Anthropology

• ANTH 101 – General Anthropology or ANTH 111 – Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH 365 – Environmental Anthropology
• Any 2 of the following:
  • ANTH 115 - Biological Anthropology
  • ANTH 239 - Medical Anthropology
  • ANTH 259 - Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic
  • ANTH 340 - Paleoanthropology
  • ANTH 363 - Anthropology of Development
  • ANTH 381 - Emerging Infectious Diseases
• 2 elective Anthropology courses (ENVI/LING 225 - 100 Words for Snow: Language and Nature can also be used)
• Methods: ANTH 230 - Ethnographic Interviewing

Biology

• BIOL 260 - Genetics OR BIOL 265 - Cell Biology
• BIOL 270 - Biodiversity and Evolution
• CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I
• ENVI/BIOL 285 - Ecology
• 2 elective Biology courses
• Methods: MATH 155 Introduction to Statistical Modeling

Chemistry

• CHEM 111 - General Chemistry I and CHEM 112 - General Chemistry II or CHEM 115 - Accelerated General Chemistry
• CHEM 211 - Organic Chemistry I and CHEM 212 - Organic Chemistry II
• CHEM 222 - Analytical Chemistry
• 1 or 2 elective courses (depending on Intro Series)
• Methods: Math 135 - Applied Calculus or Phys 226 - Principles of Physics I

Economics

• ECON 119 - Principles of Economics (when taught by Amy Damon or Sarah West)
• ENVI/ECON 231 - Environmental Economics and Policy
• 4 Other ECON courses chosen in consultation with either Amy Damon or Sarah West
• Methods: MATH 155 Introduction to Statistical Modeling

Educational Studies

• EDUC/PSYC 220 - Educational Psychology
• EDUC 330 - Philosophy of Education
• EDUC 360 - Education & Emerging Technologies
• EDUC 460 - Education & Social Change (fulfills Methodology requirement)
• ENVI/EDUC 370 - Education and the Challenge of Globalization
• Plus 1 of the following:
  • ENVI/PHIL 229 - Environmental Ethics
  • ENVI/HIST 237 - Environmental Justice
• Plus 1 of the following:
  • ENVI/POLI 215 - Environmental Politics & Policy
  • ENVI/HIST 236 - Consumer Nation: American Consumer Culture in the 20th Century
  • ENVI/POLI 335 - Science and Citizenship
  • ENVI/HIST 343 - Imperial Nature: The United States and the Global Environment
  • ENVI/INST 368 - Sustainable Development & Global Future

The above will also fulfill requirements for a minor in Educational Studies. The added course to complete an Educational Studies major will be EDUC 624 - Internship or Independent Study in Environmental Education.

English

• At least 4 of the 7 required courses should be cross-listed between English and Environmental Studies (or otherwise have a major project with a clear environmental focus).  Remaining 3 courses can be any English course.
• Methods:  ENVI/ENGL 262 - Studies in Literature and the Natural World

Geography

• ENVI/GEOG 232 - People and the Environment
• ENVI/GEOG 258 - Geography of Environmental Hazards or ENVI /POLI 252 - Water and Power
• ENVI 477/GEOG 488 - Comparative Environment and Development Studies or ENVI 478/GEOG 488 - Cities of the 21st Century
• GEOG 111 - Human Geography of Global Issues
• One Regional Geography Course (Geography of Africa/Geography of Latin America/Geography of US and Canada/Geography of the Middle East)
• One 200 or 300 level geography course, e.g.: Medical Geography, Urban Geography, Urban Social Geography, Advanced GIS, Discipline and Methods, Urban GIS, World Urbanization, Feminist Geography)
• Methods: GEOG 225 - Introduction to GIS

Geology

A total of 6 courses in the Geology Department must be taken to complete a core in Geology. These courses should be selected after discussion with a faculty member in the Geology Department. There is no single required course, but we expect at least three courses will be at or above the 200-level. Note: A Geology minor is five (5) courses, with GEOL150 and GEOL155 required.

No more than 3 courses can be taken at the 100-level.

Recommended courses:

• ENVI/GEOL 120 - Environmental Geology
• ENVI/GEOL 150 - Dynamic Earth and Global Change
• GEOL 100 – Oceanography
• GEOL 165 - History and Evolution of the Earth

At least 3 courses at the 200+ level.

Recommended courses:

• GEOL 201 - January Field Excursions
• GEOL 260 - Geomorphology
• GEOL 265 - Sedimentology/Stratigraphy
• GEOL 294 - Field Methods
• GEOL 294 - Paleoclimate
• GEOL 300 - Paleobiology
• GEOL 394 - Surface and Groundwater Hydrology

Methods: MATH 135 - Applied Calculus

History

• At least 4 of the 7 required courses should be cross-listed between history and ES (or otherwise have a clear environmental focus).
• Methods: Any of Prof. Chris Wells’ 300-level courses or HIST 379 - The Study of History

Mathematics/Computer Science

• COMP 121 - Introduction to Scientific Programming or COMP 123 - Core Concepts in Computer Science
• MATH 135 - Applied Calculus
• MATH 137 - Single Variable Calculus
• MATH 155 - Statistical Modeling
• MATH 191 - Data and Computing Fundamentals (1 credit)
• MATH 237 - Multivariable Calculus
• 2 of the following courses with the same prefix (COMP or MATH)
  • COMP 124 - Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures
  • COMP 302 - Introduction to Database Management Systems
  • MATH 236 - Linear Algebra
  • MATH 253 - Applied Multivariate Statistics
  • MATH 312 - Differential Equations
  • MATH 353 - Modern Statistics
  • MATH 365 - Computational Linear Algebra
  • MATH 432 - Mathematical Modeling

Philosophy

• ENVI/PHIL 229 - Environmental Ethics
• PHIL 125 – Ethics
• Any 4 of the following:
  • PHIL 115 - Problems of Philosophy
  • PHIL 227 - Bioethics
  • PHIL 360 - Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 394 - Philosophy of Biology
  • PHIL 614 - Independent Project
• Methods: PHIL 119 - Critical Thinking

Physics

• ENVI/PHYS 130 - Science of Renewable Energy
• PHYS 226 - Principles of Physics I
• PHYS 227 - Principles of Physics II
• PHYS 331 - Modern Physics
• 2 Elective Courses above 300 level
• Methods: PHYS 348 - Laboratory Instrumentation

Political Science

3 required coureses:

• ECON 119 - Principles of Economics (taught by either Amy Damon or Sarah West)
• ENVI/POLI 335 - Science and Citizenship
• POLI 269 - Empirical Research Methods

4 courses from this list depending on the student’s interest in domestic or international issues (others may be applicable):

• POLI 100 - US Politics
• POLI 202 - Political Participation
• POLI 140 - Comparative Politics
• POLI 221 - Global Governance
• POLI 242 - Development Politics
• POLI 341 - Comparative Social Movements
• POLI 320 - Global Political Economy
• POLI 390 - Chuck Green Fellowship (highly recommended)

Psychology

• ENVI/PSYC 270 - Psychology of Sustainability
• ENVI/POLI 335 - Science and Citizenship
• PSYC 254 - Social Psychology with Environmental project focus
• PSYC 380 - Community Psychology with Environmental project focus
• 2 elective Psychology courses (PSYC 372 - Health Psychology recommended as one of the electives, when offered)
• Methods:   MATH 155 - Introduction to Statistical Modeling or PSCY 201 - Research in Psychology I