Preapproved Interdisciplinary Cores
Climate Science and Policy
Consensus is growing on the national and international scale that climate change is real and urgent action is needed. However, responses differ among policy makers and other actors about the methods we should use to implement energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions. This interdisciplinary core examines the climate change problem and the most effective policy and development options for carbon mitigation strategies. Students can opt for a core that weighs more heavily on either the science or policy dimensions.
5 Required Courses:
- ENVI 194 - Global Climate Science (with Lab)
- ENVI/PHYS 130 - Science of Renewable Energy (with Lab)
- ENVI/POLI 335 - Science and Citizenship
- ENVI 294 - Climate and Society
- One Methods course – choose from:
-- Paleoclimate (course # TBA)
-- POLI 269 - Empirical Research Methods
-- GEOG 377 - Qualitative Research Methods in Geography
-- GEOG 378 - Discipline and Methods – Spatial Statistics
2 Courses from this Elective List:
- ENVI/GEOG 232 - People and the Environment
- GEOG/AMST 250 - Race, Place and Space
- GEOG 294 - Geography of Environmental Hazards
- ENVI/ECON 231 - Environmental Economics and Policy
- ENVI/INTL 368 - Sustainable Development
- Transfer credit for an upper level study away course with a climate change focus
Potential Study Away Options
- HECUA - Minnesota – Environmental Sustainability: Science, Public Policy and Community Action
- SIS – Iceland summer program
- Macalester South Africa Program
Community and Global Health
3 Required Courses:
- ANTH 239 - Medical Anthropology
- BIOL 194 - Intro to Community and Global Health
- GEOG 256 - Medical Geography
Any 3 of the Following:
- BIOL 357 - Immunology
- BIOL 358 - Microbiology
- ENVI/POLI 335 - Science and Citizenship
- ENVI/HIST 237 - Environmental Justice
- GEOG 225 - Intro to GIS
- GEOG 258 - Geography of Environmental Hazards
- MATH 155 - Statistical Modeling
- PHIL 294 - Human Rights and Health Care
- PHIL 227 - Bioethics
1 Required Methods Course:
- MATH/ECON 108 - Quantitative Thinking for Policy Analysis
Environmental Economics and Policy
Required ES course:
- Must take ENVI 215 – Environmental Politics and Policy as one of two intro courses
3 Required Courses:
- ECON 119 - Principles of Economics
- ECON/ENVI 231 - Environmental Economics and Policy
- POLI 335 - Science and Citizenship
At Least 3 of the Following:
- 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)
- ENVI 252 - Water and Power
- Any ECON course
1 Required Methods Course:
- POLI 269 - Empirical Research Methods
- MATH 153 - Data Analysis and Statistics
- MATH 155 - Introduction to Statistical Modeling
Environmental Justice
Required ES Courses:
- ENVI 215 – Environmental Politics and Policy
- ENVI 234 – Environmental History
- ENVI 280 – Environmental Classics
- ENVI 489 – Environmental Leadership Practicum or ENVI 624 - Internship
- ENVI 488 – Senior Seminar
Required Distribution:
- Two ENVI Social Science Courses from the approved list in the catalog.
- Two ENVI Science Courses from the approved list in the catalog.
4 Required Core Courses:
- ENVI 237 - Environmental Justice
- ENVI 265 - Justice
- PHIL 229 - Environmental Ethics
- GEOG 250 - Race, Space, and Place
2 Elective Core Courses:
- ENVI 343 - Imperial Nature
- ENVI 368 - Sustainable Development
- ENVI 231 - Environmental Economics and Policy
- AMST 103 - The Problem of Race in US Social Thought and Policy
- ECON 342 - Economics of Poverty in the US
1 Required Methods Course:
- ANTH 330 - Advanced Field Methods
- ANTH 230 - Ethnographic Interviewing
- GEOG 225 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
- POLI 269 - Empirical Research Methods
- MATH 153 - Data Analaysis and Statistics
- MATH 155 - Introduction to Statistical Modeling
Environmental Science
Required ES Courses:
- ENVI 215 – Environmental Politics and Policy
- ENVI 234 – Environmental History
- ENVI 280 – Environmental Classics
- ENVI 489 – Environmental Leadership Practicum or ENVI 624 - Internship
- ENVI 488 – Senior Seminar
Required Distribution:
- Two ENVI Social Science Courses from the approved list in the catalog.
- Two ENVI Humanities Courses from the approved list in the catalog.
5 Required Core Courses:
- BIOL/ENVI 285 – Ecology
- GEOL 150 – Dynamic Earth and Global Change
- CHEM 111/122 or CHEM 115 – General CHEM I and II or Principle of CHEM
- PHYS 221/222 – Intro Physics or ENVI/PHYS 130 Science of Renewable Energy
- MATH 155 – Intro to Statistical Modeling (has MATH 135 as prerequisite)
3 Elective Core Courses:
- At least three other Science courses within one discipline (BIOL, CHEM,
GEOL, PHYS)
Environmental Thought and Values
At Least 5 of the Following:
- ART 261 – History of Art II (with a research paper on an environmental theme)
- ENGL 120 – Environmental Writing: Intro to Creative Writing
- ENGL 265 – Justice (with a research paper on an environmental theme)
- ENGL 294 – Poetry of Environment
- HIST 236 – Consumer Nation
- HIST 237 – Environmental Justice
- HIST 340 – Imperial Nature
- INTL 367 – Postcolonial Theory
- RELI 232 – Religion and Food (with a research paper on an environmental theme)
- ENVI 614 – Independent Study (with an environmental focus)
1 of the Following:
- GEOG 232 – People and the Environment
- ANTH 365 – Environmental Anthropology
- ENVI 335 - Science and Citizenship
- SOCI xxx – Environmental Sociology (not yet offered)
1 Required Methods Course:
- PHIL 229 Environmental Ethics
International Environment and Development
Required ES Courses:
- ENVI 215 – Environmental Politics and Policy
- ENVI 234 – Environmental History
- ENVI 280 – Environmental Classics
- ENVI 489 – Environmental Leadership Practicum or ENVI 624 - Internship
- ENVI 488 – Senior Seminar
Required Distribution:
- Two ENVI Science Courses from the approved list in the catalog
- Two ENVI Humanities Courses from the approved list in the catalog
6 Elective Core Courses:
- ENVI 231 - Environmental Economics and Policy
- ENVI 232 - People and the Environment
- POLI 242 - Development Politics (prerequisite required)
- ANTH 363 - Anthropology of Development
- ENVI 343 - Imperial Nature
- ENVI 368 - Sustainable Development
- INTL 367 - Postcolonial Theory
- ECON 426 - International Economic Development (prerequisite required)
- ENVI 477/GEOG 488 - Comparative Environment and Development (prerequisite required)
1 Required Methods Course:
- ANTH 230 - Ethnographic Interviewing
- GEOG 225 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
- POLI 269 - Empirical Research Methods
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