Environmental Studies B.A.

Course Requirements

Foundation Courses

Introduction to Environmental Studies

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENST 200	Environmental Studies	4	Fall, Spring.

Statistics

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MATH 240	Statistical Methods I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Professional Writing

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 231	Writing for Digital and Multimedia Environments	4	As needed.
	-Or-
ENGL 232	Writing for the Public Sphere	4	As needed.

The Natural Environment

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 100	Fundamental Concepts of Biology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 105	General, Organic and Biological Chemistry I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSCI 212	Introduction to Geology	4	Fall, Summer.
	-Or-
PSCI 217	Introduction to Oceanography	4	Spring.

The Cultural Environment

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
	ONE COURSE from:
HIST 328	History of the American West	4	As needed.
HIST 358	Environmental History	4	Annually.
	ONE COURSE from:
ANTH 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	4	Fall, Spring.
ANTH 102	Introduction to Archaeology	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 200	Society and Social Behavior	4	Fall, Spring.

The Human-Environment Interface

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
PHIL 325	Environmental Ethics	3	As needed.
POL 202	American Government	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
POL 203	Global Politics	4	Fall, Spring.
ECON 214	Principles of Microeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
GEOG 301	Natural Resource Management	4	As needed.
	ONE COURSE from:
ANTH 214	Peoples and Cultures of Amazonia	4	Alternate years.
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	Fall, Spring Summer.

Depth Courses

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

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 307	Human Nature: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior	4	Fall, Spring.
ANTH 325	South American Indians	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 334	Steamships and Cyberspace: Technology, Culture, Society	4	Alternate years.
ANTH 338	Urban Anthropology	4	Alternate years.
ENGL 315	Literature, Environment and Ecocriticism	4	Annually.
GEOG 202	Geographic Information Systems I	4	Spring.
GEOG 206	Disaster Management	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 301	Natural Resource Management	4	As needed.
GEOG 307	Coastal Geography	4	As needed.
GEOG 338	People, Houses, Neighborhoods, and Cities	3	As needed.
HIST 357	Public History	4	Annually.
INGO 300	International Nongovernmental Organizations	4	Fall.
INGO 301	Applied Development Studies	3	Spring.
PHIL 320	Philosophy of Science	4	Spring (odd years).
POL 300	Methodology in Political Science	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 301	Foundations of Public Administration	4	Fall.
POL 341	The Politics of Developing Nations	3	As needed.
POL 342	The Politics of Global Economic Change	4	Every third semester.
POL 345	International Nongovernmental Organizations	4	Fall.
POL 355	Policy Formation Process	4	Fall.
PSCI 340	Field Methods in Geology	3	As needed.
SOC 302	Social Research Methods I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
XXX 350	Appropriate topics from different departments	4	As needed.

Note: Cannot receive credit for INGO 300 and POL 345. GEOG 301 may not be taken for both Foundational and Depth credit.

Capstone

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENST 461	Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar	4	Fall.
	-Or-
INGO 303	Pre-Internship Seminar in International Nongovernmental Organizations	1	As needed.
	-And-
INGO 304	Internship in International Nongovernmental Organizations	1-3	As needed.
	CHOOSE ONE from the following:
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: 64-68

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