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
- Total credits (published)
- 6
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027 Catalog
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- Environmental Studies explores the relationships between the earth's natural and physical systems, political, economic, and social systems, and human understanding of the environment as informed by ethics, philosophy, art, history, religion, and literature. The Department of Environmental Studies seeks to create a diverse and inclusive learning community that promotes an integrated understanding of humankind's relationship to the environment. It does this by encouraging rigorous study of the biological and physical processes that characterize the physical environment; critical examination of the political, economic, and social institutions that frame human interaction with the environment; and scholarly engagement with those philosophical, spiritual, literary, and artistic traditions that inform and reflect our understanding of the environment and our relationship to it.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 174844
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_174844_bfbf5dbf_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 for the Major
major core · 4 items
- 1.00
- 1.00
- 1.00
- Nine courses in areas of emphasis:Not resolved to a course9.00
Select six additional courses specific to the area of emphasis chosen (natural science, social science, or arts and humanities) and three additional courses from outside the selected area of emphasis. Unless permission is granted by the chair, a course may not count for more than one requirement in the major.
major core · 0 items
Emphasis in Natural Science
1 item
- Three courses from outside your area of emphasis.Not resolved to a course3.0
Select one or two social sciences courses from the following:
10 items
- AS/ES 277Environmental Sustainability in Japan (study abroad)Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with social science focus and approved by the chair)”or: ENVST 381 Advanced Research Topics in Environmental Studies
- ES/PS 201Topics in Global Environmental PoliticsNot resolved to a course
- ES/PS 276Environmental PoliticsNot resolved to a course
PSCI 221 Environmental Policy (Environmental Science in Australia and New Zealand)
0 items
SOAN 222 Cultural Anthropology (Environmental Science in Australia and New Zealand)
0 items
SOAN 247 Disasters
0 items
SOAN 297 Topics (when taught as Environmental Anthropology)
0 items
Select one or two arts and humanities courses from the following:
14 items
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with arts and humanities focus and approved by the chair)”or: ENVST 381 Advanced Research Topics in Environmental Studies
NORW 224 Contemporary Nordic Literature (when taught with ENVST focus)
30 items
- Select one statistics modeling and mapping course from the following:Not resolved to a course1.00
- Select one intermediate chemistry course from the following:Not resolved to a course1.00
- CHEM 248& CHEM 254Organic Chemistry IIand Synthesis Laboratory II (0.25)Not resolved to a course
- CHEM 255& CHEM 256Analytical Chemistryand Analytical Laboratory (0.25)Not resolved to a course
- Select one intermediate ecology course from the following:Not resolved to a course1.00
- Select two environmental science courses from the following (at least one must carry ES department designation): 1Not resolved to a course2.00
- BI/ES 226Conservation BiologyNot resolved to a course
- BI/ES 228Environmental HealthNot resolved to a course
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with natural science focus and approved by the chair)”
- Select one level III course in Environmental Science:Not resolved to a course1.00
- As published: “Selected Topics (when taught with environmental studies focus and approved by the chair)”
- BI/ES 350Biogeochemistry: Theory and ApplicationNot resolved to a course
- As published: “Selected Topics in Chemistry (when taught with environmental science focus and approved by the chair)”
- As published: “Advanced Research Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with natural science focus and approved by the chair)”
Emphasis in Social Science
1 item
- Select three courses from outside your area of emphasis. 1Not resolved to a course3.0
Select one or two natural science courses of the following:
0 items
BIO 224 Marine Biology (Environmental Science in Australia and New Zealand)
0 items
BIO 226 Terrestrial Ecology (Environmental Science in Australia and New Zealand) 2
17 items
- As published: “Ecological Principles 2”
- As published: “Selected Topics (when taught with environmental science focus and approved by the chair)”
- BI/ES 226Conservation BiologyNot resolved to a course
- BI/ES 228Environmental HealthNot resolved to a course
- BI/ES 350Biogeochemistry: Theory and ApplicationNot resolved to a course
- CHEM 255& CHEM 256Analytical Chemistryand Analytical Laboratory (0.25)Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Selected Topics in Chemistry (when taught with environmental science focus and approved by the chair)”
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with natural science focus and approved by the chair)”
- As published: “Advanced Research Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with natural science focus and approved by the chair)”
Select one or two arts and humanities courses of the following:
32 items
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with arts and humanities focus and approved by chair)”
- As published: “Advanced Research Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with arts and humanities focus and approved by chair)”
- As published: “(when taught with environmental science focus)”
- Select one methodological analysis course of the following:Not resolved to a course1.00
Economic analysis courses:
18 items
- As published: “Principles of Economics (or ECON 110-ECON 120)”1.00
- 1.00
- Select one environmental political policy and institutions course of the following:Not resolved to a course1.00
