Program: Sustainability and Policy Concentration, BS - Southern Oregon University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 08, 2025

2012-13 Catalog

(40 credits)

Students selecting the Sustainability and Policy Concentration will complete SOC 420 - Environmental Sociology and ES 421 - Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development within the ES core. Core courses cannot be used to meet upper division elective requirements within this concentration.

Sustainability and Policy Concentration Core

(24 credits)

ES 423 - Sustainability and Natural Resources 4 credits
ES 475 - Environmental Modeling 4 credits

Select one of the following:

ANTH 451 - Cultural Ecology 4 credits
GEOG 437 - Conservation in the United States 4 credits

Select three of the following:

BI 386 - Forest Ecology and Management 3 credits
ES 327 - Energy and Climate Change 4 credits
ES 435 - Water Resources 4 credits
ES 479 - Biosphere, Ecology, and Global Environmental Change 4 credits

Upper Division Electives (12 credits)

Select three courses in one of the following three areas:

Environmental Policy

ANTH 462 - Cultural Resource Management 4 credits
EC 315 - Environmental Economics 4 credits
ES 442 - Valuation of Ecosystem Goods and Services 4 credits
GEOG 439 - Land Use Planning 4 credits
PS 328 - Public Policy and the Environment 4 credits
PS 448 - Mediation and Conflict Management 4 credits

Green Business

BA 407 - Seminar 1 to 12 credits
BA 330 - Principles of Marketing 4 credits
BA 331 - Consumer Motivation and Behavior 4 credits
BA 430A - Nonprofit Grantwriting and Government Relations 4 credits
BA 430B - Nonprofit Volunteerism, Board Development, and Community Mobilization 2 credits
EC 315 - Environmental Economics 4 credits
EC 379 - Economic Development 4 credits

Sustainable Communities

BA 430A - Nonprofit Grantwriting and Government Relations 4 credits
BA 430B - Nonprofit Volunteerism, Board Development, and Community Mobilization 2 credits
ES 442 - Valuation of Ecosystem Goods and Services 4 credits
GEOG 350 - Urban Environments 4 credits
GEOG 439 - Land Use Planning 4 credits
SOC 310 - Community Studies 4 credits
SOC 450 - Social and Cultural Change 4 credits

Internship/Practicum

(4 credits)

ES 409 - Practicum 1 to 15 credits