Program Overview

Environmental Policy, B.A.

The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in environmental policy is an interdisciplinary program in environmental studies. It rests on the premise that students must be able to combine an understanding of the scientific basis for environmental problems with knowledge of human needs, history, politics, and economics to derive practical solutions to environmental issues. Correspondingly, coursework involves classes with environmental scholars in various natural science, social science, and humanities departments. While providing a rigorous and broad educational experience, the major also allows students to custom design an area of strength using elective course work.

Students are encouraged to use an internship or study abroad as a capstone experience for the major.

Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the undergraduate program in environmental policy will:

1. Demonstrate proficiency in both the natural sciences and the social sciences.
2. Develop an ability to connect material between different disciplines with regard to an environmental topic.
3. Become passionate about learning and analyzing environmental challenges.

• Demonstrate ability in analyzing environmental challenges.
• Display interest in learning beyond the classroom.

Tulsa Curriculum Requirements

Core Curriculum

• ENGL 1033 Exposition and Argumentation or
• FS 1963 First Seminar I and
• FS 1900 Writing Studio
• MATH 1083 Contemporary Mathematics (or higher MATH course)
• FS 1973 First Seminar II
• FYE 1001 First Year Experience
• AS 2001 The Liberal Arts and Preparation for Life after Graduation
• 4973 Senior Project (3 hours)
• Language (12-14 hours)

General Curriculum

• Quad I: Creative Arts (6 hours)
• Quad II: Humanities (6 hours)
• Quad III: Social Sciences (6 hours)
• Quad IV: Natural and Applied Sciences (7 hours)

Some major required courses may be double counted to fulfill a quad requirement. Environmental Policy majors take BIOL-1033 and GEOL-1014 to fulfill the Quad IV requirement.

Environmental Policy Major Requirements

At least two-thirds of the 41 hours in the environmental policy major must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Natural and Physical Sciences

• BIOL 3164 Field Ecology
• CHEM 1023 General Chemistry II and
• CHEM 1021 General Chemistry II Laboratory
• and two of the following:
  • GEOL 2003 History of the Biosphere
  • GEOL 2043 Energy, Environment and Climate Change
  • GEOL 2063 Geological Hazards and Catastrophes
  • GPHY 2503 Physics of the Earth

Social Sciences

• ECON 3123 Resources and the Environment
• ECON 4163 Policy Analysis
• ECON 4273 Applied Econometrics
• POL 3223 Politics of Administration or
• POL 4083 The Politics of Natural Resource Wealth
• ANSO 3113 Population and Ecology or
• ANSO 3143 Environment and Society

Statistical Methods

One of the following courses:

• STAT 2013 Introduction to Statistics
• QM 2013 Statistics I
• ANSO 2023 Statistics for the Social Sciences

Environmental Policy Electives

Students must choose 9 additional hours. Electives should be chosen from one or two related fields to give an area of strength. In planning and selecting electives, students must be aware of course prerequisites.

• ANTH 4123 Humans as Environmental Engineers: Agriculture to Energy
• BIOL 3504 Plant Diversity
• BIOL 4093 Population Ecology
• CHEM 3011 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
• CHEM 3013 Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM 3021 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
• CHEM 3023 Organic Chemistry II
• CHEM 4053 Environmental Chemistry
• CHEM 4083 Analytical Chemistry I
• CHEM 4133 Biochemistry I
• ECON 3023 Macroeconomic Theory
• ECON 3033 Microeconomic Theory
• ECON 3083 International Economics
• ECON 3113 Economic Development
• GEOG 3053 Geomorphology
• GEOL 4513 Hydrogeology
• GEOL 4523 Environmental Geochemistry
• POL 3003 The U.S. Congress
• POL 3023 Politics of the Judicial System
• POL 3223 Politics of Administration
• POL 4073 The American Presidency
• POL 4083 The Politics of Natural Resource Wealth
• SOC 3083 Urban Sociology
• ANSO 3113 Population and Ecology
• ANSO 3143 Environment and Society
• ANSO 3193 Global Trends

Required Minor (12 hours)

Students must, with the advisor’s approval, enroll in at least 12 hours in a minor field. Six of these hours must be at the 3000 level or above. Some minors require more than 12 hours.

General Electives (14-16 hours)

Total: 120 hours

Colleges

• Arts & Sciences
• Business
• Engineering & Computer Science
• Health & Natural Sciences
• Graduate School
• Law

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