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Program checklist · Environment & Sustainability (BA)

Environment & Sustainability (BA)

Cornell University · Ithaca, NY

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Program
Award
Environment & Sustainability (BA)
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
03.0104
Credits (computed from items)
1062-1077.5
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
190415
CourseShelf checklist
CK_190415_6a8ee7ef
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Foundation Course

1 item
  1. As published: “Understanding Environment and Sustainability (crosslisted)”
    3

Social Science

1 item
  1. As published: “Society and Natural Resources (crosslisted)”
    3

Biology

0 items

    Ecology

    2 items
    1. 3-4
    2. 3

    Evolution/Diversity

    3 items
    1. 4-5
    2. 4
    3. BIOSM 1780
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Chemistry/Physics

    3 items
    1. CHEM 1560& CHEM 1561
      Introduction to General Chemistryand Introduction to General Chemistry Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. CHEM 2070& CHEM 2071
      General Chemistry Iand General Chemistry I Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. 3

    Statistics

    8 items
    1. 4
    2. 3
    3. 3
    4. 4
    5. 4
    6. As published: “Introductory Statistics and Data Science (crosslisted)”
      4
    7. 4
    8. 4

    Humanities

    11 items
    1. As published: “Early Agriculture (crosslisted)”
      3
    2. As published: “Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations (crosslisted)”
      4
    3. As published: “Anthropology of Climate Change (crosslisted)”
      3
    4. As published: “Religion and Ecological Sustainability (crosslisted)”
      3
    5. As published: “Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted)”
      4
    6. 3
    7. 3
    8. As published: “The Environmental Imagination in American Literature (crosslisted)”
      4
    9. As published: “Environmental History (crosslisted)”
      4
    10. As published: “Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge (crosslisted)”
      3
    11. 3

    Economics

    2 items
    1. As published: “An Introduction to the Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources (crosslisted)”
      3
    2. As published: “Environmental and Resource Economics (crosslisted)”
      3

    Field/Engaged Experience

    19 items
    1. BIOEE 2525& BIOEE 2526& BIOEE 2527
      Ecology and Conservation of Wildlife in the Neotropicsand Ecology and Conservation of Wildlife in the Neotropics IIand Neotropical Wildlife Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. 3
    3. 3
    4. BIOEE 4570& BIOEE 4571
      Limnology: Ecology of Lakes, Lecturesand Limnology: Ecology of Lakes, Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      5
    5. 4
    6. As published: “Introductory Field Biology (crosslisted)”
      4
    7. 3
    8. 3
    9. As published: “Field Methods in Avian Ecology (crosslisted)”
      3
    10. As published: “Field Research in the Ecological Arts (crosslisted)”
      3
    11. As published: “Earth Projects (crosslisted)”
      3
    12. NTRES 3150& NTRES 3151& NTRES 3152
      Introduction to Conservation Bioacousticsand Conservation Bioacoustics Field Course Preparationand Field Methods in Conservation Bioacoustics: Hawai'i Experience
      Not resolved to a course
      5.5
    13. As published: “Stream Ecology (crosslisted)”
      4
    14. BIOSM 2500
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    15. 3
    16. 3
    17. 3
    18. 3
    19. 3

    Sustainability Science Colloquium

    3 items
    1. As published: “Environment and Sustainability Colloquium (crosslisted)”
      1
    2. As published: “Discussions of Environment and Sustainability (crosslisted)”
      3
    3. As published: “Perspectives on the Climate Change Challenge (crosslisted)”
      1.5-3

    Capstone Course

    11 items
    1. 3
    2. As published: “Nabokov, Naturally (crosslisted)”
      3
    3. 3
    4. 3-4
    5. 3
    6. As published: “Environmental Justice: Past, Present, Future (crosslisted)”
      4
    7. 3
    8. As published: “Climate Solutions Capstone (crosslisted)”
      3
    9. As published: “Planning for Environmental Conservation and Sustainability (crosslisted)”
      3
    10. As published: “Art and Science of the Mohawk River Watershed (crosslisted)”
      3
    11. As published: “Wildlife Corridor Conservation & Crossing Design (crosslisted)”
      3

    Required Courses from Core Curriculum

    major core · 2 items
    1. 3-4
    2. 3

    Biological Science (Choose One)

    2 items
    1. or: BIOEE 1781 Introduction to Evolution and Diversity
      4-5
    2. BIOSM 1780
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Recommended:

    1 item
    1. CHEM 1560& CHEM 1561
      Introduction to General Chemistryand Introduction to General Chemistry Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Other chemistry options include:

    3 items
    1. 3
    2. CHEM 2070& CHEM 2071
      General Chemistry Iand General Chemistry I Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. CHEM 2080& CHEM 2081
      General Chemistry IIand General Chemistry II Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Calculus (Choose One)

    2 items
    1. 4
    2. 4

    Quantitative (Choose One)

    12 items
    1. 3
    2. 3
    3. 4
    4. 3
    5. 4
    6. 3
    7. 4
    8. 4
    9. 3
    10. 3
    11. 4
    12. 4

    Introductory Genetics (Choose One)

