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Environmental and Sustainability Studies

It requires 24 semester hours chosen from the following:

Environmental/Ecological Sciences (4 sh):

ENS 111/113 Introduction to Environmental Science 4 sh

Political/economic/social systems (4 sh): Choose one from the following:

ECO 335 Environmental Economics
(ECO 111 is prerequisite)
POL 224 Environmental Policy and Law
POL 344 International Environmental Policy
SOC 334 Environmental Sociology

Environmental values (4 sh): Choose one from the following:

ART 339 Ecological Art
ENG 339 American Environmental Writers
ENS 110 Humans and Nature
REL/PHL 348 Environmental Ethics

Environmental analysis and communications (4 sh): Choose one from the following:

ENS 200 Strategies for Environmental Inquiry
ENG 318 Science Writing
ENS/GEO 250 Introduction to GIS

Electives (8 sh): Choose two courses from the following, including at least one class indicated by the double asterisk:

ENS 110 Humans and Nature
ENS 200 Strategies for Environmental Inquiry
ENS 220 Organic Gardening and Sustainable Food Production
ENS/GEO 250 Introduction to GIS
POL 224 Environmental Policy and Law
ART 339 Ecological Art
ECO 335 Environmental Economics
ENG 339 American Environmental Writers
ENG 318 Science Writing
ENS/GEO 340 Water Resource Management
ENS 350 Environmental Visions
ENS 360 Green Design
GEO 345 Global Environmental Change
POL 327 State Environmental Policy and Administration
POL 344 International Environmental Policy
REL/PHL 348 Environmental Ethics
SOC 334 Environmental Sociology
PHY 110 Energy and the Environment **
ENS/BIO 215 Diversity of Life **
ENS 320 Restoration Ecology **
ENS 330 Wildlife Ecology **
BIO 342 Aquatic Biology **
ENS/BIO 346 Wetland Ecology and Management **