Environmental Education

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