Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

ENST 205 Environment, Politics and Law

Analysis of the causes and proposed solutions of environmental problems and of environmental issues and their political resolution.
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ENST 209 International Sustainable Development

Overview of the Sustainable Development focusing on its origins and meanings in both theory and practice. A geographic focus on countries in the Global South, exploring how sustainable development policies and programs have impacted levels of poverty and inequality, use of natural resources, as well as rural and urban livelihoods.
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Prerequisites

ENST 100 with a minimum grade of D-

ENST 215 Human Behavior and Environment

Examine interrelationships between human behavior and the environment. Review personal, social and structural dimensions of everyday life relating to the environment. Understand environmental problems and consider alternative behavior models.
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Mutually Exclusive Course

Credit allowed for only one of these courses: ENST 215 and SOC 215

ENST 249 Food, People, and Place

This course takes an interdisciplinary approach toward understanding modern and traditional agriculture, and the ways in which these agricultural forms both clash and coalesce.

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Offered

Generally offered Fall Even Years

Mutually Exclusive Course

Credit allowed for only one of these courses: ENST 249 and GEOG 249

ENST 261 Water Quality Management

Learn about the water cycle and how water moves through an environment. Students will build an understanding of how to identify pollutants within water and be able to assess different ways in which contaminants can be eliminated.
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Prerequisites

Concurrent Prerequisite ENST 100 with a minimum grade of D-

ENST 265 Conservation of Natural Resources

Learn the characteristics of the major natural resources and the scientific basis behind current resource use practices. The environmental consequences of their use and abuse will be emphasized.
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ENST 270 Professional Development

Explore career options for geography and environmental studies majors and practice professional development skills.
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Mutually Exclusive Course

Credit allowed for only one of these courses: ENST 270 and GEOG 270

ENST 272 Environmental Conflict Resolution

Explore the nature of environmental conflict and work toward understanding the range of processes and skills used to resolve them.
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Prerequisites

Concurrent Prerequisite ENST 100 with a minimum grade of D-

ENST 283 The Psychology of Sustainability

An introduction to the study of the psychological relationships that exists between humans and the environment. Students will learn what attitudes, values and ethics humans have in terms of the natural world.
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