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Environmental Studies Requirements

Major

1. Foundational courses:

A. Environmental Studies (1 courses)
ENST 200: Environmental Studies (Writing in the Discipline)

B. Statistics (1 course, 4 credits)
MATH 240: Statistical Methods I

C. Professional Writing (1 course)
Select one.
COMM 201: Writing for the News
COMM 242: Message, Media, Meaning
ENG 231: Writing for Digital and Multimedia Environments
ENG 232: Writing for the Public Sphere

D. The Natural Environment (3 courses)
Select one from each section
1. BIO 100: Fundamental Concepts of Biology
2. CHEM 105: General, Organic, and Biochemistry I
3.PSCI 212: Introduction to Geology
PSCI 214: Introduction to Meteorology
PSCI 217: Introduction to Oceanography

E. The Cultural Environment (2 courses)
Select one from each section
1.ANTH 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 102: Introduction to Archaeology
SOC 200: Society and Social Behavior
2. HIST 358: Environmental History

F. The Human-Environment Interface (4 courses)
Select one from each section
1.POL 202: American Government
POL 203: Global Politics
2.PHIL 325: Environmental Ethics
3.ECON 200 Introduction to Economics
ECON 214: Microeconomics
GEOG 301: Natural Resource Management
4.ANTH 214: Amazonia
COMM 240: Mass Media and Society
GEOG 100: Introduction to Environmental Geography
GEOG 201: Mapping Our Changing World
SOC 202: Urban Sociology
SUST 200: Introduction to Sustainability

2. Depth Courses (4 courses)
Select four, no more than 2 courses from any single department/program
ANTH 301/ ENST 301: Ethnobotany
ANTH 307: Human Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
ANTH 325: Regional Studies South Am Indians
ANTH 334: Technology, Culture and Society
ANTH 338: Urban Anthropology
ANTH 343: Environmental Anthropology
ANTH 347: Environmental Justice
ECON 331: Topics in Global Economics
ECON 337: Economics of Climate Change and Sustainability
ENG 315: Literature, Environment & Ecocriticism
GEOG 202: GIS I
GEOG 206: Disaster Management
GEOG 301: Natural Resource Management*
GEOG 307: Coastal Geography
GEOG 338: People, Houses, Neighborhoods
HIST 357: Public History
INGO 300/POL345: International Non-governmental Studies
INGO 301: Applied Developmental Studies
PHIL 320: Philosophy of Science
POL 300: Methods in Political Science
POL 301: Foundations of Public Administration
POL 341: Politics of Developing Nations
POL 342: Politics of Global Economic Change
POL 355: Policy Formation Process
PSCI 340: Field Methods in Geology
SOC 302: Social Research
SOC 404: Social Research Methods II
XXXX 350: Appropriate topics from different departments
*GEOG 301 may not be taken for both Foundational and Depth credit.

3. Capstone
Select one (Seminar, Internship, or Field Course)
ENST 461: Environmental Studies Seminar (pre: senior standing)
ENST 462: Internship in Environmental Studies
POL 327: Internship in State Government
POL 328: Field Experiences in the Public Sector
INGO 303 & 304: Pre-Internship and Internship in INGO
GEOG 463: Internship in Geography
ANTH 482: Anthropology Field Course: Archaeology
ANTH 483: Anthropology Field Course: Biological Anthropology

Minor

Environmental Studies (1 course)
ENST 200: Environmental Studies

The Natural Environment (1 course)
Select one course
BIO 100: Fund Concepts of Biology
CHEM 105: Gen, Organic, & Biochem I
PSCI 212: Introduction to Geology
PSCI 217: Introduction to Oceanography

The Human Environment (1 course)
Select one course
ANTH 101: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 102: Intro to Archaeology
ANTH 214: Amazonia
COMM 240: Mass Media and Society
ECON 214: Microeconomics
GEOG 100: Intro to Environmental Geography
GEOG 201: Mapping Our Changing World
GEOG 301: Natural Resource Management
PHIL 325: Environmental Ethics
POL 202: American Government
POL 203: Global Politics
SOC 200: Society and Social Behavior
SOC 202: Urban Sociology
SUST 200: Introduction to Sustainability

2. Depth Courses ​(2 courses)
Select two courses from the list of depth courses in the ENST major.​​​​​

Page last updated: August 14, 2019