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Course Requirements
The Environmental Affairs program requires that students enrolled in the program meet a set of minimum course requirements as detailed on this page. If you are enrolled or interested in the program, please download and print the accompanying Sign Up and Completion Form, as well as the Checklist Form. The Sign Up and Completion Form is an Adobe pdf document that will allow you to enroll in and finalize your participation in the Environmental Affairs program. The Checklist Form is an Adobe pdf document that lists all of the information on this page and will assist you in planning your course schedule.
Click here to download the Sign Up and Completion Form.
Click here to download the Checklist Form.
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS CORE (9 CREDITS)
Choose three courses from:
| ANTH330*: Human Ecology |
HIST355: American Environmental History |
| ANTH/ETST414*: Development in Indian Country |
JTC461: Writing About Science, Health, and Environment |
| ANTH415*: Indigenous Ecologies and the Modern World |
PHIL345: Environmental Ethics |
| E403: Nature Writing |
POLS361: U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy OR
POLS362: Global Environmental Politics |
| ECON/AREC340: Intro. to the Economics of Natural Resources |
SOC460: Society and Environment |
* Only one ANTH course can be used for the Environmental Affairs core.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (6 CREDITS)
Choose one course from:
| BIO320: Ecology |
GR210: Physical Geography |
| ERHS220: Environmental Health |
NR120A: Environmental Conservation |
| F210: Forest Ecogeography |
NR120B: Environmental Conservation |
| GEOL122*: The Blue Planet: Geology of Our Environment |
NR130: Global Environmental Systems |
| GEOL124*: Geology of Natural Resources |
SOCR240: Introductory Soil Science |
*GEOL121 is also recommended.
Choose a second course from the list above OR choose one course from the list below OR choose a science course in consultation with your advisor. Courses in this section must have a strong environmental focus:
| AGRI/IE116: Plants and Civilization |
GR100: Introduction to Geography |
| AT(350 and 351): Intro. to Weather and Climate (with lab) |
NR150: Oceanography |
| BSPM102: Insects, Science, and Society |
NR300: Biological Diversity |
| CIVE/ENVE322: Basic Hydrology |
NR326: Forest Vegetation Management |
| CIVE413: Environmental River Mechanics |
NRRT452*: Management of the Wilderness Resource |
| CIVE425: Soil and Water Engineering |
RS300: Principles of Range Management |
| ERHS320: Environmental Health Water Quality |
RS478: Restoration Ecology |
| F324: Fire Effects and Adaptation |
SOCR421: Crop and Soil Management Systems II |
| FW100: Wildlife Fundamentals |
WR304: Principles of Watershed Management |
| FW200: Wildlife Conservation |
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*NRRT452 is offered as a correspondence course only.
LIBERAL ARTS ELECTIVES (3 CREDITS)
Choose one course from the list below OR choose a different course with a strong environmental focus with approval of your advisor:
| ANTH330*: Human Ecology |
HIST352: American West since 1900 |
| AREC/ECON240: Issues in Environmental Economics |
HIST355*: American Environmental History |
| AREC/ECON340*: Intro. to the Economics of Natural Resources |
JTC461*: Writing About Science, Health, and the Environment |
| AREC/ECON346: Economics of Outdoor Recreation |
PHIL/AGRI330: Agricultural Ethics |
| E403*: Nature Writing |
PHIL345*: Environmental Ethics |
| ECON344: Economics of Energy Resources |
POLS361*: U.S. Environmental Politics and Policy OR
POLS362*: Global Environmental Politics |
| ETST344: Native American Ceremony and the Sacred |
SOC320: Population - Natural Resources and Environment |
| ETST/ANTH414: Development in Indian Country |
SOC364: Agriculture and Global Society |
| HONR492: Senior Seminar |
SOC460*: Society and Environment |
| HIST351: American West to 1900 |
SOC461: Sociology of Water Resources |
* May be taken if not used as an Environmental Affairs Core class.
ELECTIVES FROM OTHER COLLEGES (3 CREDITS)
Select a minimum of three credits from the list below OR choose a different course with a strong environmental focus with approval of your advisor:
| AGRI/PHIL330: Agricultural Ethics |
FW356*: Leopold's Ethic for Wildlife and Land |
| CIVE/ENVE438: Pollution Control Engineering |
GR320: Cultural Geography |
| CIVE/ENVE439: Environmental Engineering Chemical Concepts |
GR342: Geography of Water Resources |
| CIVE440: Nonpoint Source Pollution |
GR345: Geography of Hazards |
| AREC202: Agricultural and Resource Economics |
HORT466: Community Forestry |
| AREC/ECON240: Issues in Environmental Economics |
LAND110: Introduction to Landscape Architecture |
| AREC/ECON340: Intro. to the Economics of Natural Resources |
LAND120: History of the Designed Landscape |
| AREC342: Economics Analysis - Water Resource Development |
CON/INTD450: Travel Abroad - Sustainable Building |
| AREC/ECON346: Economics of Outdoor Recreation |
NR320: Natural Resources History and Policy |
| AREC375: Agricultural Law |
NR355: Contemporary Environmental Issues |
| AREC460: Economics of World Agriculture |
NR365: Environmental Education |
| AREC478: Agricultural Policy |
PSY316: Environmental Psychology |
| ERHS410: Environmental Health Waste Management |
NRRT330: Social Aspects of Natural Resource Management |
| ERHS446: Environmental Toxicology |
NRRT462: Environmental Communication - Natural Resources |
| ENVE441: Water and Wastewater Characterization |
RS/SOCR320: Forage and Range Management |
| F322: Economics of the Forest Environment |
SOCR370: Irrigation Principles and Management |
| F330: Timber Harvesting and Environment |
SOCR/CIVE377: Geographic Information Systems in Agriculture |
* Offered as a correspondence class only.
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