Course Descriptions
The Environmental Studies major has course requirements from a wide range of disciplines. View this course catalog to get an overview of the core department courses and the required courses from each discipline.
Required Courses:
- ENVR 150: Introduction to Environmental Studies
- ENVR 175: Earth Systems Science (NS)
- ENVR 250: Environmental Methods and Analysis
- ENVR 275: Humans in the Environment (NS)
- ENVR 320: Research Colloquium
- ENVR 395: Research Seminar
- ENVR 397: Internship
Environmental Perspectives:
1. Environmental Science
- ENVR 300T: Sustainable Agriculture Science
- ENVR 331: Science of Climate Changes
2. Environmental Social Science
- ENVR 300X: Energy and Society
- ENVR 310: Environmental Geography
3. Environmental Humanities
- ENVR 315: American Environmental Classics (HM)
- ENVR/HIST 360: U.S. Environmental History (HM)
Environmental Electives:
- ENVR/ART 200A: Environmental Art and Architecture (FA)
- ENVR 300Q: Environmental Health
- ENVR 300R: Sustainable Urban Planning
- ENVR 300T: Sustainable Agricultural Science
- ENVR 300U/GEND 360M: Gender and Environment (GE)
- ENVR 300X: Energy and Society
- ENVR 3007: Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Resilience
- ENVR 303: Climate Action Workshop (2 credits) - pairs well with ENVR 305 offered the same semester
- ENVR 305: Global Climate Policy (2 credits) - pairs well with ENVR 303 offered the same semester; enrolled students typically attend the UNFCC COP
- ENVR 310: Environmental Geography
- ENVR 311: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
- ENVR 315: American Environmental Classics (HM)
- ENVR/POLS 330: Environmental Politics/Policy
- ENVR 331: Science of Global Climate Change
- ENVR/HIST 360: U.S. Environmental History (HM)
*Cross-listed and Non-departmental courses
- BIOL 334: General Ecology
- BIOL 337: Aquatic Ecology
- COMM 309: Environmental Rhetoric (HM)
- PCST 354: Global Environmental Politics
- PHIL 322: Environmental Ethics (ES)