Bulletin Year: 2013 - 2014 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog. | View this program in the current bulletin.
Provides an introduction to quantitative and qualitative methods of assessing and analyzing humankind’s impact upon the environment.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences department page.

For related information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos311.htm

Total Credits Required 124
Liberal Studies
30-40
Health Promotion Requirements 2
Required Courses in Major58
Core Courses50
ENV 101 Introduction to Environmental Science [Div II] 4
GC 100 Physical Geography [Div II] 4
GC 164 Human Geography [Div II] 4
GC 205 Introduction to Geographic Research 4
GC 220 Economic Geography 4
GC 225 Introduction to Maps 2
GC 235 Quantitative Methods 4
GC 269 Introduction to Sustainability 4
GC 310 Urban Geography 4
GC 320 Environmental Policy and Regulation 4
GC 335 Geographic Information Systems 4
GC 360 Population Geography [Div II] 4
GC 489 Human Impact Upon the Environment 4
Choose 8 credit from the following:8
         AN 210 Ecological Anthropology: People, Culture and Nature (4 cr.) [Div II]
         AN 320 Native Peoples of North America (4 cr.) [Div II]
         BC 415 Intercultural Communication (4 cr.)
         EC 340 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (4 cr.) [Div II]
         EC 345 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (4 cr.)
         EC 410 Managerial Economics (4 cr.)
         EC 425 International Economics (4 cr.)
         EC 460 Economic Development (4 cr.)
         GC 202 Soils (4 cr.)
         GC 300 Regional Studies: World Cultures (4 cr.) [Div II] or
                Study Abroad (4 cr.)*
         GC 470 Environmental Ethics (4 cr.)
         GC 475 Environmental Impact Assessment (4 cr.)
         GC 491 Internship (2 - 6 cr.)
         NAS 340 Kinomaage: Earth Shows Us the Way (4 cr.)
         NAS 342 Indigenous Environmental Movements (4 cr.) [Div II]
         PS 206 International Relations (4 cr.)
         PS 402 Political Economy (4 cr.)
         PS 404 Politics of East and Southeast Asia (4 cr.)
         PS 415 Politics of American Foreign Policy (4 cr.) [Div II]
         RE 270 Outdoor Recreation Resources, Behavior and Values (3 cr.)
         SO 351 Social Change (4 cr.) [Div II]
         SP 432 Environmental Communication (4 cr.)
*Study abroad may be substituted for GC 300 with advisor approval.
This major does not require a minor.


Bulletin Year: 2013 - 2014 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.