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Program checklist · B.A.

Environmental Studies, B.A.

SUNY Old Westbury · Old Westbury, NY

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Program
Award
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Return to: Academic Departments The relationship between society and the environment is at the heart of activities and opportunities on Long Island, in New York, across the nation and the world. Air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity and land use, and more are issues that need greater engagement from those who can think critically about environmental problems and solutions with an emphasis on their social and historical aspects. The B.A. in Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary program that applies the tools of history and the social sciences to interpret that key relationship between society and the environment. This program can lead to careers in fields such as environmental education, international cooperation, journalism, consulting and policy design, and analysis in governmental, non-governmental or private organizations. The Environmental Studies program will also prepare students for graduate study in a variety of environment-related fields. The program emphasizes the social sciences (particularly Geography and Environmental History), but is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to approach environmental problems integrally and move towards socially just solutions. Basic courses introduce students to basic scientific, social, and historical approaches to the environment. Building upon this core knowledge, majors can take advantage of a flexible curriculum to focus on specific areas of interest including geography, environmental history, environmental justice, environmental journalism, environmental economics, etc. As a capstone, students participate in a research-based senior seminar focusing on human rights and environmental issues. Those majoring in the degree receive a strong, multidisciplinary foundation in the study of human-environment relationships, which builds upon basic literacy in the conventions and methods of the social and natural sciences used to interpret these relationships. Building upon Old Westbury’s strengths and tradition, the program employs social justice as a lens through which to view environmental problems and solutions.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196237
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196237_aebb2e77
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Required Courses

4 items
  1. HI 2810
    Geography, Earth, and People
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  2. HI 3001
    Introduction to Environmental Studies
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  3. HI 3620
    Digital Mapping
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  4. HI 5900
    Senior Seminar
    Not resolved to a course
    4

Environmental History Elective

3 items
  1. HI 3003
    Environments in World History I: Antiquity to 1500
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  2. HI 3005
    Environments in World History II: 1500 to Present
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  3. HI 4700
    Modern Global Environments
    Not resolved to a course
    4

Environmental Studies Elective

19 items
  1. AS 2300
    4
  2. MC 5200
    Environmental Journalism
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  3. BS 2490
    Environmental Science
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  4. CP 2300
    Weather Studies
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. CP 2301
    Weather Studies Lab
    Not resolved to a course
    1
  6. CP 2400
    Ocean Studies
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  7. CP 2401
    Ocean Studies Lab
    Not resolved to a course
    1
  8. CP 2600
    Environmental Analysis of Long Island
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  9. EL 2233
    Environmental Literature
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  10. HI 3003
    Environments in World History I: Antiquity to 1500
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  11. HI 3005
    Environments in World History II: 1500 to Present
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  12. HI 3006
    Environmental Ethics
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  13. HI 3120
    Latin America: Environment and Society
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  14. HI 3600
    Global Geography: People, Places and Environments
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  15. HI 3700
    Historical Geography of Latin America
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  16. HI 4600
    World Regional Geography
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  17. HI 4700
    Modern Global Environments
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  18. PE 4290
    Environmental Economics
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  19. PH 4890
    Environmental Justice
    Not resolved to a course
    4

Sciences

15 items
  1. Environmental Science
    Not resolved to a course
  2. BS 2490
    Environmental Science
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  3. CP 2300
    Weather Studies
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. CP 2301
    Weather Studies Lab
    Not resolved to a course
    1
  5. CP 2400
    Ocean Studies
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  6. CP 2401
    Ocean Studies Lab
    Not resolved to a course
    1
  7. CP 2600
    Environmental Analysis of Long Island
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  8. Other Science Electives
    Not resolved to a course
  9. BS 2100
    Biology for Non-science Majors
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  10. BS 2400
    Basic Biosciences I
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  11. BS 2401
    Basic Biosciences I Lab
    Not resolved to a course
    1
  12. CP 2000
    Chemistry for Non-majors
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  13. CP 2001
    Chemistry for Non-Majors Laboratory
    Not resolved to a course
    1
  14. CP 2120
    Principles of Chemistry I
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  15. CP 2121
    Principles of Chemistry Lab I
    Not resolved to a course
    1

History and Social Science

16 items
  1. AS 2750
    4
  2. PE 2420
    Principles of Microeconomics
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  3. PE 3100
    International Relations
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  4. PE 3400
    Global South
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  5. PE 3410
    Contemporary U.S. Political Economy
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  6. PE 3690
    City & Suburb: Political Action and Change
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  7. PE 3720
    Long Island: Economy, Environment and Society
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  8. PE 4100
    International Organizations in the Global Economy
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  9. PE 4409
    Urban Economics
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  10. PE 4440
    Food and Wine Economics
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  11. PE 4590
    Global Economy in the 20th Century
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  12. PE 4609
    Public Administration
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  13. PH 3600
    Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  14. PH 4680
    Environmental Health
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  15. PH 3850
    Global Health
    Not resolved to a course
    4
  16. SY 3900
    Social Movements
    Not resolved to a course
    4
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