Environmental Studies Concentration

The concentration for Environmental Studies consists of 11 courses and the senior program

Take all four of the following core courses

ENVST

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENVST-110Introduction to Environmental Studies

1

ENVST-212/GEOSC-212/GOVT-212Climate Change

1

ENVST-234Environmental Justice

1

ENVST-206Introduction to Environmental Data

1

Note: If students have already taken ECON-166, MATH-152 or MATH-254, they must take ENVST-325 Environmental Data Science instead of ENVST-206

Choose one of the following earth science courses

Course NumberTitleCredits
GEOSC-101Principles of Geoscience: Earth Resources and the Environment

1

GEOSC-103/AFRST-103Principles of Geoscience: Geology and Human Events in North Africa and the Middle East

1

GEOSC-105Principles of Geoscience: Our Interconnected Earth

1

GEOSC-107Principles of Geoscience: Geological & Environmental Challenges Around the World

1

GEOSC-110Principles of Geoscience: Geology and the Environment

1

GEOSC-111Principles of Geoscience: Natural Hazards and Society

1

GEOSC-112Principles of Geoscience: The Marine Environment

1

GEOSC-115Principles of Geoscience: Evolution and the Environment

1

Choose one of the following life science courses

Course NumberTitleCredits
BIO-100AExplorations in Biology: The Secret Life of Plants

1

BIO-100BExplorations in Biology: Frankenstein Fish

1

BIO-100CExplorations in Biology: Water and Life

1

BIO-100DExplorations in Biology: A Diagnostic Odyssey

1

BIO-100EExplorations in Biology: Microbes Rule

1

BIO-100FExplorations in Biology: Genetic Engineering

1

BIO-100GExplorations in Biology: Reproducing Life

1

BIO-100HExplorations in Biology: Disease Ecology in a Changing World

1

BIO-100IExplorations in Biology: You Are What You Eat

1

BIO-100JExplorations in Biology: Our Blue Planet

1

BIO-100KExplorations in Biology: Coming to Life – Embryogenesis and Development

1

CHEM-120Principles of Chemistry

1

Choose two of the following social sciences/humanities courses

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENVST-218/ARCH-218Resilience and Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on People and the Environment

1

ENVST-221Environment and the City

1

ENVST-266/HIST-266Global Environmental History

1

ENVST-285/GOVT-285Introduction to Environmental Politics

1

ENVST-287/GOVT-287Political Theory and the Environment

1

ENVST-290Nature and Technology

1

LIT-267Literature and the Environment

1

PHIL-235Environmental Ethics

1

ECON-380Environmental Economics

1

Choose three electives in ENVST (all listed courses excluding the core courses), including at least one at the 300-level or above, and not more than one at the 100-Level. The full list of electives is updated on the Masthead.

Course NumberTitleCredits

Take either the senior thesis (ENVST-549 and ENVST-550) OR senior capstone (ENVST-520)

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENVST-520Senior Capstone Practicum

1

ENVST-549Preparatory Research for Senior Project

0.50-1.00

ENVST-550Senior Project

1