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Department of Natural Sciences

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Mission

Environmental Studies is a new interdisciplinary degree program designed to teach students, in the broadest sense, how humans influence the quality of their environment.  A primary focus of this field of study is how to reduce the effects of human activities on our planet through development of sustainable lifestyles and resource stewardship practices. The required coursework teaches students concepts and skills from fields as diverse as ecology, environmental law, conservation biology, descriptive writing, environmental history, environmental literature, environmental sociology, chemistry, climate science and economics.  This degree program is designed to provide an excellent foundation for post-graduate work, as well as for governmental and non-governmental jobs that have  a resource conservation or sustainability focus.   Students interested in majoring or minoring in Environmental Studies should contact any of our Environmental Studies faculty for more information.

Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies

The major in Environmental Studies consists of 42 credit hours from the following courses. These must be completed along with core curriculum courses that all HT students complete.

The following courses (24 hours) are required:

ENGL 3383Environmental Literature3 hours*
HIST 3381Environmental History3 hours*
SOCI 2345Environmental Sociology3 hours
BIOL 2406Environmental Biology4 hours
CHEM 1405 or CHEM       1411Chemistry for Citizens or General Chemistry I4 hours
ENVI 4302 or ENVI  4301Environmental Studies Internship or Environmental Studies Research3 hours*
MATH 1314 or PSCI/PSYC/SOCI 2313Introductory Statistics or Social Science Statistics I3 hours
ENVI  4101Environmental Issues Seminar1 hour*

 

Plus six (6) hours from the following courses:

BIOL 3302Terrestrial Field Biology    3 hours*
BIOL 3303Aquatic Field Biology    3 hours*
BIOL 3304Conservation Biology    3 hours*

 

Six (6) hours from the following courses:

ENGL 3393Technical Writing3 hours*
ENGL 3327Topics in Creative Writing3 hours*
COMM 3313News Reporting and Writing3 hours*

 

And six (6) hours from the following courses:

ECON 2301Principles of Microeconomics3 hours
ECON 2302Principles of Macroeconomics3 hours
PSYC/SOCI  2320Conflict Resolution3 hours
PSCI 3316Public Administration,3 hours*

 

Environmental Studies Minor

The minor in Environmental Studies consists of 20 credit hours from the following courses:

The following core courses are required (17 Credit Hours):

ENGL 3383Environmental Literature,3 hours*
HIST 3381Environmental History3 hours*
SOCI 2345Environmental Sociology3 hours
BIOL 1406Environmental Biology4 hours
MATH 1314, PSCI/PSYC/SOCI 2313Introductory Statistics or Social Science Statistics I3 hours
ENVI 1405Environmental Issues Seminar1 hour

 

And three (3) hours from the following courses:

BIOL 3302Terrestrial Field Biology3 hours*
BIOL 3303Aquatic Field Biology3 hours*
BIOL 3304Conservation Biology3 hours*

 

*Upper Division Courses.  Under the Major in Environmental Studies, numbers 1-3 include 18 hours of upper division credit which is below the minimum of 21 required for a major. In order to meet the 21 credit hour requirement, students must take one additional upper division course from the above list.  BIOL 2406 Environmental Biology, and eventually CHEM 1405 Chemistry are the only Core Curriculum courses in this list. Only 8 credit hours can count both toward the core curriculum requirements and the major requirements

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