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Courses & Requirements

A Bachelor of Arts degree (120 credits) consists of Core Curriculum (30 credits) and at least one major (36–60 credits), as well as minors and/or elective courses of the student’s choosing.

Environmental Studies Major Requirements

Prerequisites

  • ENV100 Physical Geography: Beholding the Body of the Earth (3)

  • ENV245 Geography: Pilgrimage and Sacred Landscape (3)
    These courses are prerequisites for courses included within the major requirements.

Required Courses

Gateway

  • ENV207 History of the Environmental Movement (3)

  • ENV215 Sustainability (3)

  • ENV223 Field Ecology (3)

  • ENV238 Survival Skills (3)

  • ENV260 Introduction to Permaculture (3)

Milestone

  • ENV318 Deep Ecology (3)

  • ENV321 Geology (3)

  • ENV350 Nature, the Sacred, and Contemplation (3)

  • ENV355 Environmental Justice (3)

Special Focus Course

Choose 3 credits

  • ENV236 Green Building (3)
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  • ENV253 Environmental Economics (3)
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  • ENV257 Food Justice (3)
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  • ENV342 Permaculture Design (3)
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  • ENV363 Indigenous Environmental Issues (3)
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  • ENV370 Ecopsychology (3)

Capstone

  • COR440 Capstone II (3)

 

  • COL450 Internship (3)

TOTAL CREDITS: 36

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