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 Environmental Studies Major

 

The major in environmental studies has a credit requirement and a distribution requirement. The major requires students to take at least 30 credits of approved course work and a minimum of ten courses in environmental studies (EVST) or courses in associated fields listed below. A maximum of three courses or nine credits from 1000-level courses can be counted toward the fulfillment of the major. In addition, a minimum of three courses above the 3000-level are required for the major. The major requires students to take one course from each of the following four topical areas of environmental studies: Distribution and Conservation of Living Things; Landscapes and Seascapes through Time; Problems and Potentialities of Built Environments; and Environmental Thought, Practice, and Policy. Some of these courses have prerequisites, corequisites, or require instructor's approval. The program does not offer a minor in environmental studies.

The Four Topical Areas of Environmental Studies (students must complete one course from each topical area):

1. Distribution and Conservation of Living Things

2. Landscapes and Seascapes through Time

  • ANTH 3430 Archaeology of Cultural Landscapes
  • ANTH 4210 Seminar in Historical Ecology
  • ANTH 6430 Archaeology of Cultural Landscapes
  • EBIO 3710 Historical Ecology of Amazonia
  • EENS 2070 Weather and Climate
  • EENS 2230 Oceanography
  • EENS 6260 Paleoclimatology
  • EVST 3570 Mississippi River Colloquium
  • EVST 3920 Special Topics in Landscapes and Seascapes through Time
  • EVST 4210 Seminar in Historical Ecology
  • LNSP 3300 Natural Landscapes and Built Form

3. Problems, Potentialities of Built Environments

  • AHST Urban Geography
  • ATCS 6400 Sustainability and Tectonics
  • ATCS 6410 Implementing an Ecocentric Architecture
  • CHEM 2500 Environmental Chemistry
  • EBIO 2010 Evolution in Human Health and Disease
  • EENS 3050 Natural Disasters
  • EENS 3720 Infrastructure of Sustainable Urban Environments
  • ENHS 6030 Survey of Environmental Health  
  • ENRG 4100 Energy Markets, Economics and Policy
  • EVST 3930 Special Topics in Problems, Potentialities of Built Environments
  • SPHU 2010 Disease Ecology and Public Health Concepts

4. Environmental Thought, Practice, and Policy

  • ANTH 3560 Environmental Archaeology
  • COMM 3510 Environmental Communication
  • ECON 3330 Environment and Natural Resources
  • EENS 2020 Environmental Geology
  • EENS 2060 Introductory Geography
  • EVST 3950 Special Topics in Environmental Thought, Practice, and Policy
  • IDEV 3200 Approaches to Sustainable Development
  • PHIL 3340 Humanity’s Place in Nature
  • POLA 4230 Environmental Politics and Policy
  • SOCI 2600 Environmental Sociology

    *Any course listed above may be used for elective credit.

Capstone Courses (senior year, take one)

  • EVST 4210 Seminar in Historical Ecology
  • EVST 4650 Senior Colloquium in Environmental Studies
  • EVST 4990 Honors Thesis
  •  EVST 5000 Honors Thesis
  • EVST 6430 Archaeology of Cultural Landscapes
  •  COLQ 4120 Grand Canyon Colloquium

 Elective Courses (minimum of 5)

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