Environmental Studies B.A.

Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Studies

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2014-2015

Degree Specific Credits: 54

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.5

Note: To obtain depth of knowledge in an area of focus, students are expected to select a minor or double major from another campus discipline, or work with an EVST advisor on selecting or designing an EVST focus area.

Lower Division Core Courses

Rule: Complete the following subcategories of courses

24 Total Credits Required

Environmental Science and Environmental Studies

Rule: Complete all courses

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Show Description ENSC 105N - Environmental Science
Offered autumn. Provides students with opportunities to use class knowledge to make a difference; helps students build all of the following: scientific literacy; skills in critical thinking, research and self-instruction; provides an understanding of the scientific basis of environmental issues, policies and laws; encourages habits of sustainable living, scientifically-informed, active participation in social decisions, and service to their community and to the earth.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 201 - Environmental Info Resources
Offered autumn and spring.  Students learn how to find, evaluate and use existing information to increase understanding of environmental issues and resolve controversies.  Students will: research a subject, using a variety of sources (refereed literature, government sources, internet sources, interviews); evaluate sources critically; write a literature review and give an oral presentation on their topic.  Focus is on critical thinking and dealing with the information explosion.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 225 - Community & Enviornment
Offered autumn.  Same as SOCI 225.  Exploration of the ways that communities address their environmental concerns.  Introduction of relevant social science concepts.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 230H - Nature and Society
UM campus course offered spring. Explores the relationship between ideas about nature and the development of political and social ideas, institutions, and practices, primarily in western (Euro-American) society. Complements ethics offerings in philosophy aimed at environmental studies majors.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 12 Total Credits Required

Chemistry

Rule: Complete the following course

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Show Description CHMY 121N - Intro to General Chemistry
Offered autumn and spring. First semester of an introduction to general, inorganic, organic and biological chemistry.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Math

Rule: Complete the following course

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Show Description M 115 - Probability and Linear Math
Offered every term. Prereq., M 090 with a grade of B- or better, or M 095, or ALEKS placement >= 3. Systems of linear equations and matrix algebra. Introduction to probability with emphasis on models and probabilistic reasoning. Examples of applications of the material in many fields.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Biology

Rule: Complete 1 of the following

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Show Description BIOB 101N - Discover Biology
Offered every term. Contemporary exploration of the organization and complexity of living organisms and the systems in which they live.  The central question of biology--relationship between form and function, acquisition and use of energy, and continuity between generations will be addressed through lectures and laboratory investigations.  Credit not allowed toward a major in biology. Credit not allowed for both BIOB 101N and BIOB 160N.
 3 Credits
Show Description BIOB 160N - Principles of Living Systems
Offered autumn and summer.  Unifying principles of biological structure-function relationships at different levels of organization and complexity. Consideration of reproduction, genetics, development, evolution, ecosystems, as well as the inter-relationships of the human species to the rest of life.  Lab experiences illustrate biological principles underlying growth, reproduction, development, genetics and physiology.  Credit not allowed for both BIOB 101N and 160N.
 4 Credits
Show Description BIOB 170N - Princpls Biological Diversity
Offered spring and summer.  Survey of the diversity, evolution and ecology of life including prokaryotes, viruses, protista, fungi, plants and animals.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Quantitative Skills - Statistics

Rule: Complete 1 of the following

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Show Description FORS 201 - Forest Biometrics
Offered autumn. Prereq., M 115 or M 121 or M 122 or M 151 or M 162 or M 171 or M 172. Introduction to probability and statistical methods for forestry and environmental sciences covering natural resource applications of common probability distributions, data analysis, hypothesis testing, and regression.
 3 Credits
Show Description PSYX 222 - Psychological Statistics
Offered every term. Prereq., PSYX 120; M 115, M 162 or 171. Application of statistical techniques to psychological data. Credit not allowed for both PSYX 222 and SOCI 202.
 3 Credits
Show Description SOCI 202 - Social Statistics
Offered every term. Prereq., or coreq. M 115, Sociology majors only, or consent of instr. Application of descriptive and inferential statistical techniques to sociological data. Required of all majors.
 3 Credits
Show Description STAT 216 - Introduction to Statistics
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., M 115 (preferred), or one of M 121, 135, 151, 162 or 171, or ALEKS placement >= 4. Introduction to major ideas of statistical inference. Emphasis is on statistical reasoning and uses of statistics.
 4 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Upper Division Core

Rule: Complete the following subcategories of courses

15 Total Credits Required

Natural Science - Ecology

Rule: Complete one of the following:

