Fall 2008 Course Offerings in Environmental Studies
Printable Version of Fall 2008 ENVST Offerings
University of Utah Fall 2008 Course Catalog
1. All of the following core courses are prerequisites for all other environmental studies courses :
BIOL 1210 Principles of Biology (4) SF
ENVST 2100 Intro. to Enviro. Studies (3) BF or HF
ENVST 2000 Intro. Field Trip (1)
2. Three of the following Biology/Natural Science courses, at least one of which is from Group A.
Group A: Core Biology/Natural Science
CHEM 1010 Chemistry, Humanity and Environment (3) SF
GEOG 1000 Earth Environments (3) SF
METEO 1020 Climate Change (3) SF
Group B: Electives Biology/Natural Science
ANTH 4261 Paleoanthropology (3)
ANTH 4291 Evolution of Human Health (3)
BIOL 1400 Intro. to Environmental Science (3) SF
BIOL 2400 Prin.of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (3) SF
CHEM 1110 Elementary Chemistry (4) SF
GEO 1110/1115 Intro. to Earth Systems w/ lab (4)
GEOG 3110 The Earth From Space (3) SF
GEOG 3200 Geomorph: Mts., Rivers, Deserts (3) SF
GEOG 3400 Population Geography (3)
H EDU 3050 Community Health Issues (3) BF
MSE 2601 Materials Molding Civilization (3) SF
3. Three of the following Humanities/Aesthetics courses, at least one of which is from Group C.
Group C: Core Humanities/Aesthetic Approaches
COMM 5360 Environmental Communication (3)
PHIL 3530 Environmental Ethics (3) SL, HF
Group D: Electives Humanities/Aesthetic Approaches
COMM 3490-002 Comm. & Public Issues: Nuclear Issues – Great Basin (3) HF
URBPL 2010 Shaping Urban America (3)
4. Three of the following Human Behavior/Policy/Decision Making courses, at least one of which is from Group E.
Group E: Core Human Behavior/Policy/Decision Making
GEOG 3350 Resource Con. and Enviro. Management (3) BF
Group F: Electives Human Behavior/Policy/Decision Making
ANTH 1030 World Prehistory: An Introduction (3) BF
ANTH 4461 Behavioral Ecology and Anthropology (3)
ECON 5250 Env. and Nat. Resource Economics (3)
FCS 3600 Consumer and Community (3) BF
FCS/PSY 3620 Environment and Behavior (3)
FCS 5600/PSY 5600 Advanced Enviro. & Behavior (2-3)
FCS 5730 Community and Enviro. Change (3)
GEO 5340/URBPL 5370 Sys. Dynamics & Enviro Policy (3)
GEOG 1700 Mountain Environments & Cultures (3)
GEOG 3230 Pyrogeography (3) AS
POLS 5322 Envmtl Policy (3)
PRT 4430 Environmental Interpretation (3)
PSY 3130 Mind and Nature (4) QI, BF
PSY 3410 Introduction to Social Psychology (3)
PSY/FCS 3620 Environment and Behavior (3)
SOC 3650 Population and Society (3) QB, QI
URBPL 3100 Urban & Env Planning Issues (3) CW
URBPL 5330 Urban Growth Management (4)
URBPL 5350 Public Lands & Enviro. Policy (3)
URBPL/GEO 5370 System Dynamics and Env Policy (3)
URBPL 5962 Energy and the City (3)
5. Technical Requirements.
a. Critical Thinking Skills Requirement Fulfilled by One of the Following Courses:
COMM 1270 Analysis of Argument (3) HF, QB
PHIL 1250 Reasoning & Rational Decision Making (3) QB
PHIL 3200 Deductive Logic (4) QB
WRTG 3011 Writing in the Arts & Humanities (3) CW
WRTG 3012 Writing in the Social Sciences (3) CW
WRTG 3014 Writing in the Sciences (3) CW
b. Statistics Requirement Fulfilled by One of the Following Courses:
COMM 3710 Intro. to Quant. Comm Research (3) QI - Joint COMM & ENVST majors ONLY
ECON 3640 Prob. and Stat. Inference for Economists (3) QB
FCS 3210 Statistics in FCS (4) QI
PSY 3000 Statistical Methods in Psych. (4) QB, QI
SBS 3000 Intro. to Statistics in SBS (4) QB, QI
SOC 3112 Social Statistics (4) QB, QI
URBPL 5010 Urban Research (3) QI
c. Research Methodology Requirement Fulfilled by One of the Following Courses:
COMM 5710 Communication Research (4) QI - Joint COMM & ENVST majors ONLY
ECON 4650 Principles of Econometrics (3) QI
FCS 3200 Research Meth. in FCS (4)
H EDU 4300 Intro. to Research & Assessment (3) QI
POLS 3001 Political Analysis (3) QB, QI
PRT 3780 Evaluation/Research in PRT (3) QB, QI
PSY 3010 Research Methods in PSYCH (4) QI, CW - Joint PSY & ENVST majors ONLY
SOC 3111 Research Methods (3)
SOC 3673 Social Epidemiology (3) QB, QI
URBPL 3250 Planning Process & Methods (3) QI - Joint URBPL & ENVST majors ONLY
6. Internship Requirement
Must complete 3 credit hours of an advisor approved internship.
ENVST 4800 Internship (1-3) Prereq.: Advisor's consent. Student works for organization or agency applying concepts learned in classes. Online coursework required. Maximum of 3 credit hours can be applied to the ENVST major. Maximum of 6 credits can be taken.