In the Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Policy and Planning, you’ll build a strong foundation in the political, economic and cultural approaches to studying the environment and identify the causes, as well as consequences, of unsustainable development. You’ll take courses about:
The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Environmental Policy and Planning Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Fight climate change and protect the environment. Policy makers determine policy and planning which shapes the world in which we live. Change policy and planning, change the world!
Note: two years of a single high school world language or one year of a single college-level world language is required.
| Required Foundational Core | ||
| PLAN 201 | INTRODUCTION TO URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING | 5 |
| POLI 100 | INTRODUCTION TO US POLITICS | 5 |
| POLI 203 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 5 |
| POLI 204 | INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS | 5 |
| Required Disciplinary Core | ||
| PLAN 430 | ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING | 5 |
| POLI 322 | INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY | 5 |
| POLI 324 | COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL WATER POLICY | 5 |
| POLI 327 | POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY | 5 |
| POLI 420 | GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS | 5 |
| Methods Requirement–choose two | 9-10 | |
| FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES THEORY | ||
| STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES | ||
| GIS FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL ANALYSIS | ||
| Electives–choose one course from each category | 15 | |
Climate Change and Sustainability | ||
| COMPARATIVE URBANIZATION | ||
| LAND USE PLANNING | ||
| SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES | ||
| TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS (variable title) | ||
Environmental Law and Policy | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS | ||
| PLANNING, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS | ||
| INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| TOPICS IN POLITICAL THEORY (variable title) | ||
| TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS (variable title) | ||
Social and Environmental Justice | ||
| TRIBAL GOVERNANCE | ||
| CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PROBLEMS | ||
| TOPICS IN POLITICAL THEORY (variable title) | ||
| Capstone and Portfolio Assessment | 6 | |
| SENIOR CAPSTONE and PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT | ||
| Total Credits | 75-76 | |
The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.
Courses may be offered in different terms and not all courses are offered every term, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. There may be some courses that have required prerequisites not listed in the plan, review the course descriptions for information. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.
This major requires the completion of the World Language requirement. Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree must complete two years of a single language in high school or one year of a single language in college.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| ENGL 101 | 5 | ENGL 201 | 5 | MATH 107 | 5 |
| PLAN 201 | 5 | POLI 100 (Social Science BACR 1) | 5 | POLI 203 (Global Studies - graduation requirement) | 5 |
| Humanities & Arts BACR 11 | 5 | Humanities & Arts BACR 21 | 5 | Social Science BACR 21 | 5 |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| POLI 204 | 5 | PLAN 430 | 5 | POLI 327 | 5 |
| Diversity - graduation requirement1 | 5 | Natural Science BACR 21 | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| Natural Science BACR 11 | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| CSBS 310, 320, or PLAN 464 | 4-5 | CSBS 310, 320, or PLAN 464 | 4-5 | POLI 420 | 5 |
| POLI 322 | 5 | POLI 324 | 5 | Environmental Policy and Planning Elective2 | 5 |
| Environmental Policy and Planning Elective2 | 5 | Environmental Policy and Planning Elective2 | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| 14-15 | 14-15 | 15 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | POLI 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement) | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | POLI 493 | 1 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 1 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 | ||
| 16 | 16 | 15 | |||
| Total Credits 180-182 | |||||
University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
Electives–choose one course from the approved list of each of the three categories.
Pre-requisites: completion of the general education core course requirements in the social sciences as specified in this catalog or permission of the instructor.
This course is intended to expose the philosophic choices and historical constraints that underlie all of the social and behavior sciences. In terms as simple as possible, we explore foundational alternatives (which may include idealism vs. materialism, individualism vs. holism, structure vs. agency, value neutrality vs. social critique) and the impact of history on the social and behavioral science. By emphasizing the controversiality and diversity within the disciplines, and the social contexts that shape them, we encourage students to discover sharply critical perspectives on the social and behavioral theories that claim to tell us how the world works.
Pre-requisites: PLAN 201 or permission of the instructor.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies.
A review of the nature of urbanization in developed and developing countries, examining planning-related issues associated with urbanization, overurbanization and counterurbanization in a variety of natural settings.
Pre-requisites: POLI 203 or POLI 204.
This course explores major theories and practices of unsustainable economic growth models, which have created various forms of ecological, political, social, economic, and security crises. These crises have affected both the rich and poor nations, though in different ways. They have also produced a series of destabilizing resource, knowledge, technology, and capital gaps between and within the global north and south. This course examines these ecological crises and the varied responses to them.
Notes: may be stacked with PLAN 535.
“Planning, Politics and Public Policy” studies planning as a profession permeated with political dilemmas in a context marked by social, political and economic disparities. The course reviews planning in light of the politics of policy-making and questions the role of urban and regional planning in a democratic governance process.