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Show Description BIOE 370 - General Ecology
Offered autumn. Prereq., BIOB 272. Analysis of the distribution and abundance of plants and animals. Includes individual, population and community-level processes (e.g., population growth and regulation, competition, predation, succession, nutrient cycling, energy flow and community organization).
 3 Credits
Show Description ENSC 360 - Applied Ecology
Offered autumn. Prereq or coreq ENST 201. To succeed in this course, students also need college level courses in general biology, chemistry & statistics. Principles and concepts of ecology and how they can be applied to inform real life decisions about human interactions with the environment. Emphasizes the science of sustainability and the conservation of watersheds and biodiversity.
3 Credits
Show Description FORS 330 - Forest Ecology
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., FORS 210 or ENSC 245N or NRSM 210N; and BIOO 105N or BIOB 170N or BIOE 172 or BIOB 160N or FORS 240; and FORS 201 or STAT 216 or SOCI 202 or WILD 240 or PSYX 222. Examination of physical and biological factors affecting forest structure, composition, and function, including biodiversity, disturbance, and nutrient cycling. Field labs throughout Northern Rockies including developing skills in field observation, data interpretation and problem solving.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Policy

Rule: Complete one of the following:

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Show Description ENST 367 - Envr Politics & Policies
Offered autumn. Foundation in public lands history, bedrock environmental laws, policy processes and institutions.  Research and analysis of current environmental and natural resource policy issues.  Focus is domestic illustrated by case studies.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 382 - Environmental Law
Offered spring.  Introduction to the history, law and theory of environmental regulation in the United States using public and private land regulation mechanisms as case studies.  Basic principles of constitutional and administrative law relevant to environmental regulation, substantive public and private land use law and the history of environmental problems and their regulation.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Humanities

Rule: Complete one of the following:

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Show Description ENST 335L - The Environmental Vision
Offered autumn.  Provides background, overview, interpretations, and understanding of key concepts, themes, approaches, and forms in American nature and environmental nonfiction as well as that literature’s response to and influence on environmental events, figures, and movements.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 430 - Culture & Agriculture
Offered spring, from start of semester to mid-April.  Surveys treatment of farmers and farming in the humanities.  Course covers specific agricultural crops and their effect on social and environmental history, artistic commentary on agricultural life and farmer philosophy.  Themes range from agriculturally influenced historical events to Wendell Berry's poetry to Albert Borgmann's philosophy.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Social Science

Rule: Complete one of the following:

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Show Description ENST 487 - Globalization, Justice & Envir
Offered autumn. Study of current trends in economic globalization and its effects on efforts to work for social justice and environmental sustainability, particularly in the Global South.  Examination of different models and theories of globalization, analysis of ethical issues raised, and assessment of alternatives proposed.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 489S - Env. Justice Iss & Solut
Offered autumn. Examination of evidence, causes and consequences of social inequality in the distribution of environmental risks and in access to natural resources and environmental amenities. Community, government and industry responses and service approaches for addressing environmental inequities.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Approved Community Service/Internship Experience

Rule: Complete one of the following:

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Show Description ENST 396 - Supervised Internship (PEAS)
(R-10) Offered every term; Summer intensive, 6 cr. Students learn small scale sustainable vegetable farming in a hands-on work environment at the PEAS farm (15 minute bike ride from campus). Lectures, readings and reflection inform the work. Summer students also visit local farms on once-a-week field trips. PEAS is repeatable, as the curriculum changes across the season, and students can attend any semester, though the 6 credit summer intensive course is the heart of the program.
 0 To 10 Credits
Show Description ENST 398 - Cooperative Education/Intern
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., six credits in EVST and consent of instr. Practical application of classroom learning through internship with governments, organizations or industry.  A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.
 1 To 6 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Elective Environmental Studies Courses

Rule: Complete 9 upper division credits offered by the Environmental Studies Program in addition to required courses from above.

