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Program checklist · B.S.

Environmental Sciences / Sustainability Studies, B.S.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY

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Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
This dual major program in Environmental Sciences and Sustainability Studies is ideal for socially curious and engaged environmental sciences students, or for sustainability-oriented students who crave a deeper technical and scientific understanding of the social phenomena they are already passionate about. A nuanced, interdisciplinary understanding of sustainability and the environment is necessary for leaders in areas like energy, urban planning and development, economics, climate change, transportation and many others. The approaches of this dual curriculum will make its graduates highly desirable on the job market by filling in significant gaps among a workforce often divided along traditional disciplinary lines as “technical” and “non-technical”.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
194824
CourseShelf checklist
CK_194824_04d6afb6
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

The RPI Experience

0 items

    First Year

    0 items

      Fall

      5 items
      1. CHEM 1100
        Principles of Chemistry I
        Not resolved to a course
        or: CHEM 1110 - Chemistry I
        4
      2. ERTH 1100
        Earth, Energy and the Environment
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. ERTH 1150
        Earth, Energy and the Environment Lab
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      4. INQR 1240
        Sustainability Debates
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      5. MATH 1010
        Calculus I
        Not resolved to a course
        4

      Spring

      5 items
      1. CHEM 1200
        Chemistry II
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      2. ERTH 1200
        Earth’s Surface Processes
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. ERTH 1250
        Earth’s Surface Processes Lab
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      4. MATH 1020
        Calculus II
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      5. STSO 2300
        Environment and Society
        Not resolved to a course
        4

      Second Year

      0 items

        Fall

        4 items
        1. ERTH 2160
          Introduction to Geobiology
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        2. ERTH 2200
          Environmental Data Analysis
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        3. ERTH 2210
          Field Methods
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        4. STSO 2100
          Investigating Society
          Not resolved to a course
          4

        Spring

        5 items
        1. ADMN 1030
          Career Exploration
          Not resolved to a course
          0
        2. IENV 1910
          Environmental Seminar
          Not resolved to a course
          2
        3. STSO 4300
          Sustainability and STS Careers
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        4. HASS Core Elective
          Not resolved to a course
          4
        5. Free Elective
          Not resolved to a course
          4

        Third Year

        0 items

          Fall

          5 items
          1. ILEA 4400
            The Discovery
            Not resolved to a course
            0
          2. ERTH 4190
            Environmental Measurements
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          3. PHYS 1100
            Physics I (M)
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          4. Advanced SUST course
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          5. HASS Core Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            4

          Spring

          4 items
          1. BIOL 4850
            Principles of Ecology
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          2. ERTH 4500
            Earth’s Climate: Past, Present, and Future
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          3. Advanced SUST course
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          4. HASS Core Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            4

          Fourth Year

          0 items

            Fall

            4 items
            1. CHEM 2250
              Organic Chemistry I
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            2. STSO 4980
              Research Design
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            3. ERTH Culminating Experience
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            4. Free Elective Credits Hours: 4
              Not resolved to a course

            Spring

            5 items
            1. ERTH 4690
              Aqueous Geochemistry
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            2. ERTH 4750
              Geographic Information Systems in the Sciences
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            3. STSO 4990
              STS and Sustainability Senior Project
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            4. Free Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            5. Free Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              4

            Footnotes

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              Source. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, catalog Rensselaer Catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.rpi.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=34&poid=10216&returnto=938. Captured page pages/0115.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.