Environmental Policy
An interdisciplinary major designed to examine important environmental issues and the political, social, and biological ramifications of environmental policy.
Eleven Courses Required
- EnSt 200: Introduction to Environmental Studies (writing intensive)
- EnSt 400: Seminar in Environmental Studies (senior capstone course)
Each of the Following (Core Courses)
- Econ 335: Environmental Economics
- EnSt 334: Environmental Policy and Law
- Phil 230: Environmental Ethics
Two of the Following (Policy in Action)
Econ/PolS 381: The Political Economy of Sustainable Development
EnSt 332: Archeological Resource Management and Policy
EnSt 336: Land-use Policy
Fors 201: Natural Resource Issues and Policies
Fors 270: Water Resource Policy and Law
Two Natural Science Courses (one of which must be either Field-Based or Lab)
One of the following (Physical Science)
Chem 101: General Chemistry (Lab)
Geol 121: Physical Geology (Lab)
Geol 235: Earth Systems and Climate Change
Phys 105: Energy and the Environment
One of the following (Life Science)
Biol 105: Biology and People
Biol 107: People and the Environment
Biol 130: Field Investigations in Biology (Field-Based)
Fors 121: Introduction to Forestry (Lab)
One of the following (Tools and Skills)
CSci 120: Introduction to Environmental Computing
EnSt 217: Fundamentals of GIS
EnSt 220: Reading the Landscape
EnSt 340: Tools for Environmental Policy Analysis
Stat 204: Elementary Statistics
One additional elective
A course selected from the approved Environmental Studies Catalog List
