Environmental Studies Program Requirements

The major will consist of an interdisciplinary core of courses team-taught by faculty from the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences; six breadth courses; and a self-designed concentration of four courses. In Senior Seminar, students complete the work on their concentration by undertaking a research project.

The minor will consist of two core courses and three breadth courses.

Core courses:

  • Introduction to Environmental Studies
  • Environmental Problems
  • Senior Seminar

Example breadth courses:

  • General Biology: Ecology and Evolution
  • General Chemistry
  • Meteorology
  • Human Geography
  • Foundations of Global Studies
  • Feature Writing: Nature Outdoors
  • Population Analysis
  • Politics of Food
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Philosophy of Science, Technology and Environment
  • Introduction to Environmental Humanities

Example concentration topics:

  • Water
  • American Environmental Attitudes
  • Describing Nature
  • Human Population and Environment
  • Food: Impacts on the Environment