Environmental Studies Course Requirements
The environmental studies program is interdisciplinary
in nature. It requires 63 credits in addition to the 60 credits of Batavia University’s general
education requirements.
Core Requirements:
ENVS 101
The Foundations of Environmental Studies
6 credits
ENVS 202
Environmental Policy and Law
3 credits
ENVS 205
Indigenous People and the Environment
3 credits
FOR 101
Introductory Forestry
3 credits
POL 302
Politics and the Environment 3
credits
ENVS 236
Environmental Disasters 3
PKM 101
Introductory Park Management 3
ENVS 138
Introduction to Freshwater Ecosystems
3
Choose at least two of the following:
GEO 101
The Fundamentals of Geology
3 credits
GEO 302
Environmental Geology
3
GEO 301
Physical Geology
3
GEO 306
Vulcanology
3
GEO 308
Mineral Resources and the Environment
3
Choose at least two of the following:
ECO 201
Rainforest Ecology
3
ECO 202
Reef Ecology
3
ECO 203
American Ecology
3
ECO 204
Australian Ecology
3
ECO 205
Indonesian Ecology 3
ECO 206
Wetlands Ecology
3
ECO 207
Riverine and Estuarine Ecology
3
In addition to the above requirements,
you must make at least one selection in each of the areas below as follows.
Choose at least one of the following:
OCE 101
Oceanography
3
BIO 206
Marine Biology
3
Choose at least one of the following:
CHEM 101 General Chemistry 3
CHEM 102
Environmental Chemistry& Toxicology
3 credits
CHEM 201
Organic Chemistry
3 credits
Choose at least one of the following:
CTR 101
General Cultural Resources Management
3 credits
CTR 201
American Cultural Resources Management
3 credits
CTR 203
Indonesian Cultural Resources Management
3 credits
CTR 204
Native American Cultural Resources Management 3 credits
CTR 205
Aboriginal Cultural Resources Management
3 credits
Choose at least one of the following:
LIT 302
Literature and the Environment
3 credits
SOC 302
Environmental Sociology
3 credits
PSY 302
Environmental Psychology
3 credits
HIS 302
History and the Environment
3 credits
Choose at least 12 additional credits of free
electives
