/THE 421	Then Who is My Neighbor?	3
THE 323/THE 423	Christian Social Ethics	3
THE 325/THE 425	Catholic Social Teaching: A Living Tradition of Thought and Action	3
THE 327/THE 427	Theological Environmental Ethics	3
THE 353/THE 453	Religion and Science	3

Total Credit Hours: 120

48 hours of total credits must be upper-division. 120 overall credits or more required.