CAS Core RequirementsCredits
Total Credits42
Program Required CoursesCredits
BIO 105/105L – Biology I: Ecology/Evolution w/LabCredits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
BUAC 201 – Financial Accounting3
BUEC 104/105 or BUEC 106 – Economics in ContextCredits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
BUEC 204 – Microeconomics3
BUEC 390 – Environmental Economics3
BUMG 200 – Management3
BUMK 200 – Marketing3
ENV 100/101 or ENV 104 – Introduction to Environmental IssuesCredits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
ENV 200 – Environment and SocietyCredits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
ENV 208 – Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, SolutionsCredits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
ENV 240 – Environmental Sustainability Lab2
ENV 250 – Environmental Policy in Comparative Perspective3
ENV 295 – Internship or BUMG 295 – Internship3
ENV 344 – Environmental Ethics or BUMG 311 – Business and Society Relations3
ENV 495 – Advanced Internship or BUMG 495A – Advanced Internship3–12
ENV 499 – Senior Capstone3
LIT 121/122 or LIT 124 – Literature, Nature & the EnvironmentCredits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
MAT 151 – Statistics for Environmental SciencesCredits Fulfilled by Core Requirements
Two (2) Environmental Studies Electives (see below)6
Two (2) Business Electives (see below)6
Total Credits44–53
Open Elective Courses (as needed to reach 120 credits)Variable
Minimum Total Required Credits120

Program Specific Electives

Environmental Studies ElectivesCredits
ENV 204 – Urban Forestry3
ENV 309 – Sustainability and Ecological Restoration3
ENV 313 – Wetland Restoration: Science and Policy3
ENV 316/316L – Land Conservation Practicum w/Lab4
ENV 321 – Environmental Communication: Expert Practices for Ecosystem Management3
ENV 328 – Environmental Pollution: Ecosystems, Wildlife and Human Health3
ENV 340 – Environmental Movements and Social Change3
ENV 341 – Indigenous Ecology, Conservation Biology, and the Politics of Knowledge3
ENV 348 – Environment, Health & Community Development in East Africa4
ENV 357 – Sustaining Water: Social and Global Perspectives3
MAF 200 – Introduction to Marine Pollution3
MAF 210 – Introduction to US Ocean Governance3
MAR 316 – Science in Society3
Business ElectivesCredits
BUEC 395 – Ecological Economics3
BUMG 303 – Management of Nonprofits3
BUMG 307 – Operations Management3
BUMG 312 – Entrepreneurship/Sm Bus Management3
BUMG 315 – Triple Bottom Line Reporting3
BUMG 325 – Legal Environment of Business3
BUMG 410 – Creating Social Enterprises through Design Thinking & Innovation4
OBI 350 – Outdoor Entrepreneurship (Makerspace) (formerly ORM 250)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 (1) 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.