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Environmental Studies Major

College of the Holy Cross · Worcester, MA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Environmental Studies Major
Catalog edition
Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Receiving a 4 or 5 on the AP Environmental Science Exam does not count toward the ENVS major or minor. If a student received a 4 or 5 on the AP Environmental Science Exam they may choose to skip ENVS 117 Intro to Environmental Science and take any other environmental science course instead. All ENVS majors take 5 environmental science courses.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166124
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166124_5da5bacf_1
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements

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    Three required courses:

    3 items
    1. ENVS 117
      Intro to Environmental Science Course count
      As published: “Intro to Environmental Science”
      1
    2. ENVS 118
      Introduction to Environmental Social Science Course count
      As published: “Introduction to Environmental Social Science”
      1
    3. ENVS 404
      Capstone Seminar Course count
      As published: “Capstone Seminar”
      1

    Two introductory science courses:

    5 items
    1. BIOL 163
      Introduction to Biol Diversity and Ecology Course count
      As published: “Introduction to Biol Diversity and Ecology”
      1
    2. CHEM 141
      Environmental Chemistry Course count
      As published: “Environmental Chemistry”
      1
    3. CHEM 181
      Atoms & Molecules Course count
      As published: “Atoms & Molecules”
      1
    4. GEOS 150
      Introduction to Geology Course count
      As published: “Introduction to Geology”
      1
    5. PHYS 115
      Introductory Physics 1: Mechanics, Fluids and
      As published: “Introductory Physics 1: Mechanics, Fluids and Waves”
      1.25

    Two environmental humanities courses:

    23 items
    1. ENVS 119
      Introduction to Environmental Humanities Course count
      As published: “Introduction to Environmental Humanities”
      1
    2. ENVS 219
      Rewriting Disaster Narratives Course count
      As published: “Rewriting Disaster Narratives”
      1
    3. CLAS 233
      Nature in the Classical World Course count
      As published: “Nature in the Classical World”
      1
    4. CHIN 251
      China and the Environment Course count
      As published: “China and the Environment”
      1
    5. ENGL 325
      Georgic and Pastoral Course count
      As published: “Georgic and Pastoral”
      1
    6. ENGL 344
      The Romantic Revolution Course count
      As published: “The Romantic Revolution”
      1
    7. ENGL 351
      Walking with Thoreau Course count
      As published: “Walking with Thoreau”
      1
    8. ENGL 377
      Environmental Poetics Course count
      As published: “Environmental Poetics”
      1
    9. HIST 119
      The Global Environment: Past and Present Course count
      As published: “The Global Environment: Past and Present”
      1
    10. HIST 122
      Food, Power, & Environment Course count
      As published: “Food, Power, & Environment”
      1
    11. HIST 275
      U.S. Mexican Border Course count
      As published: “U.S. Mexican Border”
      1
    12. PHIL 247
      Environmental Political Philosophy Course count
      As published: “Environmental Political Philosophy”
      1
    13. PHIL 249
      2
    14. RELS 255
      Ecology & Religion Course count
      As published: “Ecology & Religion”
      1
    15. RELS 260
      Comparative Mysticism & Human Ecology Course count
      As published: “Comparative Mysticism & Human Ecology”
      1
    16. RELS 340
      Gardens & World Religions Course count
      As published: “Gardens & World Religions”
      1
    17. RELS 395
      Nature and Animals in the Bible Course count
      As published: “Nature and Animals in the Bible”
      1
    18. RUSS 253
      Fire & Ice: Siberia In Fiction Course count
      As published: “Fire & Ice: Siberia In Fiction”
      1
    19. VAHI 250
      Making the Modern City Course count
      As published: “Making the Modern City”
      1
    20. VAHI 330
      Designing Green Course count
      As published: “Designing Green”
      1
    21. VAHI 340
      American Art & Ecology Course count
      As published: “American Landscapes”
      1
    22. VAHI 350
      1
    23. VAST 206
      Drawn to Nature Course count
      As published: “Drawn to Nature”
      1

