Environmental Studies

The Environmental Studies degree is designed to provide students with the skills they need to gain employment with environmental organizations, public agencies, or businesses with an environmental agenda.  The curriculum is interdisciplinary in nature, with students taking courses from a broad array of studies including political science, business and economics, psychology, philosophy, history, biology, chemistry, geology, computer science, and environmental science.  This degree also requires student internships in areas that deal with environmental policy, economics, education, and outreach . Students completing this program may go on to professional schools in law or journalism or would be qualified to apply for over 17 graduate programs in Environmental Studies.

Environmental Studies

Course # Course Title
Credits
Env 100 Environmental Studies Passport
1
Env 140 Energy and the Environment
3
Env 170 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
3
Env 200 Introduction to Environmental Science
4
Env 214 Outdoor Leadership
2
Env 224 Environmental Politics
3
Env 333 Environmental Economics
3

Env 321

or

Env 322

Environmental Ethics

or

Animal Ethics

4

4
Env 441 Environmental History
3

Env 230

or

Env 260

or

Env 325

Environmental Restoration

or

Oregon Natural History

or

Conservation Biology

4

4

4

Env 313

or

Env 155

Ecological Psychology

or

Permaculture I

3

3
Env 380 Environmental Problem Solving
2
Env 475 Internship (advisor approval)
6
Env 490 Environmental Studies Capstone
2

Science

Biol 202 General Biology I
4

Chem 110

or

Chem 220

Chemistry and your Environment

or

Genral Chemistry I

3

4

Math & Computer Science

CS 130 Introduction to Software Tools
 2

Math 207

or

Soc 301

General Elementary Statistics

or

Social Statistics

3

4

Social Sciences

Econ 102 Principles of Microeconomics
 3

PolS 325

or

PolS 301

or

PolS 321

or

Soc 355

or

Soc 321

Constitutional Law

or

Politics and the Media

or

Protest, Dissent & Social Change

or

Consumerism

or

Sociology of the City

4

4

4

3

3

Human Performance

EXMB 105 First Aid
 1

Total Hours for Major  62 - 65