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2010 - 2011 Catalog of Courses

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2010 - 2011 Catalog of Courses [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Environmental Studies - General Option

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

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39

See Liberal Arts Core .

Common ENVS Major Requirements:

ENVS 100 - Intro to Environmental Studies Credits: 4
ENVS 310 - Community Internship Credits: 3
ENVS 495 - Environmental Colloquium Credits: 4
ENVS 496 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3

Biology

Choose Two:

BIO 112 - Intro to Organismic & Evol Bio Credits: 4
BIO 125 - Conservation Biology Credits: 3
BIO 141 - People and the Planet Credits: 3

Chemistry

Choose One:

CHEM 125 - Environmental Chemistry Credits: 3
CHEM 150 - Fund of Chem I Atoms/Molecules Credits: 4

Climate

GEOG 235 - Weather and Climate Credits: 3

Culture and Society

Choose Two:

ANTH 208 - Trad Eco Knowldge & Cult Surv Credits: 4
ANTH 356 - Ecological Anthropology Credits: 4
SOC 310 - Ecology and Society Credits: 4
SOC 318 - Worldviews and Ecology Credits: 4
SW 361 - Cultural Ecology of the Southwest Credits: 3

Economy

ECON 262 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3
And Choose One Additional Course in Economy:
ECON 335 - Environment/Resource Economics Credits: 4
PS 322 - International Political Econom Credits: 4

Geology

Choose One:

GEOL 105 - Earth and the Environment Credits: 4
GEOL 107 - Earth Systems Science Credits: 4
GEOL 113 - Physical Geology Credits: 4

History and Society

Choose One:

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

Humanities

Choose One:

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

Policy

PS 130 - Intro to Environmental Policy Credits: 4

Research Methods

Choose One:

+ ANTH 398 - Fundamentals of Anth Research Credits: 4
(+ denotes that prerequisites will be waived for ENVS students)
BA 253 - Business Statistics Credits: 4
MATH 201 - Elementary Statistics Credits: 4
PS 260 - Methods of Political Analysis Credits: 4

Subtotal Common ENVS Major Requirements - Credits: 59-63

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 350 - Ethnology of Mesoamerica Credits: 4
ANTH 351 - Native Peoples of the Andes Credits: 4
* 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
NAIS 322 - American Indian Philosophies Credits: 3
* PHIL 252 - Environmental Ethics Credits: 4
PHIL 320 - Indigenous Worldviews Credits: 4
PSYC 260 - Environmental Psychology Credits: 4
* SOC 310 - Ecology and Society Credits: 4
SOC 311 - Ecology & Society Field School Credits: 8
* SOC 318 - Worldviews and Ecology Credits: 4
* 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
NAIS 355 - Development of US Indian Policy Credits: 3
PS 240 - Intro to Public Policy Credits: 4
SOC 400 - Native American Law & Politics Credits: 4
PS 420 - Water Politics and Policy Credits: 4
PS 422 - Legislative Process Credits: 4
PS 475 - Global Environmental Politics Credits: 4
SOC 353 - Medical Sociology Credits: 4
SW 333 - Wilderness in America Credits: 3
SW 335 - Nat’l Parks: America’s Best Idea Credits: 3

Select one course from the following list (science):

AG 101 - Introductory Animal Science Credits: 4
AG 102 - Principles of Crop Production Credits: 3
AG 180 - Sustainable Agriculture Credits: 3
AG 333 - Community Based Agriculture Credits: 3
AG 335 - Soils and Fertility Credits: 4
ANTH 380 - Topics: Primate Behav & Conser Credits: 3
BIO 206 - General Botany Credits: 4
BIO 207 - General Zoology Credits: 4
BIO 250 - Ecology of the Southwest Credits: 4
BIO 320 - Fundamentals of Ecology Credits: 4
CHEM 151 - Fund of Chem II Chem Reaction 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: 9-16

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 68-79

Free electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120