Environmental Studies (BA)
Description
The environmental studies major is designed to train students in an interdisciplinary approach to environmental issues, combining knowledge of 1) the political, social, and psychological dimensions of human-environmental interactions; 2) the science of ecological systems and environmental change; and 3) the role of the environment in human history, philosophy, religion, culture, and art.
Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120
General Education Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following First Year Writing I courses: | 3 | |
| Introduction to College Writing | ||
or WRIT 1010 | First-Year Writing I | |
| Select one of the following First Year Writing II courses: | 3 | |
| First-Year Writing II | ||
or LIBA 1020 | First Year Seminar | |
| Select six hours of Literature Survey: | 6 | |
| Survey in Literary History | ||
| Survey of World Literature to 1650 | ||
| Survey of World Literature since 1650 | ||
| Survey of American Lit to the Civil War | ||
| Survey of American Lit since Civil War | ||
| Survey of British Lit to 18th Century | ||
| Survey of Brit Lit since Romantic Period | ||
| Select six hours at the 2000 level or above in ancient or modern languages: 1 | 6 | |
| Select six hours in History (HIST) coursework 2 | 6 | |
| Select three hours of additional Humanities courses: 3 | 3 | |
African American Studies | ||
Classical Civilization | ||
| Humanities and the Environment | ||
| Introduction to Gender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Queer Studies | ||
| Topics in Gender and Culture | ||
| Women, Gender & the Environment | ||
| Theories in Gender | ||
| Men, Women, and Greek Life | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Cinema | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in the Media | ||
| Advanced Queer Studies | ||
Philosophy | ||
Religion | ||
Southern Studies (any 1000 level only) | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Humanities and the Experience of War | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Humanities | ||
| Select three hours of Fine Arts from the following: | 3 | |
Art History | ||
| Dance Appreciation | ||
| Introduction to Music Literature | ||
| Fundamentals of Music Theory | ||
| Introduction to Music | ||
| Introduction to World Music Cultures | ||
| Music Theory and Analysis I | ||
| Appreciation of the Theatre | ||
| Introduction to Cinema | ||
| Introduction to the Fine Arts | ||
| Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Arts | ||
| Select three hours of MATH at the 1000 level or above 4 | 3 | |
| Select six hours of Social Science from the following areas: | 6 | |
Anthropology | ||
Economics | ||
Political Science | ||
Psychology | ||
Sociology | ||
| Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisc Social Science | ||
| 3 science courses, of which 2 must have labs 5 | 9-11 | |
Astronomy OR Physics (must be 2 courses in Astronomy or 2 courses in Physics) | ||
Biology | ||
Chemistry | ||
Geology | ||
| Integrated Science I | ||
| Integrated Science II | ||
| Interdisciplinary Sciences | ||
| Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences | ||
| Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences | ||
| Total Hours | 48-50 | |
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Modern Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, & Swahili.
Classics: Ancient Greek and Latin.
Communication Sciences & Disorders: American Sign Language
Philosophy and Religion: Hebrew
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Freshmen may not register for 3000 level courses.
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In addition, gender studies courses that are cross-listed with African American studies, classical civilization, English, modern languages, philosophy, or religion curses will satisfy this requirement.
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Except for MATH 2451 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I and MATH 2452 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II.
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Courses may be chosen from astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, LIBA 2050 Interdisciplinary Sciences, LIBA 2051 Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences, LIBA 1500 Integrated Science I, LIBA 1510 Integrated Science II, LIBA 3150 Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences, LIBA 3151 Advanced Interdisciplinary Lab Sciences and physics. Two semesters of coursework in one subject and one semester in a subject from another department are required. Each course must be a minimum of 3 credit hours. At least two of the courses taken must include laboratories. For some classes, the required laboratory will be an additional 1-hour course. For example, a student might take two 3-hour lecture courses in chemistry along with the two associated 1-hour laboratory courses, and one 3-hour course in biology without laboratory. As a second example, a student might take two 4-hour lecture/laboratory courses in geology and one 3-hour course in astronomy. As a third example, a student might take two chemistry courses, one with lab and one without, and a geology course with lab. Note that a student taking the required 6 hours of one subject (astronomy or physics) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy must take the remaining 3 hours from another department. ASTR 1110 Descriptive Astronomy does not include laboratory work; ASTR 1212 Intro Astronomy of the Solar System and ASTR 1312 Intro Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies include laboratory work and satisfy the requirements for lab-based science credits. A student may not receive credit for taking ASTR 1110 Descriptive Astronomy with either ASTR 1212 Intro Astronomy of the Solar System or ASTR 1312 Intro Astronomy of Stars and Galaxies.
