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2012 - 2013 Catalog of Courses

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2012 - 2013 Catalog of Courses [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Environmental Studies Major

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

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39

See Liberal Arts Core .

Environmental Studies Core:

ENVS 100 - Intro to Environmental Studies Credits: 4
ENVS 320 - Research Methods and Design Credits: 4
ENVS 393 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Studies Credits: 4
ENVS 395 - Environmental Colloquium Credits: 4
ENVS 410 - Community Internship Credits: 3
ENVS 496 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3

Subtotal Environmental Studies Core - Credits: 23

Distribution Requirements:

I. Human-Environment Relations and Policy

Cultural and Social Ecology

Choose one:
ANTH 356 - Environmental Anthropology Credits: 4
ANTH 406 - Ethnobotany of the Southwest Credits: 4
SW 361 - Cultural Ecology of the Southwest Credits: 3
And one of the following:
SOC 310 - Ecology and Society Credits: 4
SOC 311 - Ecology & Society Field School Credits: 8
SOC 318 - Worldviews and Ecology Credits: 4

Total Cultural and Social Ecology - Credits: 7-12

Ideas and Expression

Choose one:
ENGL 180 - Literature of the Environment Credits: 4
PHIL 252 - Environmental Ethics Credits: 4
GEOG 120 - The North American Landscape Credits: 3
HIST 181 - US/SW Environmental History Credits: 3
SW 181 - US/SW Environmental History Credits: 3
HIST 313 - Wilderness in America Credits: 4
HIST 323 - National Parks: America’s Best Idea Credits: 4

Total Ideas and Expression - Credits: 3-4

Political Economy and Policy

PS 130 - Intro to Environmental Policy Credits: 4
And one of the following:
ECON 335 - Environment/Resource Economics Credits: 4
PS 322 - International Political Econom Credits: 4
PS 420 - Water Politics and Policy Credits: 4
PS 475 - Global Environmental Politics Credits: 4

Total Political Economy and Policy - Credits: 8

Total Human-Environment Relations and Policy - Credits: 18-24

II. Scientific Literacy:

Biology and Ecology

BIO 110 - Modern Biological Issues Credits: 4
And one of the following:
BIO 125 - Conservation Biology Credits: 3
BIO 141 - People and the Planet Credits: 3
BIO 250 - Ecology of the Southwest Credits: 4

Total Biology and Ecology - Credits: 7-8

Geosciences and Physical Sciences

GEOG 235 - Weather and Climate Credits: 3
GEOG 250 - Intro Computer Mapping & GIS Credits: 4
And one of the following:
GEOL 105 - Earth and the Environment Credits: 4
GEOL 107 - Earth Systems Science Credits: 4
GEOL 113 - Physical Geology Credits: 4
PHYS 106 - How Our World Works Credits: 4

Total Geosciences and Physical Sciences - Credits: 11

Total Scientific Literacy - Credits: 18-19

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 59-66

Free Electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120*

* Among the minimum 120 credits required for the degree, 45 credits must be upper-division (300- and 400-level) courses.

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