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2024 - 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024 - 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Environment and Sustainability, Minor

Required Credit Hours: 20

Core Requirements:

ENSP 101 - Introduction to Environment and Sustainability Credits: (3)

Two Credits of:

ENSP 200-250, ( or GIS 201 or ENSP 230 / MSCI 330 or GEOL 212 or GEOL 305 or BIOL 318 or CONS 201 ) with at least one ENSP 250 seminar.

Four Courses, At Least One From Each Group:

(at least 12 credits total)

Natural Sciences Course with Field Laboratory Component:

BIOL 311 - Ecology Credits: (3) + BIOL 411 Credits: (1)
BIOL 416 - Ornithology Credits: (4)
BIOL 417 - Population and Community Ecology Credits: (4)
BIOL 426 - Aquatic Ecology Credits: (4)
BIOL 427 - Wetland Ecosystems Credits: (4)
GEOL 314 - Watershed Dynamics Credits: (4)
GEOL 315 - Hydrology Credits: (4)
GEOL 316 - Environmental Geochemistry Credits: (3)
GEOL 320 - Earth Surface Processes Credits: (4)
GEOL 324 - Paleoclimatology & Paleoceanography Credits: (3)
Or other approved course [all of the courses listed require some form of introductory biology or geology course as a prerequisite]

Foundation in Environmental Social Science:

ANTH 304 - The Anthropocene Credits: (3)
ANTH 315 - Environmental Archaeology Credits: (3)
ANTH 322 - Archaeology of North America Credits: (3)
ANTH 338 - Native Cultures of South America Credits: (3)
ANTH 351 - People, Cultures, and the Environment of Polynesia Credits: (3)
CONS 440 - Political Ecology of Conservation Credits: (3)
ECON 322 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Credits: (3)
[ECON 101 is a prerequisitesfor this course]
ENSP 320 - Topics in Environmental Social Sciences Credits: (3)
GOVT 322 - Global Environmental Politics Credits: (3)
SOCL 308 - Environmental Sociology Credits: (3)
SOCL 340 - Sustainable Livelihoods Credits: (3)
SOCL 410 - Food and Society Credits: (3)
SOCL 420 - Political Ecology of Health & Disease Credits: (3)
SOCL 427 - Energy, Environment, and Development Credits: (3)
Or other approved course

Foundation in Environmental Humanities & Arts:

ANTH 250 - Introduction to Native Studies Credits: (3)
ANTH 326 - Indigenous Voices in Conservation Credits: (3) or CONS 410 - Indigenous Voices in Conservation Credits: (3)
ANTH 352 - Environmental Anthropology Credits: (3)
ARTH 282 - Art and Ecology Credits: (3)
ARTH 430 - Art and Environmental Justice Credits: (3)
CRWR 368 - Creative Writing: Fiction Credits: (3)
ENGL 372 - Literature of the Anthropocene Credits: (3)
ENGL 381 - Early Modern Ecologies Credits: (3)
ENSP 310 - Topics in Environmental Arts, Literature, & Film Credits: (3)
FMST 401 - Eco Cinema Credits: (3)
HISP 370 - Environmental Cultures Credits: (3) or LAS 370 - Environmental Cultures Credits: (3)
HIST 226 - The American West since 1890 Credits: (3)
ITAL 322 - Ecocritical Italy: Narrating the Anthropocene Credits: (3)
JAPN 308 - Cultures of Catastrophe Credits: (3)

Environmental Ethics & Justice:

ENSP 303 - Issues in Environmental Ethics Credits: (3)

Capstone experience: (3 credits)

ENSP 440 - Special Topics in Environmental Science and Policy. Credits: (1-4)
ENSP 490 - Independent Research Credits: (1-3)
ENSP 495 - Honors Credits: (3)
ENSP 496 - Honors Credits: (3)
ENSP 498 - Internship Credits: (1-3)
ENSP 499 - Internship Credits: (1-3)
or other approved capstone experience with permission of the Director