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Environmental Studies and Sustainability Major

	Provides an introduction to quantitative and qualitative methods of assessing and analyzing humankind’s impact upon the environment.
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 Total Credits Required for Degree  124
 Liberal Studies  30-40
 Health Promotion Requirements  2
Required Courses in Major 58
Core Courses 50
 ENV 101 Introduction to Environmental Science [III] 4
 GC 100 Physical Geography [III] 4
 GC 164 Human Geography [IV] 4
 GC 205 Introduction to Geographic Research  4
 GC 220 Economic Geography  4
 GC 225 Introduction to Maps  2
 GC 235 Quantitative Methods  4
 GC 269 Introduction to Sustainability  4
 GC 310 Urban Geography  4
 GC 320 Environmental Policy and Regulation  4
 GC 335 Geographic Information Systems  4
 GC 360 Population Geography [IV] 4
 GC 489 Human Impact Upon the Environment  4
Choose 8 credit from the following: 8
         AN 210 People, Culture and Nature  (4 cr.) [IV]   
         AN 320 Native Peoples of North America  (4 cr.) [IV]   
         BC 415 Intercultural Communication  (4 cr.)    
         EC 340 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy  (4 cr.) [IV]   
         EC 345 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics  (4 cr.)    
         EC 410 Managerial Economics  (4 cr.)    
         EC 425 International Economics  (4 cr.)    
         EC 460 Economic Development  (4 cr.)    
         GC 300 Regional Studies: World Cultures  (4 cr.) [IV] or  
                Study Abroad (4 cr.)* 
         GC 470 Environmental Ethics  (4 cr.)    
         GC 475 Environmental Impact Assessment  (4 cr.)    
         GC 491 Internship  (2-6 cr.)    
         NAS 340 Kinomaage: Earth Shows Us the Way  (4 cr.)    
         NAS 342 Indigenous Environmental Movements  (4 cr.) [IV]   
         PS 206 International Relations  (4 cr.)    
         PS 402 Political Economy  (4 cr.)    
         PS 404 Politics of East and Southeast Asia  (4 cr.)    
         PS 415 Politics of American Foreign Policy  (4 cr.) [IV]   
         RE 270 Outdoor Recreation Resources, Behavior and Values  (3 cr.)    
         SO 351 Social Change  (4 cr.) [IV]   
         SP 432 Environmental Communication  (4 cr.)    
*Study abroad may be substituted for GC 300 with advisor approval. 
This major does not require a minor. 

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