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.
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.
University-Wide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide 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.
Experiential Liberal Arts
All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Environmental Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Science Requirements | ||
| ENVR 1101 | Environmental Science | 4 |
| ENVR 1202 and ENVR 1203 | History of Earth and Life and Interpreting Earth History | 5 |
| ENVR 1110 | Global Climate Change | 4 |
| Humanities Requirement | ||
| PHIL 1180 | Environmental Ethics | 4 |
| Social Science Requirements | ||
| ECON 1116 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| POLS 1150 and POLS 1151 | American Government and Recitation for POLS 1150 | 4 |
| SOCL 1246 | Environment and Society | 4 |
| Environmental Studies Requirements | ||
| ECON 3423 | Environmental Economics | 4 |
| POLS 2395 | Environmental Politics and Policy | 4 |
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 adviser, focused on an idea or geographic area. These courses must be numbered 2000 or higher. | 16 | |
Integrative Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Integrative Course | ||
| ENVR 3300 and ENVR 3301 | Geographic Information Systems and Lab for ENVR 3300 | 5 |
| Integrated Elective | ||
| ENVR 5210 | Environmental Planning | 4 |
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 | |
| Senior Thesis | ||
or ENVS 4997 | Senior Thesis | |
| Earth and Environmental Science Capstone | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 | ||
| Capstone Seminar | ||
Combined-Major Credit Requirement
Complete 91 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ENVR 1202 and ENVR 1203 | 5 | Vacation | 0 | Vacation | 0 |
| ENVR 1000 | 1 | HIST 1170 | 4 | ||||
| ENVR 1101 | 4 | HIST 1201 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1130 | 4 | PHIL 1180 | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 1246 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ECON 1116 | 4 | EESC 2000 | 1 | Vacation | 0 | Co-op | 0 |
| Foreign language course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1215 | 4 | ENVR 1110 | 4 | ||||
| History elective | 4 | Foreign language course | 4 | ||||
| HIST geographic elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENVR 3300 and ENVR 3301 | 5 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| POLS 1150 and POLS 1151 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Foreign language course | 4 | ||||||
| ENVR undergraduate elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3308 or 3315 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| HIST 2301 and HIST 2302 | 5 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| History elective | 4 | ||||||
| History elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | Capstone course | 1-3 | ||||
| ENVR undergraduate elective | 4 | ||||||
| HIST geographic elective | 4 | ||||||
| Integrative major requirement | 4 | ||||||
| History elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 17-19 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134-136 | |||||||