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Approved Electives for Global Health & Environment

Majors choose three of the following courses to fulfill the INTL thematic requirement. Only one course can be at the 200-level (with advisor’s approval).   Minors choose two (at the 300/400-level).  Check here to see which of these approved electives are being offered in the current or following semester.

International Studies [INTL]
I300  Topics in International Studies  (only the following title applicable)  4
         -  Sustainable Development 4
I315  Methods in International Studies
Note: I315 was added for students who matriculated Summer 2009 and after, and it will not fulfill thematic credit for those students. Students who matriculated before 2009 may take I315 as a thematic course.
I325  International Issues Through Foreign Language
Note: This class conducted in Russian
I415  Independent Readings in International Studies
I415 Authorization Form and I415 Instructions for Faculty Supervisors 
Note: Requires departmental approval for registration and to count as thematic elective.

Anthropology [ANTH]
E328 Ecological Anthropology  (S & H)
E445 Advanced Seminar in Medical Anthropology (S & H)
  
Biology [BIO]
L350  Environmental Biology  (N & M)

Business [BUS]
G456 Sustainable Enterprise

Note: Business courses are outside the College of Arts and Sciences. Students must take at least 25 hours of the major -- not counting the language requirement -- in the College of Arts and Sciences. INTL minors in the College must take all 15 credits in the College.

         
Criminal Justice [CJUS]
P401  Environmental Justice (S & H)
              
Economics [ECON]
E364  Environmental and Resource Economics  (S & H; P) 1
             P: S321 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (S321 P: E201 and MATH M119 or M211)

Geography [GEOG]
G208  Human Impact on the Environment  (N & M) 2
G305  Environmental Change  (N & M; P) 1
             P: G107 Physical Systems of the Environment  or G109 Weather and Climate or instructor's consent
G307  Biogeography  (N & M; P)  1
             P: G107 or G109 or G185 Global Environmental Change or G208 Human Impact on Environment
G315  Environmental Conservation  (S & H; P)  1
             P: At least Junior standing or instructor's consent
G341  Environmental Values and Attitudes  (S & H)
G411  Sustainable Development Systems (S & H)
G415  Sustainable Urbanism (S & H)
G478  Global Change, Food and Farming Systems (S & H)   

Geological Sciences [GEOL]
G302  Development of the Global Environment  (N & M; P)

History [HIST]
W300 Issues in World History (only the following title applicable) (S & H)
          - Disease, Culture, and Society in the Modern World

Political Science [POLS]
Y313  Environmental Policy  (S & H)

Religious Studies [REL]
D250 Religion, Ecology and the Self (S & H)
D350 Studies in Religion (only the following title applicable)(S & H)   4
         - Religion, Ethics and the Global Environment
D430 Problems in Social Ethics (only the following title applicable)(S & H)   4
         - Religion and the Search for a Common Morality

School of Public and Environmental Affairs [SPEA]
E400 Topics in Environmental Studies (only the following title applicable)
         - Farming the City: Global Perspectives on Urban Agriculture & Food Security
E465 Environmental Management in the Tropics
E466 International Comparative Environmental Policy

Note: The SPEA courses are outside the College of Arts and Sciences. Students must take at least 25 hours of the major in the College.

 

After Fall 2005, the following courses are no longer applicable to the International Studies major (Completion during or prior to Fall 2005 is applicable. See the INTL advisor): 
    COLL/COAS E104  Global Consumer Culture  (S & H, TFR)       
    ANTH E101  Ecology and Society  (S & H) 2     
    GEOG G107  Physical Systems of the Environment  (N & M) 2

    GEOL G131  Oceans and our Global Environment  (N & M) 2

See Notes and Abbreviations page for a key to understanding the notations above. Please consult the latest Bulletin to double check information about prerequisites.

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