Environmental Studies B.A. Requirements

The B.A. program in Environmental Studies requires a total of 57 credits.

All students are required to complete the following 9-10 credits of foundation courses:
GEOG 120 - Environmental Science and Conservation [3]
GEOG 220 - Laboratory and Field Techniques for Environmental Science [3]

An additional 2-4 credits in laboratory or field work from an approved list:
BIOL 100L - Concepts of Biology Laboratory [3]
GEOG 306 - Field Ecology [4]
GEOG 405 - Applied Landscape Ecology [4]
GEOG 406 - Aquatic Ecology [4]
GEOG 485 - Field Methods in Geography & Environmental Systems [3]
* other courses may be designated in the future

All students are required to complete the following background courses:
Social Sciences and Humanities [6]
Two courses from the following:
ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics [3]
POLI 100 - American Governments & Politics [3]
ANTH 211 - Cultural Anthropology [3]
PHIL 150 - Contemporary Moral Issues [3]
HCST 100 - The Human Context of Science and Technology [3]

Math and Natural Sciences [18]
MATH 150 - Precalculus [4]
CHEM 101 - Principles of Chemistry I [4] OR
BIOL 100 - Concepts in Biology [4]
GEOG 110 - Geography of Environmental Systems [3]
One course from approved list of upper division physical geography or environmental science courses [3-4]

One course from the following:
STAT 121 - Introduction to Statistics for the Social Science [4]
STAT 350 - Statistics with Applications in Biological Sciences [4]
STAT 351 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics [4]
STAT 355 - Introduction to Probability & Statistics for Science and Engineering [4]
GEOG 301 - Quantitative Techniques [3]

Writing Requirement [3]
One course from the following:
ENGL 383 - Science Writing [3]
ENGL 391 - Advanced Expositions [3]
ENGL 393 - Technical Writing [3]

Environmental Studies Distribution [9]
All students are required to take 3 courses from the following list, each from a different discipline:

AMST 372 - American Food [3]
AMST 380 - American Environments [3]
ECON 437 - Economics of Natural Resources [3]
ECON 439 - Environmental Economics [3]
ENGL 419 - Green Writing [3]
GEOG 326 - American Conservation Thought [3]
GEOG 302 - Environmental Science and Regulatory Policy [3]
GEOG 332 - Natural Resources: Problems and Policies [3]
GEOG 333 - Water Resources [3]
GEOG 400 - Environmental Justice [3]
HIST 369 - Darwinism: The Evolutionary Perspective [3]
HIST 446 - History of Science f. 1700 [3]
PHIL 454/POLI 411 - Environmental Ethics [3]
POLI 327 - Interest Groups & Lobby [3]

Suggested Areas of Concentration [12]
All students are required to take at least 4 courses on approved lists of areas of concentration, chosen in consultation with an advisor. Areas of concentration include Regulatory Policy; Business and the Environment; Natural Resource Management and Conservation; Environmental Mapping and Spatial Analysis; Risk Analysis and Policy; and Environmental Thought and History.