Environmental Studies Major - Policy Option

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - POLICY 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 and Evolutionary 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 - Traditional Ecological Knowledge & Cultural Survival 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

Subtotal Common ENVS Major Requirements - Credits: 59-63

Specific Option Requirements:

Select two courses 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
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 - National 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
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 - Organic 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: 4
MATH 121 - Pre-Calculus Credits: 4

Subtotal Specific Option Requirements - Credits: 9-12

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 68-75

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.

Relevant courses from a variety of disciplines may also be offered as 190, 191, 390, or 391 courses. See the Environmental Studies Major Coordinator and advisors about current offerings that could be applied towards one of the Environmental Studies degree options. PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAJOR COMMITTEE MUST BE OBTAINED IN ORDER TO HAVE THESE COURSES INCLUDED AS PART OF THE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.