    2 items
    1. 4
    2. BIOMG 2800& BIOMG 2801
      Lectures in Genetics and Genomicsand Laboratory in Genetics and Genomics
      Not resolved to a course
      5

    Advanced Ecology (Choose One)

    2 items
    1. 4
    2. 3

    List 1 - Ecosystems: The Physical and Biological Environment

    13 items
    1. 4
    2. 3
    3. 3
    4. 3
    5. 4
    6. 4
    7. 3
    8. 3
    9. 3.5
    10. As published: “Stream Ecology (crosslisted)”
      4
    11. 3
    12. 3-4
    13. 4

    List 2 - Organisms: Plants, Animals, Microbes

    40 items
    1. 4
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 3
    5. 3
    6. 4
    7. 3
    8. 3
    9. 3
    10. 3
    11. 4
    12. 3-4
    13. As published: “Marine Microbes and Disease in a Changing Ocean (crosslisted)”
      3
    14. 3
    15. 3
    16. 3
    17. 3
    18. 3
    19. 3
    20. 4
    21. 3
    22. 3
    23. As published: “Insect Conservation Biology (crosslisted)”
      3
    24. 3
    25. 3
    26. 3
    27. As published: “Insect Ecology (crosslisted)”
      4
    28. 3
    29. 3
    30. 3
    31. As published: “Applied Conservation Ecology (crosslisted)”
      3
    32. 3
    33. 4
    34. 3
    35. 3
    36. 4
    37. 4
    38. 4
    39. 3
    40. 4

    Anthropology

    9 items
    1. 3
    2. As published: “Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations (crosslisted) *”
      4
    3. As published: “Anthropology of Climate Change (crosslisted)”
      3
    4. As published: “Humans and Animals (crosslisted)”
      4
    5. As published: “Finger Lakes and Beyond: Archaeology of the Native Northeast (crosslisted)”
      3
    6. 3
    7. As published: “Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Circumpolar North (crosslisted)”
      3
    8. As published: “The Entangled Lives of Humans and Animals (crosslisted)”
      4
    9. As published: “Toxicity (crosslisted)”
      3

    Africana Studies

    1 item
    1. As published: “Black Ecoliterature (crosslisted)”
      3

    Asian Studies

    1 item
    1. As published: “Religion and Ecological Sustainability (crosslisted)”
      3

    Biology & Society

    1 item
    1. As published: “Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted) *”
      4

    Classics

    2 items
    1. As published: “Climate, Archaeology and History (crosslisted)”
      3
    2. As published: “Introduction to Dendrochronology (crosslisted)”
      4

    Comparative Literature

    5 items
    1. As published: “Literature and the Elements of Nature *”
      3
    2. 3
    3. 3
    4. As published: “Art, Nature, and Empire in Russian and Soviet Culture (crosslisted)”
      3
    5. As published: “Environmental Humanities: Theories and Methods (crosslisted)”
      3

    English

    4 items
    1. As published: “Communicating Climate Change *”
      3
    2. 3
    3. 4
    4. As published: “Climate Communications Capstone (crosslisted) *”
      3

    Environment & Sustainability

    1 item
    1. 3

    French

    1 item
    1. 3

    History

    3 items
    1. 4
    2. As published: “Environmental History (crosslisted) *”
      4
    3. As published: “Environmental Justice: Past, Present, Future (crosslisted)”
      4

    History of Art and Visual Studies

    2 items
    1. 4
    2. 4

    Natural Resources

    1 item
    1. As published: “Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge (crosslisted) *”
      3

    Philosophy

    1 item
    1. As published: “Ethics of Eating *”
      3

    Science & Technology Studies

    3 items
    1. As published: “Living in an Uncertain World: Science, Technology, and Risk (crosslisted)”
      4
    2. As published: “Comparative Environmental History (crosslisted)”
      3
    3. 3

    Society for the Humanities

    1 item
    1. 3

    Spanish

    1 item
    1. 3

    Environment and Law (Choose One)

    7 items
    1. 3
    2. As published: “The Nature, Functions, and Limits of Law (crosslisted)”
      4
    3. As published: “Environmental Law and Policy (crosslisted)”
      3
    4. 3
    5. 3
    6. 3
    7. 3

    Environment and Human Behavior (Choose One)

    5 items
    1. As published: “Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations (crosslisted) *”
      4
    2. As published: “Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted) *”
      4
    3. As published: “Introduction to Environmental Psychology (crosslisted)”
      3
    4. As published: “Environmental Sociology (crosslisted)”
      3
    5. As published: “Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge (crosslisted) *”
      3

    Environment and Institutions (Choose One)

    8 items
    1. As published: “Resource Economics (crosslisted)”
      3
    2. As published: “Environmental Economics (crosslisted)”
      3
    3. 3
    4. 4
    5. GOVT 3613& GOVT 3614& GOVT 3623
      Politics of Sustainable Development in Latin America Iand Politics of Sustainable Development in Latin America IIand Politics of Sustainable Development in Latin America III (crosslisted)
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    6. As published: “Environmental History (crosslisted) *”
      4
    7. As published: “Environmental Governance (crosslisted)”
      3
    8. As published: “Planning for Environmental Conservation and Sustainability (crosslisted) *”
      3

