Program Requirements
The Food Systems emphasis will provide the skills to equip students to improve and stabilize food systems, alleviate hunger, and identify entrepreneurial opportunities in a rapidly changing sector. Working at the intersection of food production and distribution networks, students will graduate with an understanding of the assets and challenges facing existing food system structures and an ability to help build new relationships between food consumers and producers.
A minimum of 64 credits is required for the Environment & Sustainability Comprehensive Major: Food Systems Emphasis.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENVS 100 | Introduction to Environment and Sustainability (GT-SS2) | 3 |
| ENVS 200 | Writing the Environment | 3 |
| ENVS 250 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| ENVS 301 | Science of Sustainability and Resilience | 3 |
| ENVS 315 | Food Policy & Politics | 3 |
| ENVS 325 | Introduction to Soil Science | 4 |
| ENVS 350 | U.S. and Western Environmental Politics | 3 |
| ENVS 385 | Sustainable Agriculture & Food Production | 4 |
| ENVS 390 | Environmental Monitoring | 4 |
| ENVS 400 | Applied Sustainability | 3 |
| ENVS 410 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| ENVS 435 | Environmental Grant Writing | 1 |
| ENVS 499 | Internship in Environmental Studies | 3 |
| NTR 305 | Community Nutrition | 3 |
| Required Supporting Courses | ||
| GEOL 101 | Physical Geology (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| GEOL 105 | Physical Geology Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 1 |
| CHEM 101 | Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| BIOL 130 | Environmental Biology (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| BIOL 135 | Environmental Biology Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 1 |
| ECON 215 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
| This Is The Headwaters | ||
| Headwaters Conference | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Statistics for Business and Economics | ||
| Statistical Thinking (GT-MA1) | ||
| Probability and Statistics | ||
| Quantitative Research Methods | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Cultural Anthropology (with laboratory) | ||
| Cultural Ecology | ||
| Borderlands: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality | ||
| Politics of the Environment | ||
| Politics of Social Movements | ||
| Human Rights | ||
| The Global South | ||
| Political Economy | ||
| Environmental Psychology | ||
| Multicultural Psychology | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Environmental Sociology | ||
| Social Problems | ||
| Social Movements | ||
| Social Inequalities | ||
| Total Credits | 64 | |
Capstone Course Requirement
The following course in the Environment and Sustainability Major fulfills the capstone course requirement: ENVS 400 Applied Sustainability.
Graduation Requirements
Undergraduate programs require a minimum of 120 semester credits for graduation. Of those 120 credits, 40 credits must be in upper-division courses (those marked 300 and above). Fifteen of these 40 upper-division credits must be earned in courses that are part of the standard or comprehensive major program being pursued.
Students are expected to review all graduation requirements, which can be found in the Western Undergraduate Catalog: Graduation Requirements.
Degree Plan
| Year One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| BIOL 130 | Environmental Biology (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| BIOL 135 | Environmental Biology Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 1 |
| ENG 102 | Academic Writing (GT-CO1) | 3 |
| ENVS 100 | Introduction to Environment and Sustainability (GT-SS2) | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I, II, or ) | 3 |
| HWTR 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| CHEM 101 | Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| COM 202 | Academic Writing and Inquiry (GT-CO2) | 3 |
| Elective | Elective or minor course | 3 |
| GEOL 101 | Physical Geology (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| GEOL 105 | Physical Geology Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 1 |
| MATH 113 | Statistical Thinking (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall | ||
| Elective | Elective or minor course | 3 |
| ENVS 200 | Writing the Environment | 3 |
| ENVS 250 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I, II, or III) | 6 |
| HWTR 398 | Headwaters Conference | 1 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| Elective | Elective or minor course | 3 |
| ECON 215 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I or III) | 6 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I, II, or III) | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall | ||
| Elective | chosen from selection of classes on cultural, racial, ethnic, gender, sex, sexuality, and/or class contexts | 3 |
| ENVS 301 | Science of Sustainability and Resilience | 3 |
| ENVS 325 | Introduction to Soil Science | 4 |
| ENVS 350 | U.S. and Western Environmental Politics | 3 |
| NTR 305 | Community Nutrition | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| Elective | Elective or minor course | 8 |
| ENVS 315 | Food Policy & Politics | 3 |
| ENVS 390 | Environmental Monitoring | 4 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Summer | ||
| ENVS 499 | Internship in Environmental Studies (Recommended but optional) | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall | ||
| Elective | Elective or minor course | 6 |
| ENVS 385 | Sustainable Agriculture & Food Production | 4 |
| ENVS 410 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| ENVS 435 | Environmental Grant Writing | 1 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| Elective | Elective or minor course | 9 |
| ENVS 400 | Applied Sustainability | 3 |
| ENVS 499 | Internship in Environmental Studies (if not taken over summer) | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 124 | |