One course in each of these eight categories is required to major in Environmental Studies.
1) Biodiversity
Biology 7: Environmental Biology
Biology 71: Population and Community Ecology
Biology 144: Principles of Conservation Biology
2) Economics
Economics 5: Principles of Economics
Economics 30: Environmental Economics
3) Social Sciences or Humanities
Archaeology 27/Classics 27/Art History 19: Introduction to Classical Archaeology
English 2: Representing the Environment
English 192: Native American Writers
History 71: Modern Africa
History 102: Time, Nature and Humanity
Philosophy 24: Introduction to Ethics
Philosophy 38: Rational Choice
Philosophy 124: Bioethics
Political Science 113: Politics of Environmental Policy in the United States
Political Science 160: Sustainable Development
Psychology 13: Social Psychology
4) Biological Foundations
Biology 3: Fundamentals of Biology
Biology 10: Plants and Humanity
Biology 13: Cells and Organisms
Biology 14: Organisms and Population
5) Chemical Foundations
Chemistry 1: Chemical Fundamentals
Chemistry 2: Chemical Principles
Chemistry 8: Environmental Chemistry
6) Environmental Science
Engineering Science 25: Environment and Technology
Civil and Environmental Engineering 32: Introduction to Environmental Engineering
7) Geological Foundations
Geology 2: Environmental Geology
8) Environmental Seminar
Environmental Studies 91: Seminar on Contemporary Environmental Concerns
Political Sciences 119SC: Politics of Sustainable Communities
Biology 179: Seminar in Marine Biology
Biology 195: Seminar in Animal Behavior
TRACK COURSES
For the Environmental Studies Program, students must complete three courses in any one track, provided they include offerings from at least two departments. Up to one core course numbered 100 or higher may be double-counted toward both the core and the appropriate track For example, History 102 can be double-counted as a core #3, and a track III course. (Environmental courses are occasionally offered through the Experimental College. With approval of your track advisor, these courses may fulfill some track requirements.)
Track I: Environmental Science
Biology
Biology 41: General Genetics
Biology 71: Population and Community Ecology
Biology 106: Microbiology
Biology 132: Biostatistics
Biology 143: Evolutionary Ecology
Biology 144: Principles of Conservation Biology
Biology 164: Marine Biology
Biology 167: Environmental Toxicology
Chemistry
Chemistry 31: Physical Chemistry I
Chemistry 32: Physical Chemistry II
Chemistry 33: Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Chemistry 51, 52: Organic Chemistry
Chemistry 53, 54: Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Chemistry 61: Inorganic Chemistry
Chemistry 131: Chemical Thermodynamics
Chemistry 141: Instrumental Analysis
Geology
Geology 1: The Dynamic Earth
Geology 5: Introduction to Oceanography
Geology 32: Geomorphology
Geology 115: Quaternary and Glacial Geology
Geology 131: Hydrogeology
Physics
Physics 12: Introductory Physics
Physics 5: The Nuclear Age: Its Physics and History
Physics 11: 12: General Physics
Physics 41: Electronics
Physics 42: Electricity and Magnetism I
Physics 52: Thermal Physics
Physics 143: Electricity and Magnetism II
Track II: Environment and Technology
Engineering Science 27: Environmental Health and Safety
Three other courses from the list below:
Civil and Environmental Engineering
CE 12: Introduction to Hydraulic Engineering
CE 32: Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CE 42: Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
CE 70: Introduction to Hazardous Materials Management
CE 112: Hydrology and Water Resource Engineering
CE 113: Groundwater Hydrology
CE 134: Water and Wastewater Chemistry
CE 138: Hazardous Waste Treatment Technologies
CE 143: Site Remediation
CE 151/ENP 151/ES 151: Engineering Systems: Deterministic Models
CE 152/ENP 152/ ES 152: Engineering Systems: Stochastic Models
CE 158: Occupational and Environmental Health
CE 167: Environmental Toxicology
CE 168: Exposure Assessment
CE 171: Hazardous Materials Management
CE 172: Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants
CE 173: Health Effects and Risk Assessment
CE 175: Hazardous Materials Safety
CE 176: Pollution Prevention Management
CE 264: Hazardous Materials Management and Policy
CE 267: Analytic Methods for Environmental Regulation
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
consult department
Mechanical Engineering
ME 11: Applied Thermodynamics
ME 16: Heat Transfer
ME 45: Power and Propulsion
ME 114: Solar Energy
ME 125: Manufacturing Processes and Materials Technology
ME 145: Powerplant Engineering Analysis and Design
Track III: Environment and Society
Art History
FAH 148: Nature Into Art
FAH 155: History of Modern Architecture
FAH 165: American Architecture Civil and Environmental Engineering
CE 137: Public Health
CE 158: Occupational and Environmental Health
CE 164: Epidemiologic Methods Economics
EC 30: Environmental Economics
EC 130: Topics in Environmental Economics Nutrition/ Urban and Environmental Policy
NUT 223/ UEP 223: Fundamentals of US Agriculture
NUT 224/UEP 224: Environment and the Food Supply
NUT 243/UEP 243: Institutions of Agriculture
NUT 244/ UEP 244: Food and Environmental Risk Communication
NUT 246/UEP 246: Agriculture and Metropolitan Areas
NUT 247/UEP 247: Ecology of Agriculture Political Science
PS 115: Seminar on Public Opinion and Survey Research
PS 163: International Politics of the Environment Sociology
SOC 187: Society and the Environment Urban and Environmental Policy/ Philosophy UEP 203/ PHIL 173: Political Economy, Ethics, and the Environment
Urban and Environmental Policy/ Civil and Environmental Engineering
UEP 207/ CE 207: Environmental Law Urban and Environmental Policy
UEP 294F: Community and Environmental Advocacy
Suggested Inclusion (All Tracks)
One Course in Statistical Analysis:
Biology 132: Biostatistics
Civil Engineering 102: Probability and Statistics in Engineering
Economics 201: Statistics
Mathematics 161: Probability
Mathematics 162: Statistics
Psychology 31: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Sociology 101: Quantitative Research Methods
