Thinking about taking Summer courses? Check out Environmental Studies offerings. Registration starts April 11!

Environmental Studies Courses

ENVIR 100: Introduction to Environmental Studies – Great course for exploring environmental majors. Learn about environmental issues in a local and global context.

ENVIR 239: Sustainability: Personal Choices, Broad Impacts – Present frameworks of sustainability via exploration of key pillars of sustainability, the history of sustainability movements, and sustainability in action. Examine personal and global aspects of sustainability through issues such as smart growth, green business and energy, ecotourism, and international policy.

ENVIR 495 A: Agro-Ecosystems of Northern Cascadia: From the backyard to the backforty – Become familiar with the varied agricultural ecosystems in the PNW and design and practice implementing agro-ecosystem ideals on the student farm at UW.

ENVIR 495 B: The Nature Essay – Explore the genre of the nature essay through reading, analysis and engagement with the natural world. Produce inspiring nature essays in a workshop style class and learn how writing can galvanize environmental movements. This course would be a great complement if you’re also taking ENVIR 495 C.

ENVIR 495 C: Landscape Change in the Pacific Northwest – Examine the cause and consequences of wilderness loss and landscape change in the Pacific Northwest, through a challenging 9-day wilderness expedition in the Olympic Peninsula.

ENVIR 495 D: Trash: Environmental & Social Justice Impacts of Waste – Learn more about American waste production and disposal. Explore trans-boundary dumping and the environmental, economic and ethical costs of waste in this country.

Courses shared with other departments

ENVIR/HST AA 221: Environmental History of the U.S. 

ENVIR/ECON/ESRM 235: Introduction to Environmental Economics

ENVIR/JSIS B/SCAND 235: Environmental Norms in International Politics