Environmental Studies Concentration, BA (Interdisciplinary Major)

Michael McKinney, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Chair

The concentration in environmental studies provides sound scientific, socioeconomic, and philosophical background for understanding the earth’s environment with an opportunity to minor in one of the many environmentally related curricula offered by various colleges within the university.

College Requirements

Arts and Sciences

Prerequisites

Complete:

Select one sequence:

Select one course:

Select one sequence:

Concentration Requirements

The concentration consists of a core and a specialty.

I. Core

A. Select 15 hours:

ECON 362 - Environmental and Natural Resource Policy
AGEC 470 - Policy Analysis for Environmental and Natural Resource Management (one course from this group only)
SOCI 360 - Environment and Resources
SOCI 464 - Urban Ecology
SOCI 465 - Social Values and the Environment (one course from this group only)
GEOG 345 - Population and Environment
GEOL 490 - Special Problems in Geology
JREM 451 - Environmental Writing
PHIL 245 - Environmental Ethics
FWF 250 - Conservation
SOCI 250 - Introduction to Global Studies (one course from this group only)

B. Select 3 hours from:

C. Select 3 hours from:

II. Specialty

Select 12 hours at the 300 level or above in one of the following departments:

Chemistry
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Economics
Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries
Geography
Plant Sciences
Political Science
Sociology

Undergraduates

Graduate Students

Environmental Studies Concentration, BA (Interdisciplinary Major)

College Requirements

Prerequisites

Complete:

Select one sequence:

Select one sequence:

Select one course:

Select one sequence:

Concentration Requirements

I. Core

A. Select 15 hours:

B. Select 3 hours from:

C. Select 3 hours from:

II. Specialty