Download the Environmental Studies Major Requirements Checklist
Required Courses (28 credits):
- ENVA - 109 Environment and Society
- ENVS - 110 Understanding Our Environment w/Lab
- ENVS - 210 Ecology and Human Impacts w/Lab
- ENVS - 212 Air and Water w/Lab
- ENVS - 250 Environmental Data Analysis.
- ENVA - 450 Capstone Practicum in Environmental Studies
Take One of the following:
- ENVA - 232 Environmental Economics
- ENVA - 366 Introduction to Environmental Policy
- ENVA - 363 Environmental Law
ELECTIVES (20 credits): MAXIMUM OF 12 IN ANY ONE AREA
Social Sciences
- ENVA - 130 Community Based Urban Agriculture
- ENVA - 145 Community Garden Outreach
- ENVA 232 Environmental Economics
- ENVA- 319 Health and Environment
- ENVA- 320 Global Environments and Societies
- ENVA- 360 International Environmental Politics
- ENVA - 363 Environmental Law
- ENVA - 366 Introduction to Environmental Policy
- ENVA - 367 Environmental Justice
- ENVA - 390 Special Topics
- SOC 360 - Urbanization and Development
Humanities
- ENVA - 140 Garden as Art: History/Design/Implementation
- ENVA - 235 Literature and the Environment
- ENVA - 240 Ethics: Environmental Issues
- ENVA - 341 Feast and Famine: A History of food
- PHIL - 240 Ethics: Environmental Issues
- HIST - 341 Feast and Famine: A History of Food
- ENVA - 342 Environmental History of Africa
- ENVA - 361 Religion and the Environment
- ENVA - 390 Special Topics
- ENVA - 404 Environmental Ethics
- ARCD - 200 Sustainable Design
- ARCD - 320 Introduction to Landscape Design
- THRS - 195 Voice, Memory and Landscape
Environmental Science:
- ENVS - 311 Environmental Chemistry
- ENVS - 312 Water Resources Analysis
- 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 - 370 Introduction to Landscape Ecology and GIS w/Lab
- ENVS - 390 Special Topics
Environmental Studies Methods and Practice
- ENVA - 390 Special Topics
- ENVA - 396 Community Internships
- ENVA - 498 Research for Advanced Undergraduates
- ENVS - 410 Methods of Environmental Monitoring w/Lab
- POLS - 396 Public Administration Internship *
- POLS - 397 Fieldwork in Public Interest Organizations *
- SOC - 395 Fieldwork in Sociology *
- SOC/ENVA 308 Research Methods *
*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.
