All students must complete the SEBS core requirements appropriate for students majoring in environmental policy, institutions, and behavior (Areas I through VII below), plus the major requirements (Area VIII A below, and one of the options described in Area VIII B below). Students must complete all environmental policy, institutions, and behavior (374) courses with a grade of C or better.
I. School Mission: Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis (3 credits)
One 3-credit Junior/Senior Colloquium (See the Degree Requirements chapter for a description of this requirement.)
II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences
A. Life Sciences (8 credits)
01:119:103 Principles of Biology (4) or 01:119:101 General Biology (4)
11:704:351 Principles of Ecology (4)
B. Physical Sciences (3-4 credits)
One of the following courses is recommended.
01:460:101 Introductory Geology I: Physical (3)
01:460:102 Introductory Geology II: Historical (3)
11:628:120 Introduction to Oceanography (3)
11:670:202 Elements of Climatology (3)
III. Humanities and the Arts (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6 credits)
11:374:101 Introduction to Human Ecology (3)
11:374:102 Global Environmental Change (3)
V. Human Behavior, Economic Systems, and Political Processes
A. Human Behavior (3 credits)
11:374:322 Environmental Behavior (3) or another course suggested in the Degree Requirements chapter.
B. Economic Systems (3-6 credits)
01:220:103 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3) or equivalent
11:373:121 Principles and Applications of Microeconomics (3) or equivalent
11:373:101 Economics, People, and Environment (3) may be substituted in the Health and Environmental Policy and Individualized options.
C. Political Processes (3 credits)
11:374:279 Politics of Environmental Issues (3)
VI. Oral and Written Communication (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter. Both courses should be completed before the fifth semester.
VII. Experience-Based Education (3 credits)
One of the following:
11:374:337 Systems Approaches and Interventions in Human Ecology (3)
11:374:491 Readings and Practicum in Human Ecology (3)
11:374:492 Environmental Studies Internship (3)
11:374:493 Environmental Communication Clinic (3)
11:554:424 Practicum in Environmental Protection (3)
An appropriate adviser-approved placement in cooperative education
An appropriate adviser-approved honors project
An appropriate adviser-approved independent study
VIII. Proficiency in Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior (45-67 credits)
A. REQUIRED COURSES (15)
Quantitative Skills (3)
01:960:211 Statistics I (3)
Computer and Information Technology Competence (3)
11:374:201 Research Methods in Human Ecology (3)
Professional Ethics (3)
01:730:250 Environmental Ethics or 01:730:105 Current Moral and Social Issues (3) or 01:730:249 Medical Ethics (3) or 01:730:346 Rights, Justice, and Equality (3)
Additional Requirements (6)
One of the following courses on population issues (3):
10:832:417 Introduction to Population Tools and Policy (3) or equivalent
11:374:269 Population, Resources, and Environment (3)
One of the following courses on human responses to the environment (3):
11:374:322 Environmental Behavior (3)
11:374:325 Environmental Communication (3)
11:374:331 Culture and Environment (3)
11:374:335 Social Responses to Environmental Problems (3)
B. OPTIONS (30-52)
1. Health and Environmental Policy (30)
11:374:341 Social and Ecological Aspects of Health and Disease (3)
11:709:255 Nutrition and Health (3)
A course introducing the biological or physiological dimensions of health (3):
01:119:150 Biology, Society, and Biomedical Issues (3) or 01:146:356 Systems Physiology (3) (recommended for premedical and predental students)
A course presenting the public health perspective (3):
10:832:101 Introduction to Policy, Planning, and Health (3) or equivalent
A course on epidemiology (3):
11:375:403 Principles of Epidemiology (3) or 10:832:335 Epidemiology (3) or adviser-approved equivalent
A course addressing the social dimensions of health issues (3):
01:070:307 Medical Anthropology (3) or 01:920:210 Sociology of Medicine and Health Care (3) or 01:830:377 Health Psychology (3)
One of the following seminars, selected in consultation with the
adviser (3):
11:374:420-429 Topics in Environmental and Resource Policy (3)
11:374:430-439 Topics in Health and Environment (3)
11:709:452 Nutrition and Behavior (3)
A planned sequence of three courses on a particular aspect of health, food, and the environment (9):
Suggested areas include public health, environmental/occupational health, the social sciences of health (anthropology, sociology, psychology), food and nutrition, and aging. Written approval of the adviser is required.