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Show Description ENSC 391 - Special Topics/Exp. Courses
(R 12) Offerered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
 1 To 9 Credits
Show Description ENSC 398 - Cooperative Education/Intern
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., six credits in EVST and consent of instr. Practical application of classroom learning through internship with governments, organizations or industry. A maximum of 6 credits of Internship (198, 298, 398, 498) may count toward graduation.
 1 To 6 Credits
Show Description ENSC 491 - Special Topics/Exper Courses
(R-9) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instructor. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
 1 To 9 Credits
Show Description ENSC 492 - Independent Study
(R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq. consent of instructor. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.
 1 To 6 Credits
Show Description ENSC 494 - Seminar/Workshop
(R-6) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instructor. A seminar on a current environmental topic.
 1 To 3 Credits
Show Description ENSC 495 - Field Study
Offered autumn. Prereq or coreq ENSC 360. Designing, executing, interpreting and documenting field studies. Project oriented.
 1 To 10 Credits
Show Description ENST 373A - Nature Works
Offered spring. Writing workshop for the creation, critique, and revision of essays about the environment to include natural history, personal narrative, science interpretation, advocacy/editorial, place-based essay, and others.  Examination of concepts, forms, and approaches to writing about environmental concerns, awareness and sensitivity.  Reading and responding to published work, primarily from the perspective of technique and approach.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 377 - Rhetoric, Nature, Environ
Offered every other year. Same as COMX 347.  Not open to PCOM. Survey of rhetorical texts that shape public understanding of nature and environmental issues. Analysis of a range of historical and contemporary environmental texts using theoretical concepts from the rhetorical tradition.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 391 - Special Topics/Exp Courses
(R-12) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
 1 To 12 Credits
Show Description ENST 395 - Field Studies: Env. Studies
(R-12) Offered every term. Via extended backcountry travel, experiential examination of cultural history and public lands management, and how those affect ecosystem integrity. Investigation of personal roles in and relationships with human and ecological communities. Offered by the Wild Rockies Field Institute and Northwest Connections.
 2 To 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 420 - US Environmental Movement
Offered Intermittently.  Study of the environmental movement as a social movement.  Examination of different approaches to environmental protection and restoration in view of the movement’s historical roots and contemporary debates. 
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 472 - Gen Sci: Conserv Ed
Offered autumn and spring. A study of the foundations of environmental science and conservation education with applications to community service and teaching.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 476 - Environmental Citizenship
Offered spring. Prereq., open to juniors and seniors only or by consent of instructor. Same as CCS 485. Develops leadership and environmental citizenship skills, values and virtues through student-initiated projects informed by principles of organizing and sustainable behavior change theories of social marketing.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 480 - Food, Agriculture, Environment
Offered spring.  Exploration of the premise that agricultural sustainability requires practices, policies, and social arrangements that balance concerns of environmental soundness, economic viability, and social justice among all sectors of society.
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 491 - Special Topics/Exper Courses
(R-12) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one-time offerings of current topics.
 1 To 12 Credits
Show Description ENST 492 - Independent Study
(R-6) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., consent of instructor. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.
 1 To 6 Credits
Show Description ENST 493 - Study Abroad: Envir Justice LA
Offered summer.  Two week travel seminar to one or more Latin American countries to examine Latin American perspectives on environmental justice and efforts toward sustainable development within the context of the global economy and U. S. foreign policy.  Required one-credit seminar offered spring semester to provide background readings. 
 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 494 - Seminar/Workshop
(R-6) Offered intermittently. May be restricted to EVST majors. May require consent of instructor. A seminar on a current environmental topic.
 1 To 3 Credits
Show Description ENST 499 - Senior Thesis/Capstone
Offered intermittently. Prereq., senior standing in EVST. For seniors who want to design and perform a significant capstone project involving research and/or service. Students have responsibility for designing their projects which are subject to faculty approval. A final report and public presentation are required. Honors credit available.
 3 Credits
Show Description EVST 427 - Environmental Philosophy
Offered every other year. Prereq., PHL 112E or 210E. Same as PHL 422. Critical exploration of selected philosophical and literary texts pertinent to the ethics of human relationships with the natural environment.
 3 Credits
Show Description EVST 432 - Human Role Environ Change
Offered autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., upper division standing or graduate standing. Same as GEOG 432. A systematic examination of the ways in which the major physical systems and ecosystems of the earth have been modified by human activity, and approaches to the rehabilitation of these systems.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 9 Total Credits Required

Foreign Language Requirement

Rule: Students must complete successfully the second semester of a Modern and Classical Language at the University of Montana

Minimum Required Grade: C-
10 Total Credits Required

Additional Requirements

Rule: Complete the following subcategories of courses

6 Total Credits Required

Native American Studies

Rule: Complete 1 of the following:

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Show Description NASX 105H - Intro Native Amer Studies
Offered Autumn and Spring.  Survey course to acquaint the student with Native American Studies by a general overview of Indian history, culture, philosophy, religious beliefs and contemporary issues.
 3 Credits
Show Description NASX 201X - Indian Cultr Exprssd Thru Lang
Offered Autumn. This course has been designed to introduce students to a non-Western perspective of the relationship that exists between Indian cultures and their languages.  Students will be exposed to various languages of American Indian peoples, and how through Native languages insight can be gained into history, traditions, and cultural life-ways of Indian peoples.
 3 Credits
Show Description NASX 231X - Indig World View Perspectives
Offered Spring.  Same as ANTY 231X.   Examination of Indigenous belief systems, with regard to world views, religious ceremonies, cultural ways and the impact that Anglo-European culture has had upon these systems.  Focus on Indigenous peoples of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States
 3 Credits
Show Description NASX 235X - Oral/Written Trads Native Amer
Offered Autumn and Spring.  Analysis of the oral traditions of Native Americans including an introduction to the literary works of early leading American Indian writers.
 3 Credits
Show Description NASX 303E - Ecol Persp in Nat Amer Trad
Offered Autumn and Spring.  An examination of Native American environmental ethics and tribal and historical and contemporary use of physical environmental resources.
 3 Credits
Show Description NASX 304E - Native American Beliefs/Philos
Offered Autumn and Spring.   A study of selected ethical systems; origins, world views; religious beliefs and the way they have been affected by western civilization.
 3 Credits
Show Description NASX 306X - Contemp Global Iss Indg People
Offered Autumn. An examination of the major issues that affect the contemporary experiences of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, and other global communities.
 3 Credits
Show Description NASX 340 - Native American Lit
Offered Autumn.  Prereq., three credits of lower-division LIT courses and NASX 105H or 235X. Same as LIT 305. Selected readings from Native American Literature and criticism with emphasis on the literatures after the Native American literary Renaissance.  A minimum of three genres covered and three culture areas.
 3 Credits
Show Description NASX 354X - Indians of MT since Rsrvtn Era
Offered Autumn. Same as HSTA 354.  Examination of the history of Montana Indians since the establishment of the reservations, contemporary conditions, and issues among both reservation and non-reservation Indian communities in the state.  Special attention given to social and economic conditions, treaty rights, tribal sovereignty, and legal issues.
 3 Credits
Show Description NASX 488 - Stds in Native Amer Autobio
Offered intermittently.  Same as LIT 429.  Prereq., LIT 300 or LIT 305/NASX 340, or consent of instr.  Study of texts that present a first-person story of Native American individual's life within historical and cultural contexts, with discussion of theories of autobiography.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required

Additional Science Course

Rule: Complete 1 of the following:

Note: BIOB 170N: Principles of Biological Diversity may only be used to satisfy this requirement if not used to satisfy the introductory Biology requirement.

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Show Description BIOB 170N - Princpls Biological Diversity
Offered spring and summer.  Survey of the diversity, evolution and ecology of life including prokaryotes, viruses, protista, fungi, plants and animals.
 3 Credits
Show Description BIOO 335 - Rocky Mountain Flora
Offered spring and summer. Prereq., one college-level course in Biology or consent of instr. Elements of the evolution, geography and natural affinities of flowering plants. Identification using a manual of native plants of Montana.
 3 Credits
Show Description ERTH 303N - Weather and Climate
Offered spring. Origin, composition, structure, and dynamics of the atmosphere, gas and radiation laws, energy budget and balance, weather elements, North American weather systems, and climate change. To succeed in this course students should have comfort with basic algebra.
 3 Credits
Show Description GEO 108N - Climate Change
Offered autumn.  The geoscience perspective on the earth’s climate system.  Climate processes and feedbacks, climate history from early earth to the ice ages, present and future changes due to natural processes and human activities.
 3 Credits
Show Description NRSM 265 - Elements of Ecological Restora
Offered autumn. Prereq., one course in the ecological or biological sciences: BIOO 105N, BIOB 160N, BIOB 170N, BIOB 172, BIOE 370, BIOE 428, BIOE 447 or BIOE 448; or FORS 330; or NRSM 271N or NRSM 462 or consent of instructor. Overview of the natural and social science elements of ecological restoration, including the ecological foundations of restoration, practices used to restore terrestrial and aquatic habitats, philosophical and ethical challenges involved, and current initiatives in Montana and the United States. Includes Saturday field trips.
 3 Credits
Show Description NRSM 385 - Watershed Hydrology
Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., M 115 or M 121 or M 122 or M 151 or M 162 or M 171 or M 172. An introduction to physical and biological controls over water movement and storage in the environment, and how those controls are affected by land management practices.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits Required