Course Requirements
To complete a major in environmental studies, students must complete 38 credit hours, which include the following required courses:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENVS 1010 | Humanities and the Environment | 3 |
| ANTH 1050 | Introduction to Environment and Society | 3 |
| ENVS 3850 | Environmental Studies Internship | 3 |
| ENVS 4999 | Capstone Colloquium in Environmental Studies | 1 |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| The Environment: Integrated Exploration | ||
| Inquiry into Life: The Environment and Inquiry into Life Laboratory II | ||
| Biological Sciences II and Biological Sciences II Laboratory | ||
| Select at least one course from each of the core categories: | 9 | |
| Humanities: | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Environmental Genres and Forms | ||
| Special Topics in Environmental Studies | ||
| Social Science: | ||
| Environmental Anthropology | ||
| Political Ecology | ||
| Sustainable Development | ||
| Environmentalism: Society, Politics, Law | ||
| Environmental Archaeology | ||
| Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Global Environmental Issues | ||
| Environmental Psychology | ||
| Natural Science: | ||
| Natural Sciences for Envs Minors | ||
| Natural Sciences for Envs Minors | ||
| Environmental Chemistry I | ||
| Environmental Chemistry II | ||
| Environmental Geology - Hazards | ||
| Environmental Geology - Resources | ||
| Select the remaining 15 hours of electives from the following: | 15 | |
| Introduction to Geography | ||
| Introduction to Environment and Society | ||
| Environmental Anthropology | ||
| Food, Place, and Power | ||
| Ice Age North America | ||
| Political Ecology | ||
| Sustainable Development | ||
| Animals in Society | ||
| The Environment: Integrated Exploration | ||
| Biological Sciences II | ||
| Intro to Environmental Engineering | ||
| Wastewater Engineering | ||
| Environmental History of the South | ||
| Food Policy & Agriculture Systems | ||
| Environment, Technology and Society | ||
| Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Environmentalism: Society, Politics, Law | ||
| Environmental Archaeology | ||
| Natural Resource Management | ||
| Botany | ||
| Introductory Marine Biology | ||
| Introductory Aquatic Biology | ||
| General Ecology | ||
| Biology of Invasive Species | ||
| Biology of Fishes | ||
| Ornithology | ||
| Introductory Entomology | ||
| Plant Diversity | ||
| Symbiosis: From Parasitism to Mutualism | ||
| Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Ecology of Plant Communities of MS | ||
| Introduction to Coral-Reef Ecology | ||
| Tropical Studies in Biology | ||
| Mycology | ||
| Biometry | ||
| Aquatic Microbiology | ||
| Theoretical Ecology | ||
| Animal Behavior | ||
| Population Genetics | ||
| Microbial Ecology | ||
| Aquatic Botany | ||
| Conservation and Restoration Ecology | ||
| Conservation Physiology | ||
| Advanced Field Study in Ecology | ||
| Plant-Insect Interactions | ||
| Chemical Ecology | ||
| Biological Oceanography | ||
| Ecological Physiology | ||
| Infectious Disease Ecology | ||
| Environmental Engineering I | ||
| Survey of Chemistry I | ||
| General Chemistry I | ||
| Environmental Chemistry I | ||
| Environmental Chemistry II | ||
| Natural Resource Economics | ||
| Studies in British Environmental Lit | ||
| Studies in American Environmental Lit | ||
| Environmental Genres and Forms | ||
| Nature Writing | ||
| Southern Environmental Literature | ||
| Special Topics in Environmental Studies | ||
| Literature and the Nonhuman | ||
| Study Abroad-Environment & Humanities | ||
| Study Abroad-Environment &Social Science | ||
| Study Abroad-Environment & Nat. Science | ||
| Special Topics in Humanities | ||
| Special Topics in Social Sciences | ||
| Special Topics in Natural Sciences | ||
| Natural Sciences for Envs Minors | ||
| Environmental Studies Internship | ||
| Topics in Environmental Studies Abroad | ||
| Special Topics in Environmental Studies | ||
| The Environment in French Literature | ||
| Women, Gender & the Environment | ||
| Intro. to Geographic Information System | ||
| Environmental Geology - Hazards | ||
| Environmental Geology - Resources | ||
| Introduction to Oceanography | ||
| Water in the Middle East | ||
| Elementary Statistics | ||
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Nature and Environment in Asian Religion | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Toxicology | ||
| Specialized Topics in Environ. Health | ||
| Introduction to Toxicology | ||
| Environmental Health | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Global Environmental Issues | ||
| Statistics for Behavioral Sciences | ||
| Ecopsychology and International Youth | ||
| Environmental Psychology | ||
| Nature and Environment in Asian Religion | ||
| The Southern Environment | ||
| Total Hours | 38 | |