Environmental Studies, B.A.

The Major in Environmental Studies requires a minimum of 52 credit hours.

Required courses include:

Major and Major-Related Courses

ENV 101	Environmental Issues and Foundations of Sustainability	3
ENV 231	Environmental Sociology	3
ENV 345	Environmental Politics	3
ECN 201	Principles of Economics	4
SOC 101	Introductory Sociology	3
PLS 232	Public Policy	3
SLS 301	Social Sciences Research Methods	3
BIO 113	Principles of Organismal Biology	4
ENV 337	Internship in Environmental Studies	0-15
ENV 351	Senior Study I	3
ENV 352	Senior Study II	3

ENV 337: A minimum of 3 credit hours is required

Either of the following courses:

CHM 111	Fundamentals of Chemistry	4
	Or
CHM 121	General Chemistry I	4

Either of the following courses:

BIO 222	Ecology and Evolution	4
	Or
BIO 311	Natural History of the Southern Appalachians	4

Either of the following courses:

MTH 221	Inferential Statistics w/Data Visualization	3
	Or
MTH 222	Regression Analysis	3

At least six credit hours from the following courses:

BUS 201	Principles of Management	3
ECN 221	Economic Development	3
ECN 331	Public Policy Toward Business	3
ENG 315	Business and Technical Writing	3
OST 335	Outdoor Recreation Leadership	3
PLS 212	International Politics	3
PLS 321	American Political Process	3
SOC 202	Social Problems	3
SOC 211	Cultural Anthropology	3
SOC 222	Sociology of Appalachia	3
SOC 320	Development and Globalization	3
ENV 346	Environmental Economics	3
ENV 349	Selected Topics inEnvironmental Studies	3

Environmental studies students who minor in economics, political science and sociology cannot fulfill minor course requirements with courses serving as major electives in the Major in Environmental Studies.