Programs

Environmental Studies and Sustainability Major

Provides an introduction to quantitative and qualitative methods of assessing and analyzing humankind’s impact upon the environment.

As a requirement for graduation, all non-teaching earth, environmental and geographical sciences department majors must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.25 for all courses constituting the major curriculum. Exceptions must be requested via petition to the department's appeal committee. 

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• Total Credits Required for Degree

  120
• General Education

  30-40

• Required Courses in Major

  58
• Core Courses

  50
• GC 101 Introduction to Environmental Science [INTT]

  4
• GC 100 Physical Geography [SCII]

  4
• GC 164 Human Geography [SOCR]

  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

  4
• GC 489 Human Impact Upon the Environment

  4
• Choose 8 credit from the following:

  8
•          AN 210 Ecological Anthropology: People, Culture and Nature (4 cr.)
•          AN 320 Native Peoples of North America (4 cr.)
•          EC 345 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (4 cr.)
•          EC 425 International Economics (4 cr.)
•          EC 460 Economic Development (4 cr.)
•          GC 202 Soils (4 cr.)
•          GC 210 Earth Hazards (4 cr.) [SCII]
•          GC 285 Earth’s Climate: Past, Present, and Future (4 cr.)
•          GC 300 Regional Studies: World Cultures (4 cr.) [SOCR] or
•                 Study Abroad (4 cr.)*
•          GC 303 Practicing Geography (4 cr.)
•          GC 316 Geography of Tourism (4 cr.)
•          GC 317 Geography of Food Systems (4 cr.)
•          GC 342 Energy and the Environment (4 cr.)
•          GC 362 Wetlands (4 cr.)
•          GC 424 Environmental Justice (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.) [INTT]
•          PS 206 International Relations (4 cr.)
•          PS 415 Politics of American Foreign Policy (4 cr.)
•          SO 351 Social Change (4 cr.) [PERS]
•          SP 432 Environmental Communication (4 cr.)
• *Study abroad may be substituted for GC 300 with advisor approval.
• This major does not require a minor.