Fight climate change and protect the environment. Policy makers determine policy and planning which shapes the world in which we live. Change policy and planning, change the world!

Required Foundational Core
PLAN 201	INTRODUCTION TO URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING	5
POLI 100	INTRODUCTION TO US POLITICS	5
POLI 203	INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS	5
POLI 204	INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS	5
Required Disciplinary Core
PLAN 430	ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING	5
POLI 322	INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY	5
POLI 324	COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL WATER POLICY	5
POLI 327	POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY	5
POLI 420	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS	5
Methods Requirement–choose two		9-10
CSBS 310	FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES THEORY
CSBS 320	STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
PLAN 464	GIS FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL ANALYSIS
Electives–choose one course from each category		15
Climate Change and Sustainability
PLAN 376	COMPARATIVE URBANIZATION
PLAN 440	LAND USE PLANNING
PLAN 442	SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
POLI 402	TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS (variable title)
Environmental Law and Policy
PLAN 431	ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
PLAN 435	PLANNING, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
POLI 320	INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS
POLI 321	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
POLI 401	TOPICS IN POLITICAL THEORY (variable title)
POLI 402	TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMPARATIVE POLITICS (variable title)
Social and Environmental Justice
PLAN 475	TRIBAL GOVERNANCE
POLI 350	CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PROBLEMS
POLI 401	TOPICS IN POLITICAL THEORY (variable title)
Capstone and Portfolio Assessment		6
POLI 490 & POLI 493	SENIOR CAPSTONE and PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT
Total Credits		75-76

University Competencies and Proficiencies

English 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB

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General Education Requirements (GER)

• Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours 
  • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
  • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
• Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0

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Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences

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University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
Foreign Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List

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Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.

Degree Works calculates based on these two catalog years.

1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.

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Students who successfully earn a BA in Environmental Policy and Planning from EWU should be able to do the following: 

• assess and use appropriate data in environmental planning; 
• communicate about environmental policy and planning in a professional manner;
• demonstrate ability to implement sustainability;
• engage in critical thinking on environmental policy and planning;
• identify major environmental issues.