    Two additional environmental social science courses:

    9 items
    1. ENVS 200
      Environmental Law Course count
      As published: “Environmental Law”
      1
    2. ENVS 205
      Environmental Justice Course count
      As published: “Environmental Justice”
      1
    3. ENVS 220
      Environmental Psychology Course count
      As published: “Environmental Psychology”
      1
    4. ACCT 160
      Sustainability and Citizenship Course count
      As published: “Sustainability and Citizenship”
      1
    5. ECON 224
      Environmental Economics Course count
      As published: “Environmental Economics”
      1
    6. POLS 257
      Politics of Development Course count
      As published: “Politics of Development”
      1
    7. SOCL 210
      Consumer & Corp Sustainability Course count
      As published: “Consumer & Corp Sustainability”
      1
    8. SOCL 236
      Environmental Sociology Course count
      As published: “Environmental Sociology”
      1
    9. SOCL 238
      Cities and Environment Course count
      As published: “Cities and Environment”
      1

    Two additional environmental science courses (one must include a lab):

    21 items
    1. BIOL 163
      Introduction to Biol Diversity and Ecology Course count
      As published: “Introduction to Biol Diversity and Ecology”
      1
    2. BIOL 201
      Microbiology of a Hurricane Course count
      As published: “Microbiology of a Hurricane”
      1
    3. BIOL 233
      Freshwater Ecology Course count
      As published: “Freshwater Ecology”
      1
    4. BIOL 235
      Marine Biology Course count
      As published: “Marine Biology”
      1
    5. BIOL 280
      Ecology Course count
      As published: “Ecology”
      1
    6. BIOL 331
      Ecosystem Ecology Course count
      As published: “Ecosystem Ecology”
      1
    7. BIOL 285
      Invertebrate Biology Course count
      As published: “Invertebrate Biology”
      1
    8. CHEM 141
      Environmental Chemistry Course count
      As published: “Environmental Chemistry”
      1
    9. CHEM 181
      Atoms & Molecules Course count
      As published: “Atoms & Molecules”
      1
    10. CHEM 231
      Equilibrium & Reactivity Course count
      As published: “Equilibrium & Reactivity”
      1
    11. CHEM 300
      Instrumental Chemistry/Analytical Methods Course count
      As published: “Instrumental Chemistry/Analytical Methods”
      1
    12. ENVS 125
      Introduction to Climate Change Course count
      As published: “Introduction to Climate Change”
      1
    13. ENVS 235
      Climate Science Course count
      As published: “Climate Science”
      1
    14. ENVS 245
      Sustainable Energy Course count
      As published: “Sustainable Energy”
      1
    15. GEOS 150
      Introduction to Geology Course count
      As published: “Introduction to Geology”
      1
    16. GEOS 210
      Geomorphology Course count
      As published: “Geomorphology”
      1
    17. GEOS 270
      Watershed Hydrology Course count
      As published: “Watershed Hydrology”
      1
    18. GEOS 310
      Paleoclimatology Course count
      As published: “Paleoclimatology”
      1
    19. GEOS 350
      Oceanography Course count
      As published: “Oceanography”
      1
    20. PHYS 115
      Introductory Physics 1: Mechanics, Fluids and
      As published: “Introductory Physics 1: Mechanics, Fluids and Waves”
      1.25
    21. PHYS 146
      The Physics of Energy Course count
      As published: “The Physics of Energy”
      1

    One quantitative or spatial analysis course:

    3 items
    1. BIOL 275
      Biological Statistics Course count
      As published: “Biological Statistics”
      1
    2. ENVS 247
      Introduction to Geographic Info Systems Course count
      As published: “Introduction to Geographic Info Systems”
      1
    3. STAT 220
      Statistics Course count
      As published: “Statistics”
      1

    Two additional upper level environmental electives in any area above. 2

    electives · 0 items
      Source. College of the Holy Cross, catalog Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.holycross.edu/academic-plans/environmental-studies/environmental-studies-major/. Captured page pages/0158.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.