Environmental Studies Major

Required Courses

Required Core Courses 12 credit hours

ENST 180/BIOL 180	Introduction to Environmental Studies (SI)	3
ENST 201	Environmental Policy	3
ENST 202	Environmental Culture	3
ENST 203	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - GIS	3

Required Capstone Courses: 6 credit hours

ENST 400	Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies	3
ENST 401	Practicum in Environmental Studies	3

Required One Emphasis area

Students are required to complete the coursework for one emphasis area.

Questions and possible interdisciplinary emphasis areas should be discussed with the Director of the Environmental Studies major and/or the Dean of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.

Chemistry Emphasis

CHEM 117	General Chemistry II	4
	OR
CHEM 120	Accelerated General Chemistry (NS)	4
CHEM 145	Survey of Organic and Biochemistry	4
CHEM 242	Analysis	4
CHEM 311	Advanced Analytical Chemistry (W)	4
CHEM 197	Topics:	3

 

Energy Emphasis

CHEM 116	General Chemistry I (NS)	4
PHYS 140	Energy and the Environment (SI)	3
PHYS 222	General Physics II	4
PHYS 370	Modern Physics Lab	1
PHYS 371	Modern Physics I	3
PHYS 351	Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics	3
	OR
CHEM 301	Chemical Thermodynamics, Equilibrium and Kinetics (SI)	4

Philosophy Emphasis

PHIL 210/RELI 210	Ethical Perspectives (E) (RT)	3
	OR
PHIL 282	Ethics in America (E) (US)	3
	OR
PHIL 309	Free Will and Moral Responsibility	3
PHIL 260	Global Ethics (E) (PW)	3
	OR
PHIL 270	Asian Philosophy (E) (PW)	3
PHIL 220/CLAS 220	Our Philosophical Heritage I (E) (WT)	3
PHIL 230	Our Philosophical Heritage II (WT)	3
PHIL 320/GOVT 320	Political Philosophy	3