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This area of emphasis is intended for students with an interest in environmental issues that are global in scope
and how they shape international affairs. Three required courses (nine hours) are designed to introduce students
to the complexity of environmental problems and their international implications. These include introductory courses
in environmental biology and environmental geoscience, as well as a political science course in international organization
and transitional relations (POLS361), both of which encompass global environmental issues. Students in this area
also select five (15 hours) analytic courses that include further coursework in environmental issues (natural resources,
wildlife management, environmental systems, and forestry) as well as courses in international and comparative economics,
development, and politics. This area of emphasis also has students select three cross-cultural courses (9 hours)
for the region of the world of primary interest: Europe, East Asia, the Americas, or Africa/Middle East.
Course List
Required courses in environmental issues (9 hours):
- Biology 105 (Environmental Biology)
- Geology/Geography 110 (Environmental Geoscience)
- Political Science 361 (International Organization)
Select 15 hours from the analytic courses (at least 2 disciplines):
- Economics 451 (International Economics)
- Economics 454 (Comparative Economic Systems)
- Economics 455 (Economic Development)
- Environmental Protection 155 (Elements of Environmental Protection)
- Forestry 425 (Global Forest Resources)
- Geography 205 (Natural Resources)
- Geography 302 (Political Geography)
- Geography 310 (Global Issues: Inequality & Interdependence)
- Geography 415 (Environmental Systems Geography)
- Political Science 338 (Environmental Policy)
- Political Science 364 (Conduct of American. Foreign Relations)
- Political Science 368 (Politics of War and Peace)
- Wildlife Management 150 (Principles of Conservation Ecology)
- Women's Studies 245 (Women in International Development)
Select 12 hours from the following cross-cultural courses (at least two disciplines):
- Geography 240 (United States and Canada)
- Geography 241 (Geography of Europe)
- Geography 243 (Geography of Africa)
- Geography 309 (Industrial Geography)
- Geography 411 (Rural and Regional Development)
- Geography 412 (Geography of Gender)
- History 209 (Twentieth Century Europe)
- History 214 (England, 1066 to Present)
- History 218 (History of Russia: Emancipation to Present)
- History 221 (History of Modern Germany)
- History 242 (Latin America: Reform and Revolution)
- History 409 (Brazil: Colony to World Power)
- History 410 (Modern Spain)
- History 411 (Industrial Revolution 1600?1900
- History 414 (France since 1815)
- History 418 (Eastern Europe Since 1945)
- History 420 (The USSR: 1939?Present )
- History 422 (Twentieth Century Germany from Weimar to Bonn)
- History 425 (History of Modern China)
- History 426 (History of Modern Japan)
- History 428 (East Africa Since 1895)
- History 430 (History of Africa: European Dominance to Independence)
- History 433 (West Africa to 1885)
- History 434 (West Africa from 1885)
- Political Science 350 (Government of Japan)
- Political Science 351 (Governments of Russia & Eastern Europe)
- Political Science 353 (Western Democratic Governments)
- Political Science 354 (Government of China)
- Political Science 355 (Governments of Latin America)
- Political Science 356 (Governments of the Middle East)
- Political Science 358 (Politics of Africa)
- Political Science 366 (Post?Soviet Foreign Policy)
- Political Science 367 (Latin America in International Affairs)
- Political Science 369 (Far Eastern International Affairs)
- Sociology/Anthropology 255 (Latin American Cultures)
- Sociology/Anthropology 256 (Traditional and Changing Africa)
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