Albertson College of Idaho
2006 - 2007 Catalog

• 2006 - 2007 Catalog
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• About Albertson College
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The Environmental Studies Core (36 Credits)

Courses marked with an asterisk (*) can count toward the Liberal Arts Core requirements.

The Core introduces essential concepts in environmental studies, foundational approaches to the study of the environment, and the specific ways in which environmental studies are practiced in various disciplines. Courses in the core should be taken as early as possible. (See course descriptions in the relevant sections of the catalog.)

Introduction to Environmental Studies (3 cr.)

• ENV-200 Nature and Culture: Introduction to Environmental Studies

Environment, Ecology, and the Sciences (8 cr.)

• *BIO-122 Introduction to Environmental Biology
• *CHE-136, 136L Chemistry of the Environment and Lab

Environment and Natural Systems (7-8 cr.)

• GOG-150 Physical Geography
  or
  GOL-101, 101L Physical Geology and Lab
• *BIO-140, 140L Idaho Natural History

Important note: ENV-160 and ENV-260 with labs (Environmental Science) will substitute for CHE-136, 136L; BIO-122, 122L; and GOG-150. The ENV-160/260 sequence will begin Fall 2007.

Analytical and Quantitative Skills

• *MAT-112 Introduction to Statistics

Environmental Thought in the United States

• *ENG-299T.9 Visions of Environment

Global Perspectives of Environment

• *ATH-309 Cross-Cultural Approaches to the Environment

Public Policy and the Environment

• *POE-339 Environmental Policy Analysis
  or
  POE-289 Environmental Economics

Values and the Environment

• *REL-251 Theology and the Sciences
• PHI-340 Environmental Philosophy

Senior Capstone Integrative Seminar (3 credits)

• ENV-402 Senior Capstone