A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
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
- 190424
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_190424_a56c7fc7
- 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
- As published: “Understanding Environment and Sustainability (crosslisted)”3
Social Science
1 item
- As published: “Society and Natural Resources (crosslisted)”3
Biology
0 items
Ecology
2 items
- 3-4
- 3
Evolution/Diversity
3 items
- 4-5
- 4
- BIOSM 1780Not resolved to a course4
Chemistry/Physics
3 items
- CHEM 1560& CHEM 1561Introduction to General Chemistryand Introduction to General Chemistry LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- CHEM 2070& CHEM 2071General Chemistry Iand General Chemistry I LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- 3
Statistics
8 items
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 4
- As published: “Introductory Statistics and Data Science (crosslisted)”4
- 4
- 4
Humanities
11 items
- As published: “Early Agriculture (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Anthropology of Climate Change (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Religion and Ecological Sustainability (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- 3
- As published: “The Environmental Imagination in American Literature (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Environmental History (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge (crosslisted)”3
- 3
Economics
2 items
- As published: “An Introduction to the Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Environmental and Resource Economics (crosslisted)”3
Field/Engaged Experience
19 items
- BIOEE 2525& BIOEE 2526& BIOEE 2527Ecology and Conservation of Wildlife in the Neotropicsand Ecology and Conservation of Wildlife in the Neotropics IIand Neotropical Wildlife BiologyNot resolved to a course4
- 3
- 3
- BIOEE 4570& BIOEE 4571Limnology: Ecology of Lakes, Lecturesand Limnology: Ecology of Lakes, LaboratoryNot resolved to a course5
- 4
- As published: “Introductory Field Biology (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Field Methods in Avian Ecology (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Field Research in the Ecological Arts (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Earth Projects (crosslisted)”3
- NTRES 3150& NTRES 3151& NTRES 3152Introduction to Conservation Bioacousticsand Conservation Bioacoustics Field Course Preparationand Field Methods in Conservation Bioacoustics: Hawai'i ExperienceNot resolved to a course5.5
- As published: “Stream Ecology (crosslisted)”4
- BIOSM 2500Not resolved to a course3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Sustainability Science Colloquium
3 items
- As published: “Environment and Sustainability Colloquium (crosslisted)”1
- As published: “Discussions of Environment and Sustainability (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Perspectives on the Climate Change Challenge (crosslisted)”1.5-3
Capstone Course
11 items
- 3
- As published: “Nabokov, Naturally (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3-4
- 3
- As published: “Environmental Justice: Past, Present, Future (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- As published: “Climate Solutions Capstone (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Planning for Environmental Conservation and Sustainability (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Art and Science of the Mohawk River Watershed (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Wildlife Corridor Conservation & Crossing Design (crosslisted)”3
Required Courses from Core Curriculum
major core · 2 items
- 3-4
- 3
Biological Science (Choose One)
2 items
- or: BIOEE 1781 Introduction to Evolution and Diversity4-5
- BIOSM 1780Not resolved to a course4
Recommended:
1 item
- CHEM 1560& CHEM 1561Introduction to General Chemistryand Introduction to General Chemistry LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
Other chemistry options include:
3 items
- 3
- CHEM 2070& CHEM 2071General Chemistry Iand General Chemistry I LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- CHEM 2080& CHEM 2081General Chemistry IIand General Chemistry II LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
Calculus (Choose One)
2 items
- 4
- 4
Quantitative (Choose One)
12 items
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 4
Introductory Genetics (Choose One)
2 items
- 4
- BIOMG 2800& BIOMG 2801Lectures in Genetics and Genomicsand Laboratory in Genetics and GenomicsNot resolved to a course5
Advanced Ecology (Choose One)
2 items
- 4
- 3
List 1 - Ecosystems: The Physical and Biological Environment
13 items
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3.5
- As published: “Stream Ecology (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- 3-4
- 4
List 2 - Organisms: Plants, Animals, Microbes
40 items
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 3-4
- As published: “Marine Microbes and Disease in a Changing Ocean (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Insect Conservation Biology (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Insect Ecology (crosslisted)”4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Applied Conservation Ecology (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 4
Anthropology
9 items
- 3
- As published: “Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations (crosslisted) *”4
- As published: “Anthropology of Climate Change (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Humans and Animals (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Finger Lakes and Beyond: Archaeology of the Native Northeast (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- As published: “Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Circumpolar North (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “The Entangled Lives of Humans and Animals (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Toxicity (crosslisted)”3
Africana Studies
1 item
- As published: “Black Ecoliterature (crosslisted)”3
Asian Studies
1 item
- As published: “Religion and Ecological Sustainability (crosslisted)”3
Biology & Society
1 item
- As published: “Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted) *”4
Classics
2 items
- As published: “Climate, Archaeology and History (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Introduction to Dendrochronology (crosslisted)”4
Comparative Literature
5 items
