Majors and Minors 2012-2013

Environmental Studies Major: Standard Program

A minimum of 39 credits is required.
ENVS 100  Introduction to Environmental Studies  3 cr
ENVS 200  Writing the Environment  3 cr
ENVS 301  Science, Technology, and the Environment  3 cr
ENVS 350  U.S. and Western Environmental Politics  3 cr
ENVS 390  Environmental Monitoring  4 cr
ENVS 400  Applied Environmental Studies  3 cr
ENVS 410  Environmental Ethics  3 cr
One of the following:
ENVS 360  Global Environmental Policy  3 cr
ENVS 370  Water Policy and Politics  3 cr
Required supporting courses:
ECON 215  Environmental Economics  3 cr
HWTR 200  Introduction to the Headwaters  1 cr
SOC 150  Environmental Sociology  3 cr
One of the following:
BIOL 150  Biological Principles (with laboratory)  4 cr
BIOL 151  Diversity and Patterns of Life (with laboratory)  4 cr
PHYS 140  Introductory Physics (with laboratory)  4 cr
PHYS 170  Principles of Physics (with laboratory)  4 cr
or both:
BIOL 130  Environmental Biology  3 cr 
BIOL 135  Environmental Biology Laboratory  1 cr
or both:
CHEM 111  General Chemistry I  3 cr
CHEM 112  General Chemistry Laboratory I  1 cr
or both:
GEOL 101  Physical Geology  3 cr
GEOL 105  Physical Geology Laboratory  1 cr
And one of the following:
ECON 216  Statistics for Business and Economics  3 cr
MATH 213  Probability and Statistics  3 cr
SOC 211  Quantitative Research Methods  3 cr

Environmental Studies Major: Comprehensive Program

Students have two options for a comprehensive major:  the 66-credit Water Emphasis or the 57-credit Individualized Contract.

Admission to Recreation and Outdoor Education courses for declared Water Emphasis students is based on instructor permission and available seats.

Individualized Contract Emphasis

This Emphasis allows students to design a curriculum in consultation with an Environmental Studies advisor and with the approval of the Environmental Studies Council. A minimum of 57 credits is required including the 39-credit Standard Major.  Proposals for an Individualized Contract should be developed before the second semester of the junior year, and applicants must have a minimum 3.200 GPA in the major and a 3.000 overall GPA. Consult an Environmental Studies advisor for details.

Environmental Studies and Business Administration Coordinated Double Major: If a student elects to complete an Environmental Studies Major: Standard Program and the coordinated Business Administration Major: Standard Program, the student must take ECON 202 Microeconomics instead of ECON 215 Environmental Economics; and ENVS 360 Global Environmental Politics must be elected. ECON 216 must be elected, with MATH 140 as its prerequisite. The student may also substitute GEOG 120 Introduction to Human Geography for SOC 150 Environmental Sociology.

Environmental Studies Minor

The Environmental Studies Minor requires a minimum of 22 credits including:
ENVS 100  Introduction to Environmental Studies  3 cr
ENVS 200  Writing the Environment   cr
ENVS 301  Science, Technology, and the Environment 3 cr
ENVS 350  U.S. and Western Environmental Politics  3 cr
ENVS 410  Environmental Ethics  3 cr
One of the following:
ECON 215  Environmental Economics  3 cr
SOC 150  Environmental Sociology  3 cr
One of the following:
BIOL 150  Biological Principles (with laboratory)  4 cr
BIOL 151  Diversity and Patterns of Life (with laboratory)  4 cr
PHYS 140  Introductory Physics (with laboratory)   4 cr
or both:
BIOL 130  Environmental Biology  3 cr
BIOL 135  Environmental Biology Laboratory  1 cr
or both:
CHEM 111  General Chemistry I  3 cr
CHEM 112  General Chemistry Laboratory I  1 cr
or both:
GEOL 101  Physical Geology  3 cr
GEOL 105  Physical Geology Laboratory  1 cr

Capstone Course Requirement. The following course in the Environmental Studies  Major fulfills the capstone course requirement:  ENVS 400 Applied Environmental Studies.