Environmental Studies Minor

Short Title : ENG 340

Course Code : ENG 340

Course Description : This advanced literature survey course will study contemporary nonfiction and literary journalism that focuses on issues in nature, natural history, the environment and their related topics. Students in Contemporary Environmental Writing will examine literature that reveals and interprets the environment and its social, philosophical, economic, and cultural contexts and implications. Readings may include works by noted contemporary writers such as E.O. Wilson, Barry Lopez, Edward Abbey, Terry Tempest Williams, Bill McKibben, Wendell Berry, Rick Bass, Annie Dillard, Peter Matthiessen, Stephen Jay Gould, and David Quammen. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisites: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I and ENG 102 Effective College Writing II Completes General Education Requirements:WC-l, RE-l, SC-l LAS.

Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00 And ENG 102 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 102 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00

• Credit : 3

Short Title : EST 310

Course Code : EST 310

Course Description : This course looks at the historical, cultural and ecological basis for our changing concepts of the environment. The course provides an overview of US environmental history in an effort to understand the interactions, interdependencies and changes implicit in the relationship between human culture and the environment. American history is characterized by the paradox of the bounty of the continent's vast natural resources and subsequent establishment of natural institutions, such as our National Park System, and the sweeping and often catastrophic ecological changes wrought on the landscape by the process of Manifest Destiny and industrialization. Environmental history combines political, social, ecological, artistic and literary forms to clarify how our culture's concept of the environment has changed over time. Prerequisite: Social Cultural Foundation level course Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, LAS.

• Credit : 3

Short Title : EST 320

Course Code : EST 320

Course Description : While virtually all the peoples of the earth face important environmental issues, the form and content of these human-nature interactions often differs widely from place to place. Variations in political forms, economic status, cultural contexts, and the natural environment are all significant factors in shaping environmental politics and policy around the world. This course investigates these differences using the framework of political ecology and important recent books on environmental politics at various sites around the globe. Various regions and countries are examined through a critical and intensive reading of texts which focuses on these locations. The exact regions and countries vary from year to year. The other major focus of this course is learning the skills of critical reading and analysis of book-length sources, and communicating these analyses in both oral and written forms. Prerequisites: NRS 110 Introduction to Environment & Society or POL 202 Politics of the Environment. Completes General Education Requirements:WC-I, SC-I, RE-I, LAS.

Prerequisites : Prereq: NRS 110 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or POL 202 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00

• Credit : 3

Short Title : HUM 300

Course Code : HUM 300

Course Description : This course explores the wide range of ideas about nature that philosophers and other thinkers have developed from ancient times to the present, and examines how such ideas inform (though often invisibly) contemporary debates concerning our relationship to the land, resource use, and other issues. General topic areas include Nature as Empirical Reality, Nature as Synonymous with Reason, Nature as Antithetical to Man, Nature as Moral Lawgiver, Nature as Aesthetic Norm, and Ecological Ideas. Discussion will draw on thinkers ranging from Aristotle, Tertullian, and Descartes to Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, and Frederick Turner. This philosophical component is complemented by readings and discussions of materials from the current press and recent publications. (3 hours lecture). Completes General Education Requirements:RE-I, LAS

• Credit : 3

Short Title : HUM 400

Course Code : HUM 400

Course Description : Students will explore the influence of various theories of nature on visual artists throughout history. In turn, the influence of art on human perception of nature, especially as reflected in the conservationist movement, will be studied. Representative works in painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, film, and video from earliest times to the contemporary period will be discussed. Human expression in landscape design and other manipulations of nature will also form part of the course. Many cultures, particularly Japanese and Native American, will be examined for their contributions to human appreciation of the natural world. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: Junior standing. Completes General Education Requirements:RE-I, LAS

• Credit : 3

Short Title : INT 362

Course Code : INT 362

Course Description : : Interdisciplinary Field Studies entails an approximately two-week field study experience in a variety of front-country and/or backcountry locations that provides students with a diverse range of experiences potentially including ecotourism, nature study, cultural study, exploration of scientific, environmental and social issues, analysis of business, tourism, natural resource management and recreation systems, and adventure travel. The aim of this course is to provide an immersive, active, academic experience which allows students from a variety of academic programs to enrich and expand their learning in critically important field locations through travel-based learning that generally falls outside of the traditional semester. Various sections of this flexible course may be tailored to meet the needs of particular academic programs, and/or address the needs of multiple related academic programs in one section. This course entails an additional fee above tuition. Prerequisite: QP-F, RE-F, SC-F, WC-F. Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, RE-I, LAS.

