ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CONCENTRATION
Name______________________________________Sem. of Entry_______________________
Advisor____________________________________ Catalog____________________________
General Degree Requirements
_____128 Credit Hours
Required for graduation at WWC
_____68 Credit Hours
Required for ENS Majors
Triad Education Requirements (Academic)
_____ First Year Seminar (4cr)
_____ College Composition I (4cr)
_____ College Composition II/ Natural Science Seminar (4-5.5cr)
Liberal Arts Area Course Requirements (4 cr per area)
_____ Language and Global Issues, (LAN, PCS, ICS, PAX selected HIS)
_____ Literature (ENG)
_____ History and Political Science (HIS, PSC)
_____ Natural Science (BIO, CHM, PHY)
_____ Mathematics (MAT course above MAT 110)
_____ Social Science (ANT, ECO, PSY, SOC, WMS)
_____ Philosophy and Religion (PHI, REL)
_____ Artistic Expression (ART, MUS, THR, WRI)
I. Required Courses for ENS majors:
_____BIO 116
General Biology
_____CHM 116
General Chemistry I
_____MAT 141 OR 290
Statistics OR
OR MAT 241
Calculus
_____ENS 116
Introduction to Environmental Studies
_____BIO 202
Ecology (has a prerequisite)
_____ENS 245 OR
Environmental Politics & Political Theory
PSC 245 OR
Environmental Politics: Global Perspective
ANT 338 OR
Archeology and the Environment
ENS 205 OR
Environmental History of the U.S.
ECO 380
Environmental and Ecological Economics
_____PHI 252 OR
Environmental Ethics OR
REL 212
Religion, Nature and the Environment
Credits
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
II. Required Courses for Environmental Education Concentration:
_____ ENS 126
Intro to Environmental Education
_____ ENS 205
Environmental History of the U.S.
_____ ENS 426
Methods and Materials in Env. Education
_____ ENS 485
Environmental Studies Internship
_____ ENS 484
Environmental Education Internship Seminar
_____ ODL 320
Program Planning and Design
Credits
4
4
4
min. 2
1
4
III. Electives Within the ENS major (minimum 20 credits)
The study of systems and their interactions is crucial to EE, so students have the option of
choosing a strand within EE that emphasizes specific systems, such as food systems or
community systems.
Environmental Education Strands
The study of systems and their interactions is crucial to EE, so students have the option of
choosing a strand within EE that emphasizes specific systems, such as food systems or
community systems.
Suggested electives for Food systems: Integrating food, agriculture, and EE
_____ANT 337
Appalachian folk medicine
_____ANT 321
Traditional agricultural systems
_____EDU 305
Educational psychology
_____ENS 249
Intro to sustainable agriculture
_____ENS 330
Soil science
_____ENS 440
Sustainable farm management
_____ENS 451
Community and land use planning
_____ENS 421
Environmental policy
_____ENS 2XX
Community organizing for sustainable living
_____SOC 271
Environmental sociology
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Suggested electives for Community systems: Community organizing for sustainable living
_____BA 310
Introduction to non-profit management
4
_____BA 212
Management and leadership in organizations
4
_____EDU 305
Educational psychology
4
_____ECO 201
Microeconomics
4
_____ECO 380
Environmental and ecological economics
4
_____ENS 220
Environmental attitudes, values, and behavior
2
_____ENS 421
Environmental policy
4
_____ENS 425
Sustainable development and the politics of growth
4
_____ENS 451
Community and land use planning
4
_____ENS 2XX
Community organizing for sustainable living
_____GBL 225
Introduction to GIS
3
_____PAX 325
Resolving conflict: local and global
4
_____PAX 327
Environmental justice: peace or conflict
4
_____SWK 292
Environmental social work
2-4
Suggested electives for Natural systems: Connecting people to natural places
_____BIO 235
Vertebrate zoology
_____BIO 241
Invertebrate zoology
_____BIO 341
Plant taxonomy
_____BIO 318 or BIO 113 General ornithology
OR Field ornithology
_____CHM 117
General chemistry II
_____EDU 305
Educational psychology
_____ENS 233
Forest biology
_____ENS 230
Geology
_____ENS 310
Conservation and wildlife biology
_____ODL 220
Wilderness first responder
_____ODL 215
Initiatives
_____ODL 210
Wilderness skills and techniques
_____ODL 350
Trip leader practicum
4
4
4
4
2
5
4
4
4
4
1
3
2
2
Suggested electives for Communication systems: Using the media, arts, and marketing for EE
_____ART 171
Photoshop I
4
_____ART 206
Ceramics II
4
_____ART 209
Photography II
4
_____ART 216
Drawing II (or other art classes)
4
_____BA 121
Marketing and advertising
4
_____EDU 305
Educational psychology
4
_____ENS 220
Environmental attitudes, values and behavior
2
_____ENS 2xx
Community organizing for sustainable living
_____MUS 109
Introduction to music (or any applied music class)
4
_____MUS 112
Music cultures of the world
4
_____WRI 142
Introduction to writing for the media
4
_____WRI 213
Creative writing: Creative non-fiction
4
_____WRI 220
Writing about place
4
_____WRI 320
Environmental journalism
4
Suggested electives for Spiritual systems: Connecting faith to conservation
_____EDU 305
Educational psychology
_____ENS 230
Geology
_____REL 212
Religion, nature, and the environment
_____PSY 215
Emerging Christian theologies
_____REL 238
History and literature of Buddhism
_____REL 420
Religion, peace, and social justice seminar
_____PHI 252
Environmental ethics
_____PHI 353
Science, Perception, and Reality in Modern Phi
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Suggested electives for Educational systems: Infusing EE in education
_____EDU 215
Classroom observation K-12
_____EDU 305
Educational psychology
_____EDU 302
Education policy and classroom practice
_____EDU 401
Classroom assessment
_____EDU 402
Secondary school curriculum
_____EDU 435
Curriculum fieldwork K-12
_____ODL 215
Initiatives
_____ODL 225
Universal adventure programming
_____PSY 204
Human development in adolescents
2
4
4
2
4
1
3
4
2