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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.

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.