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David Barnhill, Director
Environmental Studies Program

313 Swart Hall
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
800 Algoma Blvd.
Oshkosh, WI 54901

Phone: (920) 424-1397
Fax: (920) 424-1418
E-mail:es@uwosh.edu

 

Tracks in the ES Program

The following tracks are informal guides for developing that expertise. Students choose their track in consultation with their advisor after considering their own interests and the various careers related to Environmental Studies. The list below is not intended to be exhaustive. The specifics of these tracks can be modified for each student, and if a student’s interests are not served by these existing tracks, the student and the advisor develop one best suited for the student.

Conservation Biology / Field Ecology

Recommended second major: Biology
Specially recommended courses:

  • Biology: 230: Biology of Animals; 231: Biology of Plants and Microbes; 325: Field Ecology; 326: Limnology; 330: Ichthyology; 332: Entomology; 367: Field Ornithology; 376: Population and Community Ecology; 386: Ecosystems Ecology.
    Environmental Studies: 345: History of American Wilderness.
    Geography: 314: Environmental Conservation; 414: Natural Resource Management; 471: Geographic Information Systems.
    History 342: U.S. Environmental History

Skills : field ecology analysis, including plant and animal identification, water monitoring, measurement of biodiversity, etc.
Experiences : internships with land conservancies; volunteer water monitoring; DNR training in wildlife tracking; summer internship/job with the DNR or U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; summer internship with SCA, etc.

Environmental Advocacy

Recommended second major or minors : Communication or Political Science double major, or minors in both. Also consider the minor in Social Justice.
Specially recommended courses:

  • Communication 214: Interpersonal Speech Communication; 215: Small Group Communication; 275: Argumentation and Debate; 303: Advanced Public Speaking; 319: Persuasion; 326: Communication and Conflict; 348: Media Criticism.
    Economics 355: Natural Resources Economics; 360: Environmental Economics and Policy.
    Public Administration : 363: American Bureaucracy and Political Process.
    Political Science : 305: Constitutional Law and Judicial Policy-Making I; 306: Constitutional Law and Judicial Policy-Making II; 310: Urban Government; 321: American Public Policy; 350: Political Behavior; 392: Judicial Process in America ; 394: Community Power Systems.
    Public Administration : 221: Introduction to Public Administration.

Skills: writing, public speaking, critical thinking; research, conflict resolution, building community, grant writing.
Experiences : leadership in student environmental advocacy groups; summer work with environmental advocacy organizations; SCA.

Environmental Business Management

Recommended second major: Business Administration
Specially recommended courses:

  • Business Administration 450: Environmental Management.
    Economics 355: Natural Resources Economics; 360: Environmental Economics and Policy.
    Geography 471: Geographic Information Systems.
    Public Administration : 221: Introduction to Public Administration.

Skills: writing, public speaking, economic analysis and research, marketing, accounting, Experiences : internship with a business; leadership in a student organization, etc.

Environmental Chemist / Toxicologist

Recommended second major: Chemistry
Specifically recommended courses :

  • Biology : 312: Medical Bacteriology; 315: Virology; 325: Field Ecology; 326: Limnology; 386: Ecosystems Ecology.
    Chemistry: required courses for the major.

Skills : testing water and soil quality.
Experiences : water and soil monitoring program.

Environmental Communication
Recommended second major: Communication
Specially recommended courses:

  • Communication: 303: Advanced Public Speaking; 319: Persuasion; 326: Communication and Conflict; 348: Media Criticism.

Skills : public speaking, writing, research, critical thinking.
Experiences : variety of public speaking situations; being a spokesperson for environmental or other groups.

Environmental Education / Interpretation

Recommended second major or minors: Minors in Biology and Geography and Geology
Specially recommended courses:

  • Biology: 230: Biology of Animals; 231: Biology of Plants and Microbes; 325: Field Ecology; 326: Limnology; 330: Ichthyology; 332: Entomology; 327: Microbial Ecology; 367: Field Ornithology; 373: Biology Field Trip; 376: Population and Community Ecology; 386: Ecosystems Ecology.
    Education Studies: 316: Teaching Science and Environmental Education in the Elementary/Middle School
    Environmental Studies: 345: History of American Wilderness; History 342: U.S. Environmental History
    Geography: 314: Environmental Conservation; 414: Natural Resource Management; 471: Information Systems.
    Geology: 320: Geomorphology; 331: Structural Geology; 335: Glacial Geology; 344: Field Geology; 361: Lake Superior Trip; 399: Geology of Wisconsin – Field Course.

Skills: Plant and animal identification; geological and geographical identification; field ecology analysis;
Experiences : Volunteer at a nature education center; internship in environmental education.

Environmental Enforcement (Park Warden)

Recommended second major : Criminal Justice
Specially recommended courses:

  • Criminal Justice : 288: Police in Modern Society; 304: Criminal Investigation; 333: Illegal Bias in the Criminal Justice System.
    Geography 314: Environmental Conservation; 414: Natural Resource Management.
    Urban & Regional Studies 317: Land Use Regulations.

