Environmental Science and Sustainability B.S. - Climate Science and Environmental Change

The Climate Science and Environmental Change concentration provides students with an understanding of climate science, interactions between climate and ecosystems, and the intersections of climate, society, and policy.

Bachelor of Science - Environmental Science and Sustainability; Climate Science and Environmental Change Concentration

W.A Franke College of Forestry & Conservation

Degree Specific Credits: 67-69

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2021-22

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Lower-Division Required Courses		14-15
Concentration Requirements		50-51
Experiential Learning Requirement		3
Total Hours		67-69

Lower-Division Required Courses

Note: NRSM 110 will not be required if students declare the major with 60+ credits.

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following courses:
NRSM 110	First Year Seminar in Environmental Science and Sustainability	1
NRSM 210N	Soils, Water and Climate
Oral Communication - Complete one of the following courses:		3
COMX 111A	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
or THTR 120A	Introduction to Acting I
Statistics Requirement - Complete one of the following courses:		3-4
FORS 201	Forest Biometrics
or STAT 216	Introduction to Statistics
or WILD 240	Intro to Biostatistics
Chemistry - Complete the following course:
CHMY 121N	Introduction to General Chemistry	4
Total Hours		14-15

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Climate Science and Environmental Change Concentration Requirements

Rule: Complete all of the following subcategories. 47-48 total credits required.

Foundations

Code	Title	Hours
Complete the following courses:
CCS 103X	Climate Change Science and Society	3
Mathematics Requirement - Complete one of the following:
M 122	College Trigonometry	3-4
or M 151	Precalculus
or M 162	Applied Calculus
Biology Requirement - Complete one of the following:		3-4
BIOB 160N	Principles of Living Systems
or BIOB 170N	Principles Biological Diversity
or BIOE 172N	Introductory Ecology
or BIOO 105N	Introduction to Botany
Physics Requirement - Complete all of the following courses:
PHSX 205N	College Physics I	4
PHSX 206N	College Physics I Lab	1
Total Hours		14-15

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Climate Science

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
ERTH 303N	Weather and Climate	3
NRSM 281	Science of Climate Change	3
NRSM 408	Global Cycles and Climate	3
NRSM 418	Ecosystem Climatology	3
Total Hours		12

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Environmental Change

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
FORS 230	Fire Management and Environmental Change	3
FORS 333	Fire Ecology	3
NRSM 385	Watershed Hydrology	3
Total Hours		9

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Climate and Society A

Code	Title	Hours
Complete all of the following courses:
NRSM 326	Climate and Society	3
NRSM 349E	Climate Ethics and Policy	3
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Climate and Society B

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
COMX 349	Communication, Consumption, and Climate
ECNS 445	Intro to Environmental Economics & Climate Change
ENST 427	Social Issues: The Mekong Delta
NPAD 191	Nonprofit Administration Special Topics Course
PHIL 112E	Intro Ethics and Environment
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Climate Solutions

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
BGEN 160S	Issues in Sustainability
BGEN 445	Sustainability Reporting
BMGT 410	Sustainable Business Practices
ENST 391	Special Topics/Experimental Course
ENST 437	Climate Change: Mekong Delta
GPHY 421	Sustainable Cities
NRSM 321	Field Stds Energy Syst Montana
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Policy

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
NRSM 370S	Wildland Conservation Policy/Governance
NRSM 422	Nat Res Policy/Administration
NRSM 427	Advanced Water Policy
WILD 410	Wildlife Policy & Biopolitics
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Experiential Learning Requirement

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
BIOE 342	Field Ecology
BIOE 400	Aquatic Microbial Ecology
BIOE 416	Alpine Ecology
BIOE 439	Stream Ecology
BIOE 440	Conservation Ecology
BIOE 451	Landscape Ecology
BIOE 453	Lake Ecology
BIOE 458	Forest and Fire Ecology
ENST 427	Social Issues: The Mekong Delta
ENST 437	Climate Change: Mekong Delta
FORS 130	Intro Forestry Field Skills
FORS 440	Forest Stand Management
GPHY 385	Field Techniques
NRSM 115	First Year Seminar in Field Studies in Conservation
NRSM 273	Wilderness/Civ Field Stds
NRSM 298	Internship
NRSM 345	Watershed Dynamics
NRSM 398	Internship
NRSM 495	Ecosystem Science and Restoration Practicum
NRSM 498	Internship
NRSM 499	Senior Thesis
PTRM 150	First Year Seminar in Parks, Tourism, and Recreation Management
PTRM 345X	Sustaining Human Soc & Nat Env
PTRM 418	Winter Wilderness Field Studies
PTRM 484	PTRM Field Measurement Tech
WILD 374	Hunter Check Station
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper-Division Writing Requirement

Code	Title	Hours
Complete three of the following courses:		9
BIOE 428	Freshwater Ecology
BIOE 447	Ecosystem Ecology
FORS 330	Forest Ecology
FORS 341	Timber Harvesting & Roads
FORS 347	Multiple Resource Silviculture
FORS 349	Practice of Silviculture
FORS 440	Forest Stand Management
FORS 499	Senior Thesis
NASX 403	Contmp Tribal Resource Issues
NRSM 326	Climate and Society
NRSM 349E	Climate Change Ethics/Policy
NRSM 379	Collab in Nat Res Decisions
NRSM 389E	Ethics Forestry & Conservation
NRSM 462	Rangeland Ecology
NRSM 465	Foundations of Restoration Ecology
NRSM 475	Environment & Development
NRSM 495	Ecosystem Science and Restoration Practicum
NRSM 499	Senior Thesis
PTRM 300	Recreation Behavior
WILD 410	Wildlife Policy & Biopolitics
Total Hours		9

Minimum Required Grade: C-