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Environmental Studies
The environmental studies major will provide students with an educational specialty grounded in the subjects and issues related to the natural environment and the relationship of the human being to the natural environment.
Major

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

The environmental studies major will provide students with an educational specialty grounded in the subjects and issues related to the natural environment and the relationship of the human being to the natural environment. The major offers the breadth and depth of interdisciplinary inquiry, integrating knowledge across the natural sciences, behavioral sciences, and humanities. The major develops analytical tools and skills for understanding the environment, while emphasizing the role of beliefs, values, ethics and aesthetics in shaping human behavior.

Students will be exposed to coursework which develops skills in the following areas: laboratory research and environmental science; policy analysis, social, historical and global awareness; philosophical and ethical inquiry; writing and composition; oral presentation; educational techniques and strategies; legal research; and group enterprise. This will prepare students for careers in such diverse fields as environmental and urban planning, natural resource management, scientific journalism, environmental law and policy making, parks and recreation, landscape and architecture, public health, education, the arts, and many more. The Environmental Studies major or minor satisfies the Environmental perspective requirement.

The major includes five required courses, four environmental field courses, two tools courses, and the completion of a minor related to environmental studies chosen from a pre- approved list. Students graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Required courses (Must take all 5)

    ES 172 Introduction to Environmental Studies
    ES 270 Introduction to Environmental Biology
    ES 211 Introduction to Earth Science
    ES 498 Environmental Comprehensive Exam/Internship
    One upper-level synthesis course that requires at least one of the introductory courses. Currently offered options: Conservation Biology, Global Environmental Change, Estuaries, Restoration Ecology, Advanced Policy of Protected Areas, Advanced Ecotourism Policy & Practice, Marine Mammalogy.

Environmental Field Courses (Must take a class from 4 of the 7 fields):

Ethics

    ES 345H Environmental Ethics & Justice
    PL 243E Environmental Ethics
Religion
    RE 318E Ecotheology
    RE 382H Nature and the Sacred: Religion and Ecology
Literature and Criticism
    AM 319E Environmental Film Colloquium
    ES 314E Environment in American Thought
    ES 351E Influential Environmental Writers
    LI 328E Literature and Ecology
History
    HI 353E Environmental History
    HI 354E European Environmental History
Policy/Law
    ES 216 Coastal Issues
    PO 325 Environmental Politics & Policy
    PO 313 International Environmental Law
    ES 315 Wildlife Policy
Economics
    EC 373 Natural Resource Economics
    EC 374 Environmental Economics
    EC 383 Marine Resource Policy
    EC 388 Economic Development
Human Ecology
    ES 280 Environmental Education
    AN 335E Cultural Ecology

Tools Courses (Must take a class from 2 of the 4 categories):

Writing course

    CO 200E Writing the Environment
    CO 326 Environmental Rhetoric

Methods course

    EC 201S Introductory Economics of the Environment
    EC 281S Principles of Microeconomics

Statistics

    PO 260M Political Science Research Methods
    BE 260M Statistical Methods for the Sciences
    MN 260M Statistical Methods for Management & Economics
    PS 200 and 201M Statistics and Research Design I & II
    MA 133M Statistics: An Introduction

Computer course

    CS 143M Introduction to Computer Science
    ES 341N GIS for Environmental Studies

Completion of a minor related to Environmental Studies:

  • Anthropology
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Geology
  • History
  • Human Development
  • Literature
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Religious Studies
  • Sociology
  • Visual Arts

The minor in Environmental Studies requires six courses, three required courses (ES 172 Introduction to Environmental Studies, ES 270 Introduction to Environmental Biology, and ES 211 Introduction to Earth Science) and three environmental field courses. The environmental field courses are listed above. Students should choose one class from three of the seven fields.

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