Program: Environmental Studies - General Option - Fort Lewis College - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 28, 2025

2008 - 2009 Catalog of Courses

REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - GENERAL OPTION:

General Education - Credits: 39

See General Education Requirements .

Common ENVS Major Requirements:

ANTH 208 - Trad Eco Knowldge & Cult Surv Credits: 4
BIO 112 - Intro to Organismic & Evol Bio Credits: 4
BIO 125 - Conservation Biology Credits: 3
CHEM 150 - Fund of Chem I Atoms/Molecules Credits: 4
CHEM 151 - Fund of Chem II Chem Reaction Credits: 4
ECON 262 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
ECON 335 - Environment/Resource Economics Credits: 4
ENVS 220 - Symposium in Enviro Studies Credits: 1
ENVS 310 - Community Internship Credits: 3
ENVS 495 - Environmental Colloquium Credits: 4
ENVS 496 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3
GEOG 235 - Weather and Climate Credits: 3
GEOL 113 - Physical Geology Credits: 4
PS 130 - Intro to Environmental Policy Credits: 4

Choose One:

BA 253 - Business Statistics Credits: 4
MATH 201 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 4
PSYC 241 - Basic Stats for Psychologists Credits: 4

Choose One:

HIST 181 - US/SW Environmental History Credits: 3
SW 181 - US/SW Environmental History Credits: 3
SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 4

Choose One:

ENGL 180 - Literature of the Environment Credits: 4
PHIL 252 - Environmental Ethics Credits: 4

Choose One:

ANTH 356 - Ecological Anthropology Credits: 4
SW 361 - Cultural Ecology of the Southwest Credits: 3

Subtotal Common ENVS Major Requirements - Credits: 62-64

Specific Option Requirements:

Select one course from the following list (culture):

* Courses marked with an asterisk cannot be counted toward both the common and the specific option requirements.

* ANTH 356 - Ecological Anthropology Credits: 4
ANTH 388 - Ethnology of the Southwest Credits: 4
GEOG 110 - World Regional Geography Credits: 4
GEOG 120 - The North American Landscape Credits: 3
* PHIL 252 - Environmental Ethics Credits: 4
PHIL 320 - Indigenous Worldviews Credits: 4
PHIL 352 - Ecology & Morality Credits: 4
PSYC 260 - Environmental Psychology Credits: 4
SOC 310 - Ecology and Society Credits: 4
SOC 311 - Ecology & Society Field Sch Credits: 8
SW 322 - American Indian Philosophies Credits: 3
* SW 361 - Cultural Ecology of the Southwest Credits: 3

Select one course from the following list (policy):

ECON 364 - Macroeconomic Theory Credits: 4
ECON 369 - Public Sector Economics Credits: 4
PS 205 - Environmental Politics Credits: 3
PS 400 - Native American Law & Politics Credits: 4
OR
SOC 400 - Native American Law & Politics Credits: 4
PS 420 - Water Politics and Policy Credits: 4
PS 475 - Global Environmental Politics Credits: 4
SW 333 - Wilderness in America Credits: 3
SW 335 - Nat’l Parks: America’s Best Idea Credits: 3
SW 355 - Dev of US Indian Policy Credits: 3

Select one course from the following list (science):

AG 180 - Sustainable Agriculture Credits: 3
BIO 206 - General Botany Credits: 4
BIO 207 - General Zoology Credits: 4
BIO 320 - Fundamentals of Ecology Credits: 4
BIO 250 - Ecology of the Southwest Credits: 4
CHEM 250 - Org Chem I:Organic Compounds Credits: 4
CHEM 305 - Nat Prod From Plant Credits: 3
CHEM 365 - Analytical Chemistry Credits: 4
GEOG 250 - Intro Computer Mapping & GIS Credits: 4
GEOL 114 - Historical Geology Credits: 4
GEOL 207 - Mineralogy Credits: 3
MATH 121 - Pre-Calculus Credits: 4

Subtotal Specific Option Requirements - Credits: 9-12

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 71-76

Free electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120