Environmental Studies Major
Advanced Placement Credit
If students received a 4 or 5 on the AP Environmental Science Exam, they can choose to use that credit to place out of ENVS 117. They should take BIOL 163 (Introduction to Biological Diversity and Ecology) instead.
Requirements
The Environmental Studies Major is a multidisciplinary program of study that involves a minimum of 14 courses. Each student tailors the major to his/her own interests and strengths within the major requirements, which are included below:
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Two required courses: | |
| Environmental Science | |
| Environmental Perspectives | |
| Students must also take the ENVS Capstone Project Seminar. | |
| Two introductory science courses: | |
| Introduction to Biol Diversity and Ecology | |
| Environmental Chemistry | |
| Atoms & Molecules | |
| Introduction to Geology | |
| Introductory Physics 1: Mechanics, Fluids and Waves | |
| Two environmental humanities courses: | |
| Nature in the Classical World | |
| Georgic and Pastoral | |
| The Romantic Revolution | |
| Thoreau: Then and Now | |
| Environmental Poetics | |
| Food, Power, & Environment | |
| U.S. Mexican Border | |
| Environmental Political Philosophy | |
| Environmental Ethics | |
| Ecology & Religion | |
| Comparative Mysticism & Human Ecology | |
| Gardens & World Religions | |
| Nature and Animals in the Bible | |
| Fire & Ice: Siberia In Fiction | |
| Making the Modern City | |
| Designing Green | |
| American Art & Ecology | |
| City Nature | |
| Drawn to Nature | |
| One environmental economics course: | |
| Environmental Economics 1 | |
| One additional environmental social science course: | |
| Environmental Law | |
| Environmental Psychology | |
| Politics of Development | |
| Consumer & Corp Sustainability | |
| Environmental Sociology | |
| Cities and Environment | |
| Two additional environmental science courses (one must include a lab): | |
| Introduction to Biol Diversity and Ecology | |
| Microbiology of a Hurricane | |
| Freshwater Ecology | |
| Marine Biology | |
| Ecology | |
BIOL 281 | |
| Ecosystem Ecology | |
| Invertebrate Biology | |
| Environmental Chemistry | |
| Atoms & Molecules | |
| Equilibrium & Reactivity | |
| Instrumental Chemistry/Analytical Methods | |
| Introduction to Climate Change | |
| Climate Science | |
| Sustainable Energy | |
| Introduction to Geology | |
| Geomorphology | |
| Watershed Hydrology | |
| Paleoclimatology | |
| Oceanography | |
| Introductory Physics 1: Mechanics, Fluids and Waves | |
| The Physics of Energy | |
| One quantitative or spatial analysis course: | |
| Biological Statistics | |
| Introduction to Geographic Info Systems | |
| Statistics | |
| Two additional upper level environmental electives in any area above. 2 | |
| 1 | ECON 110 Principles of Economics is a prerequisite for ECON 224 Environmental Economics. |
| 2 | One of the upper level course requirements can be fulfilled by undergraduate research, an honors thesis, or academic internship for academic credit with prior permission of the ENVS Chair. |
The courses listed above are regularly offered. Departments frequently offer additional courses that may be counted for ENVS credit. The department will publicize other courses and how they may be used to fulfill major requirements.
Students may also use certain study abroad courses to fulfill major requirements with prior permission from the Environmental Studies Study Abroad Advisor.
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