Environmental Science and Sustainability B.S. - Environmental Policy and Planning
The Environmental Policy and Planning concentration focuses on policy and planning processes at multiple scales. Students are introduced to real-world environmental problems and the policy and planning approaches, strategies, and tools that can be used to deal with them. Coursework covers U.S. public lands, water, and wildlife policy; community, regional, and federal lands planning; conflict resolution and collaboration; markets and economic incentives; and political institutions and processes.
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Science and Sustainability; Environmental Policy and Planning Concentration
W.A Franke College of Forestry & Conservation
Catalog Year: 2022-23
General Education Requirements
Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.
Summary
Code | Title | Hours |
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Lower-Division Required Courses | 17-19 | |
Environmental Policy and Planning Concentration Requirements | ||
Required Courses | 21 | |
Biology | 3-4 | |
Ecology | 3 | |
Economics | 3 | |
Mathematics | 3-4 | |
Planning | 6 | |
Policy and Law | 6 | |
Experiential Learning Requirement | ||
Advanced Writing Requirement | ||
Total Hours | 62-66 |
Degree Specific Credits: 62-66
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Lower-Division Required Courses
Note: NRSM 110 will not be required if students declare the major with 60+ credits.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete the following courses: | ||
NRSM 110 | First Year Seminar in Environmental Science and Sustainability | 1 |
NRSM 121S | Environmental Science and Sustainability | 3 |
Complete one of the following: | 3-4 | |
Intro to Physical Geography: Climate, Landforms, and Vegetation and Intro to Physical Geography Laboratory: Climate, Landforms, and Vegetation | ||
Soils and Water and Ecology, Physics and Taxonomy of Soils | ||
Oral Communication - Complete one of the following courses: | ||
COMX 111A | Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 |
or THTR 120A | Introduction to Acting I | |
Statistics Requirement - Complete one of the following courses: | 3-4 | |
Forest Biometrics | ||
Introduction to Statistics | ||
Intro to Biostatistics | ||
Chemistry - Complete the following course: | ||
CHMY 121N | Introduction to General Chemistry | 4 |
Total Hours | 17-19 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Environmental Policy and Planning Concentration Requirements
Rule: Complete all of the following subcategories.
Required Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete all of the following courses: | ||
FORS 250 | Intro to GIS for Forest Mgt | 3 |
GPHY 465 | Planning Principles & Processes | 3 |
NRSM 349E | Climate Change Ethics and Policy | 3 |
or NRSM 389E | Ethics and Sustainability | |
NRSM 379 | Collaborations in Natural Resource Decisions | 3 |
NRSM 422 | Natural Resource Policy and Administration | 3 |
PSCI 210S | Intro to American Government | 3 |
PSCI 361 | Public Administration | 3 |
Total Hours | 21 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Biology
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete one of the following: | 3-4 | |
Principles of Living Systems | ||
Principles of Biological Diversity | ||
Introductory Ecology | ||
Introduction to Botany | ||
Total Hours | 3-4 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Ecology
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Ecosystem Ecology | ||
Forest Ecology | ||
Fire Ecology | ||
Total Hours | 3 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Economics
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Economics of the Environment | ||
Forest Environmental Economics | ||
Economic Geography of Rural Areas | ||
Total Hours | 3 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Mathematics
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete one of the following: | 3-4 | |
Probability and Linear Mathematics | ||
College Algebra | ||
College Trigonometry | ||
Precalculus | ||
Applied Calculus | ||
Total Hours | 3-4 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Planning
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete two of the following courses: | 6 | |
Water and Sustainability | ||
Environmental Planning | ||
Recreation Planning | ||
Total Hours | 6 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Policy and Law
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete two of the following courses: | 6 | |
Environmental Law | ||
Water Policy | ||
Climate Policy | ||
Wildlife Policy & Biopolitics | ||
Total Hours | 6 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Experiential Learning Requirement
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Field Ecology | ||
Aquatic Microbial Ecology | ||
Alpine Ecology | ||
Stream Ecology | ||
Conservation Ecology | ||
Landscape Ecology | ||
Lake Ecology | ||
Forest and Fire Ecology | ||
Social Issues: The Mekong Delta | ||
Climate Change: Mekong Delta | ||
Introduction to Forestry Field Skills | ||
Forest Stand Management | ||
Field Techniques | ||
First Year Seminar in Field Studies in Conservation | ||
Wilderness and Civilization Field Studies | ||
Internship | ||
Watershed Dynamics | ||
Internship | ||
Ecosystem Science and Restoration Practicum | ||
Internship | ||
Senior Thesis | ||
First Year Seminar in Parks, Tourism, and Recreation Management | ||
Sustaining Human Society & Natural Environment | ||
Winter Wilderness Field Studies | ||
Capstone in Parks, Tourism, and Recreation Management | ||
Hunter Check Station | ||
Total Hours | 3 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Advanced Writing Requirement
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete three of the following courses: | 9 | |
Freshwater Ecology | ||
Ecosystem Ecology | ||
Forest Ecology | ||
Timber Harvesting & Roads | ||
Multiple Resource Silviculture | ||
Practice of Silviculture | ||
Forest Stand Management | ||
Senior Thesis | ||
Contemporary Tribal Resource Issues | ||
Climate and Society | ||
Climate Change Ethics and Policy | ||
Collaborations in Natural Resource Decisions | ||
Ethics and Sustainability | ||
Rangeland Ecology | ||
Foundations of Restoration Ecology | ||
Environment & Development | ||
Ecosystem Science and Restoration Practicum | ||
Senior Thesis | ||
Recreation Behavior | ||
Wildlife Policy & Biopolitics | ||
Total Hours | 9 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-