• Credit : 3

Short Title : NRS 410

Course Code : NRS 410

Course Description : This course will cover important economic principles relevant to natural resource management with an emphasis on forest-based resources. Topics will include supply and demand, pricing, investment evaluation, net revenue maximization, non-timber forest products and the emerging field of ecosystem service valuation. These topics will be explored through a variety of case studies, both domestic and international in scope. Emphasis will be placed on learning to construct strong, defensible, land-use arguments through the use of quantitative analysis. Prerequisites: ECN 200 Principles of Economics. Completes General Education Requirements:QP-I, AR-I, SC-I, RE-I, LAS.

Prerequisites : Prereq: ECN 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 102 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 101 Hybrid Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 102 Hybrid Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 199 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 200 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 200 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00

• Credit : 3

Short Title : SOC 302

Course Code : SOC 302

Course Description : The relationship Americans have with food has changed greatly in the last two decades. A number of factors have taken us from crowd sourced, mass produced, perpetually consistent, always available, widely distributed products to a rebirth of the interest in regional, unusual, small batch, artisanal and personally created items. The course explores this cultural phenomenon with specific attention paid to its effects on how Americans choose travel and leisure spending options in relation to it. Prerequisite: Social Cultural Foundation course Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, LAS.

• Credit : 3

Short Title : ENG 340

Course Code : ENG 340

Course Description : This advanced literature survey course will study contemporary nonfiction and literary journalism that focuses on issues in nature, natural history, the environment and their related topics. Students in Contemporary Environmental Writing will examine literature that reveals and interprets the environment and its social, philosophical, economic, and cultural contexts and implications. Readings may include works by noted contemporary writers such as E.O. Wilson, Barry Lopez, Edward Abbey, Terry Tempest Williams, Bill McKibben, Wendell Berry, Rick Bass, Annie Dillard, Peter Matthiessen, Stephen Jay Gould, and David Quammen. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisites: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I and ENG 102 Effective College Writing II Completes General Education Requirements:WC-l, RE-l, SC-l LAS.

Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00 And ENG 102 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 102 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00

• Credit : 3

Short Title : EST 310

Course Code : EST 310

Course Description : This course looks at the historical, cultural and ecological basis for our changing concepts of the environment. The course provides an overview of US environmental history in an effort to understand the interactions, interdependencies and changes implicit in the relationship between human culture and the environment. American history is characterized by the paradox of the bounty of the continent's vast natural resources and subsequent establishment of natural institutions, such as our National Park System, and the sweeping and often catastrophic ecological changes wrought on the landscape by the process of Manifest Destiny and industrialization. Environmental history combines political, social, ecological, artistic and literary forms to clarify how our culture's concept of the environment has changed over time. Prerequisite: Social Cultural Foundation level course Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, LAS.

• Credit : 3

Short Title : EST 320

Course Code : EST 320

Course Description : While virtually all the peoples of the earth face important environmental issues, the form and content of these human-nature interactions often differs widely from place to place. Variations in political forms, economic status, cultural contexts, and the natural environment are all significant factors in shaping environmental politics and policy around the world. This course investigates these differences using the framework of political ecology and important recent books on environmental politics at various sites around the globe. Various regions and countries are examined through a critical and intensive reading of texts which focuses on these locations. The exact regions and countries vary from year to year. The other major focus of this course is learning the skills of critical reading and analysis of book-length sources, and communicating these analyses in both oral and written forms. Prerequisites: NRS 110 Introduction to Environment & Society or POL 202 Politics of the Environment. Completes General Education Requirements:WC-I, SC-I, RE-I, LAS.

Prerequisites : Prereq: NRS 110 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or POL 202 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00

• Credit : 3

Short Title : HUM 300

Course Code : HUM 300

Course Description : This course explores the wide range of ideas about nature that philosophers and other thinkers have developed from ancient times to the present, and examines how such ideas inform (though often invisibly) contemporary debates concerning our relationship to the land, resource use, and other issues. General topic areas include Nature as Empirical Reality, Nature as Synonymous with Reason, Nature as Antithetical to Man, Nature as Moral Lawgiver, Nature as Aesthetic Norm, and Ecological Ideas. Discussion will draw on thinkers ranging from Aristotle, Tertullian, and Descartes to Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, and Frederick Turner. This philosophical component is complemented by readings and discussions of materials from the current press and recent publications. (3 hours lecture). Completes General Education Requirements:RE-I, LAS

