Environmental Studies: Directed Studies
Advisee
Student ID
Advisor
Date
Please use the following notations when you complete the checklist:
Course completed = X
Course in progress = IP
Intend to register for upcoming semester = F16 (or whichever semester/year, i.e. fall 2016 = F16, spring 2017 = S17)
Common Requirements (40-42 units)
Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics (22-28 units)
BIOL
201
4 units Biology I: Cellular Biology and Genetics
BIOL
202
4 units Intro. to Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
CHEM 104
4 units Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
GEOL 121
4 units Physical Geology
One of the following:
MATH 119
MATH 211
4 units
3 units
Pre-Calculus
Calculus for Applications
One of the following:
MATH 231
MATH 237
GEOG 375
ECON 205
3 units
4 units
3 units
3 units
Basic Statistics
Elementary Biostatistics
Quantitative Methods in Geography
Statistics for Business and Economics
Advanced Writing (3 units)
ENGL 318
3 units
GEOG 383
3 units
Advanced Informational Writing
Natural Resources and Society
Environmental Geography, Ethics and Health (12 units)
GEOG 101
3 units Physical Geography
GEOG 410
3 units Environmental Geography
HLTH
451
3 units Introduction to Environmental Health
PHIL
255
3 units Environmental Ethics
Applications (3 units)
ENVS
482
ENVS
485
ENVS
491
3 units
3 units
3 units
Environmental Research
Environmental Internship
Senior Seminar
Including courses from the current
semester, fill in your credit count.
Total Credits
Upper Level Credits
(300-400 level)
Current GPA
Expected Graduation
Environmental Studies: Directed Studies
Required Courses (12 units)
ECON
ECON
Or
ECON
POSC
Or
POSC
POSC
201
375
3 units
3 units
Microeconomic Principles
Environmental Economics
376
103
3 units
3 units
Natural Resource Economics
American National Government
207
421
3 units
3 units
State Government
Politics and Environmental Policy
Electives (Five courses from the following, selected in consultation with an
advisor; 15-16 units)
BIOL
306
3 units Human Ecology and Sustainability
ECON 326
3 units Economic Development
ECON 337
3 units Public Finance
ECON 351
3 units Urban Economics
ECON 375
3 units Environmental Economics*
ECON 376
3 units Natural Resource Economics*
ECON 470-9
3 units Topics in Economics**
ENVS
430-9
1-4
Special Topics in Environmental Science
units
and Studies
ENVS
471
1-3
Independent Study in Environmental
units
Science and Studies
GEOG 221
3 units Interpretation of Maps
GEOG 232
4 units Intro. Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 317
3 units Energy Resources
GEOG 319
3 units Soils and Vegetation
GEOG 329
3 units Medical Geography
GEOG 383
3 units Natural Resources and Society*
GEOG 385
3 units Population Geography
Or
SOCI
329
3 units Demography
GEOG 393
3 units Transportation and Infrastructure Planning
GEOG 405
3 units Comprehensive Planning
GEOG 411
3 units Studies in Natural Hazards
GEOG 414
3 units GIS Applications
GEOG 415
3 units Geographic Aspects of Pollution
GEOG 416
3 units Principles of Remote Sensing and Digital
Image Processing
GEOG 419
3 units Severe and Hazardous Weather
GEOG 470-9
3 units Selected Topics in Geography**
GEOG 481
3 units Environmental Impact Analysis
GEOG 484
3 units Land Use Planning
GEOG 495
3 units Directed Readings**
GEOG 496
3 units Independent Research**
HLTH
435
3 units Epidemiological Basis of Disease and
Environmental Health
HLTH
491
3 units Health Directed Readings**
Environmental Studies: Directed Studies
PHIL
319
3 units Science, Technology and Values
PHIL
380
3 units Philosophical Topics**
POSC 304
3 units Politics of Metropolitan Growth
POSC 305
3 units Urban Government and Politics
POSC 470-9
3 units Special Topics in Political Science**
POSC 481
3 units Seminar in American Government and
Public Policy**
PSYC
341
3 units Environmental Psychology
WMST 345
3 units Women, Environment and Health
* If not taken as one of the core courses
** Requires approval of the program director
General Elective: One elective course from any Environmental Science and
Studies track (3-4 units)
Core Curriculum Requirements
1. Towson Seminar*
2. English Composition*
3. Mathematics
4. Creativity and creative Development
5. Arts and Humanities
6. Social and Behavioral Sciences
7. Biological and Physical Sciences
8. Biological and Physical Sciences
9. Advanced Writing Seminar*
*Grade of ‘C’ or better required;
all others require ‘D’ or better.
NOTES:
Perspectives (10-14) One course under Perspectives must be
taken in a discipline in the arts and humanities, different from
the discipline in requirement 5. One course under
Perspectives must be taken in a discipline in the social and
behavioral sciences, different from the discipline in
requirement 6.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Metropolitan Perspectives
The United States as a Nation
Global Perspectives
Diversity and Difference
Ethical Issues and Perspectives