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The recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and may extend degree completion.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING – ENSC 103 - INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (Recommended) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Major: GEOG 101 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY, or - VALUES AND ETHICS (Must be outside of SSHS) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: ENST 215 - ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY* (fulfills Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY* (HRS 4)
- Major: Choose one:
Major: ENST 223 - ENERGY AND SOCIETY (Offered only in fall semester) (HRS 4) (OR) Major/Gen Ed: ENST 240 - CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIETY* (HRS 4) (OR) Major/Gen Ed: GEOG 210 - WATER RESOURCES* (HRS 4)
(Note: Either ENST 240 or GEOG 210 fulfill the Gen Ed Systems Sustainability and Society Distribution Category) - School Core: Sustainability, Society and Civic Mindedness: Intro Course Outside of Major – EDUC 221 - SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION (HRS 4) OR LAWS 131 - LAW & SOCIETY (HRS 4) OR PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4) OR SOCI 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Choose one:
Major/Gen Ed: ENST 240 - CLIMATE CHANGE AND SOCIETY* (HRS 4) (OR) Major/Gen Ed: GEOG 210 - WATER RESOURCES* (HRS 4)
(Note: Either ENST 240 or GEOG 210 fulfill the Gen Ed Systems Sustainability and Society Distribution Category) - Major: ENST 317 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND REGULATION (HRS 4)
- School Core: SOSC 235 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT (HRS 4)
- Elective/Minor
- Career Pathways: PATH SS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: 300/400 level major elective (HRS 4)
- Major: 300/400 level major elective (HRS 4)
- Major: ENST 331 - ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIP (Note: an approved COOP, independent study or study abroad may be substituted) (HRS 4)
- Major: ENST 234 - NATURAL HISTORY AND APPLIED FIELD ECOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: 300/400 level major elective (HRS 4)
- Major: 300/400 level major elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: ENST 410 - ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Major: 300/400 level major elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: ENST 414 - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (HRS 4)
- Major: ENST 418 - FIELD RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective/Minor (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits GPA: 2.0
*These courses are major requirements that will double count for the GenEd, BUT only two courses in the major are allowed to double count. If you have already double counted two courses in the major for the GenEd category, you will NEED to select another course for the GenEd.
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