2024-2025 Undergraduate General Catalog

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Environmental Studies Major

Required Courses

Required Core Courses 12 credit hours

Introduction to Environmental Studies

Take one course.

ENST 180Introduction to Environmental Studies (SI)

3
BIOL 180Introduction to Environmental Science (SI)

3
CHEM 197Topics:

3
CHEM 197: Environmental Chemistry section only

Environmental Policy Course

Take one Environmental Policy Course:

ENST 201Environmental Policy

3
COMM 123Environmental Advocacy (C)

3
ECON 297Topics:

3
GOVT 297Topics:

3
PHYS 140Energy and the Environment (SI)

3

Communication: Environmental Advocacy (COMM 123 or select COMM 197)

Economics: Environmental Economics (select ECON 297)

Government: Environmental Politics (select GOVT 297)

Philosophy: Environmental Ethics, Law and Policy (select PHIL 297)

Physics: Energy and the Environment (PHYS 140)

Environmental Culture Course

Take one Environmental Culture course.
ENST 202Environmental Culture

3
ANTH 270Great Discoveries in Archaeology (PW)

3
ANTH 389Anthropology of the Southwest

4
ART 180Photography I: Introduction (A)

3
BIOL 216Beer, Brie, and Bread: Preserving the Planet (SI)

3
BIOL 217The Ecology of Food (E)(SI)

3
BIOL 397Topics:

4
BSAD 428Strategic Management

3
ENGL 200The Literary Experience (W) & (LT)

3
ENGL 340Seminar in Global Literature (NW)

3
PHIL 303Environmental Philosophy (E)

3
PHIL 332Seminar

3
RELI 243Religion, Science, and Technology (E) (RT)

3
RELI 255Religion, Politics and Violence (E) (RT)

3
RELI 260Geographies and Stories of Faith (E) (RT)

3
RELI 264/PHIL 264Religion and the Environment (E) (RT)

3
SPAN 396Topics in Hispanic Literature (LT)

3

NOTES:

BIOL 397: Global Food Security or Winter Ecology sections only

ENGL 200: Environmental Literature section only

GOVT 197: Guatemala: The Politics of Social Justice section only

PHIL 297: Nature Writing in Alaska section only

 

Intro to GIS

ENST 203Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - GIS

3

Required Capstone Courses: 6 credit hours

ENST 400Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies

3
ENST 401Practicum in Environmental Studies

3

Required One Emphasis area

Students are required to complete the coursework for one emphasis area.

Questions and possible interdisciplinary emphasis areas should be discussed with the Director of the Environmental Studies major and/or the Dean of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.

Chemistry Emphasis

CHEM 117General Chemistry II

4
OR
CHEM 120Accelerated General Chemistry (NS)

4
 
CHEM 145Survey of Organic and Biochemistry

4
CHEM 242Analysis

4
CHEM 311Advanced Analytical Chemistry (W)

4
CHEM 197Topics:

3
 

Energy Emphasis

CHEM 116General Chemistry I (NS)

4
PHYS 140Energy and the Environment (SI)

3
PHYS 222General Physics II

4
PHYS 370Modern Physics Lab

1
PHYS 371Modern Physics I

3
 
PHYS 351Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics

3
OR
CHEM 301Chemical Thermodynamics, Equilibrium and Kinetics (SI)

4

Philosophy Emphasis

PHIL 210/RELI 210Ethical Perspectives (E) (RT)

3
OR
PHIL 282Ethics in America (E) (US)

3
OR
PHIL 309Free Will and Moral Responsibility

3
 
PHIL 260Global Ethics (E) (PW)

3
OR
PHIL 270Asian Philosophy (E) (PW)

3
 
PHIL 220/CLAS 220Our Philosophical Heritage I (E) (WT)

3
PHIL 230Our Philosophical Heritage II (WT)

3
PHIL 320/GOVT 320Political Philosophy

3

Religion Emphasis

Take five courses - one from each of the following categories.
Religion and Environment
RELI 264/PHIL 264Religion and the Environment (E) (RT)

3
Ethics
Take one of the following courses.
RELI 210/PHIL 210Ethical Perspectives (E) (RT)

3
PHIL 260Global Ethics (E) (PW)

3
PHIL 282Ethics in America (E) (US)

3
Religion and Cultural Context
Take one of the following courses.
RELI 211/PHIL 211Scriptures, Sci Fi, & Fantasy (E) (RT)

3
RELI 218Hope and the Future (E) (RT) (W)

3
RELI 243Religion, Science, and Technology (E) (RT)

3
RELI 260Geographies and Stories of Faith (E) (RT)

3
Religion and Justice
Take one of the following courses.
RELI 212Lessons in Living: Biblical and Contemporary Reflections on Wisdom (RT)

3
RELI 213Power, Politics, and the Biblical Prophets (E) (RT)

3
RELI 214Telling Stories, Disrupting Order: Gospels and Other Transformations (E) (RT)

3
RELI 219God, Suffering, and Evil (E) (RT)

3
RELI 247From Plato to Genesis to Job: The Question of Justice (E) (RT)

3
RELI 255Religion, Politics and Violence (E) (RT)

3
Religious Awareness
Take one of the following courses.
RELI 247From Plato to Genesis to Job: The Question of Justice (E) (RT)

3
RELI 248Religions of the World (E)(RT)

3
RELI 251Christianity and Islam: A Comparative Exploration (E) (RT)

3
RELI 330Exploring Judaism (PW)(W)

3