Structure of the

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (ES) MAJOR

 

 

 

 

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CONCENTRATION
(5-7 courses in one of the following areas)

Ecology
Environment and Culture
Environment in the Literary and Visual Arts
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Economics
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Geology
Global Environment and Social Change
Health
Regional Perspectives

 


CORE

203: Scientific Perspectives
204: Environment and Society
205: Environment and Culture
2xx/3xx : course for breadth
417: capstone
457/458: thesis

 
   
 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

- recognize the connections among cultural, social, and scientific perspectives

-  be able to identify the scale of an issue and the major players, agents, controls, and perspectives

-  be able to identify assumptions inherent in arguments, perspectives, and studies

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

-  understand the role this sub-discipline plays within ES

-  be able to appropriately interpret the media of the sub-discipline

-  understand methodological approaches of the sub-discipline

-  gain enough mastery to do scholarly work in this field

-  become proficient in written, oral, and visual communication