University of Portland Bulletin 2014-2015

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:

PHL 434Environmental Ethics

3

THE 427/THE 327Theological Environmental Ethics

3

Major Requirements — 55 hours

Required:

ENV 182Environmental Science

3

ECN 322Environmental Economics

3

Or

ECN 325/ENV 325Metrics for Sustainability

3

ENV 349/POL 349Environmental Policy

3

ENV 383Environmental Geoscience

3

ENV 400Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies

3

3 credits from below:

THEP 482/ENV 482Theology in Ecological Perspective

3

THE 353/THE 453Religion and Science

3

THE 327/THE 427Theological Environmental Ethics

3

4 credits from below:

BIO 304Wetlands Ecology

3

with

BIO 374Wetlands Ecology Laboratory

1

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

ENV 365Climatology

3

ENV 387Environmental Laboratory

1

3 credits from below:

ENV 110Earth Systems Science

3

Or

ENV 111Natural Hazards in the Pacific Northwest

3

Or

ENV 162Introduction to Oceanography

3

Or

BIO 206Organismal and Population Biology

3

27 credits from below:

Any 300 or 400 level ENV course

BIO 304Wetlands Ecology

3

with

BIO 374Wetlands 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

CST 401Rhetoric of Politics and Social Movements

3

ECN 322Environmental Economics

3

ECN 325/ENV 325Metrics for Sustainability

3

ENG 363Environmental Literature

3

ENG 461Oregon and Northwest Writers

3

HST 314American Frontier

3

HST 357Environmental History of the Americas and the World

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 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.