Environmental Studies
Course Requirements
At least 21 credits including the following:
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Required:
ENS201: Introduction to Environmental Studies and Sustainability (3 credits)
ENS401: Environmental Problem Solving (3 credits)
One course from each of the following categories (at least 9 credits):
A. Socio-Cultural Perspectives on EnvironmentB. Physical and Life Science Perspectives on EnvironmentC. Economic and Political Perspectives on Environment
- Two additional upper-level electives from two different disciplines from the list of courses listed below (at least 6 credits)
Environmental Studies Electives:
| Socio-cultural Perspectives |
Physical and Life SciencePerspectives
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Economic and Political Perspectives
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| ANT 340 | Culture and Environment | BIO 105 | Environmental Science | BIO 319 |
Global Agricultural Sustainability
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| BIO 338 | Environmental Ethics | BIO 107 |
Great Lakes and Other Water Resources
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Environmental and Resource Economics
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| ENG 382 | Nature Writing | BIO 215 |
General Ecology
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Urban Economics
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| GPY 220 |
Cultural Geography
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BIO 310 | Biological Diversity of the Americas |
Geographic Patterns-Global Development
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| GPY 410 |
Landscape Analysis
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BIO 470 |
Conservation Biology
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Geography of the Great Lakes Region
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| HST 320 | American Indians | CHM 311 |
Green Chemistry and Industrial Processes
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GPY 353 |
Geography of Canada and the United States
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| HST 323 | Michigan History | CHM 321 | Environmental Chemistry |
International Food and Culture
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| HST 327 |
History of American Urban History
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CHM 322 |
Environmental Chemical Analysis
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HTM 268 |
Adventure Tourism
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| LIB 330 |
The Idea of Nature
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EGR 360 | Thermodynamics | Introduction to Natural Resources | |
| PSY 362 |
Environmental Psychology
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GEO 100 |
Environmental Geology
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NRM 420 | Wildland Recreation Management |
| SW 150 |
Human Needs in Complex Societies
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GEO 105 |
Living with the Great Lakes
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Natural Resource Policy | |
| SOC 288 |
Sociology and Food
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GEO 111 |
Exploring the Earth
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Local Politics and Administration | |
| SOC 351 |
Urban Sociology
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GEO 300 |
Geology and the Environment
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PA 360 | Voluntarism and the Non-Profit Sector |
| WGS 335 | Woman, Health and Environment | GPY 100 |
Physical Geography
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PLS 207
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Intro to U.S. Environmental Policy |
| GPY 412 |
Global Environmental Change
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PLS 314 | International Law | ||
| NRM 330 |
Environmental Pollution
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SS 324 | Urbanization | ||
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Environmental Safety and Health Regulations
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