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.

See Core Curriculum Requirements

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 208Introduction to Evolution and Ecology

3

ENV 200Perspectives in Environmental Studies

3

Track Two

Select ENV 310 and one other course from the following:
ENV 310Topics in Environmental Studies

3

And

BIO 208Introduction to Evolution and Ecology

3

Or

Any 100-level ENV course

3

Select Four Courses from the Following — 12 credit hours

ENV 324Environmental Ethics

3

ENV 314Resilience and Policy

3

Or

ENV 349Environmental Policy

3

ENV 400Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies

3

ECN 120Principles of Macroeconomics

3

Or

ECN 121Principles of Microeconomics

3

Select One Course from the Following - 3 credit hours

ECN 322Environmental Economics

3

ECN 325/ENV 325Metrics for Sustainability

3

ECN 326Climate Change Economics and Policy: A Global Perspective

3

Select Four Credit Hours from the Following - 4 credit hours

BIO 303Entomology

3

with

BIO 323Entomology Lab

1

BIO 304Wetlands Ecology

3

with

BIO 374Wetlands Ecology Lab

1

BIO 318Mammal Behavior and Conservation

3

with

BIO 358Mammal Behavior and Conservation Lab

1

BIO 338Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest

3

with

BIO 368Marine Biology Lab

1

BIO 341The Nature of Plants

3

with

BIO 371Field Botany

1

BIO 345Vertebrate Biology

3

with

BIO 375Vertebrate Biology Lab

1

BIO 340Ecology

3

with

BIO 343Ecology Lab

1

BIO 363Freshwater Ecology

3

with

BIO 373Freshwater Ecology Lab

1

ENV 333Geomorphology

3

with

ENV 337Geomorphology Lab

1

ENV 361Meteorology

3

with

ENV 387Environmental Laboratory

1

ENV 365Climatology

3

with

ENV 387Environmental Laboratory

1

Select One Course from the Following - 3 credit hours

BIO 302Ornithology

3

BIO 303Entomology

3

BIO 304Wetlands Ecology

3

BIO 338Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest

3

BIO 340Ecology

3

BIO 341The Nature of Plants

3

BIO 345Vertebrate Biology

3

BIO 347Animal Behavior

3

BIO 348Conservation Biology

3

BIO 363Freshwater Ecology

3

ENV 317Science of the Two Americas

3

ENV 333Geomorphology

3

ENV 358Physical Oceanography

3

ENV 361Meteorology

3

ENV 365Climatology

3

ENV 382Air Pollution

3

ENV 383Environmental Geoscience

3

ENV 384/BIO 384/CE 458Remote 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 370Environmental Organizing and Advocacy

3

CST 401/CST 501The Rhetoric of Politics

3

CST 470Plants, Nonhuman Animals, Food Systems, and Climate Communication

3

ECN 322Environmental Economics

3

ECN 326Climate Change Economics and Policy: A Global Perspective

3

ENG 361Northwest Literature

3

ENG 363Environmental Literature

3

PHL 314Philosophy and Feminism

3

PHL 422Philosophy of Science

3

HST 314American Expansion

3

HST 357Environmental History of the Americas and the World

3

HST 359The Modern City

3

POL 302Perspectives on Social Justice

3

POL 335American Public Policy

3

POL 351International Law in Theory and Practice

3

POL 352Survival

3

SOC 434Urban Society

3

SW 456Environmental Social Work

3

THE 304/THE 404Sages and Singers, Songwriters and Storytellers

3

THE 323/THE 423Christian Social Ethics

3

THE 325/THE 425Catholic Social Teaching: A Living Tradition of Thought and Action

3

THE 343/THE 443Ecological Spirituality

3

THE 351/THE 451Religions of Africa

3

THE 353/THE 453Religion 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.