This page is to be used as a planning tool. Your degree audit is the official record of degree requirements. Updated August 2022.
Environmental Policy & Planning B.A. and B.S. Requirements
introductory courses, 17-18 s.h. |
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Complete all the following:
- ECON:1100 Principles of Microeconomics (4)
- ENVS:2010 Interdisciplinary Environmental Seminar (1)
- GEOG:1070 Contemporary Environmental Issues (3)
- GEOG/BUS/URP:2013 Introduction to Sustainability (3)
Choose one of the following:
- GEOG:/ANTH/GWSS:1046 People & the Environment: Technology, Culture, and Social Justice (3)
- ANTH:2261 Human Impacts on the Environment (3)
Choose one of the following:
- EES/ENVS:1080 Introduction to Environmental Science (3-4)
- EES/ENVS:1085 Fundamentals of Environmental Science (4)
- GEOG:1020 The Global Environment (3)
Intermediate courses, 12 s.h. |
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Choose two of the following:
- GEOG:3400 Iowa Environmental Policy in Practice (3)
- GEOG/GHS:3780 U.S. Energy Policy in Global Context (3)
- HIST:3230 American Environmental History (3)
- POLI:1400 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3)
- POLI:3111 American Public Policy (3)
Choose one of the following:
- ANTH:3103 Environment and Culture (3)
- GEOG:3300 Sustainable Development & Its Alternatives (3)
- NAIS:1290 Native American Foods and Foodways (3)
Choose one of the following:
- CNW:2740 The Art and Craft of Writing about the Environment (3)
- JMC:1800 Environmental Communication (3)
- RHET:3560 Public Policy and Persuasion (3)
- RHET:3700 Advocacy and Sustainability: Crafting Stories of People, Place, and Resilience (3)
Methods courses, choose B.a. or b.s. |
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FOR THE B.A. (7-8 S.H.)
Complete the following:
- GEOG:1050 Foundations of GIS (4)
Choose one of the following:
- GEOG:1065 Introduction to Spatial Analysis: Patterns and Processes (3)
- STAT/PSQF:1020 Elementary Statistics & Inference (3)
- STAT:1030 Statistics for Business (4)
- STAT:2010 Statistical Methods and Computing (3)
- STAT:2020 Probability and Statistics for Engineering and Physical Sciences (3)
- STAT/IGPI:3510 Biostatistics (3)
- PSQF/STAT:4143 Intro to Statistical Methods (3)
FOR THE B.S. (13-14 S.H.)
Complete all the following:
- GEOG:1050 Foundations of GIS (4)
- GEOG:3520 GIS for Environmental Studies (3)
- STAT:2010 Statistical Methods and Computing (3)
Choose one of the following:
- STAT/IGPI:3120 Probability and Statistics (4)
- POLI:3000 Analyzing Political Data (3)
- ANTH:5110 Anthropological Data Analysis (3)
- STAT/PSQF:4143 Introduction to Statistical Methods (3)
Capstone course / research Project, choose non-honors or honors |
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NON-HONORS (1 S.H.)
Choose one of the following
- ENVS:3010/EES:3010/GEOG:3003 Interdisciplinary Environmental Seminar (1)
- GEOG:3992 Undergraduate Research (consult advisor) (1)
HONORS (3-6 S.H.)
Choose one of these:
- GEOG:4995 Honors Thesis (3)
- POLI:4601 Honors Senior Thesis (3)
- ANTH:4995 Honors Research Seminar (3)
Or, both of these
- HIST:3995 History Honors Research Seminar (3)
- HIST:3996 Honors Thesis (3)
Tracks
Choose one of two tracks (see below for course lists)
planning track, 12 s.h. |
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Choose one of the following:
- ECON:3625 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3)
- GEOG:3800 Environmental Economics and Policy (3)
Choose three of the following:
- ECON:3640/URP:3134 Regional & Urban Economics (3)
- GEOG:2410 Environment and Development (3)
- GEOG:2930 Water Resources (3)
- GEOG:3315 Ecosystem Ecology (3)
- CPH:3400/GEOG:3210 Health, Work, and the Environment (3)
- GEOG:3340 Ecosystem Services: Human Dependence on Natural Systems (3)
- GEOG:3350 Urban Ecology (3)
- GEOG:3400 Iowa Environmental Policy in Practice (3)
- GEOG/GHS:3760 Hazards and Society (3)
- GEOG/GHS:4770 Environmental Justice (3)
- NAIS/AMST/GHS/HIST:1290 Native American Foods and Foodways (3)
- URP:3001/GEOG:3920 Planning Livable Cities (3)
- URP:3350/ECON:3750/GEOG:3940 Transportation Economics (3)
Policy Track, 12 s.h. |
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Choose one of the following:
- GEOG:4750 Environmental Impact Analysis (3)
- POLI:2417 Comparative Environmental Policy (3)
Choose three of the following:
- ANTH/MUSM:3237 Politics of the Archaeological Past (3)
- ANTH:3240 Cultural Resources Management Archaeology: Practices and Practicalities (3)
- CPH:3400/GEOG:3210 Health, Work, and the Environment (3)
- GEOG:2331 Human Dimensions of Climate (3)
- GEOG:3400 Iowa Environmental Policy in Practice (3)
- HIST:3230 American Environmental History (3)
- NAIS/AMST/GHS/HIST:1290 Native American Foods and Foodways (3)
- POLI:3100 American State Politics (3)
- POLI:3102 The U.S. Congress (3)
- POLI:3110 Local Politics (3)
- POLI:3111 American Public Policy (3)
- POLI:3117 Bureaucratic Politics and Public Administration (3)
- POLI:3118 Interest Groups (3)
- POLI:3123 State Politics in Iowa (section EXW) (3)
- POLI:3126 Environmental Policy (3)
- POLI:3128 Politics of the U.S. National Park System (3)
- POLI:3204/SOC:3525 Public Opinion (3)
- POLI:3408 Chinese Policy and Society (3)
- POLI:3424 Global Development (3)