Course List for Environmental Studies

Prerequisites (to be taken before enrolling at UWT)

• UWT general admission requirements
• 2 quarters college biology with lab
• 2 quarters college chemistry with lab
• 1 quarter earth science course (geology, oceanography or meteorology)
• 1 quarter statistics (may be taken at UWT)
• Computer literacy

A minimum grade of 2.0 is required for each pre-requisite course. Pre-requisites must have been completed within the last 5 years. If they were completed before that time frame, please consult an IAS Adviser. See faculty or adviser for specific prerequisite courses that are acceptable.

Course of Study at UWT

Five Environmental Science Core Courses

to include at least one biological science (B) course and one physical science (P) course. Of the five courses at least one must be a laboratory (L) course (6 cr) and one must be a field (F) course (7cr). The lab courses below may be taught without a lab for 5 credits. Check with individual course for credits.
Note: TESC 300 is counted only as an elective.

TESC 304 Tropical Ecology and Sustainability (B)

TESC 311 Maps and GIS (P/L)

TESC 313 Physical Forces in the Natural World (P)

TESC 315 Applied Physics with Environmental Applications (P/L)

TESC 317 Geohazards and Natural Disasters (P)

TESC 318 Biogeography (P/B)

TESC 319 Water Quality Concepts & Watershed Studies (if 6 cr, L) (P/L)

TESC 321 Soils and Environmental Applications (P)

TESC 327 Earth History (P)

TESC 329 Geomorphology and Soils (P)

TESC 332 Issues in Biological Conservation (B)

TESC 333 Environmental Chemistry (P/L)

TESC 336 Plants and People (B)

TESC 337 Environmental Geology (P/L)

TESC 338 Human Interactions with Marine Invertebrates (B)

TESC 339 Energy and the Environment (P)

TESC 340 Ecology and its Applications (B/L)

TESC 341 Oceanography (P/L)

TESC 343 The Atmosphere and Air Pollution (P/L)

TESC 345 Pollution and Public Policy (P)

TESC 347 Maritime History and Science of the Pacific Northwest (P)

TESC 349 Research at SEA (P/B/F)

TESC 362 Introduction to Restoration Ecology (B/F)

TESC 402 History and Ecology of Biological Invasions (B)

TESC 408 Marine Plankton (B/L)

TESC 417 Field Geology (P/L)

TESC 422 Evolution (B/L)

TESC 431 Water Resources and Pollution (P/F)

TESC 433 Pollutant Fate and Transport in the Environment (P/L)

TESC 434 Biology, History and Politics of the Salmon in the PNW (B/L)

TESC 435 Limnology (P/F)

TESC 438 Environmental Biology: Marine Invertebrates (B/L)

TESC 440 Environmental Entomology (B/L)

TESC 442 Marine Ecology (B/F)

TESC 452 Plants, Insects and their Interactions (B/F)

TESC 462 Restoration Ecology Capstone: Introduction (B)

TESC 463 Restoration Ecology Capstone: Proposal and Plan (B)

TESC 464 Restoration Ecology Capstone: Restoration Project Implementation (B)

(If all three "Restoration Ecology Capstone" courses are taken, then it counts as a Field course)

Off campus field study will be accepted subject to prior approval

One Environmental Law/Policy Course

TCSIUS 438 Environmental Law

TEST 333 Environmental Policy Application and Compliance

One Environmental Ethics Course

TIBCG 363 Philosophical Perspectives on the Environment

TIBCG 456 Environmental Ethics

One Social Science Course/Environmental Focus

TCOM 351 Video Production

TCOM 470 Documentary Production and Critique

TCSIG 436 North American Regions

TCSIG 445 The Metropolis

TCSIIN 342 Third World Cities

TCSIIN 435 Popular Movements in Latin America

TCSIIN 436 Rural Societies and Development

TCSIIN 437 Technology in the Modern World

TCSIIN 438 Urbanization and the Environment

TCSIUS 431 Community Organizations in the Nonprofit Sector

TCSIUS 443 Ethnicity and the Urban Landscape

TCSIUS 445 History of Tacoma

TCSIUS 451 Essentials of Grant Writing and Fundraising

TCSS 401 Technology in Service of Global Society

TESC 304 Tropical Ecology and Sustainability

TESC 317 Geohazards and Natural Disasters

TESC 318 Biogeography

TEST 331 Environmental History

TEST 332 History of Garbage

TEST 403 Geography of the USA and Canada

THLTH 410 Environmental Justice

THLTH 472 Human Health and the Environment

TIBCG 440 Medieval Technology

TIBCUS 464 Native American Cultural Areas

TSMG 440 Political Geography

TSMIN 326 Modern Brazil

TSMIN 418 Interpreting Enigmatic India

TSMIN 435 Contemporary Geopolitics

TSMIN 330 Globalization of Latin America

TSMUS 325 Economics as a Way of Thinking

TSMUS 421 Economics and the Environment

TURB 301 The Urban Condition

TURB 310 Urban Society and Culture

TURB 312 Race and Poverty in Urban America

TURB 320 Introduction to Urban Planning

TURB 321 History of Planning, Theory and Practice

TURB 322 Land Use Planning

TURB 330 City Worlds

TURB 405 Images of the City

TURB 410 Environmental Justice

TURB 415 Urban Government and Organizations

TURB 450 Sustainable Development

One Humanities Course/Environmental Focus

TCSIG 451 The Enlightenment

TCSIIN 335 Religion in the Modern World

TCXG 372 Writing Effectively

TCXG 374 Argument in Research and Writing

TCXG 379 Modern Architecture

TCXG 402 Eco-Art: Art in Response to Environmental Crisis

TCXIN 383 Society, Self & Worldview in Arts of the Pacific

TCXUS 376 American Architecture

TCXUS 477 Nature and Environment in American Literature

TCXUS 479 Contemporary Native American Women’s Literature

TIBCG 353 The End of the Modern World, 1600-2000

TIBCG 361 Ethics in Contemporary Society

TIBCG 362 The Beautiful and the Good: Philosophy's Quest for Value

TIBCG 363 Philosophy Perspectives on the Environment

TIBCG 455 Medicine and Morality: Biomedical Ethics

TIBCG 458 Ways of Knowing

TIBCIN 367 East Asian Religions: Zen and Taoism

TIBCIN 463 God: East and West

TIBCUS 464 Native American Cultural Areas

TSMG 367 Utopias (formerly TIBCIN 467)

Additional Courses From Above Lists

(science, social science, or humanities)

Additional upper-division electives to total 90 upper-division credits

Recommended electives:

TESC 310 Environmental Research Seminar

TESC 410 Environmental Science Senior Seminar

TESC 496 Internship/research

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