Major in Environmental Studies

Required Courses (28 units):

• ENVA - 109 Humans and Environmental Change Core E social perspectives.
• ENVA - 110 Understanding Our Environment w/Lab Core B2 science lecture/lab.
• ENVA - 210 Ecology and Human Impacts w/Lab lecture/lab with ecosystem view.
• ENVA - 212 Air and Water w/Lab lecture/lab on physical and chemical aspects.
• ENVA - 250 Environmental Data Analysis Core B1 mathematical tools.

EITHER

• ECON - 230 Environmental Economics

OR one of the following:

• POLS - 360 International Environmental Politics
• POLS - 366 Environmental Policy

AND

• ENVA - 450 Capstone Practicum in Environmental Studies

ELECTIVES (20 UNITS): MAXIMUM OF 12 IN ANY ONE AREA

Social Sciences

• ECON - 230 Environmental Economics
• POLS - 356 The Vatican in Global Politics
• POLS - 360 International Environmental Politics
• POLS - 366 Environmental Policy
• ENVA - 319 Health and Environment
• ENVA - 320 Global Environments and Societies
• SOC - 360 Urbanization and Development
• ARCD - 130 Community Based Urban Agriculture: Design and Management (Freshmen only, Garden Project LLC; also may substitute for ENVA 109)

Humanities

• ENVA - 361 Religion and the Environment
• ENGL - 235 Literature and the Environment
• ENVA - 404 Environmental Ethics
• HIST - 342 Environmental History of Africa
• HIST - 341 Feast and Famine: A History of Food
• THRS - 195 Freshman Seminar
• ARCD - 140 Garden as Art: History, Design & Implementation (Freshmen only, Garden Project LLC)

Environmental Science:

• ENVS - 312 Water Resource Analysis w/Lab
• ENVS - 320 Restoration Ecology w/Lab
• ENVS - 321 Wetland Ecology w/Lab
• ENVS - 331 Environmental Health -- A Toxicological Perspective
• ENVS - 350 Energy and Environment
• ENVS - 360 Climate Change: Science and Policy
• ENVS - 390 Undergraduate Special Topics

Environmental Studies Methods and Practice

• ENVA - 396 Environmental Studies Internship
• ENVS - 410 Methods of Environmental Monitoring w/Lab
• ENVS - 498 Advanced Undergraduate Research
• POLS - 396 Public Administration Internship *
• POLS - 397 Fieldwork in Public Interest Organizations *
• SOC - 308 Research Methods *
• SOC - 395 Fieldwork in Sociology *

*Internship/placement or research project must have an environmental component.

Learning Goals/Outcomes for the B.A. in Environmental Studies

Students who complete the B.A. in Environmental Studies will be able to:

• Integrate perspectives of multiple disciplines to understand the complexities of human-environment interactions.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the range of environmental issues and the roles of humans and institutions in responding to them.
• Analyze critically and develop socio-culturally appropriate strategies to resolve environmental problems.
• Connect environmental problems to issues of social justice through study and community engagement.
• Apply scientific principles to develop solutions for environmental problems.