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:
2. Two introductory natural science courses:
3. One of the following natural science field lab courses:
4. One of the following upper-level natural science courses:
Any additional courses from Area 3 above
5. One of the following policy or economics-based courses:
6. One of the following anthropology, sociology or other social science courses:
7. One of the following humanities, arts or languages electives:
8. One senior-level seminar chosen from the following:
| ES 493 | ADVANCED STUDY SEMINAR | 4 |
| ECO 404 | SEM: 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)
Bernhard, Chomiak, Flagg, Graesch, Lizarralde, Jones, McMahon, Neely, Rosa, Siver, Thompson, Turner, Uddin, Vukicevich, Zimmer