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Environmental Studies (ENV)

Advisor: Rhawn Denniston

Major: A minimum of 11 courses, to include three core courses, required courses from one of the three concentrations listed below, and electives selected by the student and approved by the program advisor. Internships, individual projects, and/or extended research may fulfill elective credits. Electives cannot also fulfill requirements for other majors or minors. To assure depth in at least one discipline, it is recommended that the Environmental Studies major be pursued with a second major.

Core Courses(Required of all Environmental Studies majors)
BIO 142 Foundations: Organismal Biology
BIO 321 Ecology or an accredited off-campus ecology course
GEO 111 Physical Geology or GEO 114 Investigations in Geology



Concentrations:

Environmental Sciences
BIO 141 Foundations: Cellular Biology
CHE 121-122 Chemical Principles I & II or
CHE 161 Accelerated General Chemistry
GEO 331 Environmental Geology
ENG 350 American Nature Writers or PHI 224 Environmental Ethics
POL 262 American Politics
POL 368 Environmental Politics
Two (2) electives

Environmental Policy and Values
ENG 350 American Nature Writers
GEO 220 Resources and Land Use or GEO 331 Environmental Geology
PHI 224 Environmental Ethics
POL 262 American Politics
POL 368 Environmental Politics
Four (4) electives

Marine Sciences
BIO 141 Foundations: Cellular Biology
CHE 121-122 Chemical Principles I & II or
CHE 161 Accelerated General Chemistry
CHE 202 Analytical Chemistry or CHE 225 Organic Chemistry I
ENV 380 Internship, ENV 390 Individual Project, or an accredited summer
field course in marine science
GEO 217 Invertebrate Paleontology
Three (3) electives, at least two of which must be numbered 300 or above
Supporting coursework in mathematics and physics is strongly
recommended for students interested in pursuing graduate study
in marine science.

Electives must be at the 200 level or above, and must be chosen from the following courses (with recommendations for each concentration as indicated), or from the courses required for the three concentrations. GEO 512 (Geographic Information Systems) is recommended for all Environmental Studies majors but may not be counted as one of the required elective courses for the major.

Environmental Sciences
BIO 209 Plant Morphology
BIO 230 Conservation Biology
BIO 254 Ornithology
BIO 308 Invertebrate Zoology
BIO 312 Vertebrate Zoology
BIO 320 Iowa Plant Communities
BIO 332 Plant Systematics
BIO 334 Animal Behavior
BIO 337 Entomology
CHE 202 Analytical Chemistry
CHE 225 Organic Chemistry I
GEO 220 Resources and Land Use
GEO 222 Climate Change
GEO 255 Modern and Ancient Carbonate Systems of the Bahamas
GEO 324 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
GEO 320 Geomorphology
GEO 332 Hydrogeology
PHY 228 Energy Alternatives

Environmental Policy and Values
ANT 222 Applied Anthropology
ECB 213 Economic Development
ECB 223 International Economics
ECB 263 Multinational Corporation in Central America
EDU 380 Environmental Outdoor Education Internship
GEO 222 Climate Change
PHI 202 Ethics
POL 346 Political Economy of Developing Countries
POL 349 International Political Economy
POL 367 Urban Politics
SOC 313 Urban Community

Marine Sciences
BIO 230 Conservation Biology
BIO 308 Invertebrate Zoology
BIO 312 Vertebrate Zoology
BIO 485 Biological Problems, especially when taught in the Bahamas
CHE 326 Organic Chemistry II
CHE 327 Organic Chemistry Laboratory
CHE 333 Advanced Analytical Chemistry
GEO 220 Resources and Land Use
GEO 222 Climate Change
GEO 255 Modern and Ancient Carbonate Systems of the Bahamas
GEO 317 Paleoecology
GEO 324 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
GEO 485 Geological Literature
INT 201 Statistical Methods or MAT 141 Calculus I
POL 240/340 Security at Sea
POL 368 Environmental Politics

290/390. Individual Project: see Courses 290/390.

380. Internship in Environmental Studies
Working with a business, government agency, or other institution under the direction of the organization's leaders and a faculty supervisor. Prerequisites: junior standing; at least one of the three required 300-level courses; approval by the participating institution, the faculty supervisor, and one Environmental Studies advisor. See Index. Courses 280/380. (CR)

GEO 512. Geographic Information Systems (1/4)
See under Geology for description.

912. Tanzania Program: see Index. Tanzania (ACM).

942. Tropical Field Research in Costa Rica

988. There are currently 15 semester-long programs run by the School for International Training which have an emphasis on environmental and ecological issues. They are located in Australia (2), Belize, Botswana, Brazil, Ecuador, Greece, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Nepal, New Zealand, and Tanzania (3). Some require previous training in a foreign language or coursework in environmental studies. See School for International Training.


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