Academic Requirements
Introductory Course:
- ENV 101. Introduction to Environmental Studies
One introductory-level majors sequence in the Natural Sciences chosen from below:
- BIO 111, 112. General Biology I, II or CHE 120, 220. Principles of Organic Molecules & Quantitative Chem Analysis
Three additional science courses:
- ENV 140. Exploring the Solid Earth or ENV 141 Atmosphere, Ocean, and Env
- ENV 294. Applied Ecology (if taken BIO 111-112) or any BIO 100 course (if do not plan to take BIO 111-112)
- CHE/ENV 210. Environmental Chemistry (if taken CHE 111-112) or CHE/ENV 110. Chemistry of the Env. (if do not plan to take CHE 111-112)
Two upper level ENV courses chosen from the following:
- ENV/BIO 221. The Bermuda Environment (summer course, odd years)
- ENV 222. Summer Environmental Studies in Ecuador (summer course, even years)
- ENV 294. Environmental Communication
- ENV 302. Conservation and Wildlife Techniques
- ENV 311. Field Methods in Environmental Science
- ENV 312. Watershed Biogeochemistry
- ENV/BIO 313. Wetlands Ecology
- ENV 314. Energy and the Environment
- ENV 394. Climate Change
- ENV 394. Sustainability
- ENV 394. Marine Conservation
Math course:
- MAT 109. Statistics, MAT 194 Stretch Calculus, or MAT 201. Differential Calculus
Social Science, Humanities, and Fine Arts Classes (2 required + 3 elective courses):
- ENV 117. Intro to Env & Nat’l Resource Econ (required)
- PHL 102. Contemporary Moral Issues (required)
Humanities or Fine Arts elective course, (choose 1 from those listed below):
- ART/ENV 241. Environment and Public Art
- ART/CHE 294. Greener Art through Greener Chemistry
- CRS 244. A Humanities Perspective on the Chesapeake (if enrolled in the Chesapeake Semester)
- ENG 321. Romanticism
- ENG 347. American Environmental Writing
Social Science elective courses, (choose 2 from those listed below):
- ANT/ENV 107. Introduction to Environmental Archaeology
- ANT 280. Traditional Ecological Knowledge
- CRS 242. The Social Science of an Estuary (if enrolled in the Chesapeake Semester)
- ECN/ENV 318. Natural Resource Economics (if not taken for the core)
- SOC 370. Environmental Sociology
Environmental Science and Studies Junior and Senior Seminar
Senior Capstone Experience
*Note for students interested in Physics: Students interested in pursuing a physics track within the environmental studies or environmental science degree program can substitute PHY 111 and/or PHY112 for one or two courses in the major, after consultation with and written approval from the ENV department chair.