These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.

Summary of Degree Requirements

University Requirements

  • ²Ñ´¡°Õ±áÌý0701 (4 s.h.) and/or ·¡±·³ÒÌý0701 (4 s.h.), if required by placement testing.
  • All °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses as part of the major. The specific courses required for this major are ·¡±·³§°ÕÌý2097 and ·¡±·³§°ÕÌý4198.
  • Students must complete requirements of the General Education (GenEd) Program. See the General Education section of the Undergraduate Bulletin for more details.

College of Liberal Arts Requirements

  • Completion of a minimum of 123 credits, including:
    • 90 credits in CLA/CST courses;
    • 45 credits of which must be at the upper level (numbered 2000-4999).
      • For Social Science majors, 6 upper level credits (numbered 2000-4999) must be taken in Humanities Subject Areas: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Greek (Ancient), Greek and Roman Classics, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Philosophy, Religion, Russian, and Spanish in the College of Liberal Arts, Art History in the Tyler School of Art and Architecture, or any department in the College of Science and Technology.
    • A minimum GPA of 2.0, cumulatively, in CLA/CST coursework, and in the major.
    • Only courses in which a student receives a grade of at least C- can satisfy GenEd, major, minor, or CLA Foreign Language and Global Studies requirements.
  • Professional Development Requirement
    • All students in the College of Liberal Arts are required to take a 1 credit seminar in professional development. °ä³¢´¡Ìý1002 Professional Development for Liberal Arts Majors is the appropriate course option for this major. Other courses that fulfill this requirement may be found on the CLA College Requirements page. Only one course in this category may count towards graduation.
  • Foreign Language/Global Studies Requirements:
    • All students must complete or test out of the first and second levels of a foreign language - these courses are numbered 1001 and 1002;
    • All students must complete at least one course from the GenEd Global/World Society category; and
    • All Bachelor of Arts students must complete one of the following options:
      • Third semester of a foreign language;
      • Demonstrated proficiency beyond the third semester in a foreign language (placement exam or certification from the language department);
      • Take one Global Studies course from the list on the CLA College Requirements page;
      • Study Abroad at an approved program; or
      • Take a second General Education Global/World Society course.
    • Notes on Foreign Language Study
      • The third level of language is numbered 1003 in French, Spanish, and Portuguese and numbered 2001 in all other foreign language subjects.
      • Students are strongly encouraged to take the third level of a foreign language as it is the minimum required for election to the prestigious honor society Phi Beta Kappa. (Taking the course does not guarantee admission but not taking it guarantees exclusion.)
      • See the College of Liberal Arts Policies section of this Bulletin for more information on the Foreign Language Placement, Regression in Coursework, and guidelines for students' other experiences with language.

General Electives are typically one-third of a student's program of study and can be focused on a second major, a minor, or towards some other personal enrichment or professional goals. See an academic advisor for assistance in developing an academic plan for these courses.

Major Requirements (40-41 credits in Environmental Studies and related coursework)

Gateway courses
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý2001Environment and Society3
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý2002Physical Geography4
Research Methods courses
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý2097Research Design in Environmental Studies3
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý3062Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems3
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý3161Spatial Statistics3
Research Methods elective
Select one of the following:3
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý3061
Fundamentals of Cartography
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý3063
Environmental Remote Sensing
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý3064
Qualitative Methods
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý3068
Environmental Impact Assessment
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý4066
Environmental GIS
Advanced Environmental Studies courses:
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý3004Geography of Natural Resources3
·¡±·³§°ÕÌý4198Senior Research Seminar3
Electives
Select three upper-level courses in ENST numbered 2003-4999. 19
Select one ENST course numbered 0800-4999 23
Select one course numbered 2003-4999 in ENST or from the approved electives list below.3-4
Total Credit Hours40-41
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No electives may double-count between the Environmental Studies major and either the Geography & Urban Studies major or minor.

2

One General Education course taken in Environmental Studies may count towards the major.

Environmental Studies Approved (non-ENST) Electives List

Students may use one elective from the list below toward the Environmental Studies Major to fulfill the Approved Elective requirement. This requirement can also be fulfilled with any ENST elective numbered 2003+.

Note: Upper-level Science and Liberal Arts courses from this list can be used to satisfy the CLA 45 credit upper-level distribution requirement, but not all courses below are offered within the College of Liberal Arts or College of Science and Technology. Please consult with a CLA Academic Advisor.

´¡±·°Õ±áÌý2705Introduction to Evolutionary Anthropology4
´¡±·°Õ±áÌý3774Environmental Physiology and Health3
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý2227Principles of Ecology3
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý3244Experimental Marine Biology4
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý3245Marine Ecology4
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý3316Tropical Marine Biology4
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý3336Freshwater Ecology4
µþ±õ°¿³¢Ìý4327Biological Impacts of Global Climate Change3
µþ°¿°ÕÌý1112Plant Ecology 13
°ä·¡·¡Ìý4531Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Footprinting3
°ä°Õ¸é±ÊÌý2114Urban Form and Design3
°ä°Õ¸é±ÊÌý2213Environmental Planning3
°ä°Õ¸é±ÊÌý3256Sustainable Community Design and Development3
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý3513Economics of State and Local Governments3
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý3512Public Finance3
·¡·¡³§Ìý2096Climate Change: Oceans To Atmosphere4
·¡·¡³§Ìý2021Sedimentary Environments4
·¡·¡³§Ìý2061Introduction to Geochemistry4
·¡·¡³§Ìý3011Remote Sensing and GIS4
·¡·¡³§Ìý3021Groundwater Hydrology4
·¡±·³Õ±áÌý2102Environmental Health3
·¡±·³Õ°ÕÌý4761Environmental Regulations3
±á°¿¸é°ÕÌý2114Soils3
±á°¿¸é°ÕÌý2334Food Crops I3
±á°¿¸é°ÕÌý2353Food Crops II3
±á°¿¸é°ÕÌý2552Trees in the Urban Landscape2
±á°¿¸é°ÕÌý2575Introduction to Public Horticulture3
±á°¿¸é°ÕÌý3514Landscape Restoration3
´³¸é±·Ìý3253Health and Environmental Writing3
³¢´¡¸é°äÌý2144Landscape Architecture Design Studio II6
³¢´¡¸é°äÌý2496Landscape Traditions3
³¢´¡¸é°äÌý2758Summer Field Ecology3
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Note: Only one course numbered below 1999 can count for the electives requirement.