Environmental Studies with a Specialization in Environmental Education and Communication, BA

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Environmental Studies

Requirements

In order to earn the bachelor of arts degree with a major in environmental studies, students must complete a minimum of 180 credits with a cumulative and a major grade point average of at least 2.00, including the following:

I. Core Curriculum Requirements

Module I: Engaging Academic Inquiry

UCOR 1100 - Academic Writing Seminar
UCOR 1200 - Quantitative Reasoning (or MATH 1010 or above)
UCOR 1300 - Creative Expression and Interpretation
UCOR 1400 - Inquiry Seminar in the Humanities
UCOR 1600 - Inquiry Seminar in the Social Sciences
UCOR 1800 - Inquiry Seminar in the Natural Sciences (or BIOL 1610/1611, 2200, CHEM 1500/1501, PHYS 1050/1051, or 1210/1211)

Module II: Engaging Jesuit Traditions

Module III: Engaging the World

II. College of Arts and Sciences Requirements

History requirement satisfied by HIST 3510 *
Modern Language 1150, 1250, 1350, or equivalent (15)

NOTE: All students with a major in the college of Arts and Sciences must demonstrate competency through the level of 1350 in a language other than English. This competency is ordinarily achieved by successful completion of the three-course sequence: 1150, 1250, 1350. Because these courses are a college requirement, no courses in the sequence may be taken on a pass/fail, correspondence, or audit basis. Placement into other than the beginning course of the sequence is achieved by acceptable performance on the Modern Language Competency Examination. See the Modern Languages Department for details on the examinations. Courses used to satisfy the College of Arts and Sciences modern language requirement may not be used to fulfill environmental studies major requirements.

*Included in major GPA

III. Major Requirements

78 credits, including:

EVST 1600 - Environmental Perspectives

Area I: Natural Sciences: 15 credits, including:

Area II: Social Sciences: 10 credits, including:

EVST 3050 - Economics and the Environment *

Choose one additional course from:

Area III: Humanities: 10 credits, including:

Area IV: Quantitative and Research Methods: 10 credits:

Area V: Internship: 3 credits

EVST 4950 - Internship

Area VI: Disciplinary Capstone: 5 credits

EVST 4900 - Senior Synthesis: Capstone

NOTE:

Courses included in a specialization cannot satisfy requirements elsewhere in the major. The choice of a specialization should be made before the completion of 90 credits toward the degree and must be certified by submitting an “Addition of Another Major, Degree, Specialization, or Certificate” form to the Office of the Registrar.

University Honors

*Students in the University Honors program may satisfy the following Environmental Studies major requirements with HONR courses (major credit total requirement must still be met):

EVST 3050 satisfied by HONR 2550 - The Evolution of Economics
EVST 3400 satisfied by HONR 2360 - Statistics for Policy Analysis

Specialization in Environmental Education and Communication

Area VII. Specialization Requirements

NOTE: Lower-division courses—1000 and 2000 level—should be completed before upper-division courses—3000 and 4000 level

Choose one of the following courses (5):

Choose three of the following courses: (15)

Note:

*One from ANTH 3610 or EVST 2450 is required for this specialization. If both are taken, one may satisfy 5 credits of 15-credit requirement above.