Environmental Literacy (EL) courses provide students with the ability to understand, and articulate perspectives on, the interactions between human society and the natural world, as well as the challenges of environmental stewardship. A course from any disciplinary area may satisfy the EL requirement, provided that it focuses throughout on one or more of the following:

• theories, observations, or models of how humans impact the health and well-being of the natural worl
• theories, observations, or models of how the natural world affects human health and well-being
• public policies, legal frameworks, and/or other social systems that affect the environment
• moral and/or ethical dimensions regarding the environment
• cultural, creative, or artistic representations of human-environment interactions

NOTE: For Environmental Literacy, students must pass three credits of a course with an "E" designation. With minor exceptions, E courses now follow the guidelines for courses under the TOI4 Environmental Literacy designation.