Environmental Studies Major (B.A.)

Major Requirements

56-58 credits

Introduction to Environmental Interdisciplinarity (4-6 credits)

Complete one of the following (4-6 credits):

ENVS-2001	Knowing Birds	4 credits
ENVS-2002	Knowing Land	4 credits
ENVS-2003	Knowing Water	4 credits
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ENVS-2011	Winter Wilderness Experience Preparation	2 credits
-	and
ENVS-2012	Winter Wilderness Experience	4 credits

Foundations: Land, Systems, Humanity (24 credits)

Complete the following courses and any associated labs.

BIOL-1140	Idaho Natural History	4 credits
BIOL-2203	Ecology, Evolution and Diversity	4 credits
ENGL-2130	Visions of Environment	4 credits
ENVS-1001	Environmental Systems Science	4 credits
ENVS-1050	Introduction to Human Geography	4 credits
MATH-	One course MATH-1025 or higher	4 credits

Bridging the Disciplines: Humanities Perspectives (4 credits)

Complete at least one course.

COMM-3980	Topics in Public Controversy	4 credits
ENGL-2110	African-American Literature	4 credits
ENGL-2120	Literature of the American West	4 credits
ENGL-2125	Native American Fiction	2 credits
ENGL-2250	Regionalisms in British Literature	4 credits
ENGL-2310	Introduction to Postcolonial Literature	4 credits
ENGL-2320	The Literature of Immigrants	4 credits
ENVS-3005	Natural History and Ethics at the Museum	4 credits
HIST-2110	History of the Modern U.S.	4 credits
HIST-2550	African Diaspora in Latin America	2 credits
HIST-3110	Presence of the Past: Intro Public Hstry	4 credits
HIST-3120	The American West	4 credits
HIST-3540	Colonial Latin America	4 credits
PHIL-3004	Environmental Philosophy	4 credits
PHIL-3012	Philosophy of Science	4 credits
PHIL-3048	Religion and Science	4 credits

Bridging the Disciplines: Social Science Perspectives (4 credits)

Complete at least one course (4 credits).

ANSC-2205	Topics in Anthropology and Environment	4 credits
ANSC-3057	Globalization and Its Discontents	4 credits
ANSC-3063	Modern Indigenous Cultures	4 credits
POEC-2150	Power and Policy	4 credits
POEC-3170	Capitalism and Socialism	4 credits
PSYC-3600	Environmental Psychology	4 credits

Applications: Land, Systems, Humanity (16 credits)

1. Complete the following courses (8 credits):

BIOL-3306	Conservation Biology	4 credits
ENVS-3020	Earth's Dynamic Climate System	4 credits

2. Complete two of the following courses (8 credits):

ENVS-3051	Intro to Geographic Info System (GIS)	4 credits
ENVS-3053	Working Landscapes	4 credits
ENVS-3055	Urban Geography	4 credits
ENVS-3057	Making Maps: Creative Cartography	4 credits

Senior Thesis Capstone Experience (4 credits)

ENVS-4990

Senior Capstone

4 credits

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this major, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate fluency across disciplinary perspectives by producing a synthetic interdisciplinary analysis of an environmental question or environmental data;
2. Apply scientific reasoning to develop, test, and interpret environmental questions;
3. Situate environmental and scientific understanding in historical and cultural contexts;
4. Articulate the intersections and dependencies of human and environmental systems;
5. Develop hypotheses or questions toward framing environmental problems, using analysis, synthesis, and imagination as tools; and
6. Articulate improved understanding of an environmental problem or practice, based on engagement with community partners or other members of the general public.