Listed below are the courses offered by the Program on the Environment for Spring 2022.
ENVIR 100 – Introduction to Environmental Studies (Kristi Straus)
I&S/NW, DIV
Prerequisites: None
Course flyer
ENVIR 239 – Sustainability: Personal Choices, Broad Impacts (TBA)
I&S/NW
Prerequisites: None
Course flyer
ENVIR 240 – The Urban Farm (Eli Wheat)
NW
Prerequisites: None
Course flyer
ENVIR 280 – Natural History of the Puget Sound (Tim Billo)
NW
Prerequisites: None
Course flyer
ENVIR 301 – Research Methods for Environmental Studies (TBA)
NW, QSR
Prerequisites: ENVIR 100
Course flyer
ENVIR 302 – Communication for Environmental Studies (Lubna Alzaroo, TBA)
VLPA/I&S
Prerequisites: ENVIR 100, ENGL
Course flyer
ENVIR 310 – Data Analysis in Environmental Studies (Yen-Chu Weng)/
NW, QSR
Prerequisites: None
Course flyer
ENVIR 401 – Analysis of Environmental Cases (Yen-Chu Weng)
I&S/NW
Prerequisites: ENVIR 301, ENVIR 302
Course flyer
ENVIR 460 – Power, Privilege & Preservation (Joyce LeCompte)
I&S/NW, DIV
Prerequisites: None
Course flyer
ENVIR 480 – Sustainability Studio (Alexa Schreier)
Prerequisites: None
Course flyer
ENVIR 495D – Environmental Studies Seminar Series: Business Sustainability (Gary Handwerk)
Prerequisites: None
Course Flyer
ENVIR 497A – Growing a Revolution: The Dirt Trilogy with David Montgomery (David Montgomery)
Prerequisites: None
Course flyer
ENVIR 497B – Business Sustainability (Ben Packard)
Prerequisites: None
Course flyer

ENVIR 497C – Environmental Law (Lawrence Watters)
Prerequisites: None
Course flyer 

The UW College of the Environment writes about diversity, equity and inclusion at the Program on the Environment!
Click here to view the article 

The Program on the Environment winter 2022 seminar series will focus on communications.
Tune in via Zoom/YouTube:
Tune in via Zoom
Enrolled participants in the seminar course will participate online via Zoom. 

Updates to the Environmental Studies Major course requirements have been finalized! 
Updated Course Planning for Majors Page      Updated Course Checklist
Please see the updated Course Planning for Majors page and course checklist to learn more about the courses and credits required for the major. 

This summer the PoE’s Tim Billo led students on a 9 day backpacking trip in the northeast corner of Olympia National Park. See the student blogs and reflections here. 

We invite you to participate—as either an enrolled student or a guest—in the inaugural sessions of a quarterly, one-credit UW Program on the Environment seminar that will run Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters in coming years.  

Explore environmental, social, and economic impacts of the human relationship with clothing and fashion through the perspective of a diverse group of professionals working in academia, advocacy, arts, business, and science. 

You’re invited to the Sustainability Studio (ENVIR 480) final presentations next Thursday (3/11) from 11:30am – 1pm. Below is the Zoom link (+password!) for our class. The presentation flyer is also attached. 

Please join Wednesday (4:30PM PST) for our Conversations in Environmental Communication Seminar Series. Open to the public. Our last seminar was another standout. Catch it on our YouTube Channel and be sure to subscribe and click on the bell icon to be notified when future seminars are streaming or content is uploaded.