Environmental Studies
- Degree Requirements
MajorStandard Track Requirements (14 course credits):
Core courses:
- SBS 100 Environmental Connections
- SCI 106 Introductory Meteorology
- SWK 210 Environmental Justice and Social Change
- POL 241 Environmental and River Politics, or INS 342 River Politics Field Seminar, or POL 325 Politics and Public Policy Politics (CGE), or SOC 381 The City and Metro Urban Planning
- ENL 270 Rites of Thematic Passage (Literature and Landscape) or REL 313/WST 313 Environmental Theology and Ethics (CGE)
- HIS 316 U.S. Urban Environmental History
- ECO 365 Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development
- INS 399 Internship
- SBS 499 Environmental Studies Independent Project (Keystone)
Biology requirements:
- BIO 151 Introductory Biology
- BIO 152 Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity
- BIO 481 Ecology
Chemistry requirements:
- CHM 105 Principles of Chemistry I
- CHM 106 Principles of Chemistry II, or CHM 115 General Chemistry I
- CHM 116 General Chemistry II (depends on MPG score)
HECUA Track Requirements (14 course credits):
- SBS 100 Environmental Connections
- SWK 210 Environmental Justice and Social Change
- ENL 270 Rites of Thematic Passage (Literature and Landscape), or REL 313/WST 313 Environmental Theology and Ethics (CGE)
- HIS 316 U.S. Urban Environmental History
- INS 345, INS 346, INS 399 (HECUA ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY SEMESTER, 4 course credits)
- SBS 499 Environmental Studies Independent Project (Keystone)
- BIO 151 Introductory Biology
- BIO 152 Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity
- BIO 481 Ecology
- CHM 105 Principles of Chemistry I
- CHM 106 Principles of Chemistry II, or CHM 115 General Chemistry I
- CHM 116 General Chemistry II (depends on MPG score)
- SBS 100 Environmental Connections
- CHM 105 Principles of Chemistry I, or CHM 115 General Chemistry I
- BIO 151 Introductory Biology
- BIO 152 Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity
- SWK 210 Environmental Justice and Social Change
- HIS 316 U.S. Urban Environmental History, or ENL 270 Rites of Thematic Passage, or REL 313/WST 313 Environmental Theology and Ethics (CGE)
- POL 241 Environmental and River Politics, or INS 342 River Politics Field Seminar, or POL 325 Politics and Public Policy, or POL 341/WST 341 Environmental Politics (CGE), or ECO 365 Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development, or SOC 381 The City and Metro-Urban Planning
Graduation skills in Critical Thinking (CT), Speaking (S), and Writing (W) are embedded throughout the offered courses and are met by completing the major. Consult your department chair or academic adviser for requirements for meeting the Quantitative Reasoning (QR) graduation skill.
Transfer students must consult an adviser about potential adjustments to their course requirements to fulfill each of these skills.