Perspectives Pathways
About
A ‘Perspectives Pathway’ is a menu of courses created in consultation with faculty to help students get a strong interdisciplinary understanding of a specific environmental issue. Pathways can be used by students to choose courses to complete requirements of the Environmental Studies Major. Completing a pathway is optional, and it will not show up on your degree or transcript.
Structure
A Pathway is divided into four sections:
- Introductory course: A common introductory course at the 200 or 300 level
- Pathway electives: A minimum of 25 credits taken from at least three different departments. Courses not on the ‘regular’ Environmental Perspectives and Experiences lists can be substituted by students completing the pathway
- Seminars: One course centered on discussion/exploration of the pathway topic
- Other resources: include study abroad programs, student clubs, and internship opportunities outside of the classroom.
Completing requirements of the Environmental Studies Major with a pathway
A student completing a perspectives pathway is still responsible for completing the requirements of the Environmental Studies major. These courses can be used to complete category requirements according to the following list.
- The bold courses are on the standard list of perspectives courses, so all other courses do not count for a standard Environmental Studies degree, but they are pre-approved exceptions for students completing this pathway.
Pathways
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Food and the Environment
How food is collected and grown; habitat and ecosystem implications of food production; food security and public health; socio-cultural aspects from agribusiness to local organic and slow food movements.
Introductory course (Required course to start pathway)
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Pathway electives (Minimum 25 credits taken from at least three different departments)
The bold courses are on the standard list of perspectives courses, so all other courses do not count for a standard Environmental Studies degree, but they are pre-approved exceptions for students completing this pathway.
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BIOL 424 |
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BIOL 440 |
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CHSTU 498 |
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ENV H 441 |
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ENV H 451 |
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ENV H 452 |
Detection and Control of Environmentally Transmitted Microbiological Hazards |
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ENVIR 384 |
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ENVIR 450 |
‘Growing Stuff’: The Ecology of Resource-Extraction Ecosystems |
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FISH 424 |
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GEOG 371 |
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NUTR 300 |
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NUTR 441 |
Molecular Gastronomy: The Science of Food |
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NUTR 465 |
Nutritional Anthropology |
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NUTR 531 |
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Seminars
ENVIR 450: Eating Your Environment Speaker Series
ENVIR 450: Urban Farm Lunch Seminar
ENVIR 450: Biotech, Biofuels, and Biodiversity: Challenges for Agriculture in the 21st Century
ENVIR 497: Dirt and the King of Fish
Other resources
Faculty Consulted
Jennifer Ruesink, Biology
Lucy Jarosz, Geography
Michael Kucher, UW Tacoma IAS
Elizabeth Wheat, Program on the Environment
