ESS - Environmental Leadership, Communication, and Policy

Environmental Leadership, Communication, and Policy | 120 Hours

Learn how social systems interact with the environment
Explore how cultural values and beliefs influence the way people use the environment
Study how organizations address environmental problems and how complex concepts regarding those issues are communicated

Environmental Communication

General Education Curriculum Applies to all ESS Undergraduate Degree Concentrations

ENGL 1010 English Composition I (3)
ENGL 1020 English Composition II (3)
COMM 2025 Fundamentals of Communication or PC 2500 Communicating in the Professions (3)
MATH 1710 Pre-Calculus Algebra; MATH 1830 Applied Calculus; or MATH 1910 Calculus I (3 or 4)
HIST 2010 Early United States History (3)
HIST 2020 Modern United States History (3)
ENGL 2130, 2235, or 2330 Literature (3)
ECON 2010 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
CHEM 1010 Introductory Chemistry I or CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I (4)
ESS 1100 Intro. to Environmental Studies (3)
BIOL 1020 Diversity of Life (4)
Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)
Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)

AGBE 4120 or ECON 4120 Natural Resource Economics (3)
BIOL 3120/3130 General Ecology (with lab or non-lab) (3-4)
ESS 3710 Chemistry and the Environment (3)
ESS 3000 Intro. to Environmental Law (3)
ESS 4001/4002 Society and the Environment: Capstone Experience Part I and II (6)
GEOL 1045 Earth Environment, Resources and Society or GEOL 1040 Physical Geology (4)
HIST 3900 Environmental History or ESS 3200 Nonprofit Organizations and the Environment (3)
MATH 3070 Statistical Methods I or BIOL 4220 Biostatistics (3)
SOC 3600 Environmental Sociology or ESS 4110 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (3)
ESS 2100 Environment and Ethics (3)
ESS 3100 Global Sustainability Issues & Initiatives (3)

BMGT 3510 Management & Organizational Behavior (3)
BMGT 4520 Organizational Leadership or LIST 3500 Non-Profit Leadership (3)
COMM 3030 Principles of Event Planning, COMM 3000 Computer Mediated Communication, or COMM 3630 Discussions and Parliamentary Procedures (3)
COMM 2075 Organizational Communication or PC 3250 Professional Communication (3)
JOUR 1110 Media and Social Institutions, JOUR 2200 Mass Communication in a Changing Society, or JOUR 3460 Introduction to PR (3)
COMM 3080 Communication and Effective Team Work, LIST 3410 Team Building and Workplace Dynamics, or LIST 4300 Workplace Performance (3)
POLS 1030 American Government (3)
POLS 3670 Foreign Policy, POLS 4610 Public Administration and Public Policies, or WFS 4500 National Wildlife Policy (3)
ECON 4200 Environmental Economics (3)
ESS 4300 Environmental Management Systems (3)
ESS 4093 Special Topics, ESS 4100 National Parks and Protected Public Lands, ESS 4900 Internship, or GEOG 4510 Theory of GIS I (3)

For questions, please contact your advisor:
Dr. Samantha Allen	saallen@tntech.edu
Dr. Tammy Boles	tboles@tntech.edu
Lisa Brown	lbrown@tntech.edu
David Hajdik	dhajdik@tntech.edu
Dr. Hayden Mattingly	hmattingly@tntech.edu
Dr. Steve Sharp	ssharp@tntech.edu