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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Bachelor of Arts Degree Requirements
(minor in Environmental Studies)

A total of 120 credits is required for the B.A. degree in Environmental Studies. The required core of the Environmental Studies program comprises nine foundation courses within three categories: Natural Science, Social Structure and Function, and Research and Data Analysis courses. Students pursuing the degree must earn a grade of C or higher in each required course, as well as a minimum 2.0 GPA for all courses.

Natural Sciences
ENV 1500 Intro to Environmental Sciences
ENV 3120 General Ecology (with lab)
ENV 3110 Geology (with lab)

Social Structure and Function
ENV/POL 2510 Environmental Policy
ECO 1510 Microeconomic Theory
ECO 2280 Environmental Economics

Research and Data Analysis
MAT 1600 Introductory Statistics or PSY 2320 Behavioral Statistics
ENV 3150 Geographic Information Systems
ENV 3880 Junior Seminar in Environmental Studies

Additional courses
PED 1070 Outdoor Skills or PED 1105 SCUBA or PED 1120 Rock Climbing
ENV/ANT 3801 Human Ecology
ENV 3300 Environmental Regulations or ENV 3045 Environmental Impact Assessment
ENV 3900 Environmental Studies Internship
ENV 4990 Senior Project

Further coursework to fulfill the College requirements of 120 total and 45 upper-level credits provides students with depth of knowledge in a specific area: environmental biology, environmental policy, or environmental economics. The choice of focal field reflects the student’s personal interests and career goals. In consultation with an advisor, students select a suite of elective courses, including at least two upper-level selections in the focal field. We have identified appropriate courses in both the natural and social science disciplines (see below); some have formal prerequisites.

Electives  The following courses can be used to satisfy elective requirements for environmental studies majors (N.B.: some courses have prerequisites):

Suggested Electives for Environmental Biology Focus
BIO 1550, 1560 General Biology I & II (with labs)
BIO 2470 Marine Biology of the Mediterranean (field course)
BIO 3160 Genetics (with lab)
BIO 3250 Animal Physiology
BIO 3360 Microbiology
BIO 3430 Vertebrate Zoology
BIO 3440 Invertebrate Zoology
BIO 3530 Cell Biology
BIO 4660, 4665 Scanning Electron Microscopy & Imaging Microscopy
CHE 1550 1560 General Chemistry I & II (with labs)
CHE 3310 3320 Organic Chemistry I & II (with labs)
ENV 3045 Environmental Impact Assessment
ENV 3200 Environment & Health
ENV 3240 Environmental Education
ENV 3720 Aquatic Pollution
ENV 3805 Conservation Biology
ENV 3820 Animal Behavior
ENV 4460 Marine Ecology
ENV 4750 Applied Terrestrial Ecology

Suggested Electives for Environmental Policy or Environmental Economics Focus
ANT 1500 Intro to Social & Cultural Anthropology
ANT 3190 Urban Anthropology
ANT 3715 Anthropology of Poverty
ECO 1510 Microeconomics I
ECO 1540 Economics and Everyday Life
ECO 2210 Wealth and Poverty in the Global Economy
ECO 3010 Macroeconomics II
ECO 3100 Cities, Culture, and the Economy
ECO 3200 The Global Economy
ECO 3260 Microeconomics II
POL 1570 Intro to US Politics
POL 2010 Governments and Politics Worldwide
POL 2020 Intro to International Relations
POL 2070 West African Politics and Literature
POL/ENV 2080 Environmental Justice
POL 2170 Political Theory I
POL 2180 Political Theory II
POL/ENV 3020 Law, Energy, and the Environment
POL 3220 Global Poverty and International Responsibility
POL 3300 Development and Politics of Latin America
SOC 1500 Intro to Sociology
SOC 3180 Technology, Values, and Society
SOC 3286 Minorities and Science

Other relevant electives
MAT 1500 Calculus I
MAT 1510 Calculus II
LIT/ENV 2245 Society and Nature
LIT/ENV 2440 Environment and Literature
PHI 2120 Methods of Reasoning
PHI 3010 History & Philosophy of Science