Focal Areas in Social Sciences

Focal Area (15)

• COM 436: Environmental Communication

• COM 289: Science Communication and Public Engagement

• COM 479: Climate Change Communication

• ENG 333: Communication for Science and Research

• AEE 311: Communication Methods and Media

Advised Electives (9)

• STS 214: Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society

• ENG 214: Introduction to Editing

• ENG 520: Science Writing for the Media

Focal Area (15)

• ARE 309: Environmental Law and Economic Policy

• ARE 336: Intro to Resource and Environmental Economics

• EC 202: Principles of Macroeconomics

• NR 219: Natural Resource Business and Investment

• ARE/EC 301: Intermediate Microeconomics

Advised Electives (9)

• NR 460: Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy

• FOR 319: Forest Economics

• PB 345: Economic Botany

Focal Area (15)

• ENV 250: Diversity and Environmental Justice

• LAR 535: Environmental Social Equity and Design

• IDS 201: Environmental Ethics

• PCC 201: Impact of Industry on the Environment and Society

• ARE 309: Environmental Law and Economic Policy

Advised Electives (9)

• PS 309: Equality and Justice in United States Law

• STS 323: World Population and Food Prospects

• ES 495: Water Quality and Health

Focal Area (15)

• ARE 336: Introduction to Resource and Environmental Economics

• ARE 309: Environmental Law & Economic Policy

• PS 336 or 320: 1 is required to fulfill PS requirement for ES, take the other for the FA

• PS 310: Public Policy

• PA 550: Environmental Policy

Advised Electives (9)

• ENV 250: Diversity and Environmental Justice

• PS 371: Research Methodology of Political Science

• NR 460: Renewable Natural Resource Management and Policy

Focal Area (15)

• ANT 450: Culture, Ecology, and Sustainability

• STS 323: World Population and Food

• PS 336: Global Environmental Politics

• PS 431: United Nations and Global Order

• IS 393: Theories of Globalization

Advised Electives (9)

• PS 236: Issues in Global Politics

• IS 200: Introduction to International Studies

• PS 433: Global Problems and Policies

Focal Area (15)

• CS 230: Intro to Agroecology

• HS 410: Community Food Systems

• ARE 309: Environmental Law and Economic Policy

• STS 323: World Population and Food Prospects

• NTR 210: Intro to Community Food Security

Advised Electives (9) 

• HS 432: Intro to Permaculture

• ES 495-004: Water Quality and Health

• NTR 330: Public Health Nutrition

Focal Area (15)

• PCC 201: Impact of Industry on the Environment and Society

• NR 219: Natural Resource Markets

• PSE 476: Environmental Life Cycle Analysis

• ARE 336: Introduction to Resource and Environmental Economics

• SMT 310: Introduction to Industrial Ecology

Advised Electives (9) 

• ARC 525: Sustainability Over the Life of a Building

• ENV 250: Diversity and Environmental Justice

• SMT 232: Recycling to Create a Sustainable Environment (2 credits)

• ET 203: Pollution Prevention (1 credit)

• Agricultural Business Management

• Business Administration

• Business Entrepreneurship

• Economics

• English

• International Studies

• Journalism

• Nonprofit Studies

• Political Science

• Science Communication

• Science, Technology, and Society