Major Requirements
The requirements for a major in environmental and sustainability studies with a sustainability studies concentration are 37-40 credits:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental and Sustainability Studies Courses | ||
| ENVR 103 | Ecosystems and Human Influence | 4 |
| or BIOL 221 | Ecology | |
| ENVR/PSC 365 | Global Sustainability Issues | 4 |
| Statistical or Geographical Reasoning Courses | ||
| Select 4 credits in statistical or geographical reasoning from the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | ||
| Introduction to Statistics | ||
| Methods and Techniques of Political Analysis | ||
| Statistics and Psychology Measurement | ||
| Ethics or Theology Courses | ||
| Select 4 credits in ethics or theology from the following: | 4 | |
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Ethics of Sustainable Community | ||
| Religion and Ecology | ||
| Policy or Economics Courses | ||
| Select 8 credits in policy or economics from the following: | 8 | |
| Principles of Global Economics | ||
| Global Development Issues | ||
| Climate Change and Conflict | ||
| Environmental Policy- Politics | ||
| Petroleum Politics & Planet | ||
| Environmental Nutrition | ||
| Politics of Development | ||
| Urban Communities | ||
| Social Change in Theory & Practice | ||
| Arts and Humanities Courses | ||
| Select 4 credits in arts and humanities from the following: | 4 | |
| Video Production | ||
| Global Literature and Environmental Justice | ||
| Animal Stories: Kinship, Rivalry, and Alterity | ||
| Sustainability in Germany | ||
| Nature's Place in U.S. History | ||
| Sustainable Communities | ||
| Upper-Level Environmental Science or GIS | ||
| Select 4 credits of upper-level environmental science or GIS not taken above from the following: | 4 | |
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Ecology of East Africa | ||
| Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | ||
| Geology | ||
| Policy-Related Internship | ||
| Select 1-4 credits in policy-related internship, study away, or directed research experience approved by the environmental and sustainability studies program director(s) from: | 1-4 | |
| Cooperative Education | ||
| Directed Research | ||
| Research | ||
| ENVR 475 | Interdisciplinary Research | 4 |
| Total Hours | 37-40 | |
Degree and Graduation Requirements
In addition to the program-specific requirements listed above, all students must complete the graduation requirements specified for their degree. See the Degree and Graduation Requirements section for more information.