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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. At least 20 of these credits must come from 300- and 400-level classes. A minimum of three credits must be completed in each of the following Environmental Perspectives areas:

Experiences

Within this 30-credit requirement, students must complete at least three credits in each of the following types of Environmental Experiences:

  • Bioregional Studies and Experiences (3 credits): Designated with a *B* on course lists
  • Global Studies and Experiences (3 credits): Designated with an *G* on course lists
  • Fieldwork (3 credits): Designated with an *F* on course lists

A single course may count as both a Perspective and an Experience. However, a single course cannot count as two types of Environmental Experience, nor can it fulfill more than one Environmental Perspectives requirement. Environmentally related independent-study courses, study-abroad programs, as well as other courses not on the approved list may be used to fulfill Environmental Perspectives and Experiences requirements, but the PoE advising office must pre-approve such courses and programs.

Students who are pursuing a double major / degree may apply no more than 15 credits of coursework presented for their second major / degree toward the Environmental Perspectives and Experiences requirement.



Human & Social Dimensions

To view the catalog course description, click on the course title. To see the Time Schedule listing, click on the quarter. If an asterisk (*) is in the quarter column, the course will not be offered in the 2007-08 year.

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Course Prefix
Course Title
Qtr offered
 
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Historical Ecology  
*
   
*
     
Culture, Communication and the Human Relationship with Nature  
*
   
Communication and the Environment
*
     
Contemporary American Literature and the Environment      
American Literary Environmental Justice
*
     
Literature of Nature  
*
   
Contemporary Chicano/a Literature and the Environment
*
     
     
*
ENVIR 450/ENGL 407A Environmental Literature      
ENVIR 450A Food and the Environment      
Environmental Impacts of Small Scale Societies      
*
     
   
*
   
*
   
 
*
   
     
 
*
   
     
*
     
Ethics and Climate Change    
*
 
Advanced Topics in Environmental Philosophy  
*
   
     
*
 
*
   
The Himalayan World  
*
   
 
*
   

Natural Sciences

To view the catalog course description, click on the course title. To see the Time Schedule listing, click on the quarter. If an asterisk (*) is in the quarter column, the course will not be offered in the 2007-08 year.

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Course Prefix
Course Title
Qtr offered
     
Natural History of Puget Sound Country      
*
Diversity in Animals  
*
   
Laboratory in Environmental Problems      
*
Marine Biology    
Natural History of Marine Invertebrates  
*
   
Plant Communities: Resilience and Restoration  
*
   
Foundations in Ecology
*
*
Conservation Biology      
Introduction to Environmental Health    
Ecology of Environmentally Transmitted Microbiological Hazards      
Environmental Risk and Society
*
   
Community Air Pollution  
*
 
Introductory Soils      
Trees in Our Environment    
*
 
Soils and Land Use      
Wildlife Biology and Conservation      
Introduction to Restoration Ecology      
Spring Comes to the Cascades      
Biology, Ecology, and Management of Plant Invasions
*
   
Field Ornithology
*
     
ESRM 490B (F) Field Survey of Ecological Restoration       SU
ESRM 490C (B,F) Forest and Subalpine Ecosystems of the Cascades       SU
Geology of the Northwest  
*
   
Geologic Hazards  
*
   
Environmental Earth Science   WI    
Fisheries Ecology      
Forestry-Fisheries Interactions  
*
 
FISH/ENVIR 330 Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems      
Marine Ecology of Coastal Systems  
*
   
Watershed Ecology and Management   WI    
Design and Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas
*
     
Limnology      
Topics in Sustainable Fisheries   WI    
The Puget Sound Ecosystem      
The Puget Sound Nearshore: Processes and Problems  
*
   
Radiation: Nature, Technology, and Society  
*
   

Policy and Decision Making

To view the catalog course description, click on the course title. To see the Time Schedule listing, click on the quarter. If an asterisk (*) is in the quarter column, the course will not be offered in the 2007-08 year.

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Course Prefix
Course Title
Qtr offered
     
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ENV H 472 Environmental Risk and Society
*
     
ESRM 315 (B) Natural Resource Issues: Old-Growth and Forest Management      
ESRM 320 Marketing and Human Resource Management from an Environmental Perspective    
ESRM 321 Finance and Accounting from An Environmental Perspective    
ESRM 400 Natural Resource Conflict Management
*
   
ESRM 425 Ecosystem Management      
ESRM 458 Management of Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Species      
ESRM / ENVIR 460 Institutionalizing Sustainable Ecological Practices
*
     
ESRM 465 Economics of Conservation      
ESRM 470 Natural Resource Policy and Planning      
ENVIR 360/SIS 350 Environmental Norms in International Politics  
 
ENVIR 450A Food and the Environment      
FISH 323 Conservation and Management of Aquatic Resources      
FISH / ENVIR 439 Attaining a Sustainable Society (3 credit option only)
*
   
GEOG 302 (B) The Pacific Northwest      
GEOG 370 Problems in Resource Management    
POL S 383 (G) Environmental Politics and Policy in the United States    
*
 
POL S / ENVIR 384 (G) Global Environmental Politics
*
 
*
SISEA / ANTH 406 (G) China's Environment      
SISEA / SOC 434 (G) Demographic Issues in Asia
*
   
SMA / ENVIR 476 Introduction to Environmental Law and Process      
SMA / FISH / ENVIR 480 Marine Resource Conservation and Management      
URBDP 300 Introduction to Urban Planning    
*
URBDP 450 Introduction to Land Use, Growth Management, and Environmental Planning      
URBDP 498A Sustainable Transportation      

Tools and Technologies

To view the catalog course description, click on the course title. To see the Time Schedule listing, click on the quarter. If an asterisk (*) is in the quarter column, the course will not be offered in the 2007-08 year.

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Course Prefix
Course Title
Qtr offered
 
*
   
CEE 484 On-site Wastewater Disposal    
*
 
CEE 498G Special Topics: Environmental Engineering      
CHEM E / ENVIR 341 Energy and Environment      
ENVIR 215 Earth, Air, Water: The Human Context  
*
   
ESRM 250 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Forest Resources
ESRM 304 Environmental and Resource Assessment      
ESRM 430 Aerial Photos/Remote Sensing Natural Resources      
ESS 421 Introduction to Geological Remote Sensing      
FISH 210 Methods in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences: Theory and Applications      
FISH / OCEAN 453 (F) Spatial Information Technologies in Ecosystem Sciences      
FISH 457 Design and Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas  
*
   
GEOG 258 Maps and GIS  
*
   
GEOG 360 Principles of Cartography    
GEOG 471 Methods of Resource Analysis      
GEOG 490 Field Research: The Seattle Region      
L ARCH 300 Introductory Landscape Architecture Design Studio    
L ARCH 303 Natural Processes Studio      
ME / ENVIR 415 / CEE 495 Sustainability and Design for Environment      
ME / CHEM E / ENVIR 442 Renewable Energy  
*
 
OCEAN / ENVIR 260 (B),(F) The Puget Sound Ecosystem (to meet Tools and Technology or Field requirement, students must enroll in 5 credit lab      
OCEAN 499 C Dynamics of Ocean Life  
*
   
Q SCI / ENVIR 210 Introduction to Environmental Modeling        
Q SCI 291 Analysis for Biologists I
*
SMA 512 Interviewing Methods and Environmental Topics      
URBDP 467 Urban Planning Uses of Remote Sensing  
*
   

 

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