Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Arts

Requirements for a major in Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies is an applied interdisciplinary field that draws heavily upon the Social Science disciplines with inputs from the Natural Sciences and Humanities to address problems that arise in the interaction of Social, Political and Cultural systems and the Environment.

Required Courses (39 Hours)

BIOL 102	Environmental Biology	3
BIOL 105	Introductory Biology Laboratory I	1
CHEM 101	Modern Chemistry	4
CSCI 210	Scientific Computing & Problem Solving	3
ECON 211	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECON 350	Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	3
ENVR 210	Introduction to Environmental Science	3
ENVS 310	Environmental Policy & Law	3
ENVS 315	Environmental Impact & Resource Assessment	3
GEOL 101	Introduction to Environmental Geology	4
GEOL 304/GIS 304	Introduction to GIS Mapping & Analysis	3
MATH 223	Statistics for Natural & Social Sciences	3
PHIL 321	Environmental Ethics	3

Electives: One of the following (3 Hours)

ENVS 233/RELI 233	Religion & Nature	3
ENVS 311	Politics of Global Ecology	3
ENVS 320	Science, Technology & Society	3
ENVS 350	Land Use Planning	3
LEAD 308	Science & Public Policy	3
LEAD 333	Leaders in Environmental Activism	3

Communication: One of the following (3 Hours)

WRIT 305	Business Writing	3
WRIT 307	Technical Writing	3

Experiential Learning (1 Hour)

ENVS 391

Experiential Learning

1

Junior Core & Capstone (6 Hours)

BIOL 390	Research Methods	3
ENVR 491	Environmental Problem Solving I	1
ENVR 492	Environmental Problem Solving II	2

Total Credit Hours: 52