This track is designed for students interested in exploring the cultural, social, and scientific meaning of the landscape.  It is particularly relevant to students interested in the preservation of natural and historical places, or land management in general.  The society, culture, and policy electives focus mostly on how different cultures interpret these landscapes.  RELG 243 (Native American Religious Freedom) does have an explicit policy focus that ENTS majors may find appealing.

We recommend science courses that help you understand the physical forces shaping the landscape.  Ecology and Geology courses are particularly recommended.  Climate courses will also help you understand how climate change will affect the landscape.  Remote sensing and Topics in Landscape Ecology are particularly useful for students who want to develop advanced skills in spatial analysis of landscape-level phenomena.  **Most of these courses are offered at least every other year, but the Geology courses may be offered only every third year.

(i)Environmental Science:

BIOL 221 Ecosystem Ecology

BIOL 375 Natural History of Minnesota

ENTS 254 Topics in Landscape Ecology

ENTS 260 Comparative Agroecology

ENTS 265 Modeling Environmental Systems

ENTS 272 Remote Sensing

ENTS 287 Climate Science

GEOL 210 Geomorphology

GEOL 258 Geology of Soils

(ii) Society, Culture and Policy:

AMST 230 The American Sublime

ARTH 266 Planning Utopia: Ideal Cities in Theory and Practice

ARTS 113 Field Drawing

CLAS 222 Nature and Environment in the Ancient World

ENGL 236 American Nature Writing

ENGL 247 The American West

ENGL 248 Visions of California

ENTS 200 Food and Agriculture

ENTS 215 Environmental Ethics

HIST 306 American Wilderness

HIST 308 American Cities and Nature

POSC 212 Environmental Justice

RELG 243 Native American Religious Freedom

RELG 356 Buddhism and Ecology

SOAN 234 Ecology, Economy, and Culture

SPAN 260 Forces of Nature

*South Pacific Program:  This course usually runs every other year.  Students may count up to six credits from an OCS program toward the ENTS major.  A course from this program counts as a non-science elective for this track.