Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science
The BA degree in Environmental
Studies requires successful completion of 15 courses distributed as
described below and the senior
capstone/directed research project.
The BS degree course distribution
requirements are the same plus three additional studio courses (for a
total of 18
courses).
- Introduction to the field:
UENV 2000 Environment and Society
UENV 2001 Environment and Society
PSDS 1660 Ecological Communication Design
PSDS 2660 Sustainable Design Thinking
PSDS 2661 Materials Ecological Impacts
UENV 2400 Principles of Ecology
UENV 3400 Urban Ecosystems
LSCI 2502 Chemistry and the Environment
- One environmental laboratory course, selected from the following options:
UENV 3450 Ecology Lab (recommended)
LSCI 2500 Water Quality Lab
- Quantitative reasoning course:
LMTH 2050 Math Models in Nature
- One statistics OR calculus course, selected from the following options:
LMTH 2030 Statistics with SPSS (recommended)
LMTH 2040 Calculus
UENV 3200 Mapping the Urban
- One economics course, selected from the following options:
LECO 2050 Environmental Economics (recommended)
NECO 2002 Introduction to Macroeconomics
NECO 2004 Introduction to Microeconomics
- One social science elective related to environmental policy
UENV 3510 Planning the Sustainable City (recommended )
Another social science course may be substituted with permission from a student's advisor.
UENV 3900 Senior Internship/Fieldwork Experience
UENV 4215 Environmental Leadership (for
students graduating Fall 2012/Spring 2013 or after)
UENV 4210 Directed Research (for
students graduating Fall 2012/Spring 2013 or after)
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PSDS 3661 Sustainable Everyday Practices
PSDS 3660 Sustainable Business Design
Concentrations
The Environmental Studies program offers three concentrations: Urban Ecosystems, Sustainable Design,and Environment, Society, and Public Policy. Credit for a concentration is earned by completing three 3000- or 4000-level courses approved for that concentration. Students are encouraged, but not required, to choose a concentration.