• Credit : 3

Short Title : HUM 400

Course Code : HUM 400

Course Description : Students will explore the influence of various theories of nature on visual artists throughout history. In turn, the influence of art on human perception of nature, especially as reflected in the conservationist movement, will be studied. Representative works in painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, film, and video from earliest times to the contemporary period will be discussed. Human expression in landscape design and other manipulations of nature will also form part of the course. Many cultures, particularly Japanese and Native American, will be examined for their contributions to human appreciation of the natural world. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: Junior standing. Completes General Education Requirements:RE-I, LAS

• Credit : 3

Short Title : INT 362

Course Code : INT 362

Course Description : : Interdisciplinary Field Studies entails an approximately two-week field study experience in a variety of front-country and/or backcountry locations that provides students with a diverse range of experiences potentially including ecotourism, nature study, cultural study, exploration of scientific, environmental and social issues, analysis of business, tourism, natural resource management and recreation systems, and adventure travel. The aim of this course is to provide an immersive, active, academic experience which allows students from a variety of academic programs to enrich and expand their learning in critically important field locations through travel-based learning that generally falls outside of the traditional semester. Various sections of this flexible course may be tailored to meet the needs of particular academic programs, and/or address the needs of multiple related academic programs in one section. This course entails an additional fee above tuition. Prerequisite: QP-F, RE-F, SC-F, WC-F. Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, RE-I, LAS.

• Credit : 3

Short Title : NRS 410

Course Code : NRS 410

Course Description : This course will cover important economic principles relevant to natural resource management with an emphasis on forest-based resources. Topics will include supply and demand, pricing, investment evaluation, net revenue maximization, non-timber forest products and the emerging field of ecosystem service valuation. These topics will be explored through a variety of case studies, both domestic and international in scope. Emphasis will be placed on learning to construct strong, defensible, land-use arguments through the use of quantitative analysis. Prerequisites: ECN 200 Principles of Economics. Completes General Education Requirements:QP-I, AR-I, SC-I, RE-I, LAS.

Prerequisites : Prereq: ECN 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 102 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 101 Hybrid Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 102 Hybrid Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 199 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 200 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 200 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00

• Credit : 3

Short Title : SOC 302

Course Code : SOC 302

Course Description : The relationship Americans have with food has changed greatly in the last two decades. A number of factors have taken us from crowd sourced, mass produced, perpetually consistent, always available, widely distributed products to a rebirth of the interest in regional, unusual, small batch, artisanal and personally created items. The course explores this cultural phenomenon with specific attention paid to its effects on how Americans choose travel and leisure spending options in relation to it. Prerequisite: Social Cultural Foundation course Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, LAS.

• Credit : 3

Short Title : ENG 340

Course Code : ENG 340

Course Description : This advanced literature survey course will study contemporary nonfiction and literary journalism that focuses on issues in nature, natural history, the environment and their related topics. Students in Contemporary Environmental Writing will examine literature that reveals and interprets the environment and its social, philosophical, economic, and cultural contexts and implications. Readings may include works by noted contemporary writers such as E.O. Wilson, Barry Lopez, Edward Abbey, Terry Tempest Williams, Bill McKibben, Wendell Berry, Rick Bass, Annie Dillard, Peter Matthiessen, Stephen Jay Gould, and David Quammen. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisites: ENG 101 Effective College Writing I and ENG 102 Effective College Writing II Completes General Education Requirements:WC-l, RE-l, SC-l LAS.

Prerequisites : Prereq: ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Advanced Studies Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 101 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00 And ENG 102 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ENG 102 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00

• Credit : 3

Short Title : EST 310

Course Code : EST 310

Course Description : This course looks at the historical, cultural and ecological basis for our changing concepts of the environment. The course provides an overview of US environmental history in an effort to understand the interactions, interdependencies and changes implicit in the relationship between human culture and the environment. American history is characterized by the paradox of the bounty of the continent's vast natural resources and subsequent establishment of natural institutions, such as our National Park System, and the sweeping and often catastrophic ecological changes wrought on the landscape by the process of Manifest Destiny and industrialization. Environmental history combines political, social, ecological, artistic and literary forms to clarify how our culture's concept of the environment has changed over time. Prerequisite: Social Cultural Foundation level course Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, LAS.

