Perspectives & Experiences Courses (18 Credits)
Perspectives & Experiences elective courses include a broad selection of courses in six areas (human and social dimensions, natural sciences, policy and decision making, bioregional, international and fieldwork). Electives include courses from more than 30 departments across campus.
A minimum of three credits (one course) must be completed in each of the categories detailed in the box below. Qualifying courses must be 300-level or above. Contact the adviser with questions.
Human and Social Dimensions
Philosophical, literacy, artistic, cultural or ethnographic aspects of how humans envision, value, and interact with the environment. |
Bioregional
Place-based analysis of environmental issues or problems within the Pacific Northwest bioregion. |
Natural Sciences
The physical, chemical and biological elements of the environment, including humans. |
International
Place-based analysis of environmental issues or problems outside of the United States. |
Policy and Decision Making
The intersection of facts and values as applied to governance, and specifically to environmental problems and decision-making. |
Fieldwork
Direct engagement with sites or stakeholders out of the classroom for the purpose of collecting assignment-related material. |
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Previously Approved Courses Meeting the P&E Requirement
For the most recent list of available courses that meet the Perspectives & Experiences requirement, contact the adviser.
Human and Social Dimensions
Prefix (dept) |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
AIS |
375 |
Engaging with the Waterways: Welcoming the Willapara Spirit Canoe to Campus |
5 |
ANTH |
311 |
The Cultural Politics of Diet and Nutrition |
5 |
BIOL |
305 |
Science Communication: Video Storytelling in Biology |
3 |
BIOL |
492 |
Teaching Biology Inclusively to Diverse Audiences |
3 |
COMM |
325 |
Communication, Cities and Sustainability |
5 |
COMM/ENVIR |
418 |
Communications and the Environment |
5 |
EDUC |
401 * |
Inner Pipeline Seminar (check with Ana for section) |
2 |
ENGL |
365 |
Literature and Discourse on the Environment |
5 |
ENV H |
473 |
Environmental Health Policy and Practice |
3 |
ENVIR |
439* |
Attaining a Sustainable Society |
3 |
ENVIR |
440 |
Environmental Pedagogy |
3 |
ENVIR/ESRM |
460 |
Power, Privilege and Preservation |
5 |
ENVIR |
480 |
Sustainability Studio |
5 |
ENVIR |
495* |
(check with Ana for section) |
3 |
ESRM 371/ENVIR/SOC 379 |
379 |
Environmental Sociology |
5 |
GEOG/JSIS B |
335* |
Geography of the Developing World |
5 |
GEOG |
370* |
Environmental Conservation |
5 |
GEOG |
380* |
Geographical Patterns of Health and Disease |
4 |
GEOG |
472 |
Race, Nature, and Power |
5 |
GEOG |
480* |
Environmental Geography, Climate, and Health |
5 |
JSIS B |
351* |
The Global Environment |
5 |
JSIS A/ANTH |
406* |
China’s Environment |
5 |
L ARCH |
300 |
Introductory Landscape Architecture Design Studio |
6 |
L ARCH |
361 |
The Human Experience Of Place |
3 |
L ARCH |
454* |
History Of Urban Landscapes And Environments |
5 |
NUTR |
302* |
Food Studies: Harvest to Health |
3 |
PHIL/ENVIR |
416 |
Ethics and Climate Change |
5 |
PHIL |
417 |
Advanced Topics in Environmental Philosophy |
5 |
Natural Sciences
Prefix (dept) |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
ARCTIC |
400* |
Integrating Policy and Science in Arctic Studies |
3 |
BIOL |
315 |
Biological Impacts of Climate Change |
3 |
BIOL |
317* |
Plant Classification and Identification |
5 |
BIOL |
356 |
Foundations in Ecology |
3 |
BIOL |
423* |
Marine Ecological Processes |
3 |
BIOL |
424 |
Plant Ecophysiology |
5 |
BIOL |
425 |
Plant Physiology and Development |
5 |
BIOL |
433 |
Marine Ecology |
5 |
BIOL |
440 |
Waste, Water, Health |
3 |
CHEM E/ME/ENVIR |
341 |
Energy and the Environment |
3 |
ENV H |
311 |
Introduction to Environmental Health |
3 |
ENV H |
440* |
Water, Wastewater, and Health |
3 |
ENV H |
448 |
Community Air Pollution |
3 |
