Environmental Education
Requirements
Description
The concentration in environmental education is for traditional and nontraditional educators and is designed to establish standards for professional excellence in environmental education. Environmental education is taught in traditional classrooms and as community programs such as those at nature centers, museums, parks and zoos. The course work required in the concentration increases the environmental literacy of future educators, fosters community leadership strategies, and provides practice in environmental education teaching methods.
Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours including 12 of upper division hours for this concentration.
- All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
Required Emphasis (select three) - 9 credit hours
SCN 201 Discovering the Deserts of the Southwest OR SCN 301 Ecology and Natural History of the Sonoran Desert OR SCN 501 Ecology and Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
SCN 207 Introduction to Biomimicry OR SCN 307 Biomimicry: Nature's Sustainable Solutions OR SCN 507 Learning from Nature: Biomimicry and STEM
SCN 208 Nature and Society: An Introduction to Environmental Studies
SCN 300 Foundations of Environmental Education
SCN 302 Environmental Education: A Global Perspective
SCN 308/SCN 508 Urban Environmental Education
SCN 310 Biodiversity Conservation: An Educational Inquiry
SCN 401: Sustainability Science, Technology, and Society
Elective courses - 6 credit hours
Note: Teacher certification students will take SCN 400
Any core course not taken above may be used to satisfy electives
SCN 205 Tropical Ecology and Sustainable Living
SCN 209 Introduction to Environmental Education Project OR SCN 309 Environmental Education Project
SCN 303 Environmental Education Internship
SCN 304 Sonoran Desert Flora
SCN 305 Tropical Ecology and Sustainability
SCN 311 Nature Mindfully
SCN 400 Sustainability Science for Teachers
SCN 505 Tropical Ecology and Sustainable Development
IDS Core Course Information
All Interdisciplinary Studies students are required to complete a 9 credit-hour core and 9 credit hours of context/application courses.
Required Courses (9 credit hours):
- IDS 201 Intellectual Fusion (recommended for freshman/sophomore students)
- Prerequisites: None
OR
- IDS 301 Becoming Interdisciplinary (3) (recommended for transfer students and/or students declaring IDS in their junior or senior year)
- Prerequisites: Interdisciplinary Studies major
- Prerequisites: Interdisciplinary Studies major
- IDS 302 Integration Skills (3)
- Prerequisite(s): Interdisciplinary Studies major; IDS 201 or 301 with C or better
- IDS 401 Integration: Experiential Learning (3) (requires application)
- Prerequisites: IDS 201 or 301 with C or better; IDS 302 with C or better; minimum 2.00 GPA; minimum of two courses completed in each concentration area
- Prerequisites: IDS 201 or 301 with C or better; IDS 302 with C or better; minimum 2.00 GPA; minimum of two courses completed in each concentration area
Context courses (6 credit hours)
Choose two Integrative Context courses from the following (3 credit hours each):
- IDS 310: Integration: Cultural Contexts, C
- IDS 311: Integration: Global Contexts, G, SB
- IDS 312: Integrative Perspectives on Change
- IDS 313: Integrative Perspectives on a Changing World
- IDS 314: Integrative Perspectives on Cultural Dynamics, SB
- IDS 315: Integration: Social Contexts, SB
- IDS 316: Integration: Humanities Contexts, HU
Application courses (3 credit hours)
Choose any IDS Application course from the following (3 credit hours each):
- IDS 140: The Nature of Knowledge Systems
- IDS 302: Integration Skills
- IDS 310: Integration: Cultural Contexts, C
- IDS 311: Integration: Global Contexts, G, SB
- IDS 312: Integrative Perspectives on Change
- IDS 313: Integrative Perspectives on a Changing World
- IDS 314: Integrative Perspectives on Cultural Dynamics, SB
- IDS 315: Integration: Social Contexts, SB
- IDS 316: Integration: Humanities Contexts, HU
- IDS 484: Elective Internship
Transfer to ASU transfer.asu.edu
- How credits transfer to ASU transfer.asu.edu/credits
- How to transfer to ASU from a Two-Year school transfer.asu.edu/ CommunityColleges
Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) transfer students transfer.asu.edu/maricopa
- Courses may fulfill Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) or Associate’s degree requirements, consult with your community college academic advisor for details.
- MCCCD course transfer equivalencies are listed here; they may be applied toward this concentration (maximum of six credits or two courses).
- Information listed was current for this catalog year at the time of printing, consult transfer.asu.edu/maricopa for verification.
YEAR
2023-24
CAMPUS
Tempe, Polytechnic
ADVISING
Interdisciplinary Studies Advising
cisa.asu.edu/advising
All appointments:
480-965-4464
Downtown Phoenix
Arizona Center, Suite 380
Polytechnic
Santa Catalina Hall
Tempe
Urban Systems Engineering
Online
480-965-4464
DARS CODE
TEEVEDEMPH
COLLEGE/SCHOOL
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
CONCENTRATION CONTACT
480‐965‐5555
[email protected]
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