- As published: “Literature and the Elements of Nature *”3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Art, Nature, and Empire in Russian and Soviet Culture (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Environmental Humanities: Theories and Methods (crosslisted)”3
English
4 items
- As published: “Communicating Climate Change *”3
- 3
- 4
- As published: “Climate Communications Capstone (crosslisted) *”3
Environment & Sustainability
1 item
- 3
French
1 item
- 3
History
3 items
- 4
- As published: “Environmental History (crosslisted) *”4
- As published: “Environmental Justice: Past, Present, Future (crosslisted)”4
History of Art and Visual Studies
2 items
- 4
- 4
Natural Resources
1 item
- As published: “Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge (crosslisted) *”3
Philosophy
1 item
- As published: “Ethics of Eating *”3
Science & Technology Studies
3 items
- As published: “Living in an Uncertain World: Science, Technology, and Risk (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Comparative Environmental History (crosslisted)”3
- 3
Society for the Humanities
1 item
- 3
Spanish
1 item
- 3
Environment and Law (Choose One)
7 items
- 3
- As published: “The Nature, Functions, and Limits of Law (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Environmental Law and Policy (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
Environment and Human Behavior (Choose One)
5 items
- As published: “Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations (crosslisted) *”4
- As published: “Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted) *”4
- As published: “Introduction to Environmental Psychology (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Environmental Sociology (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge (crosslisted) *”3
Environment and Institutions (Choose One)
8 items
- As published: “Resource Economics (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Environmental Economics (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 4
- GOVT 3613& GOVT 3614& GOVT 3623Politics 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 course4
- As published: “Environmental History (crosslisted) *”4
- As published: “Environmental Governance (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Planning for Environmental Conservation and Sustainability (crosslisted) *”3
Environment and Policy (Choose One)
8 items
- 3
- As published: “Politics of Public Policy in the U.S. (crosslisted)”4
- As published: “Comparative Public Policy: Political Pathways to Equality (crosslisted)”4
- NTRES 4300& NTRES 4301& NTRES 4302Environmental Policy Processes Iand Environmental Policy Processes IIand Environmental Policy Processes IIINot resolved to a course3
- 3
- As published: “Economics and Environmental Policy (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Comparative Environmental Policy ((crosslisted))”3
- PUBPOL 3910& PUBPOL 5441Federal Policy Making in Actionand Effective Writing for Public PolicyNot resolved to a course2.5
Methods/Tools Course
10 items
- As published: “Excursions in Computational Sustainability (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 3
- As published: “Planning for Environmental Conservation and Sustainability (crosslisted) *”3
- 3
- 3
Additional Environmental Courses (Choose Two)
32 items
- 3
- As published: “Resource Economics (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3-4
- As published: “Nature-Culture: Ethnographic Approaches to Human Environment Relations (crosslisted) *”4
- As published: “Culture, Politics, and Environment in the Circumpolar North (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Food, Agriculture, and Society (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Ethics and the Environment (crosslisted) *”4
- CEE 5970Not resolved to a course3
- 3
- As published: “Communication, Environment, Science, and Health (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 4
- As published: “Introduction to Environmental Psychology (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Ecological Literacy and Design (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- As published: “Population and Social Change (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Environmental History (crosslisted) *”4
- As published: “Toward a Sustainable Global Food System: Food Policy for Developing Countries (crosslisted)”3
- As published: “Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Place-Based Ecological Knowledge (crosslisted) *”3
- 3
- As published: “Living in an Uncertain World: Science, Technology, and Risk (crosslisted)”4
- 3
Required Courses from Core Curriculum
major core · 2 items
- 3-4
- 3
Biological Science (Choose One)
3 items
- 3
- or: BIOEE 1781 Introduction to Evolution and Diversityor: BIOSM 17804-5
- 3
Chemistry
2 items
- CHEM 1560& CHEM 1561Introduction to General Chemistryand Introduction to General Chemistry LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- CHEM 2070& CHEM 2071General Chemistry Iand General Chemistry I LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
Quantitative (Choose One)
2 items
- 4
- 4
Biogeochemistry (Choose One)
2 items
- 4
- 3
Atmosphere/Climate
6 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Atmospheric Chemistry: From Air Pollution to Global Change (crosslisted)”3
Terrestrial/Soil Science/Geology
7 items
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 3
Water Management/Hydrology
8 items
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Introduction to Groundwater (crosslisted)”3
- 4
- 3
- 3
LAWR List 2 – Environmental Informatics
6 items
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
LAWR List 3 – Integrated Ecosystems/Ecology
7 items
- 3
- 4
- 3
- As published: “Stream Ecology (crosslisted)”4
- 3-4
- 3
- 4
Required Courses from Core Curriculum:
major core · 1 item
- 3
Additional Required Courses:
4 items
- 3
- 3
- or: AEM 2600 Managerial Economics4
- 4
Resource/Environmental Economics (Choose a Minimum of 5.5 Credits, 2-3 Courses)
10 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Environmental Economics (crosslisted)”or: ECON 3850 Economics and Environmental Policy3
- 1.5
- 3
- As published: “Undergraduate Special Topics in Applied Economics and Management 1”1-4
- 1.5
- As published: “Finance and Sustainable Global Enterprise Colloquium (crosslisted)”1
Data Analysis/Econometrics (Choose One)
11 items
- As published: “Excursions in Computational Sustainability (crosslisted)”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 4
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