ENV H |
451 |
Ecology of Environmentally Transmitted Microbiological Hazards |
3 |
ENVIR |
495* |
(check with Ana for specific section) |
3 |
ESRM |
311* |
Soils and Land Use |
3 |
ESRM |
325 |
Environmental Applications of Plants |
3 |
ESRM |
350 |
Wildlife Biology and Conservation |
5 |
ESRM/ENVIR |
362* |
Introduction to Restoration Ecology |
5 |
ESRM |
401* |
Spring Comes to the Cascades |
3 |
ESRM |
415 |
Biology, Ecology, and Management of Plant Invasions |
5 |
ESRM |
416* |
Field Survey of Wildland Soils |
3 |
ESRM |
420* |
Wildland Fire Management |
5 |
ESRM |
429 |
Environmental Science and Resource Management Seminar (CR grading) |
1 |
ESRM |
441* |
Landscape Ecology |
5 |
ESRM |
442* |
Forest Ecology and the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains |
5 |
ESRM |
450 |
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation |
5 |
ESRM |
452* |
Field Ornithology |
3 |
ESRM |
458* |
Management of Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Species |
5 |
ESRM |
473 |
Restoration in North America |
5 |
ESRM |
479* |
Restoration Design |
5 |
ESS |
301 |
Geology of the Northwest |
5 |
ESS |
313 |
Geobiology |
5 |
ESS/ENVIR 313 |
315 |
Environmental Earth Science |
5 |
FISH |
310 |
Biology of Shellfishes |
5 |
FISH/BIOL |
311 |
Biology of Fishes |
3,5 |
FISH |
312 |
Fisheries Ecology |
5 |
FISH |
323 |
Conservation and Management of Aquatic Resources |
5 |
FISH/ENVIR |
330 |
Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems |
5 |
FISH |
447 |
River Ecology and Watershed Management (CR grading) |
3 |
FISH/BIOL |
473 |
Limnology |
3 |
FISH |
474 |
Limnology Laboratory |
2 |
FISH/ENVIR |
478* |
Sustainable Fish |
3 |
ME |
442 |
Renewable Energy |
4 |
Policy & Decision-Making
Prefix (dept) |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
ARCTIC |
400* |
Integrating Policy and Science in Arctic Studies |
3 |
CEP |
470 |
Tools for Sustainable Cities |
4 |
ECON |
435 |
Natural Resource Economics |
5 |
ECON |
436 |
Economics of the Environment |
5 |
ECON |
437 |
Economics of Biological Resources |
5 |
ENV H |
440* |
Waste, Water and Health |
3 |
ENV H |
472 |
Environmental Risk and Society |
3 |
ENV H |
473 |
Environmental Health Policy and Practice |
3 |
ENVIR |
439 |
Attaining a Sustainable Society |
3 |
ENVIR |
480 |
Sustainability Studio |
5 |
ENVIR |
495* |
(check with Ana for specific section) |
3 |
ENVIR/ESRM |
485* |
Environmental Planning and Permitting in Practice |
5 |
ESRM |
320 |
Marketing and Management from a Sustainability Perspective |
5 |
ESRM |
321 |
Finance and Accounting from a Sustainability Perspective |
5 |
ESRM |
381 |
Management of Wildland Recreation and Amenities |
3 |
ESRM |
400 |
Natural Resource Conflict Management |
3 |
ESRM |
403 |
Forest and Economic Development in the Developing World |
4 |
ESRM |
425* |
Ecosystem Management |
5 |
ESRM |
450* |
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation |
5 |
ESRM |
458* |
Management of Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive Species |
5 |
ESRM |
465 |
Economics of Conservation |
3 |
ESRM |
470 |
Natural Resource Policy and Planning |
5 |
ESRM |
490 B |
Economics of Sustainability |
varies |
FISH |
323 |
Conservation and Management of Aquatic Resources |
5 |
FISH/ENVIR |
478* |
Sustainable Fish |
3 |
GEOG |
302 |
The Pacific Northwest |
3 |
GEOG/LSJ |
467 |
Law, Justice, and the Environment |
5 |
GEOG |
473 |
Geographies of Energy and Sustainability |
5 |
JSIS B |
351 |
The Global Environment |
5 |
JSIS |
478 E |
Sustainability and Global Business |
5 |
L ARCH |
322 |
Introduction to Planting Design |
3 |
L ARCH |
341 |
Site Design and Planning |
3 |
L ARCH |
363 |
Ecological Design and Planning |
3 |
ME/ENVIR 415/CEE 495 |
415 |
Sustainability and Design for Environment |
3 |
NUTR |
302* |
Food Studies: Harvest to Health |
3 |
NUTR |
303 |
Neighborhood Nutrition |
3 |
NUTR |
446 |
Food Safety and Health |
3 |
OCEAN |
475 |
Current Research in Climate Science Seminar |
3 |
POL S/ENVIR |
384 |
