Environmental Conservation and Management Major

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT:

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 33

See Liberal Arts Core for course choices

First-Year Launch Course	FLC	FLC 100 (Credits: 1)

Communication	CO1/CO2	COMP 150 ^p and any one approved
	or	CO2^pcourse (Credits: 6)
	CO2/CO3	Any one approved CO2^p course and any one approved
		CO3^pcourse (Credits: 6)

Mathematics	MA1	MATH 132 ^p (Credits: 3)

Arts & Humanities	AH	Any one approved AH course (Credits: 3)

Arts & Humanities	AH	One additional approved AH course (Credits: 3)

History	HI	Any one approved HI course (Credits: 3)

Social & Behavioral Sciences	SS	Any one approved SS course (Credits: 3)

AH/HI/SS^b	AH or HI or SS	One additional approved AH^b or HI^b or SS^b course (Credits: 3)

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

Major Requirements: Credits: 57

Environmental Conservation and Management Core:

ENVS 100 - Introduction to Environmental Studies Credits: 3
ENVS 320 - Research Methods and Design Credits: 3 ^p
ENVS 385 - Environmental Conservation and Adaptation Credits: 3 ^p
ENVS 395 - Environmental Colloquium Credits: 3 ^p
ENVS 410 - Community Internship Credits: 3 ^p
ENVS 496 - Senior Capstone Credits: 3 ^p
GEOG 310 - Introduction to Computer Mapping and GIS Credits: 4
PS 288 - Introduction to Environmental Policy Credits: 3

Biology or Ecology:

Complete two (2) of the following courses:

BIO 125 - Conservation Biology Credits: 3
BIO 250 - Ecology of the Southwest Credits: 4
BIO 382 - Field Botany Credits: 5 ^p
ENVS 319 - Agroecology Credits: 3 ^p

Cultural and Social Ecology:

Complete one (1) of the following courses:
ANTH 305 - Ethnobotany of the Southwest Credits: 3 ^p
ANTH 356 - Environmental Anthropology Credits: 3 ^p
Complete one (1) of the following courses:
ENVS 339 - Political Ecology of Food Credits: 3 ^p
ENVS 361 - Cultural Ecology of the Southwest Credits: 3 ^p

Environmental Policy:

Complete one (1) of the following courses:

PS 232 - Global Environmental Politics Credits: 3
PS 322 - International Political Economy Credits: 3
PS 420 - Water Politics: An Uphill Flow to Money Credits: 3

Geosciences:

Complete two (2) of the following courses:

ENVS 301 - Environmental Geography Credits: 3 ^p
ESCI 100 - Introduction to Environmental Science Credits: 4
GEOG 235 - Weather and Climate Credits: 3
GEOL 105 - Earth and the Environment Credits: 4

Resource Management:

Complete one (1) of the following courses:

ENVS 208 - Indigenous Resource Management Credits: 3
OR ANTH 208 - Indigenous Resource Management Credits: 3
ENVS 210 - Natural Resource Management Credits: 3 ^p

Interdisciplinary Electives in the Major:

Complete two (2) of the following courses:

ANTH 344 - Environmental Archaeology Credits: 3 ^p
BA 334 - Sustainable Tourism Credits: 3
ECON 335 - Environment/Resource Economics Credits: 3
ENVS 393 - Advanced Topics in Environmental Studies Credits: 3 ^p
HIST 313 - Wilderness in America Credits: 3 ^p
HIST 323 - U.S. National Parks Credits: 3 ^p
SOC 310 - Ecology and Society Credits: 3
SOC 311 - Ecology and Society Field School Credits: 5
SOC 331 - Environmental Sociology Credits: 3 ^s
SOC 377 - Animals and Society Credits: 3
SOC 385 - Soil and Society Credits: 3

Upper Division Requirement - Credits: 36

Among the total required courses, at least 36 credits must be upper division (300- and 400-level) courses. This major will require additional courses to meet the upper division requirement.

Free Electives - Credits: Variable

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

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

^p This course has a prerequisite. You must complete the prerequisite course(s) before enrolling in this course. Sometimes you are given a choice or a list of prerequisites to complete.

^s SOC 311 is only offered in the summer.

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 33 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.