Environmental and Sustainability Studies B.A.
University College
Contact: Richard Robert Jurin, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Location: Ross Hall 2520
Telephone: 970.351.2220
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:
- Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
- Required Major Credits
- 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:
A student may consider pursuing a minor in another area pertinent to their career perspectives or may consider a second major, in conjunction with advisor input, to increase expertise in a selection of career choices.
Degree Requirements — 120 Credits
1. Required Specified LAC — 40 credits
2. Required Major - 48 credits
Take all of the following Required Core courses:
Special Core Options Category — Choose six credits from this category:
| ENST 422 | Directed Studies | 1-3 |
| ENST 492 | Internship in Environmental Studies | 1-4 |
| ENST 493 | Engagement and Service Learning Practicum | 1-4 |
| ENST 494 | Practicum in ENST College Instruction | 1-2 |
| ENST 495 | Special Topics in Environmental Studies/Sustainability | 1-3 |
| GEOG 391 | Western Colorado Rivers | 3 |
Choose 36 credits from the following courses:
Social Dimensions (choose at least four of the following courses):
| BAMG 355 | Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| ENST 205 | Environment, Politics and Law | 3 |
| ENST 209 | International Sustainable Development | 3 |
| ENST 215 | Human Behavior and Environment | 3 |
| ENST 249 | Controversies in Agriculture, Food, and Farming | 3 |
| ENST 283 | The Psychology of Sustainability | 3 |
| ENST 291 | Sustainability and Capitalism | 3 |
| ENST 315 | Nature and Society | 3 |
| ENST 320 | American Environmental Worldviews | 3 |
| ENST 331 | Global Population and Human Needs | 3 |
| ENST 335 | Environmental and Resource Economics | 3 |
| ENST 356 | Water Resource Economics | 3 |
| ENST 375 | Literature and the Environment | 3 |
| ENST 385 | Art and the Environment | 3 |
| ENST 389 | Human Perception of the Built Environment | 3 |
| GNDR 285 | Gender in Global and Cross Cultural Perspectives | 3 |
| PHIL 311 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
Physical Resource Science (choose at least four of the following courses):
4. University-Wide Credits — 32 credits
Complete additional credits to achieve the minimum credits needed for this degree at UNC; for this degree, that will typically be 32 credits.
A student may consider pursuing a minor in another area pertinent to their career perspectives or may consider a second major, in conjunction with advisor input, to increase expertise in a selection of career choices.