Environmental and Sustainability Studies B.A.

University College

Contact: Richard Robert Jurin, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Location: Ross Hall 2520

Telephone: [phone]

Advising Information:  

Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.

Assigned advisor is available through the Ursa login; ursa.unco.edu; under Student tab Academic Profile channel and is term specific. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.

The program consists of three parts: 

1. Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
2. Required Major Credits
3. Required Minor Credits
4. University-Wide Credits

Program Description: 

The B.A. in Environmental and Sustainability Studies is a holistic, interdisciplinary program, spanning a broad range of disciplines, reflecting the wide array of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to analyzing complex problems in environmental studies and sustainability. Its focus on interconnected issues of sustainability can lead to, and complement, any number of career paths.

Admission Requirements: 

Academic Good Standing

Program Requirements: 

Students in this program must pursue either a second major or a minor area of study pertinent to their career interests. This major or minor should be selected in consultation with the academic advisor. All major courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C- in order to apply toward the major requirement.

Degree Requirements — 120 Credits

1. Required Specified LAC — 40 credits

2. Required Major - 48 credits

Take all of the following Required Core courses:

ENST 100	Introduction to Environmental Studies	3
ENST 405	Senior Seminar	3

Special Core Options Category — Choose six credits from this category:

ENST 422	Directed Studies	1 - 3
ENST 492	Internship in Environmental Studies	1 - 15
ENST 495	Special Topics in Environmental Studies/Sustainability	1-3

Choose 36 credits from the following courses:

Social Dimensions (choose at least four of the following courses):

ECON 356	Water Resource Economics	3
ENST 205	Environment, Politics and Law	3
ENST 215	Human Behavior and Environment	3
ENST 291	Ecological Commerce	3
ENST 331	Global Population and Human Needs	3
ENST 335	Environmental and Resource Economics	3
ENST 375	Literature and the Environment	3
ENST 385	Art and the Environment	3
GEOG 315	Nature and Society	3
MIND 295	Global Systems	3
WS 285	Global and Cross Cultural Perspectives of Women	3

ECON 356: has a prerequisite (ECON 205 and at least one upper division ECON course)

ENST 335: cross listed as ECON 335

Physical Resource Science (choose at least four of the following courses):

ENST 225	Energy and the Environment	3
ENST 235	Chemistry and the Environment	3
ENST 265	Conservation of Natural Resources	3
ENST 355	Introduction to Environmental Health	3
ENST 380	Sustainable Living	3
GEOG 440	Biogeography	3
GEOL 464	Glacial and Quaternary Geology	3
MET 205	General Meteorology	4

GEOL 464: has a prerequisite (GEOL 100 or GEOL 201)

Capstone Professional Experience

ENST 492

Internship in Environmental Studies

1 - 15

a recommended internship is included in the core major requirements.

3. Required Minor — 18 Credits

4. University-Wide Credits — 14 credits

Students must earn a C or better in a course to have it count toward the major. (A C- is not acceptable.)