2. International Environmental and Resource Policy (36-52)
01:790:327 International Political Economy (3) or 01:790:319 Issues of American Foreign Policy (3)
11:373:363 Environmental Economics (3) or 11:373:361 Land Economics (3) or
11:373:362 Natural Resource Economics (3) or adviser-approved 300-level economics course
11:374:301 Environment and Development (3)
11:374:312 Environmental Problems in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective (3)
11:374:313 Environmental Policy and Institutions (3)
11:374:314 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management (3)
11:374:315 International Environmental Policy (3)
A course that focuses on a particular geographical area (3):
This course may be selected from anthropology, geography, history, or political science.
A foreign language (0-16):
Students in the option should demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language by completing either a year of intermediate-level courses or by performance of a foreign language proficiency or placement examination.
One of the following seminars, selected in consultation with the adviser (3):
11:374:420-429 Topics in Environmental and Resource Policy (3)
11:374:430-439 Topics in Health and Environment (3)
A planned sequence of three courses on a specific environmental problem (9):
Suggested areas include sustainable agriculture, air pollution, forest conservation and management, land use, marine pollution, fisheries management, and solid waste management. Written approval of the adviser is required.
3. United States Environmental and Resource Policy (36)
11:373:363 Environmental Economics (3) or 11:373:361 Land Economics (3) or 11:373:362 Natural Resource Economics (3) or an adviser-approved 300-level economics course
11:374:312 Environmental Problems in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspective (3)
11:374:313 Environmental Policy and Institutions (3)
11:374:314 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management (3)
11:375:333 Environmental Law I (3)
01:790:201 American Government (3) or adviser-approved equivalent
Two of the following (6):
01:512:323 History of the North American Environment (3)
01:790:305 Public Policy Formation (3)
01:790:341 Public Administration: American Bureaucracy (3)
01:790:342 Public Administration: Policymaking (3)
01:920:434 Social Science and Public Policy (3)
10:975:231 Social Public Policy (3)
10:975:305 U.S. Urban Policy (3)
10:975:330 Urban Fiscal Policy (3)
11:375:334 Environmental Law II (3)
Or adviser-approved equivalents (6)
One of the following seminars, selected in consultation with the adviser (3):
11:374:420-429 Topics in Environmental and Resource Policy (3)
11:374:430-439 Topics in Health and Environment (3)
A planned sequence of three courses on a specific environmental problem (9):
Suggested areas include sustainable agriculture, air pollution, forest conservation and management, land use, marine pollution, fisheries management, and solid waste management. Written approval of the adviser is required.
4. Environmental and Health Communication (42-50 credits)
Introductory option course (required of all) (3)
11:374:225 Environment and Health in Society and the Mass Media (3)
At least three courses on communication practices (9)
(NOTE: This is in addition to the two courses required for all School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students. At least two of these courses must be at the 300 or higher level.)
01:355:202 Technical Writing Essentials (3)
01:355:302 Scientific and Technical Writing (3)
01:355:303 Writing for Business and the Professions (3)
01:355:312 Writing for Biology (3)
01:355:315 Writing Grant Proposals (3)
01:355:342 Science Writing (3)
01:355:352 Writing as a Naturalist (3)
01:355:365 Technical Editing
01:355:375 Collaborative Writing Practices
01:355:415 Information Design (3)
01:355:425 Web Authoring (3)
01:920:205 Mass Communication in Modern Society (3)
01:920:280 Collective Behavior and Social Movements (3)
04:189:101 Introduction to Communication and Information Processes (3)
04:189:102 Introduction to Media Systems and Processes (3)
04:192:380 Public Speaking (3) (Summer Session open to non-SCILS
majors)
04:567:324 News Reporting and Writing (3)
Or adviser-approved equivalent
At least one course beyond any other requirements from the following list on the biological, physiological, or social dimensions of the environment or health (3):
Students are advised to carefully review the prerequisites for these courses before registering.
