Program Requirements
All standard majors require a minor in a second discipline or a second major.
A minimum of 42 credits is required for the ENVS Standard Major.
| 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 350 | U.S. and Western Environmental Politics | 3 |
| ENVS 390 | Environmental Monitoring | 4 |
| ENVS 400 | Applied Sustainability | 3 |
| ENVS 410 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| Required Supporting Courses | ||
| BIOL 130 | Environmental Biology (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| BIOL 135 | Environmental Biology Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 1 |
| PHYS 125 | Energy and the Environment (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| 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 (GT-MA1) | ||
| 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 | 42 | |
Environment and Sustainability and Business Administration Coordinated Double Major
If a student elects to complete an Environment and Sustainability Major: Standard Program and the coordinated Business Administration Major: Standard Program, the student must take ECON 202 Microeconomics instead of ECON 215 Environmental Economics; and ENVS 360 Global Environmental Policy must be elected. ECON 216 Statistics for Business and Economics must be elected, with MATH 140 College Algebra (GT-MA1) as its prerequisite.
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.
Standard Major
| Year One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| HWTR 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| ENVS 100 | Introduction to Environment and Sustainability (GT-SS2) | 3 |
| BIOL 130 | Environmental Biology (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| BIOL 135 | Environmental Biology Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 1 |
| ENG 102 | Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education Courses | 3 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| MATH 113 | Statistical Thinking (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| PHYS 125 | Energy and the Environment (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) | 3 |
| Elective | Elective or minor course | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education Courses | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall | ||
| HWTR 398 | Headwaters Conference | 1 |
| ENVS 200 | Writing the Environment | 3 |
| ENVS 250 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Natural Sciences | 3 |
| Elective | Elective/Minor | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ECON 215 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| Gen Ed | Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences | 6 |
| Elective | Elective/Minor | 6 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVS 301 | Science of Sustainability and Resilience | 3 |
| ENVS 350 | U.S. and Western Environmental Politics | 3 |
| Elective | Elective/Minor | 9 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENVS 360 |
Global Environmental Policy or Water Policy and Politics or The Water Planet |
3 |
| ENVS 390 | Environmental Monitoring | 4 |
| Elective | Elective/Minor | 9 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Summer | ||
| ENVS 499 | Internship in Environmental Studies (recommended, but optional) | 1-6 |
| Credits | 1-6 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall | ||
| Elective | chosen from selection of classes on cultural, racial, ethnic, gender, sex, sexuality, and/or class contexts | 3 |
| Elective | Elective/Minor | 9 |
| ENVS 410 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Elective | Elective/Minor | 12 |
| ENVS 400 | Applied Sustainability | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 122-127 | |
ENVS and BUAD Coordinated Double Major
| Year One | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| HWTR 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| ENVS 100 | Introduction to Environment and Sustainability (GT-SS2) | 3 |
| ENG 102 | Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) | 3 |
| BIOL 130 | Environmental Biology (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| BIOL 135 | Environmental Biology Laboratory (GT-SC1) | 1 |
| MATH 213 or ECON 216 |
Probability and Statistics (GT-MA1) or Statistics for Business and Economics |
3 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| CS 120 or BUAD 220 |
Professional Computer Skills or Spreadsheets and Analysis |
3 |
| BUAD 185 | Business Communication | 3 |
| PHYS 125 | Energy and the Environment (GT-SC2) | 3 |
| ENG 103 | Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) | 3 |
| MATH 140 | College Algebra (GT-MA1) | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Two | ||
| Fall | ||
| ACC 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 201 | Macroeconomics (GT-SS1) | 3 |
| BUAD 210 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| ENVS 250 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
| HWTR 398 | Headwaters Conference | 1 |
| Gen Ed | Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACC 202 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 202 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ENVS 200 | Writing the Environment | 3 |
| Elective | Elective | 3 |
| BUAD 270 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Year Three | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVS 301 | Science of Sustainability and Resilience | 3 |
| ENVS 350 | U.S. and Western Environmental Politics | 3 |
| BUAD 360 | Managerial Finance | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I, II, or III) | 3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area III) | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENVS 360 |
Global Environmental Policy or Water Policy and Politics or The Water Planet |
3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area I, II, or III) | 3 |
| ENVS 390 | Environmental Monitoring | 4 |
| BUAD 333 or BUAD 350 |
Organizational Behavior or Human Resource Management |
3 |
| Gen Ed | General Education (Area II) | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Summer | ||
| ENVS 499 | Internship in Environmental Studies (Recommended, but optional) | 3 |
| Credits | 3 | |
| Year Four | ||
| Fall | ||
| ECON 370 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 |
| ENVS 380 | Advanced Climate Policy | 3 |
| ENVS 410 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| ENVS 435 | Environmental Grant Writing | 1 |
| BUAD 363 | Business and the Environment | 3 |
| Credits | 13 | |
| Spring | ||
| Elective | Elective/Minor | 4 |
| Elective | chosen from selection of classes on cultural, racial, ethnic, gender, sex, sexuality, and/or class contexts | 3 |
| BUAD 410 | Water Law | 3 |
| ENVS 400 | Applied Sustainability | 3 |
| BUAD 491 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Total Credits | 123 | |