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53 Environmental Studies ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE DUAL DEGREE The engineering and applied science program is designed for students who wish to combine a broad, values-oriented knowledge base with one of many fields of engineering or applied science. Students may pursue a career in applied science or one of many engineering disciplines including electrical, civil, chemical, industrial, aerospace, textile, nuclear, biomedical, or systems engineering. Students complete all requirements for majors at both institutions. For description see page 11. ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE COURSES Environmental perspective courses provide opportunities for students to address issues in the environmental realm in such a manner as to enhance their knowledge of the natural world and to make informed value judgments concerning the environmental consequences of personal and social actions. AM 314E The Environment in American Thought AN 220E Cultural Geography AN 262E Environment, Population and Culture AN 335E Cultural Ecology AN 342E Introduction to Ethnobotany BI 201E Ecosystems of Florida CR 380E Environment Sense of Place EA 202E East Asian Constructions of Nature ES 314E The Environment in American Thought ES 351E Influential Environmental Writers HD 208E Your Health and the Environment HI 253E Environmental Crisis in Russia/Eastern Europe HI 325E Western Myth and the Environment HI 353E Environmental History HI 354E Environment History Europe IB 262E Environment, Population, and Culture MN 351E Technology, Society and the Environment MN 405E Human Ecology and Social Change PH 214E Energy and the Environment PL 243E Environmental Ethics PL 310E Ideas of Nature PO 202E Public Policymaking in America RE 350E Ecology, Chaos, and the Sacred RE 351E A Culture of Science and Faith RE 381E Ecotheology SO 405E Human Ecology and Social Change ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES The environmental studies major will provide students with an educational specialty grounded in the subjects and issues related to the natural environment and the relationship of the human being to the natural environment. The major offers the breadth and depth of interdisciplinary inquiry, integrating knowledge across the natural sciences, behavioral sciences, and humanities. The major develops analytical tools and skills for understanding the environment, while emphasizing the role of beliefs, values, ethics and aesthetics in shaping human behavior. Students will be exposed to coursework which develops skills in the following areas: laboratory research and environmental science; policy analysis, social, historical and global awareness; philosophical and ethical inquiry; writing and composition; oral presentation; educational techniques and strategies; legal research; and group enterprise. This will prepare students for careers in such diverse fields as environmental and urban planning, natural resource management, scientific journalism, environmental law and policy making, parks and recreation, landscape and architecture, public health, education, the arts, and many more. The Environmental Studies major or minor satisfies the Environmental perspective requirement. The major includes five required courses, four environmental field courses, two tools courses, and the completion of a minor related to environmental studies chosen from a pre- approved list. Grades in this minor must be C or better and the courses cannot be double counted within the major. Students graduate with a B.A. degree. Required courses (Must take all 5) ES 172 Introduction to Environmental Studies ES 270 Introduction to Environmental Biology ES 211 Introduction to Earth Science ES 498 Senior Research Comprehensive Exam One upper-level synthesis course that requires at least one of the introductory courses. Currently offered options: Advanced Natural Resource Policy, Conservation Biology, and Global Environmental Change. Environmental Field Courses (Must take a class from 4 of the 6 fields): Ethics PL 243E Environmental Ethics PL 331 Environmental Aesthetics Religion RE 318E Ecotheology ES 382H Nature and the Sacred: Religion and Ecology Literature LI 328E Literature and Ecology Policy/Law PO 325 Environmental Politics Policy PO 313 International Environmental Law ES 381 Marine Mammal Conservation and Management ES 315 Wildlife Policy

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