01:119:131 Microbiology for the Health Sciences (3) and
01:119:132 Microbiology for the Health Sciences Laboratory (1)
01:119:150 Biology, Society, and Biomedical Issues (3)
01:377:213 Functional Human Anatomy
01:377:218 Exercise and Health
01:377:370 Exercise Physiology
01:750:193,194 Physics for the Sciences
01:920:359 Environmental Sociology (3)
10:832:483 Protecting Public Health (3)
11:115:301 Introductory Biochemistry (3) and 11:115: 313 Introductory
Biochemistry Laboratory (1)
11:115:403 General Biochemistry (4)
11:374:301 Environment and Development (3)
11:374:308 Human Ecology of Maritime Regions (3)
11:374:312 Environmental Problems in Historical and Cross-Cultural
Perspective (3)
11:374:313 Environmental Policy and Institutions (3)
11:374:314 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management (3)
11:374:315 International Environmental Policy (3)
11:374:322 Environmental Behavior (3)
11:374:331 Culture and Environment (3)
11:374:335 Social Responses to Environmental Problems (3)
11:374:341 Social and Ecological Aspects of Health and Disease (3)
11:374:434 Local Government and the Environment (3)
11:375:101 Introduction to Environmental Science (3)
11:375:301 Environment and Health (3)
11:628:120 Introduction to Oceanography (3)
11:709:201 Introduction to Foods and Nutrition (3)
11:920:210 Sociology of Medicine and Health Care (3)
A course on epidemiology or advanced statistics and research design, or Geographic Information Systems from the following list (3)
01:450:321 Geographic Information Systems (3) OR
01:960:212 Statistics II (3) OR
10:832:335 Epidemiology (3) OR
11:372:232 Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:375:403 Environment and Public Health: Epidemiological Aspects (3) OR
Or adviser-approved equivalent
At least four of the following courses from the list of Advanced Core courses (12)
11:374:325 Environmental Communication (3)
11:374:430 Risk, Health, and Safety (3)
11:374:433 Public Participation and Environmental Policy (3)
11:374:435 Communication in the Life Sciences (3)
11:374:437 Culture and Health (3)
At least one of the following courses as a capstone experience (3):
11:374:436 Health Literacy: Empowerment for Better Health (3)
11:374:493 Environmental Communication Clinic (3)
An appropriate adviser-approved placement in cooperative education
An appropriate adviser-approved independent research project
A planned sequence of three courses on a specific environmental, health, or communication topic OR an adviser-approved minor (at least 9). Written approval of the adviser is required for either the three-course sequence or the minor. Courses used for this area cannot double count with other requirements. Suggested areas to meet this requirement include: public health, environmental/occupational health, the social sciences of health (anthropology, sociology, psychology), food and nutrition, aging, communication theory and practice, sociology of the media, epidemiology, ecology, marine science, natural resources.
5. Individual Option (36)
A planned sequence of courses, selected in consultation with a faculty adviser.
The student is required to develop a formal proposal for the individual option that includes the learning goals and lists the specific courses to be taken. This proposal must be approved in writing by the adviser by the beginning of the junior year. The sequence may represent a selection from the courses required for the other three options, or courses from one of the options combined with a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences minor (e.g., Science and Agriculture Teacher Education program), or some other well-defined program of study.
IX. Unspecified Electives (13-39 credits)
In addition to courses meeting the above requirements, students can take any other courses offered by the university, for which they meet the course eligibility requirements, to bring their total number of credits to the minimum of 128 required for graduation.