• Credit : 3

Short Title : EST 320

Course Code : EST 320

Course Description : While virtually all the peoples of the earth face important environmental issues, the form and content of these human-nature interactions often differs widely from place to place. Variations in political forms, economic status, cultural contexts, and the natural environment are all significant factors in shaping environmental politics and policy around the world. This course investigates these differences using the framework of political ecology and important recent books on environmental politics at various sites around the globe. Various regions and countries are examined through a critical and intensive reading of texts which focuses on these locations. The exact regions and countries vary from year to year. The other major focus of this course is learning the skills of critical reading and analysis of book-length sources, and communicating these analyses in both oral and written forms. Prerequisites: NRS 110 Introduction to Environment & Society or POL 202 Politics of the Environment. Completes General Education Requirements:WC-I, SC-I, RE-I, LAS.

Prerequisites : Prereq: NRS 110 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or POL 202 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00

• Credit : 3

Short Title : HUM 300

Course Code : HUM 300

Course Description : This course explores the wide range of ideas about nature that philosophers and other thinkers have developed from ancient times to the present, and examines how such ideas inform (though often invisibly) contemporary debates concerning our relationship to the land, resource use, and other issues. General topic areas include Nature as Empirical Reality, Nature as Synonymous with Reason, Nature as Antithetical to Man, Nature as Moral Lawgiver, Nature as Aesthetic Norm, and Ecological Ideas. Discussion will draw on thinkers ranging from Aristotle, Tertullian, and Descartes to Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, and Frederick Turner. This philosophical component is complemented by readings and discussions of materials from the current press and recent publications. (3 hours lecture). Completes General Education Requirements:RE-I, LAS

• Credit : 3

Short Title : HUM 400

Course Code : HUM 400

Course Description : Students will explore the influence of various theories of nature on visual artists throughout history. In turn, the influence of art on human perception of nature, especially as reflected in the conservationist movement, will be studied. Representative works in painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, film, and video from earliest times to the contemporary period will be discussed. Human expression in landscape design and other manipulations of nature will also form part of the course. Many cultures, particularly Japanese and Native American, will be examined for their contributions to human appreciation of the natural world. (3 hours lecture). Prerequisite: Junior standing. Completes General Education Requirements:RE-I, LAS

• Credit : 3

Short Title : INT 362

Course Code : INT 362

Course Description : : Interdisciplinary Field Studies entails an approximately two-week field study experience in a variety of front-country and/or backcountry locations that provides students with a diverse range of experiences potentially including ecotourism, nature study, cultural study, exploration of scientific, environmental and social issues, analysis of business, tourism, natural resource management and recreation systems, and adventure travel. The aim of this course is to provide an immersive, active, academic experience which allows students from a variety of academic programs to enrich and expand their learning in critically important field locations through travel-based learning that generally falls outside of the traditional semester. Various sections of this flexible course may be tailored to meet the needs of particular academic programs, and/or address the needs of multiple related academic programs in one section. This course entails an additional fee above tuition. Prerequisite: QP-F, RE-F, SC-F, WC-F. Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, RE-I, LAS.

• Credit : 3

Short Title : NRS 410

Course Code : NRS 410

Course Description : This course will cover important economic principles relevant to natural resource management with an emphasis on forest-based resources. Topics will include supply and demand, pricing, investment evaluation, net revenue maximization, non-timber forest products and the emerging field of ecosystem service valuation. These topics will be explored through a variety of case studies, both domestic and international in scope. Emphasis will be placed on learning to construct strong, defensible, land-use arguments through the use of quantitative analysis. Prerequisites: ECN 200 Principles of Economics. Completes General Education Requirements:QP-I, AR-I, SC-I, RE-I, LAS.

Prerequisites : Prereq: ECN 101 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 102 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 101 Hybrid Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 102 Hybrid Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 199 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 200 Lecture Min Grade: D Min Credits: 3.00 Or ECN 200 Lecture Min Grade: TR Min Credits: 3.00

• Credit : 3

Short Title : SOC 302

Course Code : SOC 302

Course Description : The relationship Americans have with food has changed greatly in the last two decades. A number of factors have taken us from crowd sourced, mass produced, perpetually consistent, always available, widely distributed products to a rebirth of the interest in regional, unusual, small batch, artisanal and personally created items. The course explores this cultural phenomenon with specific attention paid to its effects on how Americans choose travel and leisure spending options in relation to it. Prerequisite: Social Cultural Foundation course Completes General Education Requirements:SC-I, LAS.

• Credit : 3