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Nov 09, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Environmental and Sustainability Studies, B.A.
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The Environmental and Sustainability Studies B.A. degree educates students in a broad range of fundamental environmental studies subjects with concepts of sustainability integrated throughout the curriculum. The course work requirements consist of 18 credits of core courses and 24 credits of electives organized in the Areas of Economics, Environment, and Society. In order to ensure depth of knowledge and expertise 15 credits of courses will be taken within one Area. To provide breadth of knowledge, six credits of courses will be taken in a second Area and three credits of courses in the third Area. The Areas were selected in recognition that any type of sustainable activity, resource, or product must balance economic, environmental, and social considerations. In the Environmental and Sustainability Studies program, students will combine the fundamental knowledge they obtain in the three Areas to develop an understanding of sustainability and how sustainable practices can be implemented in their eventual careers. The ENS B.A. is an ideal double major for other disciplinary degrees.
For more information contact the ENS Program Director, Dr. Lauren Cagle (lauren.cagle@uky.edu) or the ENS Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dr. Andy Wood (andrew.wood@uky.edu).
Any student earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree must complete a minimum of 39 hours at the 300+ level. These hours are generally completed by the major requirements. However, keep this hour requirement in mind as you choose your course work for the requirements in the major. See the complete description of College requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree .
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I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity
II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities
III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences
Recommended: IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences
V. Composition and Communication I
VI. Composition and Communication II
VII. Quantitative Foundations
VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning
IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA
Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)
Subtotal: Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement hours (GCCR): 3
I. Foreign Language: 0-14
(placement exam recommended)
II. Disciplinary Requirements
a. Natural Science
(completed by Major Requirements)
b. Social Science
(completed by Major Requirements)
III. Laboratory or Field Work: 1
IV. Race and Ethnicity Requirement: 0-3
College Requirement hours: 13-30
Required Core Courses hours: 18
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Students are required to declare one primary area of expertise from one of the tracks below: Track #1 Economic, Track #2 Environment, Track #3 Society. Students are required to take at least 15 hours in their primary area, 6 hours in the second area, and 3 hours in the third area. Students cannot double dip courses across the three tracks. A course used to satisfy one track may not be used to count toward credits in another track.
Areas of Expertise hours: 24
From Outside the Major Department
Choose hours outside Environmental and Sustainability Studies at the 300+ level. 200+ level courses used to satisfy College Requirements can also be counted here. Subtotal: Other Major hours: 6
Electives
Electives should be selected to complete the 120 hours required for graduation. Subtotal: Electives: minimum of 6
Total Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120
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