Environment and Resources

Concentration Requirements:

• Please select a minimum of four courses (12 credits total) from the list below, including two INTAF courses.
• Please note that this list will be reviewed and updated periodically. However, students should always check LionPATH to determine the availability of these courses in any given semester and review any mandatory prerequisites prior to enrolling.
• Please note that enrollment in any course listed below is not guaranteed, especially when the course is outside of INTAF.
• Classes included on the list below are approved to use as electives for this concentration. Any course that is not listed below must go through a formal review process. To begin this review process, please complete this form.
  • Courses that are not approved electives from the below list will NOT count towards your concentration unless you obtain approval through the review process.

SIA Elective Courses (please select at least two classes from the following list):

• INTAF 502 – Science, Technology, and International Policy (3 credits)
• INTAF 504 – Political Economy of Development and Growth (3 credits)
• INTAF 511 – Ethical Dimensions in Food and Agricultural Governance (3 credits)
• INTAF 514 – International Development and The Ethics of Development Assistance (3 credits)
• INTAF 597 – Special Topics: Political Economy of Climate Change (3 credits)
  
• INTAF 810 – Energy, International Security, and the Global Economy (3 credits)
• INTAF 820 – Economic Development and the Environment (3 credits)
• INTAF 897 – Special Topics: Corporations in Global Affairs (3 credits)

Penn State Law Elective Courses (requires instructor and SIA faculty director approval prior to enrolling):

• ENVR 952 – Energy Law and Policy (3 credits)
• ENVR 960 – Environmental Law (3 credits)
• ENVR 967 – Water Law and Policy (3 credits)
• ENVR 988 – Natural Resources Law (3 credits)
• EXPR 972 – Mediation of Environmental and Public Conflicts (3 credits)
• INTR 952 – Law of the Sea (2 credits)

Penn State Graduate Elective Courses:

• AEREC 550 – International Economic Development and Agriculture (3 credits)
• AFR 532 – Environment and Livelihoods in Africa (3 credits)
• AFR 534 – Political Economy of Energy and Extractive Industries in Africa (Oil and Mining) (3 credits)
• ANTH 555/FOR 565 – GIS-Based Socio-Ecological Landscape Analysis (3 credits)
• ANTH 556 – Social Organization of Traditional Societies (3 credits)
• CE 597 – Ethics, Engineering and Environmental Management (3 credits)
• ECLGY 510 – Classical Ecology (2 credits)
• EEFE 541 – Resource and Environmental Economics II (3 credits)
• EEFE 550 – International Economic Development and Agriculture (3 credits)
• EMGT 820 – Environmental Law and Policy (3 credits)
• PPOL 570 – Environmental Policy (3 credits)

Penn State 400-Level Elective Courses (please select no more than three courses from the following list):

• AFR 464 – Extractive Industries in Africa (3 credits)
• CED 425 – Natural Resource Economics (3 credits)
• CED 431W – Economic Analysis of Environmental and Resource Policies (3 credits)
• CED 450 – International Development, Renewable Resources, and the Environment (3 credits)
• CED 460W – Policy, Politics, and Perspectives on Social and Environmental Responsibility (3 credits)
• ERM 402 – Foundations of Sustainable Business (3 credits)
• ERM 449 – Sustainable Water Management: Economics and Policy (3 credits)
• FOR 410 – Elements of Forest Ecosystem Management (3 credits)
• FOR 418 – Agroforestry: Science, Design, and Practice (3 credits)
• FOR 421 – Silviculture (3 credits)
• FOR 450W – Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (3 credits)
• FOR 466W – Forest Management and Planning (3 credits)
• GEOG 411 – Forest Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 430 – Human Use of Environment (3 credits)
• GEOG 431 – Geography of Water Resources (3 credits)
• GEOG 438W – Human Dimensions of Global Warming (3 credits)
• GEOG 439 – Property and the Global Environment (3 credits)
• GEOG 444 – African Resources and Development (3 credits)
• GEOG 497E – Energy Geography (3 credits)
• GEOSC 450 – Risk Analysis in the Earth Science (3 credits)
• GEOSC 451 – Natural Resources: Origins, Economics and Environmental Impact (3 credits)
• MNG 401 – Introduction to Mining Operations (1 credit)
• PNG 411 – Introduction to Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction (1 credit)
• SOILS 422 – Natural Resources Conservation and Community Sustainability (3 credits)

All World Campus courses, including any that appear as elective class options on this list, require enrollment permission from the SIA faculty director prior to registering for the class. Please contact the SIA academic adviser for more information.