Degree Planning

Perspectives and Experiences

After completing most of the Foundation Courses and Core Courses, Environmental Studies majors complete a minimum of 30 credits from the list of approved courses below to complete the Perspectives and Experiences degree requirement. The list below provides the most recent course scheduling information according to these categories:

If you have a question about an environmentally-related 300 or 400 level course not on this list, please contact an adviser regarding a course substitution petition.

Human & Social Dimensions

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* Indicates this course is listed under a "special topics" course code.

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Course Prefix Course Title
Qtr Offered
ANTH 457  Ecological Anthropology  AU      
ANTH 459  Culture, Ecology and Politics  AU      
ANTH 469 * Consumption Culture and the Environment       SU
CEP 498 (B) * Exploration of Health of Puget Sound Ecosystems and Communities       SU
ENGL 365 Literature and Discourse on the Environment: Contemporary American Literature of Nature: The West   WI    
ENVIR 418 / COMM 418 Communications and the Enivironment     SP  
ENVIR 433 / SIS 433 / SMA 433 (G) Environmental Degradation in the Tropics   WI    
ENVIR 450 A / C LIT 396 / ENGL 355 A * Literature and the Environment     SP  
ENVIR 450 B * Alaska Comes of Age: Politics, Economics, and Environment in the 20th Century     SP  
ENVIR 450 F (F, B) * Growing Stuff: The Ecology of Resource-Extraction Ecosystems     SP  
GEOG 270 (G) Geographies and International Development and Environmental Change      SP  
GEOG 271 Geography of Food and Eating       SU
GEOG 280 (G) Introduction to the Geography of Health and Health Care    WI    SU
GEOG 371 (G)  World Hunger and Agricultural Development    WI     
GEOG 380 (G) Geographical Patterns of Health and Disease       SP  
GEOG 480  Environmental Geography, Climate, and Health      SP  
L ARCH 361  The Human Experience of Place         
PHIL / ENVIR 416   Ethics and Climate Change       SP   

Natural Sciences

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Course Prefix Course Title
Qtr Offered
BIOL 250 / OCEAN 250 / FISH 250 Marine Biology   AU     SU 
BIOL 356  Foundations in Ecology   AU  WI     
BIOL 476  Conservation Biology     WI     
ENV H 311  Introduction to Environmental Health    AU    SP  
ENV H 472 Environmental Risk and Society   WI    
ENVIR 260 / OCEAN 260 (B) The Puget Sound Ecosystem AU      
ESRM 311 (B)  Soils and Land Use     WI     
ESRM 350  Wildlife Biology and Conservation     WI     
ESRM 362 / ENVIR 362 (F) (B)  Introduction to Restoration Ecology   AU      
ESRM 401 (F, B)  Spring Comes to the Cascades        SP  
ESRM 491 A * Ecology and Management of Forests of Eastern Washington       SU
ESS 315/ ENVIR 313  Environmental Earth Science     WI     
FISH 312  Fisheries Ecology        SP  
FISH 447  Watershed Ecology and Management     WI     
FISH 473  Limnology   AU       
OCEAN / ENVIR 260 (B)  The Puget Sound Ecosystem   AU       

Policy and Decision Making

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* Indicates this course is listed under a "special topics" course code.

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Course Prefix Course Title
Qtr Offered
ANTH 406 / SISEA 406 (G) China's Environment   WI    
ANTH 469 * Policy and Environmental Health AU      
CEP 470 Tools for Sustainable Cities       SU
CEP 498 (B) * Exploration of Health of Puget Sound Ecosystems and Communities       SU
ENVIR 235 / ESRM 235 Introduction to Environmental Economics     SP SU
ENVIR 384 / POL S 384 (G) Global Environmental Politics WI   SU
ENVIR 439 / FISH 439 Attaining a Sustainable Society     SP  
ENVIR 450 B * Alaska Comes of Age: Politics, Economics, and Environment in the 20th Century     SP  
ENVIR 450 D * Coffee: From the Grounds Up- Sustainability from Crop to Cup     SP  
ENVIR 450 A (F) * FYI: Roots and Realities of Sustainability AU   SP  
ENVIR 450 F (F, B) * Growing Stuff: The Ecology of Resource-Extraction Ecosystems     SP  
ENVIR 476 / SMA 476 Introduction to Environmental Law AU      
ESRM 315 (B) Natural Resource Issues     SP  
ESRM 320  Marketing and Human Resource Management from an Environmental Perspective   AU       
ESRM 321  Finance and Accounting from An Environmental Perspective     WI     
ESRM 400  Natural Resource Conflict Management     WI     
ERSM 458 Managment of Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Species   WI    
ESRM 465  Economics of Conservation       SP  
ESRM 470  Natural Resource Policy and Planning   AU       
ESRM 490 * Environmental Problems and Market-Based Solutions AU      
FISH 323  Conservation and Management of Aquatic Resources   AU        
GEOG 302 (B)  The Pacific Northwest    WI     
GEOG 370  Problems in Resource Management  AU      
SCAND 351 (G)  Scandinavia, the European Union, and Global Climate Change     SP  
SMA / FISH 480  Marine Resource Conservation and Management     WI     
URBDP 300  Introduction to Urban Planning         SU 
URBDP 450 Introduction to Land Use, Growth Management, and Environmental Planning AU      
URBDP 498 * Environmental Planning       SU

Tools and Technologies

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Course Prefix Course Title
Qtr Offered
CEP 470 Tools for Sustainable Cities       SU
ENVIR 250 Environmental Studies: Data Types and Collection Methods   WI    
ENVIR/OCEAN 260 (B) The Puget Sound Ecosystem (to meet Tools and Technology or Field requirement, students must enroll in 5 credit lab) AU      
ESRM 250  Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Forest Resources   AU   WI   SP SU
ESRM 304  Environmental and Resource Assessment   AU    SP  
ESRM 430  Aerial Photos/Remote Sensing Natural Resources        SP  
ESS 421  Introduction to Geological Remote Sensing     WI     
FISH 210   Methods in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Theory and Applications   AU       
FISH / OCEAN 453 (F)  Spatial Information Technologies in Ecosystem Sciences   AU       
GEOG 360  Principles of GIS Mapping   AU     SP SU
GEOG 471  Methods of Resource Analysis    WI  SP  
L ARCH 300  Introductory Landscape Architecture Design Studio   AU      SU 
L ARCH 303  Natural Processes Studio       SP  
ME / ENVIR 415 / CEE 495  Sustainability and Design for Environment     WI     
ME / CHEM E / ENVIR 442  Renewable Energy     WI     
Q SCI 291  Analysis for Biologists I   AU  WI  SP   
SMA 512   Interviewing Methods and Environmental Topics       SP