University of Portland Bulletin 2013-2014

Environmental Ethics and Policy, B.A., Requirements

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 theological reformulation within the Judeo-Christian tradition. 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 Requirements - 39 hours

See Core Curriculum

College Requirements - 21-33 hours

See College Requirements BA

Degree Requirements

3 credits from below:

THEP 482/ENV 482Theology in Ecological Perspective

3
THE 353/THE 453Religion and Science

3
THE 453/THE 353Religion and Science

3

3 credits from below:

PHL 434Environmental Ethics

3
THE 427/THE 327Theological Environmental Ethics

3

3 credits from below:

ENV 110Earth Systems Science

3
ENV 111Natural Hazards in the Pacific Northwest

3
ENV 162Introduction to Oceanography

3

4 credits from below:

BIO 363Freshwater Ecology

3
with
BIO 373Freshwater Ecology Laboratory

1
BIO 338Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest

3
with
BIO 368Marine Biology Laboratory

1
BIO 442Ecology

3
with
BIO 472Ecology Laboratory

1

Major Requirements — 55 hours

Required:

ENV 182Environmental Science

3
ECN 322Environmental Economics

3
Or
ECN 325/ENV 325Economics and Metrics for Sustainability

3
ENV 349/POL 349Environmental Policy

3
ENV 383Environmental Geoscience

3
ENV 400Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies

3

27 credits from below:

Any 300 or 400 level ENV course

BIO 338Marine Biology of the Pacific Northwest

3
with
BIO 368Marine Biology Laboratory

1
BIO 442Ecology

3
with
BIO 472Ecology Laboratory

1
CST 401Rhetoric of Politics and Social Movements

3
ECN 322Environmental Economics

3
ECN 325/ENV 325Economics and Metrics for Sustainability

3
ENG 363Environmental Literature

3
ENG 461Oregon and Northwest Writers

3
HST 314American Frontier

3
HST 357Technology, Resources, and Environment in World History

3
HST 359The Modern City

3
PHL 413Socio-Political Philosophy

3
PHL 422Philosophy of Science

3
PHL 434Environmental Ethics

3
POL 320United States Urban Politics

3
POL 335American Public Policy

3
POL 338Food, Politics and Policy

3
POL 356Building World Peace

3
POL 379Business in a Political World

3
POL 462North-South Relations in a Globalized World

3
SOC 310General Anthropology

3
SOC 434Urban Society

3
THE 402/THE 302Poets, Prophets, Divas, and Diviners

3
THE 404/THE 304Sages and Singers, Songwriters and Storytellers

3
THE 422/THE 322Modern Catholic Ethics

3
THE 423/THE 323Christian Social Ethics

3
THE 425/THE 325Catholic Social Teaching: A Living Tradition of Thought and Action

3

General Electives — 14-26 hours

Total Credit Hours: 120

48 hours of total credits must be upper-division.