    Environment and Policy (Choose One)

    8 items
    1. 3
    2. As published: “Politics of Public Policy in the U.S. (crosslisted)”
      4
    3. As published: “Comparative Public Policy: Political Pathways to Equality (crosslisted)”
      4
    4. NTRES 4300& NTRES 4301& NTRES 4302
      Environmental Policy Processes Iand Environmental Policy Processes IIand Environmental Policy Processes III
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. 3
    6. As published: “Economics and Environmental Policy (crosslisted)”
      3
    7. As published: “Comparative Environmental Policy ((crosslisted))”
      3
    8. PUBPOL 3910& PUBPOL 5441
      Federal Policy Making in Actionand Effective Writing for Public Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      2.5

    Methods/Tools Course

    10 items
    1. As published: “Excursions in Computational Sustainability (crosslisted)”
      3
    2. 3
    3. 4
    4. 3
    5. 3
    6. 4
    7. 3
    8. As published: “Planning for Environmental Conservation and Sustainability (crosslisted) *”
      3
    9. 3
    10. 3

    Additional Environmental Courses (Choose Two)

    32 items
    1. 3
    2. As published: “Resource Economics (crosslisted)”
      3
    3. 3
    4. 3-4
    5. As published: “Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations (crosslisted) *”
      4
    6. As published: “Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Circumpolar North (crosslisted)”
      3
    7. As published: “Food, Agriculture, and Society (crosslisted)”
      3
    8. As published: “Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted) *”
      4
    9. CEE 5970
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    10. 3
    11. As published: “Communication, Environment, Science, and Health (crosslisted)”
      3
    12. 3
    13. 3
    14. 3
    15. 4
    16. 4
    17. As published: “Introduction to Environmental Psychology (crosslisted)”
      3
    18. As published: “Ecological Literacy and Design (crosslisted)”
      3
    19. 3
    20. As published: “Population and Social Change (crosslisted)”
      3
    21. 3
    22. 3
    23. 3
    24. 3
    25. 3
    26. 3
    27. As published: “Environmental History (crosslisted) *”
      4
    28. As published: “Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries (crosslisted)”
      3
    29. As published: “Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge (crosslisted) *”
      3
    30. 3
    31. As published: “Living in an Uncertain World: Science, Technology, and Risk (crosslisted)”
      4
    32. 3

    Required Courses from Core Curriculum

    major core · 2 items
    1. 3-4
    2. 3

    Biological Science (Choose One)

    3 items
    1. 3
    2. or: BIOEE 1781 Introduction to Evolution and Diversity
      or: BIOSM 1780
      4-5
    3. 3

    Chemistry

    2 items
    1. CHEM 1560& CHEM 1561
      Introduction to General Chemistryand Introduction to General Chemistry Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. CHEM 2070& CHEM 2071
      General Chemistry Iand General Chemistry I Laboratory
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Quantitative (Choose One)

    2 items
    1. 4
    2. 4

    Biogeochemistry (Choose One)

    2 items
    1. 4
    2. 3

    Atmosphere/Climate

    6 items
    1. 3
    2. 3
    3. 3
    4. 3
    5. 3
    6. As published: “Atmospheric Chemistry: From Air Pollution to Global Change (crosslisted)”
      3

    Terrestrial/Soil Science/Geology

    7 items
    1. 4
    2. 4
    3. 4
    4. 4
    5. 3
    6. 4
    7. 3

    Water Management/Hydrology

    8 items
    1. 4
    2. 3
    3. 3
    4. 3
    5. As published: “Introduction to Groundwater (crosslisted)”
      3
    6. 4
    7. 3
    8. 3

    LAWR List 2 – Environmental Informatics

    6 items
    1. 3
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 3
    5. 3
    6. 3

    LAWR List 3 – Integrated Ecosystems/Ecology

    7 items
    1. 3
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. As published: “Stream Ecology (crosslisted)”
      4
    5. 3-4
    6. 3
    7. 4

    Required Courses from Core Curriculum:

    major core · 1 item
    1. 3

    Additional Required Courses:

    4 items
    1. 3
    2. 3
    3. or: AEM 2600 Managerial Economics
      4
    4. 4

    Resource/Environmental Economics (Choose a Minimum of 5.5 Credits, 2-3 Courses)

    10 items
    1. 3
    2. 3
    3. 3
    4. 3
    5. As published: “Environmental Economics (crosslisted)”
      or: ECON 3850 Economics and Environmental Policy
      3
    6. 1.5
    7. 3
    8. As published: “Undergraduate Special Topics in Applied Economics and Management 1”
      1-4
    9. 1.5
    10. As published: “Finance and Sustainable Global Enterprise Colloquium (crosslisted)”
      1

    Data Analysis/Econometrics (Choose One)

    11 items
    1. As published: “Excursions in Computational Sustainability (crosslisted)”
      3
    2. 3
    3. 3
    4. 3
    5. 3
    6. 4
    7. 4
    8. 4
    9. 4
    10. 3
    11. 4
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