University of Portland Bulletin 2019-2020

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 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 Requirements - 39 hours

See Core Curriculum

Environmental Ethics & Policy majors may only take THE 327/427 or THE 353/453 or THEP 482 or other environmental one-time THE or THEP offerings at the 300 or 400 level to fulfill the upper division theology core requirement. The two core science requirements are satisfied by the major requirements below.

College Requirements - 21-33 hours

See College Requirements BA

Degree Requirements

Major Requirements — 52 hours

ENV 200Perspectives in Environmental Studies

3
Or
ENV 310Topics in Environmental Studies

3
ECN 322Environmental Economics

3
Or
ENV 325/ECN 325Metrics for Sustainability

3
Or
ECN 326Climate Change Economics

3
ENV 349Environmental Policy

3
Or
ENV 314Resilience and Policy

3
ENV 383Environmental Geoscience

3
ENV 400Integrating Seminar in Environmental Studies

3
ECN 120Principles of Macroeconomics

3
Or
ECN 121Principles of Microeconomics

3

3 credits from below:

Any 100-level ENV course

3
BIO 208Introduction to Evolution and Ecology

3

3 credits from below:

ENV 324Environmental Ethics

3
THE 327/THE 427Theological Environmental Ethics

3

4 credits from below:

BIO 304Wetlands Ecology

3
with
BIO 374Wetlands Ecology 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 442Ecology

3
with
BIO 472Ecology Lab

1
BIO 363Freshwater Ecology

3
with
BIO 373Freshwater Ecology Lab

1
ENV 333Geomorphology

3
with
ENV 337Geomorphology Lab

1
ENV 365Climatology

3
with
ENV 387Environmental Laboratory

1

Ethics and Policy Concentration -- 24 credits from below

Any 300 or 400 level ENV course

3
CST 391One Time Course Offering

Variable
CST 470Advanced Environmental Communication

3
ECN 322Environmental Economics

3
ECN 326Climate Change Economics

3
ENG 361Northwest Literature

3
ENG 363Environmental Literature

3
ENG 403Seminar in Topic I

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 338Food, Politics and Policy

3
POL 351International Law and Organizations

3
POL 352Survival

3
POL 379Business in a Political World

3
SOC 434Urban Society

3
SW 456Environmental Social Work

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

3
THE 321/THE 421Then Who is My Neighbor?

3
THE 323/THE 423Christian Social Ethics

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

3
THE 327/THE 427Theological Environmental Ethics

3
THE 351/THE 451Religions of Africa

3
THE 353/THE 453Religion and Science

3
THEP 482/ENV 482Theology in Ecological Perspective

3
Appropriate one-time course offerings in Theology (numbered THE 391/491 or THEP 391/491) or Philosophy (numbered PHL 391) may also count towards the Ethics and Policy Concentration. Please check with your academic advisor.

Total Credit Hours: 120

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