Are you looking for online coursework in the major? If so, there are quite a few course choices this coming Fall. Make sure to talk with your advisor either before or after you’ve selected classes.
Step 1: Prepare
Find out your registration date so that you know when you can enroll in classes. Generate a degree audit to check on your progress. Are there general education or major classes that you need? Prioritize these when looking for classes.
Step 2: Plan
Decide how many total credit hours you plan on taking. Typically, students take 14-16 hours a semester. 12+ hours is needed to remain full time – all students should take at least 12 hours. If you wish to take more than 18 hours the college will need to provide permission.
Step 3: Check
Make sure that you have a course load that extends over the entire semester – don’t have all of your coursework in the 1st or 2nd 8 weeks of the semester only. It doesn’t have to be perfectly balanced, but if you have 2 or more courses in one half of the semester, there should be at least one 8 week course in the other half.
Step 4: Enroll
Enter your courses on your registration date. Don’t wait – you can always drop classes and make changes later, but classes fill, and having a seat early is the best way to make sure that you have your choice of courses.
Course Suggestions
Wondering where to start with course selection this semester?
- If you haven’t taken ESE 200, take it now.
- All ESES majors should take, or at least seriously consider ESE 445, along with ESE 486 and/or ENSU 410
- SAE Concentration students with missing SAE core classes (such as STAT 100 or SOC 100) should take at least one of those
- If you’re taking Spanish courses for the LOTE general education requirement, take the next one in sequence – levels 1 and 2 are offered in the Fall and 1,2,3 and 4 are offered in the Summer
Required Introductory Course
If you haven’t yet taken ESE 200, take it now!
ESE 200 Earth Systems 3 hours 1st 8 weeks 60219
ESE 379 Introduction to GIS 4 hours 16 weeks
Advanced Major Courses
These classes count as ESE/ENSU advanced courses in the major. Most students in the program will want to take 2 or 3 of these four classes next semester.
ESE 445 Earth Resource Sustainability 3 hours 1st 8 weeks
ENSU 410 Sustainable Organizations 3 hours 1st 8 weeks
ESE 486 Environmental Consulting 3 hours 1st 8 weeks
ESE 311 Environmental Issues Today 3 hours 2nd 8 weeks
SAE introductory core classes
If you are in the Society and the Environment (SAE) concentration, and need another introductory social science or statistics course, these courses satisfy SAE requirements.
ANTH 102 Anthro in a Changing World 3 hours 2nd 8 weeks 65489
(non-western/western, social science gen-eds)
ANTH 103 Human Origins and Culture 3 hours 16 weeks 71424
(non-western/western, social science gen-eds)
GEOG 101 Global Development Environment 3 hours 2nd 8 weeks 67829
(non-western, social science gen-eds)
SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology 4 hours 1st 8 weeks 41814
(social science gen-ed)
STAT 100 Statistics 3 hours Full 16 weeks 61239
(quant 1 gen-ed)
Advanced Major classes outside of ESE/ENSU
ESES majors can take advanced classes from across the curriculum to satisfy the advanced hour major requirement. When selecting courses from this list you should look for classes that provide depth to your area of interest/specialization. Check the course listing to make sure you have any needed prerequisites.
**Many NRES, ACES and CPSC classes are yet to be listed. Come back soon for an update!**
GEOG 407 Foundations of CyberGIS & Geospatial Data Science 4 hours 2nd 8 weeks
CPSC 416 Native Plants, Pollinators, & Food Ecosystems 3 hours Full 16 weeks
IB 411 Bioinspiration 3 hours 2nd 8 weeks 62360
NRES 403 Watersheds and Water Quality 3 hours Full 16 weeks 65583
NRES 420 Restoration Ecology 4 hours Full 16 weeks 62155
NRES 454 GIS in Natural Resource Mgmt 4 hours Full 16 weeks 62154
HORT 435 Urban Food Production 3 hours Full 16 weeks 63675
Introductory Major classes
These classes satisfy different introductory (100 and 200 level) breadth course requirements in the major. Note that introductory breadth courses can also be satisfied by taking additional ESE/ENSU advanced (300 and 400 level) courses. These courses also satisfy general education requirements.
ACE 251 The World Food Economy 3 hours Full 16 Weeks 29700
ESE 117 The Oceans 3 hours 2nd 8 weeks 61107
(physical science gen-ed)
IB 100 Biology in Today's World 3 hours 2nd 8 weeks 66845
(life science gen-ed)
IB 105 Environmental Biology 3 hours 2nd 8 weeks 66854
(life science gen-ed)
NRES 103 The Great Lakes – Freshwater Wonder at Risk 2nd 8 weeks 70214
(life science gen-ed)
RST 242/HIST 282/LA 242/NRES 242 Nature and American culture
1st and 2nd 8 weeks, 3 hours, all CRNs (western culture gen-ed)
PS 225 Politics of the National Parks 2nd 8 weeks, 3 hours 67345
Spanish
Need a language? These levels are offered next Fall:
SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I (level 1) Both 8 weeks
SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish II (level 2) Full 16 weeks 67778
Business Minor
Are you interested in a business minor? If so, all the required classes are now online. You have to have a minimum GPA and several required classes (statistics, calculus, economics and computing) to apply. Talk with your advisor to learn more.
Other classes
If you’re looking for a true elective not connected to the major, feel free! This is a Liberal Arts and Sciences Degree, and we welcome exploration – next semester there are classes that range from Astronomy to Labor Relations. You may also be interested in another general education requirement - all the general education requirements have at least one satisfying class available in the Fall.
To find what’s available, go to the catalog search form, pick Fall 2020, click the “Online” box and Search! You can use the “GenEd REQs” menu to narrow your search to particular general education classes. Read the catalog description to make sure that the online course you’ve selected can be done entirely off-campus.
Summer 2020 Courses
There are many summer classes that count towards the major. You can pick Summer classes at the same time you make your Fall selections. Remember that you don’t have to take classes in the Summer!
I particularly recommend that you take SPAN 130 and SPAN 142 if you need to complete the language requirement, and Spanish 3 or 4 is next in your sequence. They don’t offer these levels in Fall and Spring semesters.
Otherwise, summer is a good time to pick up general education requirements (all general education categories are available).
For SAE students, this is also a good time to take ECON 102 (for SAE students) as it is offered in the Summer but not Fall or Spring.
If you are planning on taking a Summer course for the major, I advise ESE 379 Intro to GIS Systems, as it is required for the major and won’t be offered in the Fall. It will be offered online next Spring, though, so you can wait until then if you plan on graduating in May 2020 or later.