All students are required to take "Environmental Issues in the Contemporary World" or "Social Perspectives on Environmental Issues", "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental Issues", and one course that best meets the needs of the individual from among the choices given below under "Second Core Course".
Environmental Issues in the Contemporary World (PLB 301I-3)
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The course is taught every semester beginning Summer 1996. This introductory level course integrates fundamental ecological processes with the economic, ethical, technological, and scientific questions that shape decision making on environmental issues at the individual, local, national, and international levels.
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Social Perspectives in Environmental Issues (AGRI/LAC 300I-3)
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Case studies (e.g. rural village in developing nation; small town in the United States; city in developing nation) are used to learn how different societies and groups deal with their specific environmental issues, and how culture and economic factors affect their perspectives and actions.
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Students will choose one course from among the following list. Students are encouraged to select a course from outside their major area of study, but this is not mandatory.
- For Non-Science Majors
- BIOL 307 Ecology
- CE 310 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- CHEM 431 Environmental Chemistry
- GEOG 320 Introduction to Environmental Planning
- GEOL 222 Environmental Geology
- PLSS 370 Sustainable Agricultural Systems
- For Science Majors
- ABE 440 Land Resource Economics
- AGRI\FOR\REC 423 Environmental Interpretation
- ECON 333 Econ. & the Environment
- FOR 480 Natural Resource Advocacy
- HED 488 Env. Dimensions in Health Ed.
- PSYC 489 Environmental Psychology
- SPCM 412 Environmental Rhetoric
- Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental Issues (ABE470, GEOG470 or ZOOL470)
- The course is taught every Spring semester. This team-taught, seminar-style course allows junior/senior level students to apply concepts and perspectives across disciplinary boundaries. Students work in teams to analyze problems and report on potential solutions to a local or regional environmental issue.
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