Through this combined major, successful undergraduates will develop an awareness of the scientific, cultural, and political aspects of the world’s environmental problems through historical perspectives and backgrounds. Due to overlap in course content, students majoring in environmental studies or any environmental studies combined majors may not complete a minor in environmental and sustainability sciences.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA language requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Environmental Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Courses | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| Environmental Science | ||
| Dynamic Earth and Lab for ENVR 1200 | ||
| Foundations in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Lab for ENVR 1400 | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Peoples and Cultures | ||
| Food Justice and Community Development | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Environment and Society | ||
| Scientific Foundations of Environmental Systems | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Global Climate Change | ||
| Food Security and Sustainability | ||
| Water Resources | ||
| Human Foundations of Environmental Systems | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Sustainable Development | ||
| Environmental Health | ||
| Environmental Justice | ||
| Skills Course | ||
| ENVR 3300 and ENVR 3301 | Geographic Information Systems and Lab for ENVR 3300 | 5 |
| Electives | ||
| Complete four of the following, three of which must be at the 3000 level or higher: | 16 | |
| Information Design History | ||
| Fundamentals of Business | ||
| The Consulting Environment | ||
| Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media | ||
| Disease Ecology | ||
| Impact Investing and Social Finance | ||
| Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | ||
| Advanced Spatial Analysis | ||
| Urban Ecology | ||
| Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions (Course is pending) | ||
| Sustainability in the Business Environment | ||
| Science Writing | ||
| Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Introduction to Global Health | ||
| Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health | ||
| Environmental Politics and Policy | ||
| International Environmental Policy | ||
| Environment, Technology, and Society | ||
History Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| History Requirements | ||
| HIST 1130 | Introduction to the History of the United States | 4 |
| HIST 1170 | Europe: Empires, Revolutions, Wars, and Their Aftermath | 4 |
| HIST 1201 | First-Year Seminar | 4 |
| HIST 1215 | Origins of Today: Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues | 4 |
| History Seminar | ||
| HIST 2301 and HIST 2302 | The History Seminar and Historical Writing | 5 |
| History/Geographic-Area Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| East Asian Studies | ||
| African History | ||
| Introduction to Middle Eastern History | ||
| History-Area Electives | ||
| Complete four HIST courses, approved by a faculty advisor, focused on an idea or geographic area. These courses must be numbered 2000 or higher. | 16 | |
Integrative Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete two of the following (may not overlap with courses used as electives): | 8 | |
| Applied Conservation Biology | ||
| Food Sustainability in the Mediterranean - Abroad | ||
| Environmental Pollution | ||
| Environmental Planning | ||
| Data Storytelling | ||
Experiential Learning and Capstone
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Experiential Learning | ||
| Complete an approved activity from either department, combined with reflection in capstone. | ||
| Capstone Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 1-4 | |
| Earth and Environmental Science Capstone | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 | ||
| Senior Thesis | ||
| Capstone Seminar | ||
Combined-Major Credit Requirement
Complete 91 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | HIST 1170 | 4 | ENVR elective 1 of 4 | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ENVR 1000 | 1 | ENVR 1110 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ENVR elective 2 of 4 | 4 |
| ENVR 1101 | 4 | HIST 1201 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1130 | 4 | ENVR 2515 | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 1246 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Foreign language course | 4 | EESC 2000 | 1 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| HIST 1215 | 4 | Foreign language course | 4 | HIST elective | 4 | ||
| ENVR 3300 and ENVR 3301 | 5 | HIST elective | 4 | ||||
| HIST geographic elective | 4 | ENVR elective 3 of 4 | 4 | ||||
| HIST geographic elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | Foreign language course | 4 | Integrative elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENVR elective 4 of 4 | 4 | Integrative elective | 4 | ||||
| Integrative elective | 4 | ||||||
| Hist elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3308 or 3315 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 2301 and HIST 2302 | 5 | ||||||
| HIST elective | 4 | ||||||
| Capstone requirement | 1-4 | ||||||
| 0 | 14-17 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129-132 | |||||||