(Revised 3-27-09)

Description:  In this thematic track, students should seek to address the relationship between humans and their impact on the natural environment. Consider the following in selection of courses within this theme:

• Explore the importance of the environment and how it specifically relates to different societies and cultures in a global context.
• Assess ways in which we can examine and manage our environmental resources wisely. 
• Analyze international development issues and ways in which humans can reduce their impact on the environment.
• Illustrate how an appreciation of the natural environment can produce environmental sustainability.  

GEP Courses associated with the Impact of Humans on the Natural Environment theme:  

(12 credit hours required)
 

GEP Humanities and Social Science courses:

Choose at least 1 of the following:

LAR 221           Environment and Behavior of Designers                (HUM)

ARE 309           Environmental Law and Public Policy*                  (SS)

PS 320             US Environmental Law and Politics                       (SS)

PS 336             Global Environmental Politics                               (SS) (GK)

SOC 351           Population and Planning*                                    (SS) (GK)

SOC 342           International Development*                                  (SS) (GK)

GEP Natural Sciences and Mathematics courses:

Choose at least 1 of the following:

TOX 201           Poisons, People and the Environment                    (NS)

PCC 401           Impact on Safety, the Environment & Society        (NS)

MEA 100           Earth Systems Science: Exploring Connections     (NS)

MEA 101           Geology I: Physical                                             (NS)

MEA 130           Introduction to Weather and Climate                     (NS)

MEA 200           Introduction to Oceanography*                             (NS)

MEA/BIO 220    Marine Biology*                                                   (NS)

Additional related GEP courses:

SOC 450           Environmental Sociology*                                      (IP)

HI 440              American Environment History*                              (IP)                 

IDS 201            Environmental Ethics                                             (IP)     (GK)

PHI 422            Philosophical Issues in Environmental Ethics*          (IP)    (USD)

LAR 444           History of Landscape Architecture                          (VPA)

HON 361           Eco-Realism: Nature, Politics & Ecological Constraints        (IP)

HON 371           Environmental Science and Technology                  (IP)

MEA 140           Natural Hazards and Global Change                        (IP)    (GK)

STS 484           Cross-cultural Technology Transfer                         (IP)

STS 412           Agricultural, Technology & Environ Perspectives      (IP)

ARE/EC 336     Introduction to Resource & Environmental Econ*      (IP)

ARE/EC 436     Environmental Economics*                                     (IP)

IDS/NR 303       Humans and the Environment                                 (IP)

*Course has a pre-requisite

GEP Category abbreviations:

(HUM)  Course fulfills a GEP Humanities requirement

(SS)     Course fulfills a GEP Social Sciences requirement

(NS)     Course fulfills a GEP Natural Sciences requirement

(MA)     Course fulfills a GEP Mathematical Sciences requirement

(IP)       Course fulfills a GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives requirement

(VPA)   Course fulfills the GEP Additional Breadth chosen from the HUM/SS/VPA lists if applicable to your major

(GK)     Course also fulfills the GEP Global Knowledge co-requisite

(USD)   Course also fulfills the GEP U.S. Diversity co-requisite