Environmental Studies Program Outcomes and Requirements
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Students graduating with a BA in Environmental Studies at UTC should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the human and social dimensions of contemporary environmental issues;
- Demonstrate basic ecological literacy from the standpoint of the natural sciences with regard to contemporary environmental problems;
- Articulate the value and import of the natural world from various cultural, ethical, and historical perspectives;
- Evaluate, integrate, and communicate information related to Environmental Studies using multiple disciplinary perspectives and methods to multiple audiences;
- Apply core concepts of Environmental Studies to address problems at various levels (local, regional, global).
- Environmental Studies Major Requirements
General Education (40-41 total hours)
Foreign Language (12-14 total hours)
35-36 hours approved Environmental Studies courses
- 13 hours of Core Courses
- 18 hours distributed among approved Environmental Studies electives in Natural Sciences, Social and Health Sciences, and Humanities, with at least one course from each category
- 3 hours in one Place-Based Community Engagement Course
- Core Courses
EVST 1250 First Year Experience in Environmental Studies (Fall)
EVST 2000 Nature and Society: Introduction to Environmental Studies (Fall)
ESC 1500 Introduction to Environmental Science (GE LL) (Spring preferred)
PHIL 2270 Environmental Ethics (GE HF) (Spring)
ENGL 2820 Scientific Writing
- Natural Sciences Electives
ESC/GEOG 2500 World Resources
ESC 4300 Case Studies in Environmental Problems
ESC 4800 Seminar on the Environment
ESC/EVST 3010 Justice, Policy, and the Environment
ESC 4100 Environmental Law and Agencies
EVST 2020 Science for the Anthropocene
GEOL 2100 Introductory Geographic Information Systems
GEOL 2200 Global Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future (GE LC or NL)
GEOL 2250 Oceanography (GE LC or NL)
GEOL 3070 Geology of Tennessee
GEOL 3230 Environmental Geology
GEOL 4080 Earth Surface Processes
GEOL 4960R Geology Field Experience
- Social and Health Sciences Electives
ANTH 2600 Food, Society, and Identity
ANTH 2800 Underwater Archaeology
ANTH 2900 Tennessee Archaeology
ANTH/SOC/GEOG 3410 Culture, Environment, Power
ANTH 4300R Archaeological Field
COMM 4100 Public Communication & Envir. Issues
ECON 4300 Environmental Economics
ECON 4550 Urban Economics
EVST 4997R Departmental Research
HHP 2020 Camping and Outdoor Education
HHP 3070 Outdoor Leadership Skills
HHP 3060 Outdoor Recreation
MGT 2500 Business andSociety
NUTR 3330 Food and Culture
NUTR 3360 Community Nutrition
PSPS 3610 Nonprofit Development
PSPS 3420 American Public Policy
PSPS 3430 Urban Public Policy
SOC 2200 Sociology of Globalization
- Humanities Electives
HIST 4370 Food and Southern History
ENGL 3380 English Romantic Period
ENGL/EVST 3600R Topics in Literature & the Environment
ENGL/EVST 3610R Topics in Creative Writing & the Envir.
ENGL 3800 Introduction to Public & Professional Writing
ENGL 3830 Writing Beyond the Academy
ENGL 3850 Writing for Social Change
ENGL 4800 Grant Writing
EVST 4995R Departmental Thesis
PHIL 4950 Topics in Philosophies of Art & Nature
PHIL/ESC 4840 Values & the Environment
WGSS 4650 Ecofeminism
- Place-Based Community Engagement Project Requirement
EVST 4999R Group Studies (capstone course with experiential component) OR EVST 4900R Environmental Studies Internship
- Environmental Studies Minor Requirements
Required courses (6 hours)
- EVST 2000 Nature and Society: Introduction to Environmental Studies
- EVST 2270 Environmental Ethics OR EVST 2020 Science for the Anthropocene
Electives (12 hours in at least two different disciplines selected from list of approved courses in above categories)
- Eight credit hours must be at the 3000 level or above.
View Requirements in Course Catalog