Environmental Studies, Ecological and Environmental Literacy, BA (0420)

Overview

	Politics and Policy	Religious Studies	Ecological and Environmental Literacy
College Core	46 credits	46 credits	46 credits
Major Courses:
Common Courses	10 credits	10 credits	10 credits
Co/Prerequisites	0	0	13 credits
Area Requirements	9 credits	12 credits	8 credits
Area Electives	6 credits	6 credits	6-9 credits
Outside Area Electives	0	0	6 credits
Open Electives	35-36 credits	32-33 credits	32-35 credits
TOTAL	120	120	120

Required Courses in the College Core

BIO 125 - Environmental Science I 4 Credits
MTH 134 - Business Calculus 3 Credits or
MTH 231 - Calculus 1 4 Credits *
POL 201 - American Government 1 3 Credits
POL 203 - Introduction to Global Politics 3 Credits
RST 213 - Religion and the Natural World 3 Credits

Note:

*Student pursuing a concentration in Ecological and Environmental Literacy must take MTH 231

Major Requirements

A. Common Courses:

Courses Required for All Concentrations

ENV 452 - Colloquium in Environmental Studies 1 Credits
ENV 495 - Capstone Seminar in Environmental Studies 3 Credits
POL 368 - Environmental Politics 3 Credits
RST 341 - Story of the Universe: Foundational Cosmology and Earth History 3 Credits

B. Concentration Courses

Ecological and Environmental Literacy

Group 1: Required Co- and Pre-requisites

Group 2: Required Course

BIO 201 - Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity 4 Credits
BIO 225 - Environmental Science II: Environmental Geology 4 Credits

Group 3: Area Electives (choose two)

BIO 206 - Introduction to Botany 4 Credits
BIO 314 - Ecology 4 Credits
BIO 316 - Microbiology 4 Credits
BIO 320 - Oceanography 3 Credits
BIO 403 - Principles of Toxicology 3 Credits
BIO 430 - Microbial Ecology 4 Credits
BIO 445 - Internship in Biology 3 Credits
CHM 209 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Credits and
CHM 220 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 2 Credits
CHM 222 - Analytical Chemistry 3 Credits
CHM 425 - Chemical Safety 2 Credits *

Note:

*Cannot be counted as a single course

Group 4: Outside Area Electives (two courses):

Students must choose two additional courses from the Religious Studies and/or Politics and Policy Concentration or an approved course chosen by the student and the major advisor.