Environmental Studies Major

Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary program that combines natural science, social science, humanities, and arts. It examines local, regional, national, and international environmental problems in a holistic manner. The major consists of a minimum of twelve courses: nine common courses requirements distributed between offerings in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, and three elective courses. At least three of the twelve courses must be at the 300-level or higher. A single course can only be utilized to satisfy one requirement in the Environmental Studies major.

Except for transfer students and students accepted in the Semester in Environmental Science program, no more than two courses taken off campus can be applied toward the major. No more than one of these courses taken off campus can be applied toward the Area 1 through Area 8 in the major with the second course only counting towards the elective requirement. Courses taken off campus need pre-approval by the director. The Environmental Studies program does not accept Advanced Placement credits to fulfill any requirements in the major. The College is also a member of a consortium of small liberal arts colleges that participates in a semester of study in environmental science, known as the Semester in Environmental Science, at The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

Requirements

1. Introductory course:

ES 100INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

4

or

FYS 1009ENERGY FOR THE MODERN WORLD

4

or

FYS 1038COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE

4

or

FYS 1040THE MEANING OF DINOSAURS

4

or

FYS 1046THRIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

4

or

FYS 1060THE TAMING OF AMERICAN RIVERS

4

or

FYS 1064ANIMALS, EARTHLINGS, & PLANET

4

or

FYS 1077HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD

4

or

FYS 1083GREENING THE CAMPUS

4

2. Two introductory natural science courses:

BOT 105ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY

4

or

BOT 114CC: PLANTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

4

or

BOT 115CC: HOW PLANTS FEED THE WORLD

4

or

BIO 120INTRO TO BIOLOGICAL INQUIRY

4

 

CHM 100CC: CHEMISTRY IN CONTEXT

4

or

CHM 103GENERAL CHEMISTRY

5

or

CHM 107ADV GENERAL CHEMISTRY

4

 

ES 113/PHY 113CC: ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

4

  

ES 120/GEO 120CC:LIVING ON A CHANGING PLANET

4

or

ES 201/GEO 201PLATE TECTONICS

4

or

ES 202/GEO 202EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES

4

3. One of the following natural science field lab courses:

BIO 210ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

4

BIO 305MARINE ECOLOGY

4

BIO 307/BOT 307FRESHWATER ECOLOGY

4

BIO 320TROPICAL BIOLOGY

4

BIO 413/BOT 413WETLAND ECOLOGY

4

BOT 205PLANTS, PROTISTS & FUNGI

4

BOT 225SYSTEMATIC BOT/LOCAL FLORA

4

BOT 230ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE

4

BOT 240ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE

4

BOT 315PLANT ECOLOGY

4

ES 201/GEO 201PLATE TECTONICS

4

ES 202/GEO 202EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES

4

ES 310/BIO 310CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

4

ES 315/GEO 315RIVER ENVIRONMENTS

4

ES 316/GEO 316COASTAL DYNAMICS S NEW ENG

4

4. One of the following upper-level natural science courses:

Any additional courses from Area 3 above

BIO 204ORNITHOLOGY

4

BIO 215INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

4

BIO 330MICROBIOLOGY

4

BIO 332THE ECOLOGY OF SYMBIOSIS

4

BOT 215PLANT CELLS AND TISSUES

4

BOT 320ENVIRONMNTL PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

4

BOT 330APPLIED MYCOLOGY

4

BOT 410MARINE & FRESHWATER BOTANY

4

ES 210/GEO 210HYDROLOGY

4

ES 214/GEO 214VECTOR-BASED GEOG INFO SYST

4

ES 216/CHM 216ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

4

ES 313/GEO 313RASTER-BASED GEOG INFO SYST

4

ES 359/GEO 359MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT

4

5. One of the following policy or economics-based courses:

ES 212/ECO 212ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

4

ES 232/GOV 232GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS

4

ES 251/GOV 251ENVIRON ACTIVISM/POL IMPACT

4

ES 258/GOV 258U.S. ENVIRON POLICY/POLITICS

4

ES 302/ECO 312NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS

4

ES 318/ECO 318ECO OF GLOBAL FOODS & AG SYSTM

4

ES 339/GOV 339OCEANS LAW AND POLICY

4

ES 361/GOV 361PROB ENVIRON POLICY & LAW

4

ES 493ALAW, SCIENCE & THE ENVIRON

4

ES 493FMARINE POLLUTION

4

ES 493J/GOV 493GEXPERTISE IN US ENV. POLICY

4

ES 493T/GOV 493TTHE GREENS IN EUR AND BEYOND

4

ES 493U/GOV 493UENVIRON JUST IN GLOBL PERSP

4

ECO 404SEM: ENVIR/NAT RESOURCE ECON

4

6. One of the following anthropology, sociology or other social science courses:

ANT 202/ES 203/AMS 202ARCHAEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA

4

ANT 350WORLDS OF FOOD

4

ANT 354/ES 353SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS

4

BOT 245/ANT 245/ES 245ARCHAEOBOTANY OF MESOAMERICA

4

ES 117/BOT 117/ANT 117CC:COEVOLUTION PLANTS & PEOPLE

4

ES 207/ANT 207/BOT 207INDIG USE TROPICAL RAINFORESTS

4

ES 221/SOC 220SOCIOLOGY OF THE ENVIRONMENT

4

ES 224/SOC 224URBAN SOCIOLOGY

4

ES 234/BOT 234/ANT 234S AMER CULTURES & ENVIRONMENT

4

ES 250/SOC 250CC: CLIMATE AND SOCIETY

4

ES 307/ANT 307ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY

4

ES 308/ANT 308/BOT 308METH/THEORIES OF ETHNOBOTANY

4

ES 311/ANT 311/BOT 311ETHNOBOT SOUTHERN NEW ENGL

4

ES 351/ANT 351FOOD, CLIMATE, AND CULTURE

4

ES 393/ANT 393/AMS 393DISCARD(-ERS)(-ING)(-ABLES)

4

ES 493EINDIG PEOP, SUST DEV&BIODIVR

4

ES 493P/SOC 410DISASTERS

4

HIS 213/ES 213/CRE 213CC: RACE, CAPITALISM, CLIMATE

4

PSY 320ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

4

7. One of the following humanities, arts or languages electives:

ES 106/ART 106CC: THE MAKING MAKER

4

ES 155/ENG 155CC: AMERICAN EARTH

4

ES 204/SPA 204ENVIRON JUSTICE IN HISPA WORLD

4

ES 220/CRE 220/EAS 220ALT MODERNITY/INDIGEN POETICS

4

ES 226/ART 226SCULPTURE FOR A SMALL PLANET

4

ES 228/PHI 228PHILOSOPHY/ENVIRONMENTAL STUDI

4

ES 249/PHI 249SCIENCE & ETHICS OF EXTINCTION

4

ES 252/CRE 252/GWS 252/HIS 252SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENT

4

ES 261/GER 261ENVIRON CONSCIOUS IN GERMANY

4

ES 298/ANT 296CC: RELIGION AND ENVIRONMENT

4

ES 305/GWS 305/SPA 305ECO-FEMINSM & RESTNCE IN AMER

4

ES 322/ANT 322RELIGION & CLIMATE CHANGE

4

ES 323/AMS 323/ENG 325THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

4

ES 336/ENG 336HUMANS/OTH ANIMALS 19C AM LIT

4

ES 344/EAS 345/HIS 345DILEMMAS OF DEV IN EAST ASIA

4

ES 345/AMS 356/ENG 356RADCL DIETS:FOOD/DRINK AM LIT

4

ES 367/ENG 367NOVEL COMMODITIES

4

ES 368/ENG 368LIT IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

4

ES 377/ENG 377LITERATURES OF UTOPIA

4

ES 407/SPA 407ECO-FEMINSM & RESTNCE IN AMER

4

ES 420/AMS 420/ENG 493S/GWS 423WHITMAN, DICKINSON, & AFTER

4

PHI 221THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

4

8. One senior-level seminar chosen from the following:

ES 493ADVANCED STUDY SEMINAR

4

ECO 404SEM: ENVIR/NAT RESOURCE ECON

4

Electives: three additional courses selected from the following list, or from the courses listed above:

Any additional courses from Area 1 through Area 8 above (Only one of the three electives can be selected from Area 1)

ES 291INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ES 292INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ES 295FIELD WK ENVIRONMENTAL EDUC

4

ES 296FIELD WK ENVIRONMENTAL EDUC

4

ES 391INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ES 392INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ES 397ENVIRO PROJECT: PLANNING

2

and

ES 398ENVIRO PROJECT: IMPLEMENTATION

2

ES 491INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ES 492INDIVIDUAL STUDY

4

ES 497HONORS STUDY

4

ES 498HONORS STUDY

4

CHM 104GENERAL CHEMISTRY

4

CHM 202PRINCIPLES OF INORGANIC CHEM

4

CHM 204INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

5

CHM 223ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

5

CHM 224ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

5

CHM 324BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

4

PHY 107GENERAL PHYSICS

4

PHY 108GENERAL PHYSICS

4

PHY 109ADVANCED GENERAL PHYSICS I

4

PHY 110ADVANCED GENERAL PHYSICS II

4

STA 107INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

4

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