2022-2023 University Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Environmental Studies Major


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Advisers Baptiste, Burnett, Cardelús, Frey, Fuller, Globus-Harris, Helfant, Henke, Kawall, E. Kraly, Levy, Loranty, McCay, Parks, Pattison, Tseng

The environmental studies major combines breadth in analytical perspectives, interdisciplinary courses in which students learn to combine analytical perspectives, and depth in a focus area of each student’s choosing. The courses below are required for the major.

Major Requirements


Environmental Studies Courses (four)


Courses Providing Breadth of Analytical Perspectives (three)


Focus in a Particular Field of Study


Four courses (or a combination of full- and partial-credit courses, not including labs, that add up to four full-course credits) that provide depth in a field of study. No more than one of these courses can be at an introductory level, and at least one must be at an advanced level. These courses are in addition to those used to satisfy the requirements listed above. With permission of the program director any four courses that combine to provide depth in a field of study may be used, but normally all of the four courses used to satisfy this requirement will be from the same department or from the same one of the lists of requirements in:

 
  
  

With permission of the program director, this requirement may be waived if a student has a second major or a minor.

Honors and High Honors


Students interested in pursuing honors can find the additional requirements on the Environmental Studies  program page.

Environmental Studies Program


For more information about the department, including Faculty, transfer credit, awards, etc., please visit the Environmental Studies program  catalog page.

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