CAS Core Requirements Credits
Total 42–46
Required Courses Credits
BIO 105 and 105L – Biology I: Ecology/Evolution/Lab with Lab Credits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
BUAC 201 – Financial Accounting 3
BUEC 104 and 105 or BUEC 106 – Economics in Context Credits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
BUEC 204 – Microeconomics 3
BUEC 390 – Environmental Economics 3
BUMG 200 – Management 3
BUMK 200 – Marketing 3
ENV 100 and 101 or ENV 104 – Introduction to Environmental Issues Credits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
ENV 200 – Environment and Society Credits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
ENV 208 – Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, Solutions Credits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
ENV 240 – Environmental Sustainability Lab 2
ENV 250 – Environmental Policy in Comparative Perspective 3
ENV 295 – Internship or BUMG 295 – Internship 3
ENV 344 – Environmental Ethics or BUMG 311 – Business and Society Relations 3
ENV 495 – Advanced Internship or BUMG 495A – Advanced Internship 3–12
ENV 499 – Senior Capstone 3
LIT 121 and 122 or LIT 124 – Literature, Nature & the Environment Credits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
MAT 151 – Statistics for Environmental Sciences Credits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
Two (2) Environmental Studies Electives Courses (see below) 6
Two (2) Business Elective Courses (see below) 6
Total 44–52
Open Elective Courses (as needed to reach 120 credits) Variable
Minimum Total Required Credits 120

Elective Suggestions

Environmental Elective Suggestions Credits
ENV 204 – Urban Forestry 3
ENV 309 – Sustainability and Ecological Restoration 3
ENV 313 – Wetland Restoration: Science and Policy 3
ENV 316/316L - Land Conservation Practicum with Lab 4
ENV 321 – Environmental Communication: Expert Practices for Ecosystem Management 3
ENV 328 – Environmental Pollution: Ecosystems, Wildlife and Human Health 3
ENV 340 – Environmental Movements and Social Change 3
ENV 341 – Indigenous Ecology, Conservation Biology, and the Politics of Knowledge 3
ENV 348 – Environment, Health & Community Development in East Africa 4
ENV 357 – Sustaining Water: Social and Global Perspectives 3
MAF 200 – Introduction to Marine Pollution 3
MAF 210 – Introduction to US Ocean Governance 3
MAR 316 – Science in Society 3
Business Elective Suggestions Credits
BUEC 395 – Ecological Economics 3
BUMG 303 – Management of Nonprofits 3
BUMG 307 – Operations Management 3
BUMG 312 – Entrepreneurship/Sm Bus Management 3
BUMG 315 – Triple Bottom Line Reporting 3
BUMG 325 – Legal Environment of Business 3
BUMG 410 – Creating Social Enterprises through Design Thinking & Innovation 4
ORM 250 – Outdoor Entrepreneurship (Makerspace) 3

Additional Information

  • Students may choose to tailor the last two (2) years of course selections to their specific interests. For example, in close consultation with their academic advisor, they may select upper-level business and environmental studies electives that would result in an informal concentration in one or more areas including Non-Profit Sector, Corporate/Public Sector Sustainability, Small Business/Entrepreneurship.
  • Students are strongly encouraged to participate in study abroad. Academic advisors will help tailor a student’s program to create opportunities for study abroad.

Students in this major can participate in the pre-health graduate school preparation tracks.