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Program checklist · B.A.

Environmental Studies, B.A.

Washington and Lee University · Lexington, VA

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Program
Award
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
03.0103
Total credits (published)
41
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
234207
CourseShelf checklist
CK_234207_f6142b2f
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Core Requirements

4 items
  1. ENV 1100
    3
  2. ENV 2001
    3
  3. ENV 2002
    3
  4. ENV 2003
    3

Statistics

4 items
  1. BIOL 2001
    3
  2. BUS 2002
    3
  3. POL 2002
    3
  4. ECON 2002
    Data Analytics for Economics
    As published: “Data Analytics for Economics (required for Environmental Economics & Policy track if planning to take ECON 2003 )”
    3

Advanced Quantitative Skills

8 items
  1. BIOL 2780
    4
  2. BIOL 3220
    3
  3. BIOL 3225
    4
  4. BIOL 3690
    4
  5. ECON 2003
    3
  6. EEG 3106
    4
  7. EEG 3400
    3
  8. SOAN 2009
    3

Elective Track

0 items

    Conservation Biology Elective Track

    0 items

      Advanced Ecology Foundations

      3 items
      1. BIOL 2417
        4
      2. BIOL 2450
        4
      3. BIOL 3440
        4

      Advanced Social Science Foundations

      6 items
      1. ECON 2500
        3
      2. POL 2303
        3
      3. ENV 2382
        Commodification of Nature
        As published: “Commodification of Nature (SOAN 2382 )”
        3
      4. and when appropriate and approved in advance,
        Not resolved to a course
      5. ECON 2905
        3-4
      6. ENV 2905
        3

      Electives

      16 items
      1. BIOL 2417
        4
      2. BIOL 2441
        4
      3. BIOL 2442
        4
      4. BIOL 2430
        4
      5. BIOL 2450
        4
      6. BIOL 3455
        3
      7. BIOL 3220
        3
      8. BIOL 3225
        4
      9. BIOL 3430
        4
      10. BIOL 3440
        4
      11. BIOL 3690
        4
      12. and when appropriate and approved in advance,
        Not resolved to a course
      13. BIOL 1905
        3-4
      14. BIOL 3996
        3
      15. ECON 2905
        3-4
      16. ENV 2905
        3

      Climate Change Elective Track

      0 items

        Climate Change

        1 item
        1. EEG 1401
          3

        Science

        7 items
        1. BIOL 3225
          Ecological Modeling and Conservation Strategies
          As published: “Ecological Modeling and Conservation Strategies *”
          4
        2. BIOL 3430
          Experimental Botany: Global Climate Change
          As published: “Experimental Botany: Global Climate Change *”
          4
        3. EEG 1500
          3
        4. EEG 1505
          3
        5. EEG 3106
          GIS and Remote Sensing
          As published: “GIS and Remote Sensing *”
          4
        6. EEG 3102
          3
        7. EEG 3306
          3

        Human Dimensions

        11 items
        1. ACCT 3430
          3
        2. BUS 3961
          4
        3. ECON 2500
          3
        4. ENV 2382
          Commodification of Nature
          As published: “Commodification of Nature (SOAN 2382 )”
          3
        5. ENV 3510
          3
        6. ENV 3605
          Seminar in Environmental Ethics
          As published: “Seminar in Environmental Ethics (PHIL 3605 )”
          3
        7. POL 1005
          3
        8. POL 2303
          3
        9. and when appropriate and approved in advance,
          Not resolved to a course
        10. ECON 2905
          3-4
        11. ENV 2905
          3

        Environmental Economics and Policy Elective Track

        0 items

          Required Courses

          4 items
          1. ECON 1001
            3
          2. ECON 2500
            3
          3. and, either
            Not resolved to a course
          4. ECON 2003
            Econometrics
            or: SOAN 2009 - Data Science Tools for Social Policy
            3

          Ethics

          2 items
          1. BUS 3400
            3
          2. ENV 3605
            Seminar in Environmental Ethics
            As published: “Seminar in Environmental Ethics (PHIL 3605 )”
            3

          Electives

          15 items
          1. BIOL 3225
            4
          2. BUS 3961
            4
          3. ECON 2800
            3
          4. ECON 3020
            3
          5. ENV 2382
            Commodification of Nature
            As published: “Commodification of Nature (SOAN 2382 )”
            3
          6. ENV 3510
            3
          7. POL 2303
            3
          8. POL 4606
            6
          9. and when appropriate and approved in advance,
            Not resolved to a course
          10. ECON 2905
            3-4
          11. ECON 3905
            3-4
          12. ENV 2905
            3
          13. POL 2904
            3-4
          14. POL 2905
            3-4
          15. SOAN 2906
            3-4

          Environmental Humanities Elective Track

          0 items

            Philosophy / Ethics

            1 item
            1. ENV 3605
              Seminar in Environmental Ethics
              As published: “Seminar in Environmental Ethics (PHIL 3605 )”
              3

            Religion / Sociology & Anthropology

            6 items
            1. ENV 2382
              Commodification of Nature
              As published: “Commodification of Nature (SOAN 2382 )”
              3
            2. ENV 3510
              3
            3. REL 2007
              3
            4. SOAN 2543
              3
            5. or when appropriate and approved in advance,
              Not resolved to a course
            6. ENV 2905
              3