Global Environmental Politics |
5 |
POL S/ENVIR |
385* |
Political Ecology of the World Food System |
5 |
SMEA/ENVIR |
476 |
Introduction to Environmental Law and Process |
3 |
URBDP |
300 |
Introduction to Urban Planning |
5 |
URBDP |
450 |
Introduction to Land Use, Growth Management, and Environmental Planning |
3 |
Bioregional
Prefix (dept) |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
AIS |
375* |
Engaging with the Waterways: Welcoming the Willapara Spirit Canoe to Campus |
5 |
BIOL |
317* |
Plant Classification and Identification |
5 |
BIOL |
423* |
Marine Ecological Processes |
3 |
ENVIR/ANTH/ESRM 405 |
410 |
Growing Stuff: Ecology, Economy, and Culture of Resource Production Ecosystems |
5 |
ENVIR |
480* |
Sustainability Studio (check with Ana) |
5 |
ENVIR/ESRM |
485* |
Environmental Planning and Permitting in Practice |
5 |
ENVIR |
495* |
(check with Ana for specific section) |
3 |
ESRM |
311* |
Soils and Land Use |
3 |
ESRM |
315* |
Natural Resource Issues: Old-Growth and Forest Management |
5 |
ESRM/ENVIR |
362* |
Introduction to Restoration Ecology |
5 |
ESRM |
401* |
Spring Comes to the Cascades |
3 |
ESRM |
425* |
Ecosystem Management |
5 |
ESRM |
459* |
Wildlife Conservation in NW Ecosystems |
3 |
GEOG |
302* |
The Pacific Northwest |
3 |
GEOG |
370* |
Environmental Conservation |
5 |
L ARCH |
322* |
Introduction to Planting Design |
3 |
International
Prefix (dept) |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
ARCTIC |
400* |
Integrating Policy and Science in Arctic Studies |
3 |
ECON |
437* |
Economics of Biological Resources |
5 |
ENVIR |
439* |
Attaining a Sustainable Society |
3 |
ENVIR |
495* |
(check with Ana for specific section) |
3 |
GEOG/JSIS B |
335* |
Geography of the Developing World |
5 |
GEOG |
380* |
Geographical Patterns of Health and Disease |
5 |
GEOG |
480* |
Environmental Geography, Climate, and Health |
5 |
JSIS A/ANTH |
406* |
China’s Environment |
5 |
JSIS B/SMEA/ENVIR |
433 |
Environmental Degradation in the Tropics |
5 |
JSIS |
478 E |
Sustainability and Global Business |
5 |
NUTR |
302 |
Food Studies: Harvest to Health |
3 |
POL S/ENVIR |
384 |
Global Environmental Politics |
5 |
POL S/ENVIR |
385 |
Political Ecology of the World Food System |
5 |
Fieldwork
Prefix (dept) |
Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
AIS |
375 |
Engaging with the Waterways: Welcoming the Willapara Spirit Canoe to Campus |
5 |
EDUC |
401* |
(check with Ana for specific section) |
2 |
ENVIR |
439* |
Attaining a Sustainable Society |
3 |
ENVIR |
480* |
Sustainability Studio (check with Ana) |
5 |
ENVIR |
495* |
(check with Ana for specific section) |
3 |
ESRM |
315* |
Natural Resource Issues: Old-Growth and Forest Management |
5 |
ESRM/ENVIR |
362* |
Introduction to Restoration Ecology |
5 |
ESRM |
401* |
Spring Comes to the Cascades |
3 |
ESRM |
416* |
Field Survey of Wildland Soils |
3 |
ESRM |
420* |
Wildland Fire Management |
5 |
ESRM |
425* |
Ecosystem Management |
5 |
ESRM |
441* |
Landscape Ecology |
5 |
ESRM |
442* |
Forest Ecology and the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains |
5 |
ESRM |
452* |
Field Ornithology |
3 |
ESRM |
459* |
Wildlife Conservation in NW Ecosystems |
3 |
ESRM |
479* |
Restoration Design |
5 |
ESS |
301* |
Geology of the Northwest |
5 |
FISH/ENVIR |
478* |
Sustainable Fish |
3 |
L ARCH |
300* |
Introductory Landscape Architecture Design Studio |
6 |
L ARCH |
322 |
Introduction to Planting Design |
3 |
L ARCH |
454* |
History Of Urban Landscapes And Environments |
5 |
Additional Perspectives & Experiences Notes
- Courses may be listed in multiple categories, but individual courses cannot be used to meet more than one requirement category. Courses that count for multiple categories are marked by an asterisk (*).
- To request that a course not on the approved list be used to fulfill the Environmental Perspectives and Experiences requirement, please submit a completed course exception request form (available on the Advising page) or contact the adviser directly.