Program: Environmental Science, B.S. (Human Dimensions Concentration) Sequence - University of Wisconsin Stout - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 12, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin (Working)

Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (28 credits)

Fall Semester (13 credits)

BIO-242 Plant Biology (5 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)
ENSC-101 Environmental Science Profession (1 cr.)
MATH-120 College Algebra (4 cr.)

Spring Semester (15 credits)

BIO-252 Zoology (5 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Communication (3 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Stout Core Selective (4 cr.) BIO-111 is Recommended

Second Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

BIO-350 Ecology (4 cr.)
CHEM-135 College Chemistry I (5 cr.)
ENSC-201 Environmental Science Profession II (1 cr.)
ECON-250 Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Arts & Humanities (3 cr.) Recommend a RES

Spring Semester (14 credits)

APSS-210 People and the Environment (3 cr.)
BIO-386 Introduction to Biostatistical Analysis (3 cr.)
GEOG-251 Introduction to Geospatial Technologies (3 cr.)
GEOL-101 Introduction to Geology (2 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Arts & Humanities (3 cr.) Recommend a GLP

Third Year (32 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

APSS-300 Quantitative Research Methods (3 cr.)
GEOG-351 Geospatial Analysis (3 cr.)
GEOL-330 Soil Science and Conservation (4 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Technical Elective course (4 credits)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

APSS-300 Quantitative Research Methods (3 cr.)
ENGL-410 Scientific Communication (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Technical Elective course (4 credits)
Course Selective-2 : Social & Behavioral Science (3 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Concentration Selective (3 cr.)

Summer Semester (1 credit)

ENSC-449 Cooperative Education Experience (1 cr.) or
ENSC-398 Field Experience (1 cr.)

Fourth Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

ANTH-400 Applied Anthropology (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Social & Behavioral Science (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Technical Elective course (4 credits)
Course Selective-3 : Concentration Selective (3 cr.)
Choose one of the following courses:
ANTH-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.)
ANTH-293 Environmental Justice (3 cr.)
GEOG-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.)
GEOG-310 Food Justice (3 cr.)
GEOG-320 Introduction to Community Planning (3 cr.)
SOC-290 Global Political Ecology (3 cr.)
SOC-293 Environmental Justice (3 cr.)
PAX-310 Food Justice (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (14 credits)

BIO-451 Research Methods in Environmental Science (3 cr.)
ENSC-352 Environmental Policy, Permits and Regulations (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : Concentration Selective (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : Concentration Selective (4 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : Stout Core Selective (1 cr.)