Departments & Programs

Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Biodiversity and Sustainability Concentration Courses

Required Core Courses

  1. BIOL-L 350 Environmental Biology
  2. One of the following two courses: GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation or  SPEA-E 457 Introduction to Conservation Biology
  3. One of the following options: BIOL-L 479 Evolution and Ecology, or both BIOL-L 473 Ecology and BIOL-L 318 Evolution
Elective Courses: Students must select one course from the following list.

Anthropology
  • ANTH-E 328 Ecological Anthropology
  • ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation
Biology
  • BIOL-B 300 Vascular Plants
  • BIOL-B 351 Fungi
  • BIOL-B 364 Summer Flowering Plants
  • BIOL-B 368 Ethnobotany
  • BIOL-B 371 Ecological Plant Physiology
  • BIOL-L 318 Evolution
  • BIOL-L 369 Heredity Evolution and Society
  • BIOL-L 376 Biology of Birds
  • BIOL-L 433 Tropical Biology
  • BIOL-L 472 Microbial Ecology
  • BIOL-Z 373 Entomology
  • BIOL-Z 374 Invertebrate Zoology
  • BIOL-Z 406 Vertebrate Zoology
  • BIOL-Z 460 Animal Behavior
  • BIOL-Z 476 Biology of Fishes
Geography
  • GEOG-G 307 Biogeography
  • GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science and Politics
  • GEOG-G 451 Water Resources
  • GEOG-G 461 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Geological Sciences
  • GEOL-G 308 Paleontology and Geology of Indiana
  • GEOL-G 341 Natural History of Coral Reefs
  • GEOL-G 415 Principles of Geomorphology
  • GEOL-G 429 Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains
  • GEOL-G 432 Geology, Hydrology and Geochemistry in the Rocky Mountains
  • GEOL-G 451 Principles of Hydrogeology

History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine

  • HPSC-X 220 Issues in Science: Humanistic (Approved topic: Arborescence: Keeping Trees in Mind)
Public and Environmental Affairs, School of
  • SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology
  • SPEA-E 363 Environmental Management
  • SPEA-E 422 Urban Forest Management
  • SPEA-E 456 Lake and Watershed Management
  • SPEA-E 460 Fisheries and Wildlife and Management
  • SPEA-E 476 Environmental Law and Regulation
Public Health, School of
  • SPH-O 310 Ecosystem Management
  • SPH-R 385 Wilderness and Protected Lands
  • SPH-T 301 Sustainable Tourism

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