- ES/PS 201Topics in Global Environmental PoliticsNot resolved to a course
- ES/PS 276Environmental PoliticsNot resolved to a course
- Select two social science electives of the following:Not resolved to a course2.00
- AS/ES 277Environmental Sustainability in Japan (study abroad)Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (if taught with social science emphasis and approved by the chair)”
- As published: “Directed Undergraduate Research (when taught with social science focus and approved by the chair)”
- ES/PS 201Topics in Global Environmental PoliticsNot resolved to a course
- ES/PS 276Environmental PoliticsNot resolved to a course
PSCI 221 Environmental Policy (Environmental Science in Australia and New Zealand)
0 items
SOAN 222 Cultural Anthropology (Environmental Science in Australia and New Zealand)
0 items
SOAN 247 Disasters
0 items
SOAN 297 Topics when taught as Environmental Anthropology
0 items
Emphasis in Arts and the Humanities
1 item
- Select three courses from outside your area of emphasis. 1Not resolved to a course3.0
Select one or two natural science courses of the following:
0 items
BIO 224 Marine Biology (Environmental Science in Australia and New Zealand)
0 items
BIO 226 Terrestrial Ecology (Environmental Science in Australia and New Zealand) 2
16 items
- As published: “Ecological Principles 2”
- As published: “Selected Topics (when taught with environmental science focus and approved by the chair)”
- BI/ES 226Conservation BiologyNot resolved to a course
- BI/ES 228Environmental HealthNot resolved to a course
- BI/ES 350Biogeochemistry: Theory and ApplicationNot resolved to a course
- CHEM 255& CHEM 256Analytical Chemistryand Analytical Laboratory (0.25)Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with Natural Science focus and approved by the chair)”
- As published: “Advanced Research Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with Natural Science focus and approved by the chair)”
Select one or two social science courses of the following:
10 items
- AS/ES 277Environmental Sustainability in Japan (study abroad)Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with social science focus and approved by the chair)”
- ES/PS 201Topics in Global Environmental PoliticsNot resolved to a course
- ES/PS 276Environmental PoliticsNot resolved to a course
PSCI 221 Environmental Policy (Environmental Science in Australia and New Zealand)
0 items
SOAN 222 Cultural Anthropology (Environmental Science in Australia and New Zealand)
0 items
SOAN 247 Disasters
17 items
- As published: “Topics in Sociology and Anthropology”
- Select up to five level II courses in the arts and humanities of the following:Not resolved to a course5.00
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with arts and humanities focus and approved by the chair)”
NORW 224 Topics in Contemporary Nordic Literature (when taught with and ENVST focus)
9 items
- Select at least one level III topics course in arts and humanities of the following:Not resolved to a course1.00
Level III course in another department if taught with an environmental studies arts and humanities focus and approved by the chair
0 items
Requirements for the Concentration
concentration · 3 items
- 1.00
- 1.00
- Select one natural science course of the following:Not resolved to a course1.00
BIO 224 Marine Biology (Environmental Science in Australia)
0 items
BIO 226 Terrestrial Ecology (Environmental Science in Australia) 1
30 items
- As published: “Ecological Principles 1”
- As published: “Selected Topics (when taught with environmental science focus and approved by chair)”
- BI/ES 226Conservation BiologyNot resolved to a course
- BI/ES 228Environmental HealthNot resolved to a course
- BI/ES 350Biogeochemistry: Theory and ApplicationNot resolved to a course
- CHEM 255& CHEM 256Analytical Chemistryand Analytical Laboratory (0.25)Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Selected Topics in Chemistry (when taught with environmental science focus and approved by the chair)”
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with natural science focus and approved by the chair)”
- As published: “Advanced Research Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with natural science focus and approved by the chair)”
- Select one social science course of the following:Not resolved to a course1.00
- AS/ES 277Environmental Sustainability in Japan (study abroad)Not resolved to a course
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with social science focus and approved by the chair)”
- As published: “Advanced Research Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with social science focus and approved by the chair)”
- ES/PS 201Topics in Global Environmental PoliticsNot resolved to a course
- ES/PS 276Environmental PoliticsNot resolved to a course
PSCI 221 Environmental Policy (Environmental Science in Australia)
0 items
SOAN 222 Cultural Anthropology (Environmental Science in Australia)
1 item
SOAN 297 Topics when taught as Environmental Anthropology
23 items
- Select one arts and humanities course of the following:Not resolved to a course1.00
- As published: “Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with arts and humanities focus and approved by the chair)”
- As published: “Advanced Research Topics in Environmental Studies (when taught with arts and humanities focus and approved by the chair)”
- As published: “(when taught with environmental science focus)”
- Electives: Students choose one additional environmental studies course from among those listed above for the major. This may (but need not) include the senior seminar. Elective courses from other departments must have a significant component that addresses environmental concerns, but they need not have environmental issues as their exclusive focus. For some electives, students may be required to negotiate specific assignments with the instructor and the chair to receive credit toward the concentration.Not resolved to a course1.00
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