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Program checklist · BA

Environmental Design, Policy, and Planning, BA

Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY

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Program
Award
BA
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Environmental Design, Policy, and Planning major, leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, provides the skills, knowledge, and preparation for students to understand and address complex issues related to development, land-use, urbanization, and suburban sprawl. The curriculum integrates principles and methodologies from social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities. The goal is to address the complex scientific, legal, ethical, political, environmental, and socio-economic issues that surround the development, management, and use of the built environment.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196097_516414d4
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Degree Requirements

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    Required Foundation Courses for Major (35 credits)

    14 items
    1. AMS 102
      Elements of Statistics 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. CHE 115
      Chemistry, Life, and Environment 3 credits (Note: CHE 115 , CHE 129 , CHE 131 , or CHE 152 may be substituted for CHE 115 /ENV 115 )
      Not resolved to a course
    3. ENV 115
      Chemistry, Life, and Environment 3 credits (Note: CHE 115 , CHE 129 , CHE 131 , or CHE 152 may be substituted for CHE 115 /ENV 115 )
      Not resolved to a course
    4. ECO 108
      Introduction to Economics 4 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: ECO 110 - Introduction to Microeconomics 3 credits
      or: ECO 111 - Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 credits
    5. GSS 105
      Introduction to Maps and Mapping 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    6. MAT 125
      Calculus A 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: MAT 130 - Trigonometry and Logarithms 1 credit,
    7. MAT 125
      Calculus A
      Not resolved to a course
      or: MAT 131 - Calculus I 4 credits
      or: AMS 151 - Applied Calculus I 3 credits
      3
    8. If students do not place into MAT 125 or MAT 131 or AMS 151 on the basis of the math placement examination, MAT 123 (or MAT 119 /MAT 123 ) is a required course for the major.
      Not resolved to a course
    9. POL 102
      Introduction to American Government 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    10. SUS 111
      As published: “Introduction to Sustainability 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 111)”
      or: ENS 101 - Prospects for Planet Earth 3 credits
      3
    11. SUS 113
      Physical Geography Lecture 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 113)
      Not resolved to a course
      or: GEO 102 - The Earth 3 credits
    12. SUS 115
      Introduction to Human Demography 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 115)
      Not resolved to a course
    13. SUS 201
      Systems and Models 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 201)
      Not resolved to a course
    14. SUS 206
      Economics and Sustainability 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 206)
      Not resolved to a course

    Core Courses (30-31 credits)

    11 items
    1. EDP 301
      Urban Systems 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. EDP 302
      Sustainable Planning and Development 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. EDP 303
      Spatial Economics 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: SUS 362 - Resilient Communities 3 credits
    4. EDP 307
      Theories and Design of Urban Settlements 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    5. EDP 404
      Environmental Design Project 3 credits (see notes)
      Not resolved to a course
    6. ENS 333
      Environmental Law 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    7. GSS 313
      GIS Design and Application I 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: GSS 317 - Geospatial Narratives: Deep Mapping for Humanities and Social Sciences 3 credits
    8. GSS 314
      GIS Laboratory 1 credit (only if taking GSS 313 )
      Not resolved to a course
    9. GSS 325
      GIS Design & Applications II 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    10. SUS 200
      Human Settlement: History and Future 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 200)
      Not resolved to a course
    11. SUS 301
      Technical Writing and Communication 3 credits (formerly offered as CSK 302)
      Not resolved to a course

    Elective (3 credits)

    22 items
    1. AFS 374
      Environment and Development in African History 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. SUS 374
      Environment and Development in African History 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. EDP 305
      Risk Assessment and Sustainable Development 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. EDP 487
      Research in Environmental Design, Policy, & Planning 0-6 credits (with permission)
      Not resolved to a course
    5. EDP 488
      Internship in Environmental Design, Policy, & Planning 0-12 credits, (with permission)
      Not resolved to a course
    6. ENV 316
      Coastal Zone Management 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    7. SUS 303
      Demographic Change and Sustainability
      Not resolved to a course
    8. SUS 309
      Global Environmental Politics (formerly offered as SBC 309)
      Not resolved to a course
    9. SUS 310
      Migration, Development and Population Redistribution (formerly offered as SBC 310)
      Not resolved to a course
    10. SUS 311
      Disasters and Society: A Global Perspective 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    11. SUS 312
      Environment, Society and Health (formerly offered as SBC 312)
      Not resolved to a course
    12. SUS 316
      Cuba and Sustainability 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 316)
      Not resolved to a course
    13. SUS 317
      American Environmental History 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 307)
      Not resolved to a course
    14. SUS 318
      American Environmental Politics 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 308)
      Not resolved to a course
    15. SUS 320
      Utopia and Dystopia and the Environment in Literature and Culture 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 321)
      Not resolved to a course
    16. SUS 321
      Ecology and Evolution in American Literature 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 321)
      Not resolved to a course
    17. SUS 322
      Human Ecology 3 credits (formerly offered as EHI 322)
      Not resolved to a course
    18. SUS 325
      Environmental Writing and the Media 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 325)
      Not resolved to a course
    19. SUS 328
      Ecofeminism, Literature & Film 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 322)
      Not resolved to a course
    20. SUS 329
      Environmental Film, Media, Arts 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 325)
      Not resolved to a course
    21. SUS 350
      Contemporary Topics in Sustainability 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    22. SUS 366
      Philosophy of the Environment (III) 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course

    Communications and Writing requirement

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      Notes

      2 items
      1. Internship with significant practical experience in planning and/or environmental design may be substituted for EDP 404 with permission of Undergraduate EDP Program Director.
        Not resolved to a course
      2. No more than one course (4 credits maximum) with a passing grade lower than C can be credited towards the major. Course taken with the Pass/NC option may not be applied to the major.
        Not resolved to a course

      Study Abroad

      0 items

        Double Majors

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          SBC Courses

          3 items
          1. Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
            Not resolved to a course
          2. Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
            Not resolved to a course
          3. Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
            Not resolved to a course

          Sample Course Sequence

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