Updated 2012-2013 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Environmental Studies, B.S. major
Environmental Policy and Planning Emphasis

Required Credits: 75
Required GPA: 2.25

I REQUIRED CORE COURSES

Notes: Students who select the Environmental Management
Emphasis should select ENVR4970 Internship rather than
ENVR4990 Senior Thesis. Students who select the Outdoor
Education Emphasis will be taking PHED 4970 Internship
(6 credits) in the emphasis core instead of ENVR4970
Internship (3 credits) in the Environmental Studies
core.

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BIOL 1211 Introductory Biology I (4 credits)
• BIOL 1212 Introductory Biology II (4 credits)
• BIOL 2610 General Ecology (3 credits)
• ENVR 2000 Introduction To Environmental Science (3 credits)
• ENVR 4210 Environmental Law And Policy (3 credits)
• GEOL 1110 Physical Geology (4 credits)
• POL 3230 Environmental Politics (3 credits)
• SOC 3050 Environmental Sociology (3 credits)

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE:

• ENVR 3920 DGS: Seminar In Environmental Controversies (2 credits)

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE:
Enroll for 1 credit - two different terms

• ENVR 4920 Directed Group Study: Senior Seminar (1 credit)

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I (4 credits)
• CHEM 2211 Principles of Chemistry I (4 credits)

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• CHEM 1112 General Chemistry II (4 credits)
• CHEM 2212 Principles of Chemistry II (4 credits)

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• ECON 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)
• ENVR 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• ENVR 4970 Internship (3 credits)
• ENVR 4990 Thesis (3 credits)

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• SOC 3001 Social Statistics (3 credits)
• STAT 2610 Applied Statistics (4 credits)

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND PLANNING EMPHASIS

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• ECON 2000 Markets and Resource Allocation (3 credits)
• ECON 3230 Benefit/Cost Analysis (3 credits)
• ENVR 3600 Environmental Justice and Sustainability (3 credits)
• GEOG 2231 Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOG 2400 Introduction to Planning (3 credits)
• GEOG 3310 Land Use Analysis And Planning (3 credits)
• POL 1200 Introduction To American Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3200 Minnesota Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3210 Public Administration (3 credits)

SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAJOR, B.S.

The following is a list of Environmental Studies Major Courses arranged by year. This schedule is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion; however, these are only suggestions and this schedule is flexible.

Freshman

• BIOL 1211 Introductory Biology I
• BIOL 1212 Introductory Biology II
• Select one mathematics sequence:
  1. MATH 1170 College Algebra
     MATH 2171 Concepts of Calculus I
  2. MATH 1470 Precalculus
     MATH 2471 Calculus I
• Liberal Education Requirements

Sophomore

• BIOL 2610 General Ecology
• ENVR 2000 Introduction to Environmental Science
• Select one chemistry sequence:
  1. CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I
     CHEM 1112 General Chemistry II
  2. CHEM 2211 Principles of Chemistry I
     CHEM 2212 Principles of Chemistry II
• GEOL 1110 Physical Geology
• PHYS 1101 General Physics I
• SOC 3001 Social Statistics
• or STAT 2610 Applied Statistics
• Liberal Education Requirements

Junior

• ENVR 3920 Directed Group Study: Seminar in Environmental Controversies
• ENVR 4210 Law and Policy
• POL 3230 Environmental Politics
• ECON/ENVR 3040 Environmental Economics
• SOC 3050 Society and Environment
• Emphasis courses
• Liberal Education courses

Senior

• ENVR 4920 Directed Group Study: Senior Seminar
• ENVR 4970 Internship
• or ENVR 4990 Senior Thesis
• Complete Emphasis courses
• Complete Liberal Education courses