Environmental Studies, B.A.

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General Education Requirements (HCAS)

In addition to major requirements, students must meet the General Education Requirements that correlate to their degree.

For B.A. and B.S. degrees, see General Education Requirements for the B.A. and B.S. Degrees (HCAS) .

Major GPA and Grade Requirements

Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in courses required to complete the major. All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade.

Requirements for the Major

Required credits: 38-40

Core (26-27 credits)

ENV 110 - Fundamentals of Environmental Studies 3 credit(s)
M 115P - Biostatistics 3 credit(s)
ENV 130 - Introduction to Environmental Science 4 credit(s)
ENV 260W - Ecology 4 credit(s)
ENV 320W - Environmental Communication 3 credit(s)
ENV 385 - Internship in Environmental Studies 3 credit(s)
ENV 442W - Environmental Capstone 3 credit(s)
ENV 242P - Environmental Ethics 3 credit(s)

Concentration

Select either Environmental Policy or Environmental Communication.

Environmental Policy (12-13 credits)

Required:

ENV 315 - American Environmental Policy 3 credit(s)
ENV 316 - Plastic Pollution Policy and Action 3 credit(s)
POL 313 - American Public Policy 3 credit(s)

One Elective

Select from the following:

M 260 - Introduction to Data Science 3 credit(s)
CMM 310 - Political Communication 3 credit(s)
ENV 326 - Conservation Biology 4 credit(s)
ENV 380 - Independent Study in Environmental Studies 3 credit(s)
ENV 480 - Independent Study in Environmental Studies 3 credit(s)
CE 503 Geographic Information Systems in Practice 3 credit(s)
Any Economics course 3 credit(s)
Any course approved by the Environmental Studies Faculty Committee 3-4 credit(s)

Environmental Communication (12 credits)

Required:

DMJ 242 - Introduction to Radio and Audio 3 credit(s)
OR DMJ 214 - Introduction to Digital Media Production OR DMJ 244 - Introduction to Television Production
CMM 253W - Writing for the Media 3 credit(s)
DMJ 468 - Topics in Advanced Media Production 3 credit(s)

One Elective

CMM 310 - Political Communication 3 credit(s)
DMJ 313 - Media Marketing and Promotion 3 credit(s)
CMM 203 - Conflict and Communication 3 credit(s)
DMJ 345 - Video Field Production 3 credit(s)
CMM 371 - Risk & Crisis Communication 3 credit(s)
CMM 107 - Future Shock: Emerging Media Technologies and Social Transformation 3 credit(s)
DMJ 463 - Media Industries: Ethics, Politics, Economics 3 credit(s)
ENV 315 - American Environmental Policy 3 credit(s)
ENV 316 - Plastic Pollution Policy and Action 3 credit(s)
M 260 - Introduction to Data Science 3 credit(s)
POL 313 - American Public Policy 3 credit(s)
Any course approved by the Environmental Studies Faculty Committee

Additional Information

It is recommended that when fulfilling general education requirements, students select courses from the following: