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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Geography


Environmental Studies - All Concentrations BA Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
APEC 100 - Sustainable Development (3cr.)   CHEM 100 - Chemistry and Human Environment (3cr.)  
ENGL 110 - Seminar in Composition (3cr.)   GEOG 236 - Conservation: Global Issues (3cr.)  or POSC 240 - Introduction to Global Politics (3cr.)  
ENVR 101 - Introduction to the Environment (3cr.)   (FYE) Mathematics Requirement*
GEOG 235 - Conservation of Natural Resources (3cr.)   Foreign Language Requirement (2/2)
Foreign Language Requirement (1/2) Breadth Requirement (1/9)
Credits: 16 Credits: 17
Second Year
APEC 150 - Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources (3cr.)  or  ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics (3cr.)   APEC 480 - Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource Management (4cr.)  or GEOG 372 - Introduction to GIS (3cr.)  
GEOL 105 - Geological Hazards and Their Human Impact (3cr.)   APEC 343 - Environmental Economics (3cr.)  
GEOL 115 - Geological Hazards Laboratory (1cr.)   STAT 200 - Basic Statistical Practice (3cr.)  
MAST 200 - The Oceans (3cr.)   Breadth Requirement (should satisfy Multicultural Requirement) (4/9)
Breadth Requirement (2/9) Breadth Requirement (5/9)
Breadth Requirement (3/9)  
Credits: 16 Credits: 15
Third Year
BISC 104 - Principles of Biology with Laboratory (4cr.)   ENVR 300 - Earth Systems: Science and Policy (3cr.)  
Concentration Requirement (1/5)* PHIL 448 - Environmental Ethics (3cr.)  
Breadth Requirement (6/9) POSC 350 - Politics and the Environment (3cr.)  
Breadth Requirement (7/9) Concentration Requirement (2/5)*
Free Elective (1/5) Field Experience Requirement (DLE)*
Credits: 16 Credits: 15
Fourth Year
Concentration Requirement (3/5)* ENSC 450 - Proseminar in Environmental Science (3cr.)  (Capstone and Second Writing Requirement)
Concentration Requirement (4/5)* Concentration Requirement (5/5)*
Breadth Requirement (8/9) Free Elective (3/5)
Breadth Requirement (9/9) Free Elective (4/5)
Free Elective (2/5) Free Elective (5/5)
Credits: 15 Credits: 15
Total Credits: 125
     * See program page for approved courses.

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department. This document is not intended to replace advising. It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. Students can also utilize the Degree Audit in UDSIS to monitor their progress.