Department of Public & Environmental Affairs
Environmental Policy and Planning
Designing an Academic Plan: Sequence of Courses and General Education Requirements
The faculty members in Public and Environmental Affairs have given much thought to what we expect our majors in Environmental Policy and Planning to learn to serve them well in their future careers. We are including a copy of those “learning outcomes” here so that you know in general what our expectations are. Each of the learning outcomes below indicates which courses in the curriculum are particularly appropriate for that objective.
As part of our annual effort to assess how well our majors are doing in meeting these expectations, we will evaluate at least one written assignment in each of our core courses using these criteria. We will also send a questionnaire to graduating senior majors to ask them how well they believe the program helped them to meet the same objectives.
Recommended Academic Plan (using a sample of a possible electives), or download the pdf version:
Freshman Year |
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| Fall | POL SCI-101 American Government and Politics ENV SCI-102 Introduction to Environmental Science General education courses |
| Spring | PU EN AF - 202 Introduction to Public Policy General education and electives |
Sophomore Year |
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| Fall | COMM SCI-205 Social Science Statistics PU EN AF-215 Introduction to Public Administration ENV SCI- Environmental Science elective ECON-203 Micro Economic Analysis |
| Spring | COMM SCI-301 Foundations for Social Research ENV SCI- Environmental Science elective PU EN AF-301 Environmental Politics and Policy PU EN AF- Emphasis courses and electives Remaining general education courses |
Junior Year |
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| Fall | ENV SCI- Environmental Science elective PU EN AF-378 Environmental Law PU EN AF- Emphasis courses and electives |
| Spring | PU EN AF-322 Environmental Planning PU EN AF- Emphasis courses and electives |
Senior Year |
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| Fall | Emphasis courses and electives |
| Spring | Emphasis courses and electives |