Environmental Sustainability

To earn a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Sustainability, you’ll complete six (6) courses within the major core and an additional 10 courses within your desired concentration.

Core requirements

Take all of the following courses:

Concentrations

Select one of the four (4) concentrations listed below to focus your studies.

Environmental Education

This thematic focus provides you with the necessary foundational knowledge in educational theory and methodology combined with practical leadership and skill development to prepare you for work in a variety of outdoor and environmental education contexts. A minor in a natural science is strongly recommended.

Take both of the following:

Four (4) of the following education or leadership courses*

One (1) of the following cultural courses*

Three (3) of the following natural science courses (at least two must be above 202):    

Climate Change

This thematic focus provides you with the knowledge and skills needed to understand both the climate and policy systems that allow experts to translate scientific knowledge into governmental action. The collection of courses will prepare future leaders who are capable of crafting realistic alternatives for mitigating and adapting to the climate crisis.

All of the following Economics and Politics courses:

All of the following climate science courses:

Two (2) of the following additional science courses:

One (1) of the following additional politics or society courses:

One (1) of the following statistics, mathematics or methods courses, chosen in consultation with your adviser:

Natural Resources Conservation

This focus examines the distribution, quality, and protection of natural resources. It examines the nature and structure of environments, uses scientific research to explore the ways environmental change occurs, and investigates natural resources as valuable commodities. This focus will prepare you to research human impacts on environmental systems and propose management solutions.

All of the following environmental science courses:

One (1) of the following politics and society courses:

Two (2) of the following upper-level environmental science courses:

One (1) of the following human perspectives courses:

Environmental Culture and Justice

This track focuses on a humanistic exploration of the environment. It explores the ways we conceptualize and represent the environment as well as relations between environment and cultural world views, values, life experiences, identity, and social structures. It includes significant attention to issues of social and environmental justice.

All of the following courses: 

One (1) of the following theory courses:

Five (5) additional courses with significant culture or justice content, which can include up to two (2) courses from the subsequent list.

      The five courses in this category can include no more than two of the following courses; the courses cannot also fulfill another requirement in the major

One (1) of the following methods courses:

One (1) of the following introductory natural science courses, that includes a lab:

For a minor in environmental sustainability, you must take: