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Academic Catalog 2018-2019

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Academic Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Environmental Studies: Policy, Culture, and Society, BA

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Program Learning Outcomes:

A student completing a major in Environmental Studies: Policy, Culture and Society will:

Develop a basic scientific understanding of environmental issues through the program’s core electives.
Understand environmental issues from multiple disciplinary vantage points.
Master methodology and knowledge through intensive upper-division course work in one social science or humanities discipline
Be able to apply disciplinary knowledge and methods towards a critical environmental issue.
Learn to reason and write clearly.

Major Requirements

Evironmental Studies Core

Natural Science

ENV 200 - Sustainability Science 4 credit(s)

Choose One:

ENV 141 - Permaculture Design Science 4 credit(s)
ENV 160 - Energy & the Environment 4 credit(s)
ENV 210 - Tropical Environmental Biology 4 credit(s)
ENV 260 - Oregon Natural History 4 credit(s)

Social Science

Choose two:

ENV 224 - Environmental Politics 4 credit(s)
ENV 333 - Environmental Economics 4 credit(s)
ENV 441 - Environmental History 4 credit(s)

Humanities

Choose Two

ENV 321 - Environmental Ethics 4 credit(s)
ENV 222 - Environmental Literature 4 credit(s)
ENV 322 - Animal Ethics 4 credit(s)

Electives

Choose one:

PH 320 - Environmental Health 4 credit(s)
PSY 313 - Ecopsychology 4 credit(s)
SOC 342 - Consumer Society 4 credit(s)

Concentration

In addition to the core, students must complete one of the concentrations below:

Economics

ECON 101 - Economics of Social Issues 4 credit(s)
ECON 102 - Economics of Markets & Governments 4 credit(s)
ECON 321 - Introduction to Econometrics 4 credit(s)
ECON 327 - Economics Consumers Producers Govrnments 4 credit(s)
ECON 333 - Environmental Economics 4 credit(s) (credits counted in core)
OR
ENV 333 - Environmental Economics 4 credit(s) (credits counted in core)
ECON 485 - Research Methods in Economics 4 credits
ECON 495 - Senior Thesis 2 credit(s)

Subtotal - Economics Concentration: 22 Credits

Environmental Studies Core: 28 Credits

Total (with Math prereqs): 54 Credits

Ethics

PHIL 202 - Ethics and Society 4 credit(s)
PHIL 321 - Environmental Ethics 4 credit(s) (credits counted in core)
OR
ENV 321 - Environmental Ethics 4 credit(s) (credits counted in core)
PHIL 322 - Animal Ethics 4 credit(s)
OR
ENV 322 - Animal Ethics 4 credit(s)
PHIL 494 - Senior Seminar I 2 credit(s)
OR
PHIL 495 - Senior Seminar II 2 credit(s)

One of the Following:

PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy 4 credit(s)
PHIL 205 - Ancient Philosophy 4 credit(s)
PHIL 206 - Medieval Philosophy 4 credit(s)
PHIL 207 - Early Modern Phil 1500-1750 4 credit(s)
PHIL 208 - Late Modern Phil 1750-1900 4 credit(s)

Upper-division elective in Philosophy: 4 Credits

Subtotal - Ethics Concentration: 16 Credits

Environmental Studies Core: 28 Credits

Total: 46 Credits

History

One 100 or 200 level course in History 4 credits
Two 300 or 400 level courses in History 8 credits
HIST 441 - Environmental History 4 credit(s) (credits counted in core)
OR
ENV 441 - Environmental History 4 credit(s) (credits counted in core)
HIST 391 - Research Methods in History 4 credit(s)
HIST 491 - Independent Research I 2 credit(s)
HIST 492 - Independent Research II 2 credit(s)

Subtotal - History Concentration: 18 credits

Environmental Studies Core: 28 Credits

Total: 46 Credits

Politics and Government

Required Courses (Take All Four)

POLS 140 - Introduction to U.S. Politics 4 credit(s)
POLS 224 - Environmental Politics 4 credit(s) (credits counted in core)
OR
ENV 224 - Environmental Politics 4 credit(s) (credits counted in core)
POLS 399 - Theory & Methodology in POLS 4 credit(s)
POLS 498 - Senior Seminar & Thesis I 4 credit(s)
OR
POLS 499 - Senior Seminar & Thesis II 1 credit(s)

Electives: 12 Credits

(Choose Three)

POLS 301 - Politics and The Media 4 credit(s)
POLS 302 - Parties and Elections 4 credit(s)
POLS 304 - Community Politics 4 credit(s)
POLS 306 - Presidency and Congress 4 credit(s)
POLS 310 - Markets, Politics & Justice 4 credit(s)
POLS 321 - Protest, Dissent, & Social Change 4 credit(s)
POLS 322 - The Suppression of Dissent 4 credit(s)
POLS 325 - Constitutional Law 4 credit(s)
POLS 340 - Security, Rights & Globalization 4 credit(s)
POLS 475 - Internship 1-14 credit(s)

Subtotal – Politics and Government Concentration: 24 Credits

Environmental Studies Core: 28 Credits

Total: 52 Credits