Academic Requirements

Introductory Course:

• ENV 101. Introduction to Environmental Studies

One introductory-level majors sequence in the Natural Sciences:

• BIO 111, 112. General Biology I, II
• CHE 111, 112. General Chemistry I, II
• PHY 111, 112. General Physics I, II

 

Three additional science courses:

• BIO 104. Ecology of the Chesapeake Bay
• or BIO 206. Ecology (if taken BIO 111, 112)
• CHE/ENV 110. Chemistry of the Environment
• or CHE/ENV  210. Environmental Chemistry (if taken CHE 111, 112)
• PHY/ENV 140. Exploring the Solid Earth or PHY/ENV 141 Atmosphere, Ocean, and Environment
• or PHY 340. Earth and Planetary Systems Studies (if taken PHY 111, 112)

 

Math course:

• MAT 109. Statistics

Social Science and Humanities Classes:

• ECN 117. Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (or ECN 317. Environmental Economics, if taken ECN 111, 112)
• PHL 303. Environmental Ethics

At least one additional Humanities or Fine Arts course, chosen from those listed below, is required:

• CRS 244. A Humanities Perspective on the Chesapeake (if enrolled in the Chesapeake Semester)
• ART/ENV 241. Environment and Public Art
• ENG 321. Romanticism
• ENG 361 or 362. Literary Romanticism in the United States I or II
• ENG 347. American Environmental Writing
• PHL 310. Philosophy of Science

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

• ANT/ENV 107. Introduction to Environmental Archaeology
• ANT/ENV 137. Cultures and Environments of the Chesapeake
• CRS 242. The Social Science of an Estuary (if enrolled in the Chesapeake Semester)
• ECN/ENV 317. Environmental Economics
• ECN/ENV 318. Natural Resource Economics
• EDU 311. World Geography
• POL/ENV 335. Environmental Politics
• POL 375. International Political Economy
• SOC/ENV 370. Environmental Sociology

 

Two upper level ENV courses chosen from the following:

• ENV/BIO 221. The Bermuda Environment (summer course)
• ENV 222. Summer Environmental Studies in Ecuador
• ENV 314. Energy and the Environment
• ENV 294, 394. Special Topics (with approval of the Chair)

Junior and Senior Seminar - (non-credit bearing)

• ENV 392. Environmental Studies Junior Seminar
• ENV 491. Environmental Studies Senior Seminar