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Majors
Environment Major
Practical Experience
Specialization
1. Environmental Natural Science Specialization
2. Environmental Social Science Specialization
3. Culture & Environment Specialization
4. Interdisciplinary Specialization
Accelerated Master’s Degrees
PitE Honors Program
Advising
PitE Independent Study
Scholarships and Awards
PitE Club
Transfer Credit Policy

Culture & Environment Specialization

Majors
Environment Major
Practical Experience
Specialization
1. Environmental Natural Science Specialization
2. Environmental Social Science Specialization
3. Culture & Environment Specialization
4. Interdisciplinary Specialization
Accelerated Master’s Degrees
PitE Honors Program
Advising
PitE Independent Study
Scholarships and Awards
PitE Club
Transfer Credit Policy

Specializations require 3, 300+ level courses.

Some possible options include:

Environmental Writing & Literature

ENVIRON 304/RCHUMS 334 “Rites of Reading: The Animal Story”
ENVIRON 304/GERMAN 303 “Environmentalism and Ecocriticism”
ENVIRON/RCHUMS 337 Children Under Fire: Narratives of Sustainability
ENVIRON/ENGLISH 355 Southern Natures: Race & Environment in the U.S. South
ENVIRON 322/ENGLISH 320 Literature & the Environment (various topics)
RCIDIV 305 The Literature of Environmental Justice
ENGLISH 328 Writing and the Environment

Sustainable Urban & Community Development

ENVIRON 302/AAS 357 Environmental Governance and African Development
ENVIRON 350 The Built Environment
ENVIRON 370/URP/ARCH 423 Intro to Urban & Environmental Planning
ENVIRON 405 Urban Sprawl
ENVIRON 462/AAS 495 “Ethnographies of Exploitation”
ANTHRCUL 458/INTLSTD 401 “People, Land, and Time”
LACS 321/INTLSTD 385 “Indigenous Communities vs Globalization in S. America”
RCSSCI 360 “Urban and Community Studies”
SW 312 Grassroots & Community Organizing in Detroit
WGS 350 Nonprofit Management, Community Engagement, and Feminist Practice

Environmental Philosophy

Cultural Landscapes

ENVIRON 350 The Built Environment
ENVIRON 464 “Nature, Culture, Landscape
ENVIRON 465 “Sustainable Sites and Historical Precedents”
CLARCH 350 Topics in Classical Arch- “Environmental Archaeology”
HISTART 305/ASIAN 335 “Himalayas: An Aesthetic Exploration”
HISTART/CLARCH 440 Cities and Sanctuaries in Classical Greece
JAZZ 454 “Nature Based Contemplative Practice”
JAZZ 455 “Creativity & Consciousness”

Climate Change & Cultural Systems

ENVIRON 321 Climate Change and Adaptation
ENVIRON/PHIL 376 Environmental Ethics: Living Well with Nature
ENVIRON 462/AAS 495 “Ethnographies of Exploitation”
ENVIRON 484 Localization: Transitional Thinking for the New Normal
ASIAN 371 Natural Disasters in East Asia
ANTHRCUL 458/INTLSTD 401 “People, Land, and Time”
LACS 321/INTLSTD 385 “Indigenous Communities vs Globalization in S. America”
NATIVEAM/AMCULT 373 History of the U.S. West
PHIL 355 Contemporary Moral Problems