Environmental Studies Major (BA)

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The interdisciplinary major in environmental studies consists of a required core of nine courses (31 to 32 hours) and a concentration of 18 to 25 hours. The total number of semester hours that a student must take to complete the Environmental Studies major depends upon their concentration and the electives they choose. The major offers two concentration options: 1) environmental policy and advocacy; and 2) conservation ecology. All students are strongly encouraged to complete an environmental studies internship.

Required Core Courses for the Environmental Studies Major (31-32 hrs):

ENVS 100 - Intro to Environmental Studies
ENVS 120 - Earth Sciences with Lab
ENVS 390 - Senior Seminar in Environmental
BIOL 010 - Principles of Biology with Lab (BIOL 100 is especially recommended for students concentrating in conservation ecology.) OR
BIOL 100 - Cell and Molecular Biology with Lab
BIOL 101 - Biodiversity with Lab
BIOL 210 - Ecology with Lab

Choose two courses from the following (6 hrs):

Plus, one course from the following (3 or 4 hrs):

Environmental Policy and Advocacy Concentration (18-19 hours):

Students opting to concentrate in Environmental Policy and Advocacy will complete a core of three courses in the concentration, plus three concentration electives.

Concentration Required Core (9 hrs):

Choose three concentration electives (9 hrs):

Conservation Ecology Concentration (23-25 hrs):

Note:

Additional relevant courses from other disciplines may be substituted for one of the courses listed above as approved by the program director.