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 200Perspectives in Environmental Science

3

ECN 322Environmental Economics

3

Or

ENV 325/ECN 325Metrics for Sustainability

3

ENV 349Environmental Policy

3

ENV 383Environmental Geoscience

3

ENV 400Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies

3

ECN 120Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Or

ECN 121Principles of Microeconomics

3

3 credits from below:

ENV 110Earth Systems Science

3

Or

ENV 111Natural Hazards in the Pacific Northwest

3

Or

ENV 162Introduction to Oceanography

3

Or

ENV 182Environmental Science

3

Or

BIO 208Introduction to Evolution and Ecology

3

3 credits from below:

PHL 324Environmental Ethics

3

Or

THE 427/THE 327Theological Environmental Ethics

3

4 credits from below:

BIO 304Wetlands Ecology

3

with

BIO 374Wetlands Ecology Laboratory

1

Or

BIO 338Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest

3

with

BIO 368Marine Biology Laboratory

1

Or

BIO 341The Nature of Plants

3

with

BIO 371Field Botany

1

Or

BIO 345Vertebrate Biology

3

with

BIO 375Vertebrate Biology Laboratory

1

Or

BIO 442Ecology

3

with

BIO 472Ecology Laboratory

1

Or

BIO 363Freshwater Ecology

3

with

BIO 373Freshwater Ecology Laboratory

1

Or

ENV 365Climatology

3

with

ENV 387Environmental Laboratory

1

Ethics and Policy Concentration -- 24 credits from below

Any 300 or 400 level ENV course

CST 491One Time Course Offering

Variable

ENG 361Northwest Literature

3

ENG 363Environmental Literature

3

PHL 314Philosophy and Feminism

3

PHL 324Environmental Ethics

3

PHL 422Philosophy of Science

3

HST 314American Expansion

3

HST 357Environmental History of the Americas and the World

3

HST 359The Modern City

3

POL 302Perspectives on Social Justice

3

POL 335American Public Policy

3

POL 338Food, Politics and Policy

3

POL 349Environmental Policy

3

POL 352Survival

3

POL 356Building World Peace

3

POL 379Business in a Political World

3

POL 391Special Topics

1

SOC 434Urban Society

3

SW 456Environmental Social Work

3

THE 304/THE 404Sages and Singers, Songwriters and Storytellers

3

THE 321/THE 421Then Who is My Neighbor?

3

THE 323/THE 423Christian Social Ethics

3

THE 325/THE 425Catholic Social Teaching: A Living Tradition of Thought and Action

3

THE 327/THE 427Theological Environmental Ethics

3

THE 353/THE 453Religion and Science

3

Total Credit Hours: 120

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