Society, Environment, and Development, B.A.

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This concentration is designed for students interested in human-environment relations, sustainable development, natural resource policy and management and the human dimensions of environmental restoration.

Foundational courses	12
Intermediate breadth	12-16
Practical Experience	4-5
Capstone	5-9

Concentration

Choose at least four courses to meet the 15 unit minimum; but no more than one area studies course

GEP 320 - Geopolitics Unit(s): 4
GEP 322 - Globalization and Environments Unit(s): 4
GEP 323 - Resource Management & Development in Global Perspective Unit(s): 4
GEP 324 - Climate Change and Society Unit(s): 4
GEP 325 - Global Food Systems: Scarcity and Sustainability Unit(s): 3-4
GEP 327 - Latin America and the Caribbean Unit(s): 4
GEP 328 - Africa South of the Sahara Unit(s): 4
GEP 330 - Environmental History Unit(s): 4
GEP 331 - Restoration and Society Unit(s): 4
GEP 332 - Environmental Literature Unit(s): 3
GEP 335 - U.S. Environmental Policy Unit(s): 4
GEP 336 - U.S. Environmental Law Unit(s): 3
GEP 337 - Landscape History of the American West Unit(s): 3
GEP 339 - Special Topics in Society, Environment, & Development Unit(s): 2-4
GEP 341 - Conservation Biology Unit(s): 3-4
GEP 364 - Environmental Planning Unit(s): 3-4 (4 Unit(s) Required)
GEP 445 - Restoration Ecology Unit(s): 5

Supporting Courses: 6-8 Units

Choose any two; substitutions possible in consultation with an advisor; Peace Corp Prep must take UNIV 238 and 200-level language

UNIV 238 - Foundations of Leadership Unit(s): 3
Language (200 level course)
BIOL 131 - Biological Diversity and Ecology Unit(s): 4
ECON 205 - Introduction to Microeconomics Unit(s): 4
ECON 381 - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics Unit(s): 4
HIST 471 - The American West Unit(s): 4
POLS 314 - Environmental Political Theory Unit(s): 4
POLS 452 - Politics of the Developing World Unit(s): 4
WGS 385 - Transnational Feminisms Unit(s): 3-4 (4 Unit(s) Required)
SOCI 482 - Sociology of Environment Unit(s): 4
SSCI 299 - Sophomore Seminar: How to Think Like a Social Scientist Unit(s): 3
ANTH 352 - Global Issues Unit(s): 4

Units

Total Units in Core: 33-42

Total Units in Concentration: 54-67