Spring 2008 Course Offerings in Environmental Studies
Printable Version of Spring 2008 ENVST Offerings
University of Utah Spring 2008 Course Catalog
| Please note the the following courses are special offerings in the major: |
| Group B Biology/Natural Sciences Electives |
| MET E 1001 Energy Resources in a Sustainable World 3 credits |
| GEOG 1100 Measuring Change from Space 3 credits |
| Group D Humanities Electives |
| ENGL 5080 Studies in Environmental Literature 3 credits |
| HIST 4855 India: Environmental History 3 Credits |
| Group F Human Behavior/Policy/Decision Making Electives |
| GEOG 1700 Mountain Environments & Cultures 3 credits |
| GEOG 3700 Mountain Development & Recreation 3 credits |
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
2. Three of the following Biology/Natural Science courses, at least one of which is from Group A.
Group A: Core Biology/Natural Science
BIOL 3460 Global Environmental Issues (3) SL, SF, IR
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
BIOL 1330 Plants & Society (3) SF
BIOL 3410 Ecology and Evolution (3)
CHEM 1110 Elementary Chemistry (4) SF
CHEM 1120 Elementary Bioorganic Chemistry (4) SF
CVEEN 1010 Engin. Solutions for Global Sustain. (3) SF
GEO 1110/1115 Intro. to Earth Systems w/ lab (4)
GEO 3300 The Water Planet (3) SF
GEOG 3210 Global Climate Change (3) SF
GEOG 3270 Biogeography: Global Patterns Life (4) CW , SF
GEOG 3400 Population Geography (3)
GEOG 5810 Field Seminar (4)
H EDU 3050 Community Health Issues (3) BF
MET E 1001 Energy Resources (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
ARCH 1611 Freshman Sem: Bldg Comm. & the Culture of Arch. (3) FF or HF
HIST 4380 Environmental History of the U.S. (3)
Group D: Electives Humanities/Aesthetic Approaches
ENGL 5080 Studies in Environmental Literature (3)
HIST 4510 India : Environmental History (3)
WRTG 4080 Nonfiction Enviro. Writing (3) CW
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
ECON 3250 Intro. To Enviro. and Nat. Resource Econ. (3) BF
Group F: Electives Human Behavior/Policy/Decision Making
ANTH 1030 World Prehistory: An Introduction (3) BF
GEO 5341/URBPL 5371 Complexity and Sys. Thinking (3)
GEOG 3310 Introduction to Natural Hazards (3)
GEOG 3330 Urban Environmental Geography (3) SF
GEOG 3340 Geography of Disasters & Emerg. Mngmt. (3)
PRT 3500 Outdoor Recreation (3)
PRT 5175 Natural Science Instruction in the Outdoors (3)
PRT 5420 Park Policy (3)
PSY 3410 Introduction to Social Psychology (3)
URBPL 5360 Environmental Planning Law and Policy (3)
URBPL/GEO 5371 Complexity and Sys. Thinking (3)
URBPL 5390 Sustainability Planning (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
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
GEOG 3020 Geographical Analysis (3) QB , QI
POLS 5001 Quantitative Analysis in Pol S (3) 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
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)
POLS 3001 Political Analysis (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