Courses and Requirements
****JUST ADDED!!! ****
Fall 2013 Courses for Environmental Studies Majors (click link to download)
Graduation Checklists — Please download, fill out and bring to advisement meetings! :
LIST OF MAJOR/MINOR REQUIREMENTS
MAJOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (34 Credits Total)
Includes 4 Required Courses – 2 from natural sciences and 2 from social sciences (see below) (13 credits) +
1 Capstone Course (3 credits) +
6 Elective Courses – at least 2 courses from the natural sciences elective list below and at least 2 courses from the social sciences list below. The other 2 courses can be from either list (18 credits).
MINOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (19 Credits Total)
Includes 3 Required Courses (10 credits) + 3 Elective Courses (9 credits).
Required Courses are the same as for majors, except for URBST 372, which counts as an elective. Elective courses may be any mix of courses from the natural and social sciences elective list below. ENSCI majors must replace the two required ENSCI courses with ENSCI electives.
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES COURSES
***Note: this is a sampling of courses included in the Major/Minor Program — new electives may be added each semester. For further details on required courses and elective courses you MUST meet with the Environmental Studies Advisor!!!
All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.
REQUIRED - All students must take:
URBST 252: The Changing Urban Environment
URBST 372: Fieldwork in Environmental Studies (click on the link for more info!)
ENSCI 100: Our Planet in the 21st Century (4 credits)
ENSCI 112: Our Changing Planet
CAPSTONE COURSES - All students must take at least ONE capstone course
ENSCI 373: Solving Environmental Problems
URBST 373: Special Problems in Environmental Studies
Social Science/Humanities Electives – Students must take 2-4 courses from the following list:
ANTH 270: Human Disease
ANTH 302: Ecology and Culture
ECON 228, 228W: Economics of the Environment
ECON 208: Economics and Development
ENGL 327, 327W: Environmental Literature
MEDST 281: Media and the Environment
PHIL 125: Philosophy of the Environment
PSCI 287: Law, Politics and the Environment
URBST 241: Introduction to Urban Planning
URBST 207: Development of the American City
URBST 235: Urban Epidemics
URBST 236: Emerging Diseases and Public Policy
URBST 253: Conflicts in Urban Planning
URBST 254: Urban Transportation Policy
URBST 258: Climate Change and Public Policy
URBST 373: Special Problems in Environmental Policy
NATURAL SCIENCES Electives – Students must take 2-4 courses from the following list:
BIOL 106 (prereq. BIOL 105): General Biology: Life-forms and Ecosystems (4 credits)
GEOL 101: Physical Geology (4 credits)
ENSCI 200 (co-req. CHEM 113): Earth System Science
ENSCI 383 Internship in Environmental Science (permission of ENSCI Advisor required!)
GEOL 383 (permission of ENSCI Advisor required)
