Program Requirements
The Public Lands Management emphasis focuses on the content and skills necessary for understanding and facilitating the integration of land, water, energy, wildlife, and human societies; the integration of public and private land decisions; and the integration of the wildland-urban interface to manage diverse stakeholder values and interests toward sustainable and resilient environmental relationships. This emphasis takes advantage of Gunnison County's public lands; tremendous natural resource wealth and thus, tensions among diverse stakeholders concerning the best use of those resources; and numerous government agencies, environmental nonprofits, extractive industries, recreationists, and ranchers all actively negotiating the values of these lands.
A minimum of 62 credits is required for the Environment & Sustainability Comprehensive Major: Public Land Management Emphasis.
Public Land Management Emphasis students must take BIOL 151 in place of BIOL 130 and BIOL 135. Public Land Management Students must select MATH 213 in their menu of math courses.
| 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 260 | Introduction to Public Lands Management | 4 |
| ENVS 301 | Science of Sustainability and Resilience | 3 |
| ENVS 350 | U.S. and Western Environmental Politics | 3 |
| 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 |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Cultural Resource Management | ||
| Botany (with laboratory) | ||
| Spring Fungi Rocky Mountains (with laboratory) | ||
| Wildlife Ecology and Management (with laboratory) | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Biology of Fishes | ||
| Fisheries Management (with laboratory) | ||
| Aquatic Ecology (with laboratory) | ||
| Forest Ecology (with laboratory) | ||
| Introduction to Soil Science | ||
| History of the National Park Service | ||
| Interpretation of Natural and Cultural History | ||
| Introduction to Criminal Justice | ||
| Required Supporting Courses | ||
| BIOL 151 | Diversity and Patterns of Life (with laboratory) | 4 |
| BIOL 301 | GENERAL ECOLOGY | 3 |
| ECON 215 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| GEOG 340 | INTRO GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS | 3 |
| MATH 213 | Probability and Statistics (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Energy and the Environment (GT-SC2) | ||
| Physical Geology (GT-SC2) and Physical Geology Laboratory (GT-SC1) | ||
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
| This Is The Headwaters | ||
| Headwaters Conference | ||
| 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 Class, Status, and Power | ||
| Total Credits | 62-63 | |
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 | |
| HWTR 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| ENVS 100 | Introduction to Environment and Sustainability (GT-SS2) | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I, II, or III) | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I, II, or III) | 3 |
| ENG 102 | Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) | 3 |
| HWTR 398 | Headwaters Conference | 1 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| MATH 213 | Probability and Statistics (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| Elective | Elective | 3 |
| PHYS 125 | Energy and the Environment (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) | 3 |
| BIOL 151 | Diversity and Patterns of Life (with laboratory) | 4 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVS 200 | Writing the Environment | 3 |
| ENVS 250 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| ENVS 260 | Introduction to Public Lands Management | 4 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area II) | 3 |
| Elective | Elective or minor course | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ECON 215 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| BIOL 301 | GENERAL ECOLOGY | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I or III) | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I or III) | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I or III) | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVS 325 | Introduction to Soil Science | 4 |
| ENVS 301 | Science of Sustainability and Resilience | 3 |
| ENVS 350 | U.S. and Western Environmental Politics | 3 |
| Elective | chosen from selection of classes on cultural, racial, ethnic, gender, sex, sexuality, and/or class contexts | 3 |
| Elective | Elective | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENVS 370 | Water Policy and Politics (Recommended ENVS elective) | 3 |
| GEOG 340 | INTRO GEOGRAPHIC INFO SYSTEMS | 3 |
| ENVS 390 | Environmental Monitoring | 4 |
| Elective | Elective | 3 |
| Credits | 13 | |
| Summer | ||
| ENVS 499 | Internship in Environmental Studies (Recommended but optional) | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall | ||
| Elective | Elective or minor course | 12 |
| ENVS 410 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| 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 | 123 | |