Updated 2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog | 20255
Environmental Studies
Programs
- Environmental Communication, B.S. major
-
Environmental Studies, B.S.
major
Ecosystem Emphasis -
Environmental Studies, B.S.
major
Geohydrology Emphasis -
Environmental Studies, B.S.
major
Environmental Health and Toxicology Emphasis - Indigenous Sustainability Studies, B.S. major
-
Policy and Planning, B.S.
major
Natural Resources Planning Emphasis - Sustainability and Resource Management, B.A.S. major
- Environmental Communication minor
- Environmental Science minor
- Indigenous Sustainability Studies minor
- Sustainability minor
- Water Science minor
Sustainability minor
Required Credits: 18
Required GPA: 2.00
I REQUIRED COURSES
Note: The Sustainability Minor is not available to students pursuing the Indigenous Sustainability Studies major or the Indigenous Sustainability Studies minor.
Complete the following courses:
- ENVR 3710 Indigenous Environmental Knowledge: Global Perspective (3 credits)
or INST 3710 Indigenous Environmental Knowledge: Global Perspective (3 credits) - ENVR 4610 Sustainability: Theory and Practice (4 credits)
II REQUIRED ELECTIVES
A. Physical Systems
Choose one of the following courses:
- BIOL 2610 General Ecology (3 credits)
- BIOL 2925 People of the Environment: Biological Perspectives (3 credits)
- ENVR 2000 Introduction to Environmental Science (3 credits)
- ENVR 2925 People of the Environment: Sustainability Perspective (3 credits)
- GEOG 2100 Introduction to Physical Geography (3 credits)
- GEOL 2925 People of the Environment: Earth Science Perspective (3 credits)
- GEOL 4300 Global Environmental Change (3 credits)
B. Political-Economic Systems
Choose one of the following courses:
- BUAD 2925 People of the Environment: Business Perspective (3 credits)
- ED 2925 People of the Environment: Education Perspective (3 credits)
- ECON 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)
or ENVR 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits) - ENVR 4210 Environmental Law and Policy (3 credits)
or POL 3230 Environmental Politics (3 credits) - ENVR 4260 Risk, Resilience and Sustainable Community Development (3 credits)
- GEOG 2400 Introduction to Planning (3 credits)
- GEOG 3531 Political Geography (3 credits)
- GEOG 3532 Political Ecology (3 credits)
- GEOG 3570 Public Lands Planning (3 credits)
- GEOG 3870 Planning for Sustainable Cities (3 credits)
- TADT 4385 Sustainability and Emerging Technologies (3 credits)
C. Sociocultural Systems
Choose one of the following courses:
- BIOL 3339 Bioethics (3 credits)
- ENVR 3600 Environmental Justice and Sustainability (3 credits)
- ENVR 3720 Food Sovereignty, Health & Indigenous Environments (3 credits)
or INST 3720 Food Sovereignty, Health & Indigenous Environments (3 credits) - ENVR 3880 Environmental Controversies (2 credits)
- ENVR 3730 Sustainable Communities: Local Indigenous Perspective (3 credits)
or INST 3730 Sustainable Communities: Local Indigenous Perspective (3 credits) - ENVR 3740 Environment, Wellness & the Sacred Connection to Place (3 credits)
or INST 3740 Environment, Wellness & the Sacred Connection to Place (3 credits) - ENVR 3750 Sustainable Communities: Global Indigenous Perspective (3 credits)
or INST 3750 Sustainable Communities: Global Indigenous Perspective (3 credits) - HST 3650 Environmental History (3 credits)
- INST 1107 Introduction to Turtle Island (3 credits)
- PHIL 2925 People of the Environment: Environmental Ethics Perspective (3 credits)
- PSY 2925 People of the Environment: Psychology Perspective (4 credits)
D. Additional elective credits
Choose a second course from those listed in A, B, and
C above, OR one of the following:
Students can also complete a Teaching associate for
People and the Environment in any discipline (1-2
credits). See advisor for more information.
- BUAD 3361 Marketing (3 credits)
- BUAD 3450 Indigenous Business (3 credits)
- BUAD 3520 Business Ethics (3 credits)
- BUAD 3567 Consumer Behavior (3 credits)
- BUAD 4354 Organizational Behavior (3 credits)
- BUAD 4509 Diversity and Inclusion (3 credits)
- BUAD 4550 Indigenous Entrepreneurship (3 credits)
- CRJS 1120 Criminal Justice and Society (3 credits)
- CRJS 3310 Introduction to Emergency Management (3 credits)
- JUST 4477 Restorative Justice (3 credits)
- ED 3257 Introduction to Environmental Education and Interpretation (3 credits)
- ED 3258 Environmental Interpretation (3 credits)
- ED 4777 Field Experiences in Environmental Education and Interpretation (3 credits)
- ENVR 4970 Internship (3 credits)
- NRSG 3150 Integrative and Cultural Nursing (3 credits)
- NRSG 3400 American Indian Health Issues & Nursing (3 credits)
- NRSG 4110 Community Health Nursing (3 credits)
- NRSG 4116 Family and Population Health Nursing (4 credits)
- PHIL 2220 Ethics (3 credits)
- PHIL 2330 War, Peace and Protest (3 credits)
- PSY 3367 Social Psychology (4 credits)
- SOC 3210 Social Movements - How to Change the World (3 credits)
- SOC 3310 Community Organizing for Social Change (3 credits)
- SOWK 2110 Intercultural Communication (3 credits)