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 credit hours

See Core Curriculum

Environmental Ethics & Policy majors may only take THE 327/427 or THE 353/453 or other environmental one-time THE or THEP offerings at the 300 or 400 level to fulfill the upper division theology core requirement. The two core science requirements are satisfied by the major requirements below.

College Requirements - 21-33 credit hours

See College Requirements BA

Major Requirements — 52 credit hours

ENV 200	Perspectives in Environmental Studies	3
	Or
ENV 310	Topics in Environmental Studies	3
ENV 324	Environmental Ethics	3
ENV 349	Environmental Policy	3
	Or
ENV 314	Resilience and 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 credit hours from below:

	Any 100-level ENV course	3
BIO 208	Introduction to Evolution and Ecology	3

3 credit hours from below:

ECN 322	Environmental Economics	3
ECN 325/ENV 325	Metrics for Sustainability	3
ECN 326	Climate Change Economics and Policy: A Global Perspective	3

4 credit hours from below:

BIO 303	Entomology	3
	with
BIO 323	Entomology Lab	1
BIO 304	Wetlands Ecology	3
	with
BIO 374	Wetlands Ecology Lab	1
BIO 338	Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest	3
	with
BIO 368	Marine Biology Lab	1
BIO 341	The Nature of Plants	3
	with
BIO 371	Field Botany	1
BIO 345	Vertebrate Biology	3
	with
BIO 375	Vertebrate Biology Lab	1
BIO 442	Ecology	3
	with
BIO 472	Ecology Lab	1
BIO 363	Freshwater Ecology	3
	with
BIO 373	Freshwater Ecology Lab	1
ENV 333	Geomorphology	3
	with
ENV 337	Geomorphology Lab	1
ENV 361	Meteorology	3
	with
ENV 387	Environmental Laboratory	1
ENV 365	Climatology	3
	with
ENV 387	Environmental Laboratory	1

Ethics and Policy Concentration -- 24 credit hours from below

	Any 300 or 400 level ENV course	3
CST 370	Environmental Organizing and Advocacy	3
CST 401/CST 501	The Rhetoric of Politics	3
CST 470	Advanced Environmental Communication	3
ECN 322	Environmental Economics	3
ECN 326	Climate Change Economics and Policy: A Global Perspective	3
ENG 361	Northwest Literature	3
ENG 363	Environmental Literature	3
PHL 314	Philosophy and Feminism	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 351	International Law and Organizations	3
POL 352	Survival	3
POL 379	Business in a Political World	3
SOC 434	Urban Society	3
SW 456	Environmental Social Work	3
THE 304/THE 404	Sages and Singers, Songwriters and Storytellers	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 351/THE 451	Religions of Africa	3
THE 353/THE 453	Religion and Science	3

Appropriate one-time course offerings in Theology (numbered THE 391/491 or THEP 391/491) or Philosophy (numbered PHL 391) may also count towards the Ethics and Policy Concentration. Please check with your academic advisor.

Any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours

Total Credit Hours: 120

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