Environmental Science and Sustainability B.S. - Sustainable Livelihoods and Communities
The Sustainable Livelihoods and Communities concentration provides students with an understanding of key social and institutional processes involved in transitioning to sustainable economies from global to local levels. Courses address the intersections between environment and development, natural resource governance and collaboration, and pathways to sustainability.
General Degree Requirements
To earn a baccalaureate degree, all students must complete successfully, in addition to any other requirements, the University of Montana General Education Requirements. Please refer to the General Education Requirements page for more information.
Additional requirements for graduation can be found on the Degree/Certificate Requirements for Graduation page.
Unless otherwise noted in individual program requirements, a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all work attempted at the University of Montana-Missoula is required for graduation. Please see the Academic Policies and Procedures page for information on how your GPA is calculated.
Courses taken to satisfy the requirements of a major, minor, or certificate program must be completed with a grade of C- or better unless a higher grade is noted in the program requirements.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND COMMUNITIES CONCENTRATION
Course Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Lower-Division Required Courses | ||
Complete all of the following courses: | ||
CHMY 121N | Introduction to General Chemistry | 4 |
COMX 111A | Introduction to Public Speaking | 3 |
or THTR 120A | Introduction to Acting I | |
FORS 201 | Forest Biometrics | 3-4 |
or STAT 216 | Introduction to Statistics | |
or WILD 240 | Intro to Biostatistics | |
GPHY 111N & GPHY 112N | Intro to Physical Geography: Climate, Landforms, and Vegetation and Intro to Physical Geography Laboratory: Climate, Landforms, and Vegetation | 3-4 |
or NRSM 211N & NRSM 212N | Soils and Water and Ecology, Physics and Taxonomy of Soils | |
NRSM 110 | First Year Seminar in Environmental Science and Sustainability 1 | 1 |
NRSM 121S | Environmental Science and Sustainability | 3 |
Sustainable Livelihoods and Communities Concentration Requirements | ||
Mathematics | ||
Complete one of the following courses: | 3-4 | |
Probability and Linear Mathematics | ||
College Algebra | ||
College Trigonometry | ||
Precalculus | ||
Applied Calculus | ||
Biology | ||
Complete one of the following courses: | 3-4 | |
Principles of Living Systems | ||
Principles of Biological Diversity | ||
Introductory Ecology | ||
Introduction to Botany | ||
GIS | ||
Complete the following course: | ||
FORS 250 | Intro to GIS for Forest Mgt | 3 |
Electives | ||
Complete 5 of the following courses: | 15 | |
Sustainable Communities | ||
Economic Geography of Rural Areas | ||
Sustainable Cities | ||
Community Resilience | ||
Collaborations in Natural Resource Decisions | ||
Environment & Development | ||
Tourism & Sustainability | ||
Complete 4 of the following courses: | 12 | |
Sustainable Business Practices | ||
Economics of the Environment | ||
Food Justice and Sustainability | ||
Forest Environmental Economics | ||
Community & Regional Analysis | ||
Development Administration | ||
Nature Tourism & Commercial Recreation | ||
Environmental Sociology | ||
Ecology | ||
Complete one of the following: | 3 | |
Ecosystem Ecology | ||
Forest Ecology | ||
Fire Ecology | ||
Ethics | ||
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Climate Change Ethics and Policy | ||
Ethics and Sustainability | ||
Policy | ||
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Natural Resource Policy and Administration | ||
Water Policy | ||
Climate Policy | ||
Wildlife Policy & Biopolitics | ||
Social Science | ||
Complete one of the following courses: | 3 | |
Climate and Society | ||
Collaborations in Natural Resource Decisions | ||
Environment & Development | ||
Recreation Behavior | ||
Experiential Learning Requirement | ||
Complete one of the following courses: | ||
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 and Management Issues | ||
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 | ||
Advanced Writing Requirement | ||
Complete three of the following courses: | ||
Freshwater Ecology | ||
Ecosystem Ecology | ||
Forest Ecology | ||
Timber Harvesting & Roads | ||
Multiple Resource Silviculture | ||
Practice of Silviculture | ||
Forest Stand Management | ||
Senior Thesis | ||
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 | 65-69 |
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NRSM 110 is not required for students who declare the major after already earning 60+ credits.