Deborah W. Dalton, Director and Professor
555 and 556 Monnet Hall
Norman, OK 73019-0375
Phone: (405) 325-0595
Internet: http://www.ou.edu/cas/ipe/
Environmental issues are complex and multi-dimensional and cannot be understood or addressed from any single discipline. The College of Arts and Sciences has established the Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment (IPE) program for students who wish to develop knowledge and skills in specific areas related to environmental issues while remaining grounded in an interdisciplinary outlook. The program offers an approved minor. There is also an option to develop a major in Environmental Studies through an individual Planned Program.
By making students conversant with a variety of approaches to the environment, the IPE minor prepares them for the multi-disciplinary teamwork that is a feature of many environmental careers.
The minor consists of 15 credit hours including the IPE core and one course each from the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
IPE Core Courses:
IPE 1013, Consumption and the Environment
IPE 4003, Senior Practicum on the Environment
Humanities Courses — 1 of the following:
ENGL 4453, Landscape and Literature
ENGL 4723, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman
HIST 3493, American Environmental History
HSCI 3473, History of Ecology & Environment
NAS 3113, Native American Philosophy
PHIL 3293, Environmental Ethics
Social Sciences Courses — 1 of the following:
ANTH 4103, People and Plants
ANTH 4533, Human Ecology of the Humid Tropics
GEOG 3253, Environmental Conservation
GEOG 3563, Natural Resources
P SC 3233, Environmental Policy & Administration
P SC 4233, Science, Technology, & Public Policy
Science Courses — 1 of the following:
BOT 2404, Ecology & Environmental Quality
BOT 3453, Principles of Plant Ecology
BOT 4553, Plant Geography
E S 4463, Environmental Evaluation and Management
GEOG 1114, Physical Geography
GEOG 4283, Biogeography
GEOL 3154, Environmental Geology
GEOS 2004, Evolution of the Earth System
METR 1014, Introduction to Weather and Climate
ZOO 3403, Principles of Ecology
ZOO 4093, Behavioral Ecology