Environmental Studies (ENVS)

ENVS 1010:   Humanities and the Environment  
College of Liberal Arts  
This interdisciplinary humanities course is designed to introduce students to thinking about the influence of the environment on human history and culture. Course content may include key concepts in environmental history, classics of environmental literature, theories of environmental philosophy and ethics, and ideas about the environment embedded in culture, religion, and the arts. Personal reflection as well as analysis of environmental questions will be encouraged. Students who have already taken Envs 301 may not enroll in Envs 101.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 3010:   Advanced Hum. and the Env.  
This advanced interdisciplinary humanities course is designed to introduce students to thinking about the influence of the environment on human history and culture. Course content may include key concepts in environmental history, classics of environmental literature, theories of environmental philosophy and ethics, and ideas about the environment embedded in culture, religion, and the arts. Personal reflection as well as analysis of environmental questions will be encouraged. Students enrolled in Envs 301 will complete more advanced assignments on the course topics than students enrolled in Envs 101. Students who have already taken Envs 101 may not enroll in Envs 301.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 3110:   Study Abroad-Env. & Hum.  
Students who wish to get Envs course credit for a study abroad course in a humanities discipline that is directly relevant to environmental studies may petition the environmental studies director for course approval prior to studying abroad. If approval is awarded, that course will become designated Envs 311. May be repeated once for credit with change in content.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 3120:   Study Abroad-Env. &Soc. Sci.  
Students who wish to get Envs course credit for a study abroad course in a social sciences discipline that is directly relevant to environmental studies may petition the environmental studies director for course approval prior to studying abroad. If approval is awarded, that course will become designated Envs 312. May be repeated once for credit with change in content.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 3130:   Study Abroad-Env. & Nat. Sci.  
Students who wish to get Envs course credit for a study abroad course in a natural sciences discipline that is directly relevant to environmental studies may petition the environmental studies director for course approval prior to studying abroad. If approval is awarded, that course will become designated Envs 313. May be repeated once for credit with change in content.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 3210:   Special Topics in Humanities  
College of Liberal Arts  
May be repeated for credit if the content is different. Credit hours may vary.  
1 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 3220:   Special Topics in Social Sci.s  
May be repeated for credit if the content is different. Credit hours may vary.  
1 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 3230:   Spec. Topics in Natural Sci.s  
May be repeated for credit if the content is different. Credit hours may vary.  
1 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 3330:   Natural Sci.s for Envs Minors  
Where offered, this course enables students to enroll in an upper-level Envs-approved biology course without having met the prerequisites otherwise expected for that course. Students enrolled in an Envs 333 section of a biology course will complete an altered version of the course material, with a reduced expectation of their scientific background. May be repeated once for credit if the content is different. Credit hours may vary.  
1 - 3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 3850:   Environmental St. Internship  
College of Liberal Arts  
Internship with a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency that includes a significant environmental component. Written analysis of internship experience and related academic paper required. May be repeated once for credit. A maximum of 6 hours may be used toward the environmental studies minor.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Internship  
ENVS 3999A:   Topics in Envir. St. Abroad  
Students complete approved course work on an environmental studies topic. May be repeated once with consent of director.  
3 - 4 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 3999B:   Spec. Topics in Envir. St.  
Content Varies. May be repeated once for credit with a change in topic.  
3 - 4 credits  
Prerequisites
24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
ENVS 4999:   Capstone Colloquium in Env Stu  
This 1-credit course is designed to be taken in the final year of the B.A. in environmental studies. Bringing together upper-level environmental studies students, this course aims to foster cohort community and shared purpose through interdisciplinary perspective sharing and problem solving.  
1 credit  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture