Environmental Ethics and Policy, B.A.

The University’s bachelor of arts in environmental ethics and policy is designed to provide students with a firm foundation in environmental science and ecology and the influence these sciences have on the development of political policy, environmental ethics, and recent continuing theological reflection on environmental issues. The program culminates in a capstone experience designed to challenge students to apply their area of study to specific issues germane to the Pacific Northwest.

University Core Curriculum Requirements — 40 credit hours

All University of Portland students progress through a set of shared course options as part of the University’s liberal arts Core Curriculum. This curriculum offers a foundation of multiple lenses to address enduring questions of human concern, integrating the liberal arts, the University mission, and the knowledge, skills, and values needed in a diverse society and in the workplace.

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Two of the three core requirements for the Scientific and Quantitative Literacy and Problem Solving Habit are satisfied by economics and science requirements within the major.

ENV 324 and ENV 400 are the designated Writing in the Discipline courses for the B.A. in Environmental Ethics and Policy.

College of Arts and Sciences B.A. Requirements — 24-33 credit hours

See College Requirements, B.A.

Major Requirements — 52 credit hours

Environmental Ethics & Policy Tracks — 6 credit hours

Select one track from the following:

Track One

BIO 208	Introduction to Evolution and Ecology	3
ENV 200	Perspectives in Environmental Studies	3

Track Two

Select ENV 310 and one other course from the following:

ENV 310	Topics in Environmental Studies	3
	And
BIO 208	Introduction to Evolution and Ecology	3
	Or
	Any 100-level ENV course	3

Select Four Courses from the Following — 12 credit hours

ENV 324	Environmental Ethics	3
ENV 314	Resilience and Policy	3
	Or
ENV 349	Environmental Policy	3
ENV 400	Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies	3
ECN 120	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
	Or
ECN 121	Principles of Microeconomics	3

Select One Course from the Following - 3 credit hours

ECN 322	Environmental Economics	3
ECN 325/ENV 325	Metrics for Sustainability	3
ECN 326	Climate Change Economics and Policy: A Global Perspective	3

Select Four Credit Hours from the Following - 4 credit hours

BIO 303	Entomology	3
	with
BIO 323	Entomology Lab	1
BIO 304	Wetlands Ecology	3
	with
BIO 374	Wetlands Ecology Lab	1
BIO 318	Mammal Behavior and Conservation	3
	with
BIO 358	Mammal Behavior and Conservation Lab	1
BIO 338	Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest	3
	with
BIO 368	Marine Biology Lab	1
BIO 341	The Nature of Plants	3
	with
BIO 371	Field Botany	1
BIO 345	Vertebrate Biology	3
	with
BIO 375	Vertebrate Biology Lab	1
BIO 340	Ecology	3
	with
BIO 343	Ecology Lab	1
BIO 363	Freshwater Ecology	3
	with
BIO 373	Freshwater Ecology Lab	1
ENV 333	Geomorphology	3
	with
ENV 337	Geomorphology Lab	1
ENV 361	Meteorology	3
	with
ENV 387	Environmental Laboratory	1
ENV 365	Climatology	3
	with
ENV 387	Environmental Laboratory	1

Select One Course from the Following - 3 credit hours

BIO 302	Ornithology	3
BIO 303	Entomology	3
BIO 304	Wetlands Ecology	3
BIO 338	Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest	3
BIO 340	Ecology	3
BIO 341	The Nature of Plants	3
BIO 345	Vertebrate Biology	3
BIO 347	Animal Behavior	3
BIO 348	Conservation Biology	3
BIO 363	Freshwater Ecology	3
ENV 317	Science of the Two Americas	3
ENV 333	Geomorphology	3
ENV 358	Physical Oceanography	3
ENV 361	Meteorology	3
ENV 365	Climatology	3
ENV 382	Air Pollution	3
ENV 383	Environmental Geoscience	3
ENV 384/BIO 384/CE 458	Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems	3

Ethics and Policy Concentration -- 24 credit hours

Select eight courses from the following:

	Any 300 or 400 level ENV course	3
CST 370	Environmental Organizing and Advocacy	3
CST 401/CST 501	The Rhetoric of Politics	3
CST 470	Plants, Nonhuman Animals, Food Systems, and Climate Communication	3
ECN 322	Environmental Economics	3
ECN 326	Climate Change Economics and Policy: A Global Perspective	3
ENG 361	Northwest Literature	3
ENG 363	Environmental Literature	3
PHL 314	Philosophy and Feminism	3
PHL 422	Philosophy of Science	3
HST 314	American Expansion	3
HST 357	Environmental History of the Americas and the World	3
HST 359	The Modern City	3
POL 302	Perspectives on Social Justice	3
POL 335	American Public Policy	3
POL 351	International Law in Theory and Practice	3
POL 352	Survival	3
SOC 434	Urban Society	3
SW 456	Environmental Social Work	3
THE 304/THE 404	Sages and Singers, Songwriters and Storytellers	3
THE 323/THE 423	Christian Social Ethics	3
THE 325/THE 425	Catholic Social Teaching: A Living Tradition of Thought and Action	3
THE 343/THE 443	Ecological Spirituality	3
THE 351/THE 451	Religions of Africa	3
THE 353/THE 453	Religion and Science	3

One time course offerings (designated 391/491) in THE, THEP or PHL may fulfill the Ethics and Policy Concentration requirements if the topic is appropriate. Please confirm eligible yearly course offerings with your academic advisor.

Any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours

Total Credit Hours: 120

48 hours of total credits must be upper-division. 120 overall credits or more required.