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ES Course Requirements - Classes of 2012 & 2013

Environmental Studies Major - 53 credits required


NOTE: The environmental studies department launched a new curriculum in fall 2010 that applies to students of the class of 2014 and later. See your academic adviser if you have questions about your course requirements.

Environmental Studies - 9 credits required

  • ENVR 150: Introduction to Environmental Studies (4 credits)
  • ENVR 395: Research Seminar (4 credits)
  • ENVR 397: Internship in Environmental Studies (1 credit)

Math & Science - 16 credits required

  • MATH 124: Probability and Statistical Inference (4 credits) or Applied Behavioral Statistics (4 credits)
  • ENVR 175: Integrated Environmental Science I (4 credits)
  • ENVR 275: Integrated Environmental Science II (4 credits)
  • BIOL 334: General Ecology (4 credits)

Social Science - 8 credicts required

  • ECON 111: Introduction to Economics (4 credits)
  • ECON 318: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (4 credits)

Humanities - 8 credits required

  • PHIL 243: Environmental Ethics (4)
  • HIST 360: U.S. Environmental History (4)

Major Electives - 12 credits required

Three courses total, drawn from at least two of the following groups; only one course below the 300 level may count toward this requirement.

Environmental Studies:

  • ENVR 200A: Environmental Art and Architecture (4 credits)
  • ENVR 215: Environmental Learning Community (2 credits)
  • ENVR 225: Food, Gender, Globalization and the Environment (4 credits)
  • ENVR 300: Environmental Geography (4 credits)
  • ENVR 311: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4 credits)
  • ENVR 321: Sustainable Agriculture (4 credits)
  • ENVR 300: Topics in Environmental Studies (4 credits) (with approval of program chair)

Science:

  • ENVR 300G: Science of Global Climate Change (4 credits)
  • ENVR 300F: Environmental Geology (4 credits)
  • BIOL 332: Natural History of the Vertebrates (4 credits)
  • BIOL 336: Behavioral Ecology (4 credits)
  • BIOL 337: Aquatic Ecology (4 credits)
  • BIOL 338: Plant-Animal Interactions (4 credits)
  • GEOL 211: Physical Geology (4 credits)
  • GEOL 213: Environmental Geology (4 credits)

Social Science:

  • PCST 215: Science, Environment and Society (4 credits)
  • PCST 354: Global Environmental Politics (4 credits)
  • POLS 323: Constitutional Law: Structure and Power (4 credits)
  • POLS 334: U.S. Bureaucracy and Regulatory Law (4 credits)
  • POLS 353: International Law and Organization (4 credits)
  • SOCI 338: World Populations (4 credits)

Humanities:

  • COMM 381: Environmental Rhetoric (4 credits)
  • THEO 343: Theology and the Environment (4 credits)

Environmental Studies Minor (24 Credits)

Students in the class of 2014 and later should follow the new minor requirements.

Environmental Studies - 12 credits required

  • ENVR 150: Introduction to Environmental Studies (4 credits)
  • ENVR 175: Integrated Environmental Science I (4 credits)
  • ENVR 275: Integrated Environmental Science II (4 credits)

Note: Minors who are majoring in a natural science may choose to substitute the complete introductory Biology and Chemistry sequence for ENVR 175/275. The entire sequence must be completed for the substitution to be approved:

  • BIOL 121, 221, and 222
  • CHEM 125 and 234

Minors majoring in a natural science must take all their ENVR electives outside the sciences.

Minor electives - 12 credits required

The three elective courses must be taken outside the student's major field of study and must include at least two courses at the 300 level. The list of approved courses below is not comprehensive; consult with your adviser or the department chair if you have questions about approved electives.

  • ENVR 200A: Environmental Art and Architecture (4 credits)
  • ENVR 215: Environmental Learning Community (2 credits)
  • ENVR 225: Food, Gender, Globalization and the Environment (4 credits)
  • ENVR 300G: Science of Global Climate Change (4 credits)
  • ENVR 300F: Environmental Geology (4 credits)
  • ENVR 310: Environmental Geography (4 credits)
  • ENVR 311: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4 credits)
  • ENVR 321: Sustainable Agriculture (4 credits)
  • ENVR 200/300: Topics in Environmental Studies (with approval of department chair) (4 credits)
  • ECON 318: Natural Resource/Environmental Economics (4 credits)
  • HIST 360: U.S. Environmental History (4 credits)
  • PCST 354: Global Environmental Politics (4 credits)
  • SOCI 338: World Populations (4 credits)
  • THEO 343: Theology and the Environment (4 credits)