Skills : knowledge of and teaching recreational safety; conflict resolution techniques. Experiences : DNR recreational safety education classes (as student and volunteer instructor); volunteer monitoring of boats for invasive specie; DNR conservation warden ride-along program; DNR warden internship program; leadership in a student or youth organization.

Environmental Geologist

Recommended second major: Geology
Specially recommended courses:

  • Geography 471: Geographic Information Systems.
    Geology 320: Geomorphology; 344: Field Geology; 365: Hydrogeology; 370: Field Hydrogeology I; 371: Field Hydrogeology II.

Skills : writing; research; critical thinking; field analysis.
Experiences : summer job or internship doing geological analysis.

Environmental Journalism

Recommended second major: Journalism
Specially recommended courses:

  • Economics 355: Natural Resources Economics; 360: Environmental Economics and Policy.
    Journalism 327: Reporting; 341: Press and Society; 413: Feature Writing; 428: Advanced Reporting.
    Political Science 395: Global Environmental Politics.

Skills : writing; research; critical thinking; reporting.
Experiences : reporter with student newspaper, internship with a newspaper.

Environmental Policy

Recommended second major or minors: Political Science double major, or Economics double major, or double minor in Political Science and Economics.
Specially recommended courses:

  • Economics 355: Natural Resources Economics; 360: Environmental Economics and Policy.
    Environmental Studies 380: Globalization.
    Geography 314: Environmental Conservation; 377: Population and Environment; 414: Natural Resource Management; 471: Geographic Information Systems.
    Political Science 395: Global Environmental Politics.
    PublicAdministration: 391: Environmental Energy Management.
    Urban & Regional Studies 317: Land Use Regulations.

Skills : writing; research; critical thinking; G.I.S.
Experiences : leadership in student activist organization; internship with environmental advocacy group.

Fisheries and Limnology

Recommended second major : Biology
Specially recommended courses:

  • Biology : 326: Limnology; 327: Microbial Ecology; 330: Ichthyology; 336: Freshwater Algae; 358: Freshwater Invertebrates; 376: Population & Community Ecology; 386: Ecosystems Ecology.
    Geography: 314: Environmental Conservation; 414: Natural Resource Management; 364: Water Resource Management.
    Geology: 365: Hydrogeology; 370: Field Hydrogeology I; 371: Field Hydrogeology II.

Skills : water quality monitoring; population surveys.
Experiences : summer internship/job with the DNR or U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

Geographic Information Systems

Recommended second major : Geography
Specially recommended courses:

  • Geography: 314: Environmental Conservation; 371: Cartography; 382: Remote Sensing of the Environment; 391: Computer Cartography; 414: Natural Resource Management; 471: Geographic Information Systems; 472: Advanced Geographic Information Systems.

Skills : cartography; remote sensing of the environment; G.I.S.
Experiences : internship using cartography and G.I.S.

International Relations & Global Environmental Politics

Recommended second major : International Studies or Political Science (triple major is possible)
Specially recommended courses:

  • Environmental Studies 380: Globalization.
    Political Science 395: Global Environmental Politics.

Skills : writing; research; critical thinking; economic analysis.
Experiences : Model U.N.; leadership in student activist organization.

Land Use Planning

Recommended second major: Urban and Regional Studies double major
Specially recommended courses:

  • Economics: 339: Urban and Regional Economics and Policy; 355: Natural Resources Economics; 360: Environmental Economics and Policy.
    Environmental Studies 345: History of American Wilderness.
    Geography: 314: Environmental Conservation; 324: Urban Geography; 377: Population and Environment; 414: Natural Resource Management; 471: Geographic Information Systems.
    Geology 365: Hydrogeology.
    History 342: U.S. Environmental History.
    Political Science 366: Politics of Urban Growth.
    Sociology 311: Sociology of the Modern City .
    Urban & Regional Studies: 300: Planning; 317: Land Use Regulations; and many others.

Skills : writing; research; critical thinking; G.I.S.
Experiences : internship with a land use planning department of a municipality.

Natural Resource Management

Recommended second major or minor(s): Geography or Biology double major, or double minor in both Biology and Geography
Specially recommended courses:

  • Biology: 230: Biology of Animals; 231: Biology of Plants and Microbes; 325: Field Ecology; 326: Limnology; 330: Ichthyology; 332: Entomology; 367: Field Ornithology; 376: Population and Community Ecology; 386: Ecosystems Ecology.
    Environmental     Studies 345: History of American Wilderness.
    Geography: 314: Environmental Conservation; 414: Natural Resource Management; 471: Geographic Information Systems.
    Geology: 365: Hydrogeology; 370: Field Hydrogeology I.
    History: 342: U.S. Environmental History.
    Urban & Regional Studies 317: Land Use Regulations.

Skills : communication skills; research; critical thinking.
Experiences : internships with land conservancies; volunteer water monitoring; DNR training in wildlife tracking; summer internship/job with the DNR or U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; summer internship with SCA; etc.

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