B.A. Environmental Studies Degree Requirements

Foundations

  • 1st Year English or equivalent
  • Math: PHIL 110, LING 123, MATH 105, 107, 112 or higher.
  • 4th semester second language proficiency

General Education

  • 6 units Tier 1 Individuals & Societies
  • 6 units Tier 1 Traditions & Cultures
  • 6 units Tier 1 Natural Sciences
  • 3 units Tier 2 Humanities
  • 3 units Tier 2 Natural Sciences
  • 3 units Tier 2 Arts
  • 3 units Diversity

Minor

Required, minimum of 18 units (or double-major)

Ideas and Institutions

  • Complete the following course (3 units)

Overview

  • 120 total units to complete degree
  • 39 units in the major (21 upper division)
  • Minor (or dual-major) required

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Introduction to Environmental Social Sciences

  • Complete 1 of the following courses (3 units)

Environmental Science I

  • Complete 1 of the following courses (3 units)
  • Note: These courses may not be double dipped with Tier 2 Natural Science or within the major

Environmental Science II

  • Complete 1 of the following courses (3 units)
  • See advisor for other science course options
  • Note: These courses may not be double dipped with Tier 2 Natural Science or within the major

Methods

  • Complete 2 of the following courses (6 units)

Engagement

  • Complete 1 of the following courses (3 units)

Environmental Social Sciences and Policy

  • Complete 4 of the following courses (12 units)
ANTH 307: Ecological Anthropology
ANTH 331: Anthropology and Development
ANTH 347: Native Peoples of the Southwest
ANTH 418: Southwest Land and Society
ANTH 424A: Political Ecology
ANTH 441A: Natural Resource Management in Native Communities
EVS 393: Internship
EVS 399: Independent Study
EVS 499: Independent Study
GEOG 302: Introduction to Sustainable Development
GEOG 304: Water, Environment & Society
GEOG 362: Environment and Development
GEOG 368: The Green Economy
GEOG 374: Geography, Social Justice, and the Environments
GEOG 404: The Politics of Nature
GEOG 408: Arizona and the Southwest
GEOG 431A: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
GEOG 445: Geographies of International Environmental Governance
GEOG 459: Land Use and Growth Controls
GEOG 461: Environmental and Resource Geography
GEOG 462: Environmental Law, Geography, and Society
GEOG 468: Water and Sustainability
GEOG 488: Governing Science and Technology
GEOG 497F: Community and School Garden Workshop
GEOG 497S: Sustainable Development and New Urbanism
GEOS 478: Global Change
HIST 355: U.S. Environmental History
HIST 356: Global Environmental History
HIST 428: Food, Health & Environment in History
HIST/MENA 443: Environmental History of the Middle East
JOUR 455: Environmental Journalism
JOUR 472: Science Journalism
PHIL 323: Environmental Ethics
RELI 360: Religion and Ecology
RNR 351: Ecosystem Services: Science and Management
RNR 384: Natural Resource Management Practices
RNR 472: Environmental Land Use Planning
RNR 476: Environmental Law and Economics
RNR 480: Natural Resources Policy and Law
RNR 481: Environmental Policy
SOC/CHS 350: Environment, Health, and Society

Senior Capstone

  • Complete the following course (3 units)
  • See advisor for other options
  • Note: Ideally taken during senior year. May not double dip within the major

Electives

Elective courses can be taken if needed to reach 120 total units or 21 upper-division units.