Non-Government Organizations
This emphasis is linked with the new major in community leadership and civic engagement (CLCE). This emphasis is designed for students who are interested in seeking a career in public affairs in government, voluntary social agencies, and public interest groups that focus on environmental or energy issues.
Major in Environmental Studies (B.S.)
Requirements in ENVS (18)
ENVS 301 - Environmental Science I: Physical Systems (3)
ENVS 302 - Environmental Science II: Biological Systems (3)
ENVS 303 - Environment in the Social Sciences and Humanities (3)
ENVS 304 - Environmental Law, Policy and Economics (3)
ENVS 305 - Green Technologies (3)
Three Credits from the following:
ENVS 450 - Issues in Environmental Studies (3)
ENVS 490 - Undergraduate Research (1-3)
ENVS 491 - Special Topics in Environmental Studies (1-3)
ENVS 492 - Internship in Environmental Studies (1-6)
ENVS 498 - Senior Thesis (1-3)
ENVS 499 - Senior Thesis: Honors (1-3)
Requirements outside ENVS (B.A., 10-22; B.S., 15-16)
For the B.A. degree
Fulfillment of foreign language requirement (0-12)
(See “Foreign Language Requirement for the B.A. Degree.”)
CHEM 100 - Chemistry in Everyday Life (3)
OR PHYS 140 - Physics and Society (3)
MATH 155 - Trigonometry and Elementary Functions (3)
OR MATH 211 - Calculus for Business and Social Science (3)
STAT 208 - Basic Statistics (3)
For the B.S. degree
CHEM 210 - General Chemistry I (3)
CHEM 211 - General Chemistry II (3)
CHEM 212 - General Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
CHEM 213 - General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)
MATH 211 - Calculus for Business and Social Science (3)
OR MATH 229 - Calculus I (4) and MATH 230 –Calculus II (4)
STAT 301 - Elementary Statistics (4)
Requirements outside Environmental Studies (9)
CLCE 100 - Introduction to Public Service (3)
CLCE 300 - Nonprofits and Community Engagement (3)
CLCE 400 - Community Engagement (3)
Select three of the following foundation courses (9)
ANTH 329 - Anthropology and Contemporary World Problems (3)
ANTH 467 - Applied Anthropology (3)
POLS 326/PSPA 326X - Nonprofit Management (3)
PSPA 201 - Public Service Leadership (3)
PSPA 401 - Philanthropy and Volunteerism (3)
PSPA 402/MGMT402X - Resource Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations (3)
COMS 362 - Intercultural Communication (3)
Select at least two of the following communication and writing courses (6)
COMS 304 - Introduction to Persuasion Theory (3)
COMS 361 - Business and Professional Communication (3)
COMS 362 - Intercultural Communication (3)
COMS 419 - Political Communication in America (3)
ENGL 308 - Technical Writing (3)
ENGL 493 - Technical Editing (3)
Select one of the following science, engineering, and technology courses (3-4)
BIOS 106 - Environmental Biology (3)
BIOS 406 - Conservation Biology (4)
GEOG 253 - Environment and Society (3)
GEOG 303 - Water Resources and the Environment (3)
GEOG 455 - Land Use Planning (3)
GEOL 320 - Environments and Life through Time (4)
OR GEOL 322 - Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology (4)
MEE 101 - Energy and the Environment (3)
ENVS 409/BIOS 409X/ GEOL409X - Water Quality (4)
GEOG 368 - Climate Change: Science, Impacts and Mitigation (3)
GEOG 415/ENVS 415 - Introduction to Energy (3)
TECH 245 - Pollution, Pestilence, Prevention and the Cost of Doing Business (3)
Select two of the following humanities and social sciences courses (6)
ANTH 425 - Environment and Anthropology (3)
ECON 386 - Environmental Economics (3)
HIST 377 - American Environmental History (3)
PHIL 335 - Environmental Ethics (3)
POLS 220 - Introduction to Public Policy (3)
POLS 324 - Politics of Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation (3)
SOCI 364 - Environmental Sociology (3)
HIST 398/ENVS 398X - Environment Change and Early Globalization (3)
ANTH 343/ENVS 343X - Extinction (3)
ANTH 432 - Nature and the Environment Across Cultures