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Degree Requirements

Three major cluster areas frame the Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies curriculum: the natural environment and its complexities, the human environment and its complexities, and inner personal complexity. The core courses emphasize sustainability, systems science, field sciences and service learning, along with contemplative and intercultural aspects of environmental work.

Core Courses

ENV 207 History of the Environmental Movement (3)
ENV 215 Sustainability(3)
ENV 220 Ecology and Systems Science (3)
ENV 250 Nature, the Sacred and Contemplation (3)
ENV 260 Introduction to Permaculture (3)
ENV 302 Environmental Pollution and Solutions (3)
ENV 318 Deep Ecology (3)
ENV 355 Environmental Justice (3)
ENV 357 Creating a Learning Community (noncredit)
ENV 420 Environmental Service Learning: Ecological Restoration (3)
ENV 480 Senior Project Course (3)
SUBTOTAL 30
   
Choose one field science course:
ENV 311 Plant Ecology(3)
ENV 321 Geology (3)
SUBTOTAL 3
   
Choose one focus course:
ENV 236 Green Building (3)
ENV 253 Environmental Economics (3)
ENV 342 Permaculture Design (3)
ENV 363 Indigenous Environmental Issues (3)
ENV 365 Ecopsychology (3)
SUBTOTAL 3
TOTAL CREDITS 36
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