Academic Catalog

Environmental Studies - Environmental Sustainability Concentration, B.S.

Students in the Environmental Studies major select one of two concentrations: Environmental Science or Environmental Sustainability. In addition to foundation courses for the Environmental Studies Major, students selecting the Environmental Sustainability Concentration complete courses that cover important concepts in environmental economics, politics, and law. Students also gain ample experience in the field and laboratory settings. Students can choose from a variety of elective courses mainly in environmental anthropology, literature, ethics, and justice to complete this minor.

Environmental Studies Major Foundation Courses27
Environmental Sustainability Concentration:
ENVI 310Politics and Environmental Policy3
ENVI 315Environmental Economics3
or ECON 315 Environmental Economics
ENVI 340Environmental Law3
or ENVI 340H Honors: Environmental Law
Select twelve credits of the following:12
Environmental Studies
Ecological Disaster and Cultural Imagination
Plants and Society
Honors: Plants and Society
The Good Earth: The Theme of Agrarianism
The American Renaissance
Green Living Seminar
Ecology and Management of the Adirondack Park
Advanced Special Topics in Environmental Studies
Environmental Justice
Everglades and South Florida
Environmental Health
Environmental Ethics
Not more than 6 total credits from Biology/Environmental Science/Physical Science
Biology
Marine Biology
Bryology & Lichenology
Honors: Bryology and Lichenology
Field Botany
Conservation Biology
Entomology
Ecology
Nature of New England
Ornithology
Ornithology
Aquatic Ecology
Environmental Science
Advanced Special Topics in Environmental Science
Physical Science
Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
General Physics I
General Physics II
Upper-Level ERTH Course
Total Hours48