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2013 - 2014 Catalog of Courses

2013 - 2014 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 for course choices

Communication	CO1/CO2	Any one approved CO1^a course and any one approved
	or	CO2^acourse (Credits: 7 - 10)
	CO2/CO3	Any one approved CO2^a course and any one approved
		CO3^acourse (Credits: 7 - 8)

Mathematics	MA1	Any one approved MA1 course(Credits: 3 - 4)

Arts & Humanities	AH^b	Any two approved AH courses(Credits: 8)

History	HI^b	Any one approved HI course(Credits: 4)

Social & Behavioral Sciences	SS^b	Any one approved SS course(Credits: 4)

Natural & Physical Sciences	SC1	Any one approved SC1 course (Credits: 4)
	SC1 or SC2	Any one approved SC1 or SC2 course (Credits: 3 - 4)

Physical Well-Being	PE/ES	Any one PE course or ES 100 (Credits: 1)

Major Requirements: Credits: 61

Environmental Studies Core:

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

Distribution Requirements:

I. Human-Environment Relations and Policy:

Cultural and Social Ecology:

Choose two courses from the following:

ANTH 305 - Ethnobotany of the Southwest Credits: 4 ^f
ANTH 356 - Environmental Anthropology Credits: 4 ^f
ENVS 361 - Cultural Ecology of the Southwest Credits: 4
SOC 310 - Ecology and Society Credits: 4
SOC 318 - Worldviews and Ecology Credits: 4
Or complete this course:
SOC 311 - Ecology and Society Field School Credits: 8 ^e

Ideas and Expression:

II. Scientific Literacy:

Biology and Ecology:

BIO 110 - Modern Issues in Environmental Biology 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

Geosciences and Physical Sciences:

GEOG 235 - Weather and Climate Credits: 3
GEOG 310 - Introduction to Computer Mapping and 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

Free Electives - Credits: Variable

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

^aCheck course description for minimum grade in prerequisite course(s) required to enroll in this course.

^b A minimum of 15 credits of coursework must be completed in the combined areas of AH/HI/SS.

^e SOC 311 is only taught in the summer. If a student is not able to take summer classes, completion of two courses from the alternate list will fulfill this requirement.

^fCheck course description for prerequisite course requirements.

Note: Among the total credits required for graduation, at least 36 credits must be upper division (300- and 400-level) courses.

Note: Students completing the Liberal Arts Core in fewer than 39 credits will have additional free electives.

Note: Students who have met a prerequisite or required course through transfer, examinations, or assessment of prior learning will have additional free electives.

Freshman Map to Graduation:

Environmental Studies Major: Freshman Map

Transfer Map to Graduation:

Environmental Studies Major: Transfer Student Map

Environmental Studies Major

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

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39

Major Requirements: Credits: 61

Environmental Studies Core:

Distribution Requirements:

I. Human-Environment Relations and Policy:

Cultural and Social Ecology:

Choose two courses from the following:

Ideas and Expression:

Choose one:

Political Economy and Policy:

And one of the following:

II. Scientific Literacy:

Biology and Ecology:

And one of the following:

Geosciences and Physical Sciences:

And one of the following:

Free Electives - Credits: Variable

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

Freshman Map to Graduation:

Transfer Map to Graduation: