The Environmental Studies degree prepares students for a number of interesting and challenging careers. Its interdisciplinary nature provides students with tools that can be applied across a spectrum of science, social behavior, and humanities, using the strengths of the various areas. Students seeking journalistic or artistic careers will gain a scientific background by which to understand environmental science, while students going into the sciences will appreciate the social, political, and ethical dimensions of environmental actions and policy decisions.
Degree Requirements
- Students who change degree programs and select this major must adopt the most current catalog.
- Students must have declared an Environmental Studies major at least two semesters before graduation.
- Research, Internship, and Independent study credit cannot be used in this major without approval from the Interdisciplinary Studies Advising Office and Program Director.
- Co-op credit cannot be used in the major.
- Students must earn at least a "C" (2.0) grade in each course required for the major.
- Students must consult with an academic advisor when entering the program.
- Courses designated in 1 (General Education Program) and 2 (Common Program Prerequisites) are usually completed in the first 60 hours.
- Students wishing to earn an Environmental Studies degree as a double degree, double major, or second degree, must complete all advanced level core requirements and restricted electives exclusive of credits done for the other degree(s) and/or major(s), including any minors associated with that degree.
- Courses taken to satisfy basic and advanced core requirements cannot be used as in the Sciences or Communication and Planning track electives.
Degree Requirements
Environmental Studies Core: Basic Level
8 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
Life Sciences- Complete the following:
- BSC2011C - Biology II (4)
- PCB3044 - Principles of Ecology (3)
- PCB3044L - Principles of Ecology Laboratory (1)
- Physical/Mathematical Sciences fulfilled in GEP courses CHM 2045C - Chemistry Fundamentals; MAC 1105C - College Algebra; and STA 2023 - Statistical Methods I
- Social Science & Humanities fulfilled in GEP courses SYG 2000 - Introduction to Sociology and ECO 2023 - Principles of Microeconomics.
Environmental Studies Core: Advanced Level
25 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- EVR3008 - Foundations of Environmental Studies (3)
- ECP3302 - Economics and the Environment (3)
- GIS3043C - GIS for Environmental Studies (3)
- GIS4301C - Advanced GIS Applications in Environmental Studies (4)
- PUP3203 - Environmental Politics (3)
- SYD4510 - Environment and Society (3)
- EVR3085 - Interdisciplinary Research Methods for Environmental Studies (3)
- Complete at least 1 of the following:
- PHI3640 - Environmental Ethics (3)
- PHI3033 - Philosophy, Religion, and the Environment (3)
- PHI4633 - Ethics and Biological Science (3)
- WST4349 - Ecofeminism (3)
Restricted Electives
18 Total Credits
- Complete 1 of the following
Communication and Planning Track- Complete all of the following
- Earn at least 18 credits from the following:
- ANT3541 - Biobehavioral Anthropology (3)
- ANT4051 - Environmental Anthropology (3)
- ECP4303 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3)
- ENC3241 - Writing for the Technical Professional (3)
- ENC4360 - Nature Writing (3)
- INR4351 - International Environmental Law (3)
- PAD3330 - Urban and Regional Planning (3)
- PAD4351 - Issues in Environmental Program Management (3)
- PHI3033 - Philosophy, Religion, and the Environment (3)
- PHI3640 - Environmental Ethics (3)
- PHI4400 - Philosophy of Science (3)
- PHM4031 - Environmental Philosophy (3)
- PLA4554 - Environmental Law (3)
- PUP3204 - Sustainability (3)
- PUP4209 - Urban Environmental Policy (3)
- ANT3290 - Anthropology of Plants and People (3)
- ANT3550C - Primatology (3)
- ANT3701 - Engagement & Social Change: Public Anthropology (3)
- ANT4123 - Archaeology of Coastal Societies (3)
- ANT4187 - Paleoethnobotany (3)
- ANT4467 - Nutritional Anthropology (3)
- ANT4480 - Global Health in Anthropological Perspective (3)
- BSC4861L - Urban Ecological Field Studies (3)
- CPO4794 - Indigenous Politics and the Environment (3)
- ENV3001 - Environmental Engineering (3)
- ENV4341 - Sustainable Resource Management (3)
- HSC4500 - Epidemiology (3)
- INR3016 - Global Political Issues (3)
- INR4054 - Global Politics of Energy (3)
- INR4350 - Global Environmental Politics (3)
- LIT3437 - International Environmental Justice Literature (3)
- PAD4331 - Land Use and Planning (3)
- PHH3701 - Native American Philosophy (3)
- PHI3638 - Ethical Issues in the 21st Century (3)
- PHI3672 - Animal Ethics (3)
- PHI4633 - Ethics and Biological Science (3)
- PSY3630 - Psychology of Human-Animal Interaction (3)
- PUR3210 - Communication Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (3)
- REE3614 - Environmental Issues for Real Estate (3)
- SYO3408 - Animals and Health (3)
- WST4349 - Ecofeminism (3)
Skilled Based Courses- Complete all of the following
- The following courses can count a maximum of 6 hours toward the 18 hours of required electives for the Communcation and Planning Track.
- COM 4462 - Conflict Management Credit Hours: 3 COM 4550 - Public Communication Campaigns Credit Hours: 3 COM 4563 - Principles of Social Innovation and Activism Credit Hours: 3 ENC 3455 - Writing about Science and Technology Credit Hours: 3 EXP 3304 - Motivation and Emotion Credit Hours: 3 EXP 3404 - Basic Learning Processes Credit Hours: 3 MAN 4240 - Organizations: Theory and Behavior Credit Hours: 3 MMC 3630 - Social Media as Mass Communication Credit Hours: 3 POS 4206 - Political Psychology Credit Hours: 3 SPC 4540 - Persuasion and Communication Credit Hours: 3 SYA 4650C - Community Action and Involvement Credit Hours: 3 SYP 3400 - Social Change Credit Hours: 3
Science Track- Earn at least 18 credits from the following:
- BCH4053 - Biochemistry I (3)
- BCH4054 - Biochemistry II (3)
- BOT3802 - Ethnobotany (3)
- BOT4713C - Plant Taxonomy (5)
- BSC4312C - Advanced Marine Biology (4)
- CHM3120 - Analytical Chemistry (3)
- OCE3008 - Oceanography (3)
- PCB3063 - Genetics (3)
- PCB3442 - Aquatic Ecology (3)
- PCB4683 - Evolutionary Biology (4)
- PCB4723 - Animal Physiology (4)
- ZOO4910L - Research Experience in Animal Behavior in a Zoo Environment (3)
- BOT3015 - Principles of Plant Science (3)
- BOT4223C - Plant Anatomy (4)
- BOT4282C - Plant Microtechniques (4)
- BOT4434C - General Mycology (4)
- BOT4503C - Plant Physiology (4)
- BOT4850 - Medical Botany (3)
- BSC3052 - Conservation Biology (3)
- BSC3312 - Principles of Marine Biology (3)
- BSC4330 - Invasion Biology (3)
- BSC4821 - Biogeography (4)
- BSC4861L - Urban Ecological Field Studies (3)
- CHS4615 - Environmental Chemistry (3)
- ENY3571 - Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping (3)
- ENY4004C - General Entomology (4)
- GLY4730 - Marine Geology (3)
- GLY4734 - Coastal Processes (3)
- MCB4603 - Environmental Microbiology (3)
- PAZ4234 - Zoo and Aquarium Management (3)
- PCB3023 - Molecular Cell Biology (3)
- PCB3343L - Principles of Field Ecology (5)
- PCB3354 - Tropical Ecology and Conservation (3)
- PCB3355L - Tropical Marine Biology (2)
- PCB4353 - Florida Ecology, Natural History and Conservation (3)
- PCB4408 - Urban Ecology (3)
- PCB4514 - Genetics II (3)
- PCB4684 - Population Genetics (3)
- PCB4722 - Comparative Animal Nutrition (4)
- PCB4802 - Comparative Endocrinology (3)
- ZOO3454 - Ichthyology (3)
- ZOO3713C - Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (5)
- ZOO4205C - Invertebrate Biodiversity (4)
- ZOO4310C - Vertebrate Evolution & Ecology (4)
- ZOO4462C - Herpetology (4)
- ZOO4480 - Mammalogy (4)
- ZOO4480L - Mammalogy Lab (1)
- ZOO4462C - Herpetology (4)
- ZOO4603C - Embryology/Development (5)
- ZOO4205C - Invertebrate Biodiversity (4)
High Impact Experience
0 Total Credits
0 Total Credits
Capstone
3 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- EVR4940 - Capstone Environmental Studies (3)
Grand Total Credits: 54