Program Modification Form
I Summary of Proposed Changes
Environmental Studies
Department/program
Change major completion requirements
Summary
II Endorsements and Approvals
Please obtain the Program Chair/Director’s approval and Dean’s approval.
Please type / print name Signature
Requestor:
Phone:
Program Chair/Director:
Len Broberg
X5209
Len Broberg
Department Dean
Other affected Programs:
(Use additional sheet if
Christopher Comer
Biology: Charles Janson
Date
needed)
Geosciences: William
Woessner
III Type of Program Modification
(e.g. adding a writing course required of all majors.) Please X check the appropriate box.
Major
Minor
Option
Teaching major/minor
X
Other
Please
Changing core requirements to replace a course no
describe
longer taught, strengthen and diversify major
requirements and add a new requirement area in
response to program assessment data
IV Catalog Language
If you are proposing a change to an existing program or
major, please cut and paste the requirements as they
appear in the current catalog below.
www.umt.edu/catalog 
For the Bachelor of Arts degree, every major in
environmental studies will complete the following
requirements:
Environmental Studies: EVST 101N, 167H, 201,
225, 360, 398, one of the following two courses,
302 or 367and one of the following two courses
305L or 420 and at least 12 credits selected from
300 and/or 400 level courses offered by EVST.
Required courses outside Environmental
Studies: BIOL 100N or 110N or 108N; CHMY
121N (CHEM 151N); STAT 216 (MATH 241),
and one, 3 credit NAS course from among the
following: 100H, 231, 301E, 303E, 324, 329, 341,
342, 410 or NASL 201X, 202L (NAS201H, 202).
Please provide the proposed copy as you wish
it to appear in the catalog. 
For the Bachelor of Arts degree, every
major in environmental studies will
complete the following requirements:
Environmental Studies: EVST 101N,
167H, 201, 225, 360, 398, one of the
following two courses: 302 or 367; one of
the following two courses: 305L or 430
and one of the following two courses: 477
or 487 and at least 9 credits selected from
300 and/or 400 level courses offered by
EVST.
Required courses outside Environmental
Studies: BIOL 100N or 110N or 108N;
CHMY 121N; STAT 216; one, 3 credit
NAS course from among the following:
100H, 231, 301E, 303E, 324, 329, 341,
342, 410 or NASL 201X, 202L; and one
additional environmental science course
from among the following: ERTH 303N,
GEO 108, (provided it was not used to
satisfy the first requirement listed above)
BIOL 108, BIOL 350, FOR 265 or FOR
385.
Please explain/justify the new proposal or change. 
EVST currently has a humanities distribution requirement, EVST 305 or 420, and a policy distribution
requirement, EVST 302 or 367, plus a 12 credit elective requirement in the upper division for majors.
The faculty member teaching 420 has retired and we seek to modify/diversify the distribution
requirements to replace 420 with EVST 430 Culture and Agriculture, which will be increased to 3 credits
by an accompanying course modification proposal, in the humanities and diversify the social sciences
through adding a social and environmental justice distribution requirement in addition to the domestic
policy requirement currently in place. This will fit well with the International Development minor that a
good number of our majors seek to complete and require majors to have background in what has emerged
as a very important field in environmental work.
In addition, our undergraduate survey assessment tool has identified addition of another environmental
science course related to the environment as a desirable program modification. We have long desired to
increase the environmental science component of the major, but have awaited assessment feedback to
determine if there was room to do so.
In light of the addition of more requirements that would bring our required credit total for the major to
42, we seek to continue to provide room for a double major, minor or focal area of study completion by
reducing the total number of upper division electives by 3 credits, from the current 12 to 9 credits.
What other programs are affected by your proposal?
Forestry, Geosciences, Geography and
Obtain signatures as requested above.
Biology
V Copies and Electronic Submission
Once approved, the original, a paper copy and an electronic file are submitted to the Faculty Senate
Office, UH 221 (camie.foos@mso.umt.edu).
VI Department Summary Required if several proposals are submitted. In a separate document
list program title and proposed change of all proposals.
Affected Unit Approvals (cont’d)
Geography: Sarah Halvorson
date:
Forestry: James Burchfield
date: