General Education		Semester Hours
ACAD 101	Principles of the Learning Academy	1
Shared Skills and Proficiencies
Writing and Critical Thinking
WRIT 101	Composition	3
HMXP 102	Human Experience	3
CRTW 201	Critical Reading, Thinking & Writing	3
Oral Communication	See approved list; may be met by other requirement	0-3
Technology	Met in major with GEOG/GEOL 305 or GEOG 308	0
Intensive Writing	Met in major with ENVS 490	0
Constitution Requirement	See approved list; may be met in major with PLSC 201	0
Physical Activity	See approved list;	1
Thinking Critically Across Disciplines*
Global Perspectives	Met in major with GEOG 101 or 201	0
Historical Perspectives	See approved list; may be met in major	0-3
Introducing Students to Broad Disciplinary Perspectives*
Social Science	See approved list; Met in major with ENVS 101 and ECON 103 or 205	0
Humanities and Arts	See approved list; must include 2 designators; may be partially met in major	3-6
Quantitative Skills and Natural Science	(3 courses)	9-12
Quantitative Skills	Partially met in the major with MATH 141 or QMTH 205	(0-3)
Natural Science	See approved list; partially met in the major with BIOL 221/223. If 2 courses taken, must be in different group: Physical or Earth	(0-3)
Subtotal		26-44
*Because this is an interdisciplinary major, the two-course rule is not in effect for these areas.
Requirements in the Major		51-54
ENVS 101	Intro to Environmental Issues	3
ENVS 220	Environmental Career Exploration	1
ENVS 350, 375, or 510	Special Topics, Field Studies in the Environment	3
ENVS 490	Senior Seminar in the Environment	3
BIOL 221/223	Principles of Ecology and Evolution/Lab	4
ECON 103 or 215	Intro to Political Economy, Princ of Microeconomics	3
GEOG 101 or 201	Human Geography, Geog of World Regions	3
GEOG 305 or 308	Intro to Geographic Systems, Intro to Geospatial Tech	3
PLSC 201	American Government	3
MATH 141, QMTH 205, PLSC 350 or PSYC 301	Statistics course	3-4

Environmental Experiential Learning:		1-3
ENVS 461, 462, 463, 495	Internship, Research

Environmental Electives (select six courses from the following)		18
ANTH 326	Native Peoples and Environment	3
ANTH 350	Special Topics (when titled "Food and Culture")	3
ANTH 540	Human Ecology	3
BIOL 309	Economic Botany	3
ECON 343	Environmental Economics	3
ENVS 350	Special Topics	3
ENVS 510	Special Topics in the Environment (when different titles)	3
GEOG 305	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	3
GEOG 308	Introduction to Geospatial Technologies	3
GEOG 315	Global Sustainable Development	3
GEOG 320	Remote Sensing/Environment	3
HIST/PEAC 502	Social Movements since the 1960s	3
PHIL 340	Environmental Ethics	3
PLSC 321	Public Policy and Policy Analysis	3
PLSC 325	Environmental Politics	3
PSYC 311	Ecological Psychology	3
SUST 102	Introduction to Sustainability	3
SUST 300	Topics in Applied Sustainability	3
MGMT 330	Sustainable Business Practices	3
Science and Math Electives		3-4
In addition to courses that fulfill Quantitative Skills and Natural Sciences General Education requirements, select one course in BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, MATH, NUTR, PHYS, or SCIE
Foreign Language		3-8§
Minor		15-24
General Electives		5-34
Total		120

§ Students completing the required program in Environmental Studies must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language at or above the second semester college-level. This requirement may be met by a satisfactory score or a recognized examination or by passing any foreign language course numbered 102 or any course with 102 as a prerequisite.

BA-ENST - Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies

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