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Human Biology Program

Concentration in Human Environment and Ecology (Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology)

Students on Summer 2022, Fall 2022, or Spring 2023 requirements HMENECCON

Requirements

The concentration requires at least 12 credit hours (in addition to the courses taken in the core of the major), including the requirements listed below.
  1. Life Sciences Perspectives Courses. One (1) course:
    • Additional course from the Lecture/Laboratory Courses list
    • BIOL-B 368 Ethnobotany
    • BIOL-L 318 Evolution
    • BIOL-L 326 Biodiverse-City. The Art and Science of Green Infrastructure
    • BIOL-L 350 Environmental Biology
    • BIOL-L 473 Ecology
    • BIOL-S 318 Evolution, Honors
    • CHEM-C 341 Organic Chemistry I Lectures
    • CHEM-H 341 Organic Chemistry I Lectures, Honors
    • CHEM-J 341 Principles of Organic Chemistry I
    • GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society
    • GEOG-G 305 Current Issues in Climate, Land and Environmental Change
    • GEOG-G 307 Biogeography: The Distribution of Life
    • PHYS-P 310 Environmental Physics
  2. Lecture/Laboratory Courses. One (1) course:
    • BIOL-B 300 Vascular Plants
    • BIOL-B 364 Summer Flowering Plants
    • BIOL-L 376 Biology of Birds
    • BIOL-L 433 Tropical Biology
    • BIOL-L 465 Advanced Field Biology
    • BIOL-P 451 Integrative Human Physiology
    • BIOL-X 150 ASURE Biology Research Lab 1
    • BIOL-X 325 ASURE Biology Research Lab 2
    • BIOL-Z 406 Vertebrate Zoology
    • BIOL-Z 476 Biology of Fishes
    • BIOT-X 150 ASURE Biotechnology Research Lab 1
    • BIOT-X 325 ASURE Biotechnology Research Lab 2
    • Both of the following:
      • One (1) Lecture course:
        • CHEM-C 117 Principles of Chemistry and Biochemistry I
        • CHEM-H 117 Principles of Chemistry and Biochemistry I, Honors
        • CHEM-J 117 Principles of Chemistry and Biochemistry for Science Majors
        • CHEM-S 117
      • One (1) Laboratory course:
        • CHEM-C 127 Principles of Chemistry and Biochemistry I Laboratory
        • CHEM-H 127 Principles of Chemistry and Biochemistry I Laboratory, Honors
        • CHEM-S 117
        • CHEM-X 150 ASURE Chemistry Research Lab I
    • Both of the following:
      • CHEM-N 331 Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry
      • CHEM-N 337 Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
    • CHEM-X 325 ASURE Chemistry Research Lab II
    • EAS-E 104 Evolution of the Earth
    • EAS-E 105 Earth: Our Habitable Planet
    • EAS-E 131 Oceans and Our Global Environment
    • EAS-E 171 Environmental Geology in the Twenty-first Century
    • EAS-E 188 Volcanoes of the Sierra Nevada
    • EAS-E 424 Geographic Information Systems Applications in Geology
    • EAS-X 329 Introductory Field Experience in Environmental Science
    • PHYS-P 201 General Physics I
    • PHYS-P 221 Physics I
    • PHSL-P 215 Basic Human Physiology
    • PHSL-P 225 Human Physiology
  3. Historical, Social, Arts, and Humanities Perspectives Courses. Two (2) courses:
    • ANTH-B 343 Evolution of Human Ecological Footprint
    • ANTH-E 101 Sustainability and Society
    • ANTH-E 318 Nature/Culture: Global Perspectives in Environmental Anthropology
    • ANTH-E 327 Native Amazonians and the Environment
    • ANTH-E 328 Ecological Anthropology
    • ANTH-E 444 People and Protected Areas: Theories of Conservation
    • CEUS-R 394 Environmental Problems and Social Constraints in Northern and Central Eurasia
    • CJUS-P 401 Environmental Justice
    • ENG-R 348 Environmental Communication
    • GEOG-G 185 Environmental Change: The End of the World as We Know It?
    • GEOG-G 259 Water Security and Sustainability
    • GEOG-G 315 Environmental Conservation
    • GEOG-G 320 Population Geography
    • GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science, Politics, and Ethics
    • GEOG-G 343 Perspectives on Environmental Decisions
    • GEOG-G 349 Holocene Paleoclimate
    • GEOG-G 359 Fundamentals of Sustainable Agriculture
    • GEOG-G 368 Water in the Midwest
    • GEOG-G 405 Ecological Climatology
    • GEOG-G 411 Sustainable Development Systems
    • GEOG-G 415 Advanced Urban Geography
    • GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts
    • GEOG-G 447 Multi-Species Relations: Plant/Animal/Human/Insect/Fungi/Bacteria
    • GEOG-G 448 Capitalism and Nature
    • GEOG-G 449 Political Ecology
    • GEOG-G 461 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
    • GEOG-G 475 Climate Change
    • HIST-G 325 History and Environment in China
    • INTL-I 102 Climate Change and International Studies
    • INTL-I 202 Global Health and Environment
    • INTL-I 302 Advanced Topics in Global Health and Environment
    • INTL-I 420 Global Sustainability Studies
    • INTL-I 428 Social Justice and the Environment
    • INTL-I 434 International Climate Governance
    • PHIL-P 107 Philosophy and the Environment
    • POLS-Y 313 Environmental Policy
    • REL-D 250 Religion, Ecology, and the Self
    • REL-D 350 Religion, Ethics, and the Environment
  4. Concentration GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. Concentration GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the concentration—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    2. Concentration Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the concentration.
    3. Concentration Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the concentration must be completed at the 300–499 level.

Concentration Area Courses
  • Courses that may apply toward the Credit Hours and GPA requirements in this academic program include all courses listed on the requirement course lists at the time the course was taken as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent.

This program of study cannot be combined with the following:

  • Concentration in Human Growth and Development (Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology) (HMGRDVCON)
  • Concentration in Human Health and Disease (Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology) (HMHLDSCON)
  • Concentration in Human Origins and Survival (Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology) (HMORSRCON)
  • Concentration in Human Reproduction and Sexuality (Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology) (HMRPSXCON)

Exceptions to and substitutions for concentration requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.