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Program checklist · BA

Environmental Humanities, 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 Humanities major, leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, draws together a range of disciplines to explore human understanding and interpretation of nature. The curriculum integrates disciplines from social sciences and the humanities including: writing, literature, philosophy, history, anthropology, archaeology, and art and architectural history.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196097_36901b0f
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 (30 credits)

    8 items
    1. AMS 102
      Elements of Statistics 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. ANT 102
      What Makes Us Human? 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. GSS 105
      Introduction to Maps and Mapping 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. POL 102
      Introduction to American Government 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    5. SUS 111
      As published: “Introduction to Sustainability 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 111)”
      or: ENS 101 - Prospects for Planet Earth 3 credits
      3
    6. SUS 201
      Systems and Models 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 201)
      Not resolved to a course
    7. SUS 202
      Introduction to Environmental Humanities 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 202)
      Not resolved to a course
    8. SUS 203
      Interpretation and Critical Analysis 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 203)
      Not resolved to a course

    Two of the following

    9 items
    1. ATM 201
      Introduction to Climate and Climate Change 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    2. BIO 113
      General Ecology 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. BIO 115
      Evolution and Society 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    4. CHE 115
      Chemistry, Life, and Environment 3 credits (Note: CHE 129 , CHE 131 , , or CHE 152 may be substituted for CHE 115 /ENV 115 )
      Not resolved to a course
    5. ENV 115
      Chemistry, Life, and Environment 3 credits (Note: CHE 129 , CHE 131 , , or CHE 152 may be substituted for CHE 115 /ENV 115 )
      Not resolved to a course
    6. GEO 102
      The Earth 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    7. MAR 101
      Long Island Sound: Science and Use 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    8. MAR 104
      Oceanography 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    9. SUS 118
      Introduction to the Natural History of Long Island (formerly offered as EHM 118)
      Not resolved to a course

    Core Courses (12-13 credits)

    5 items
    1. ENV 301
      Sustainability of the Long Island Pine Barrens 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
      or: SUS 401 - Integrative, Collaborative Systems Studies 3 credits
    2. GSS 313
      GIS Design and Application I 3 credits
      Not resolved to a course
    3. GSS 314
      GIS Laboratory 1 credit
      Not resolved to a course
      or: GIS 317 - Geospatial Narratives
    4. SUS 301
      Technical Writing and Communication 3 credits (formerly offered as CSK 302)
      Not resolved to a course
    5. SUS 305
      Collective Action and Advocacy 3 credits (formerly offered as CSK 305)
      Not resolved to a course

    Upper-Division Course Groups (24 credits)

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      Group 1: Natural Sciences

      4 items
      1. ENV 304
        Global Environmental Change 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      2. GEO 313
        Understanding Water Resources for the 21st Century 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      3. MAR 340
        Environmental Problems and Solutions 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      4. MAR 392
        Waste Management Issues 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course

      Group 2: Writing and Literature

      6 items
      1. EGL 394
        Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      2. SUS 320
        Utopia and Dystopia and the Environment in Literature and Culture 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 321)
        Not resolved to a course
      3. SUS 321
        Ecology and Evolution in American Literature 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 321)
        Not resolved to a course
      4. SUS 325
        Environmental Writing and the Media 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 325)
        Not resolved to a course
      5. SUS 328
        Ecofeminism, Literature & Film 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 322)
        Not resolved to a course
      6. SUS 350
        Contemporary Topics in Sustainability 3 credits (SUS 350 is a topics course, and may be applied to Groups 2, 3, or 4 with permission.)
        Not resolved to a course

      Group 3: Social Sciences

      17 items
      1. AAS 352
        Environmental History of China 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      2. HIS 352
        Environmental History of China 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      3. AFS 374
        Environment and Development in African History 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      4. SUS 374
        Environment and Development in African History 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      5. ENS 333
        Environmental Law 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      6. HIS 302
        Environmental History in Global Perspective 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      7. SOC 344
        Environmental Sociology 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      8. SUS 309
        Global Environmental Politics (formerly offered as SBC 309)
        Not resolved to a course
      9. SUS 314
        Civilizations and Collapse 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 314)
        Not resolved to a course
      10. SUS 315
        Ethnographic Field Methods (formerly offered as EHM 315)
        Not resolved to a course
      11. SUS 317
        American Environmental History 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 307)
        Not resolved to a course
      12. SUS 318
        American Environmental Politics 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 308)
        Not resolved to a course
      13. SUS 323
        Environmental Justice 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 323)
        Not resolved to a course
      14. SUS 324
        Human Geography and the Environment 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      15. SUS 343
        Age of the Anthropocene 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      16. SUS 350
        Contemporary Topics in Sustainability 3 credits (SUS 350 is a topics course, and may be applied to Groups 2, 3, or 4 with permission.)
        Not resolved to a course
      17. SUS 386
        The Maya 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 386)
        Not resolved to a course

      Group 4: Digital Skills for the Humanities

      3 items
      1. SUS 117
        Design Drawing 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 117)
        Not resolved to a course
      2. SUS 329
        Environmental Film, Media, Arts 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 325)
        Not resolved to a course
      3. SUS 350
        Contemporary Topics in Sustainability 3 credits (SUS 350 is a topics course, and may be applied to Groups 2, 3, or 4 with permission.)
        Not resolved to a course

      Optional Study Abroad Experience (4-6 credits, may be taken to apply to Groups 2, 3, or 4 with permission)

      4 items
      1. ANT 309
        Comparing Ecosystems in Madagascar 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      2. ANT 310
        Environments, Ecosystems and Evolution: Evidence from the Turkana Basin 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      3. ANT 326
        Lemurs of Madagascar 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      4. SUS 316
        Cuba and Sustainability 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 316)
        Not resolved to a course

      Upper-Division Writing Requirement

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        Notes

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          Double Majors

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            Study Abroad

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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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