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Environmental Science and Studies

Academic Requirements

I. Core Courses

  • ENV 101. Introduction to Environmental Studies (to be completed by the end of the sophomore year)
  • BIO 104. Ecology of the Chesapeake Bay or BIO 206. Ecology
  • CHE/ENV 110. Chemistry of the Environment or CHE/ENV 210. Environmental Chemistry
  • PHY/ENV 140. Exploring the Solid Earth or PHY/ENV 141 Atmosphere, Ocean and Environment or PHY 340. Earth and Planetary Systems Studies
  • MAT 109. Statistics
  • ECN/ENV 117. Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
  • PHL 303. Environmental Ethics
  • Two upper level ENV classes
    • ENV/BIO 221. The Bermuda Environment
    • ENV 222. Summer Environmental Studies in Ecuador
    • ENV 302.  Birds of the Chesapeake Bay
    • ENV 314.  Energy and the Environment
    • ENV 294, 394  Special Topics, with approval of the ENV Program Director

II. One introductory-level majors sequence in the Natural Sciences combined with the appropriate upper-level course in the same department, as chosen from those courses listed below:

  • BIO 111, 112. General Biology I, II, BIO 206. Ecology
  • CHE 111, 112. General Chemistry I, II, CHE/ENV 210. Environmental Chemistry
  • PHY 111, 112. General Physics I, II, PHY 340. Earth and Planetary Systems Studies

III. At least one additional Humanities course, chosen from those listed below, is required:

  • CRS 244. A Humanities Perspective on the Chesapeake (if enrolled in the Chesapeake Semester)
  • ENG 305. Romanticism
  • ENG 361 or 362. Literary Romanticism in the United States
  • ENG 347. American Environmental Writing
  • PHL 310. Philosophy of Science

IV. At least two additional Social Science course, chosen from those listed below, is required.

  • ANT 107. Introduction to Environmental Archaeology
  • ANT 137. Cultures and Environments of the Chesapeake
  • CRS 242. Interdisciplinary Study of an Estuary: Integration and Action(if enrolled in the Chesapeake Semester)
  • ECN 317. Environmental Economics or ECN 318. Natural Resource Economics
  • POL 365. International Political Economy
  • SOC 370. Environmental Sociology

V. One of the credit-bearing internships or research opportunities, as well as pertinent special topics courses, can substitute for a selection in the Humanities, Natural Sciences, or Social Sciences where appropriate. This decision is based on the approval of the Director of the Program in Environmental Studies.

  • ENV 395. Summer Research
  • ENV 490. Individualized Internships
  • ENV 495, 496. Independent Research