Feb 23, 2026

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Environmental and Sustainability Studies 4-Year Program

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Environmental and Sustainability Studies requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
UK 101 - Academic Orientation 1 - 2 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - First Semester Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Social Sciences Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - Second Semester Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning Credit(s): 3

Year 2

First Semester

ENS 201 - Environmental and Sustainability Studies I: Humanities and Social Sciences 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - Third Semester Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Citizenship - USA Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

ENS 202 - Environmental and Sustainability Studies II: Natural Science and Policy 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - Fourth Semester Credit(s): 3
A&S - Natural Science Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Global Dynamics Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

ENS 300 - Special Topics: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
PHI 336 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credit Hours
A&S - Humanities Credit(s): 3
300+ Area 1 - A&S - Social Science Credit(s): 3
A&S - Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

A&S - Natural Science Credit(s): 3
A&S - Lab Credit(s): 3
300+ Area 1 Credit(s): 3
300+ Area 2 Credit(s): 3
A&S - Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

ENS Writing Requirement Credit(s): 3
300+ Area 1 Credit(s): 3
300+ Area 1 Credit(s): 3
300+ Outside ENS Credit(s): 3
200+ Outside ENS Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

ENS 400 - Senior Seminar: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
300+ Area 1 Credit(s): 3
300+ Area 2 Credit(s): 3
300+ Area 3 Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3