Program: Humanity and Nature Studies Major (B.A.) - Northland College - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 15, 2025

2022-2023 Catalog

Major Requirements:

BIO 115 - Concepts of Biology 4 Credits
OR
BIO 128 - Natural History and Conservation in the Lake Superior Watershed 3 Credits
BIO 234 - Ecology 4 Credits
ENG 211 - Humanity and Nature in Literature 3 Credits
HIS 241 - American Environmental History 3 Credits
HIS 325 - Nature and Nation: Environment, Art, Ideology 3 Credits
IDS 480 - Senior Seminar 3 Credits
PSY 331 - Ecopsychology 3 Credits
REL 258 - Religion and Nature 3 Credits
SOC 242 - Sociology of the Environment 3 Credits
PHL 226 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credits
OR
PHL 262 - Environmental Philosophy 3 Credits

Two of the following:

NAS 227 - Native Foodways 3 Credits
NAS 260 - Indigenous Environmental Justice 3 Credits
NAS 315 - American Indian Environmental Perspectives 3 Credits

One of the following:

ENG 318 - Nature Writers 3 Credits
ENG 372 - Nature & Gender in Lat Am Lit 3 Credits
ENG 377 - Green Romanticism 3 Credits
OED 228 - Wilderness Writers and Philosophers 3 Credits

One of the following:

ART 280 - Graphic Design I 3 Credits
ART 306 - Art Collaborations with Nature 3 Credits
ENG 240 - Pens and Paddles in the North Woods 4 Credits
OED 224 - North Woods Pathways 4 Credits
OED 361 - Interpretive Programming and Design 3 Credits
OED 385 - Urban Outdoor Education 3 Credits

Emphases:

To complete a major in Humanity and Nature Studies, choose one of the following emphases:

Global Humanities Emphasis - Choose 4 courses

ART 231 - Art History Renaissance to Modern 3 Credits
ENG 217 - Contemporary Third World Literature 4 Credits
ENG 233 - Women of the Third World 3 Credits
ENG 241 - CLIFI: Climate Fiction 3 Credits
GWS 266 - Ecofeminism 3 Credits
HIS 215 - Black Natures 3 Credits
HIS 242 - European Environmental History 3 Credits
NAS 306 - Global Indigenous Politics 3 Credits
NAS 342 - Gender in Indigenous Borderlands 3 Credits

Social Science and Leadership Emphasis - Choose 4 courses

OED 221 - Group Process and Leadership 4 Credits
OED 279 - Access and Diversity 3 Credits
SCD 235 - Forces of Change 3 Credits
SCD 335 - Organizing Communities 3 Credits
SOC 215 - Sociology of Community 3 Credits
SOC 374 - Human Rights and Social Justice 3 Credits

Natural History Emphasis:

Two of the following:

BIO 222 - Spring Flora 4 Credits
BIO 224 - Entomology 4 Credits
BIO 225 - Aquatic Invertebrates 4 Credits
BIO 242 - Ichthyology 4 Credits
BIO 244 - Field Ornithology 4 Credits
BIO 245 - Mammalogy 4 Credits

Two of the following:

BIO 328 - Vegetative Communities of Northern Wisconsin 4 Credits
BIO 473 - Limnology 4 Credits
NRS 345 - Ecological Restoration 4 Credits
NRS 347 - Sustainable Forest Management 4 Credits
NRS 348 - Wildlife Ecology and Management 4 Credits
NRS 349 - Fisheries Science and Management 4 Credits
NRS 358 - Wetlands 4 Credits

Total Humanity and Nature Studies Major with Emphasis: 55-61 Credits