            Literature and Arts

            10 items
            1. ARTS 2104
              4
            2. ARTS 2503
              3
            3. ARTS 2505
              4
            4. ARTS 2205
              4
            5. ENGL 2011
              3
            6. ENGL 2014
              Environmental Poetry Workshop
              As published: “Environmental Poetry Workshop (ENV 2014 )”
              3
            7. ENGL 2881
              Nature as Self: Environmental Literature in the Anthropocene
              As published: “Nature as Self: Environmental Literature in the Anthropocene (ENV 2881 )”
              3
            8. or when appropriate, and approved in advance,
              Not resolved to a course
            9. ENGL 2903
              3-4
            10. ENGL 3925
              3-4

            Electives

            16 items
            1. ARTS 2104
              4
            2. ARTS 2503
              3
            3. ARTS 2505
              4
            4. ARTS 2205
              4
            5. BUS 3961
              4
            6. ECON 2860
              Lakota Land Culture, Economics and History
              As published: “Lakota Land Culture, Economics and History (SOAN 2544 )”
              4
            7. ENGL 2011
              3
            8. ENGL 2014
              Environmental Poetry Workshop
              As published: “Environmental Poetry Workshop (ENV 2014 )”
              3
            9. ENGL 2881
              Nature as Self: Environmental Literature in the Anthropocene
              As published: “Nature as Self: Environmental Literature in the Anthropocene (ENV 2881 )”
              3
            10. ENV 2382
              Commodification of Nature
              As published: “Commodification of Nature (SOAN 2382 )”
              3
            11. HIST 2054
              Key Thinkers on the Environment
              As published: “Key Thinkers on the Environment (ENV 2054 )”
              3
            12. REL 2007
              3
            13. SOAN 2543
              3
            14. or when appropriate and approved in advance,
              Not resolved to a course
            15. ENGL 2903
              3-4
            16. ENGL 3925
              3-4

            Sustainable Commerce Elective Track

            0 items

              Social Entrepreneurship

              1 item
              1. BUS 3440
                3

              Core Social Science

              16 items
              1. ACCT 3430
                3
              2. BUS 1080
                3-4
              3. BUS 3961
                4
              4. BUS 3935
                4
              5. ECON 2500
                3
              6. ECON 2355
                3
              7. ECON 2800
                3
              8. ECON 3500
                3
              9. ENV 2382
                Commodification of Nature
                As published: “Commodification of Nature (SOAN 2382 )”
                3
              10. POL 2303
                3
              11. POL 2608
                3
              12. SOAN 2346
                3
              13. SOAN 2347
                3
              14. And, when approved in advance,
                Not resolved to a course
              15. ECON 2905
                3-4
              16. ENV 2905
                3

              Climate / Ecosystem Science

              3 items
              1. BIOL 3430
                4
              2. BIOL 3440
                4
              3. EEG 1401
                3

              Human Dimensions

              13 items
              1. BUS 3400
                3
              2. ENV 3510
                3
              3. ENV 3605
                Seminar in Environmental Ethics
                As published: “Seminar in Environmental Ethics (PHIL 3605 )”
                3
              4. HIST 2500
                3
              5. HIST 2504
                3
              6. PHIL 2510
                3
              7. PHIL 2405
                3
              8. POV 1001
                3
              9. POV 1003
                3
              10. POV 4503
                3
              11. REL 2007
                3
              12. SOAN 2341
                3
              13. SOAN 2339
                3

              Water Resources Elective Track

              0 items

                Human Dimensions

                10 items
                1. ECON 2500
                  3
                2. ECON 2860
                  Lakota Land Culture, Economics and History
                  As published: “Lakota Land Culture, Economics and History (SOAN 2544 )”
                  4
                3. ENV 2382
                  Commodification of Nature
                  As published: “Commodification of Nature (SOAN 2382 )”
                  3
                4. ENV 3510
                  3
                5. ENV 3605
                  Seminar in Environmental Ethics
                  As published: “Seminar in Environmental Ethics (PHIL 3605 )”
                  3
                6. POL 2303
                  3
                7. SOAN 2548
                  3
                8. or when appropriate and approved in advance,
                  Not resolved to a course
                9. ECON 2950
                  4
                10. ECON 3905
                  3-4

                Science

                15 items
                1. BIOL 2417
                  Aquatic Ecology
                  As published: “Aquatic Ecology *”
                  4
                2. EEG 1401
                  3
                3. EEG 1500
                  3
                4. EEG 1505
                  3
                5. EEG 2400
                  Hydrology
                  As published: “Hydrology *”
                  4
                6. EEG 2407
                  Geomorphology
                  As published: “Geomorphology *”
                  4
                7. EEG 2408
                  Earth and Environmental Geochemistry
                  As published: “Earth and Environmental Geochemistry *”
                  4
                8. EEG 3104
                  Environmental Field Methods
                  As published: “Environmental Field Methods *”
                  4
                9. EEG 3106
                  GIS and Remote Sensing
                  As published: “GIS and Remote Sensing * (with water-resources course project)”
                  4
                10. EEG 3400
                  3
                11. and when appropriate, and approved in advance,
                  Not resolved to a course
                12. BIOL 1905
                  3-4
                13. EEG 1005
                  4
                14. EEG 3703
                  4
                15. ENV 2905
                  3

                Capstone

                2 items
                1. ENV 3970
                  Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies
                  or: Strongly encouraged to also take:
                  3
                2. ENV 3960
                  1

                Experiential Learning

                0 items

                  Student-Designed Elective Track

                  0 items
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