Environment

In the Environment sector, individuals lead grassroots efforts to protect the environment and strengthen understanding of environmental issues. They teach environmental awareness in schools and to local organizations, empowering communities to make their own decisions about how to conserve the local environment.

Environment concentration

3 courses from list of recommended courses and/or the approved environment‐related subject codes

Recommended courses:

  • ENVS 202 Intro Environmental Studies: Natural Sciences
  • ERTH 202 Earth’s Surface and Environment
  • LA 199 Design for a Sustainable World
  • GLBL 280 Global Environmental Issues and Alternatives
  • ENVS 345 Environmental Ethics
  • ENVS 435 Environmental Justice
  • CH 401 Research in Green Chemistry
  • GEOG 421 Climate Change
  • ERTH 310 Earth Resources and the Environment
  • GEOG 341 Population and Environment
  • GEOG 465 Environment and Development
  • LA 410 Urban Sustainability
  • PPPM 331 Environmental Management
  • PPPM 445 Green Cities
  • PS 477 International Environment Politics
  • SOC 304 Community, Environment & Society
  • PPPM 443 Natural Resource Policy
  • HPHY 470 Environmental Physiology

Approved subject codes

  • BI Biology
  • ENVS Environmental Studies
  • GEOG Geography
  • GEOL Geology
  • GLBL Global Studies
  • LA Landscape Architecture
  • OIMB Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
  • PPPM Planning, Public Policy & Management
  • SCYP Sustainable City Year Program