- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
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.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| ENVR 1000 | Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern | 1 |
| or INSC 1000 | Science at Northeastern | |
| Core Curriculum | ||
| EEMB 2302 and EEMB 2303 | Ecology and Lab for EEMB 2302 | 5 |
| ENVR 1200 and ENVR 1201 | Dynamic Earth and Lab for ENVR 1200 | 4 |
| or ENVR 2200 | Earth's Changing Cycles | |
| ENVR 1400 and ENVR 1401 | Foundations in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Lab for ENVR 1400 | 5 |
| ENVR 1500 and ENVR 1501 | Introduction to Environmental, Social, and Biological Data and Lab for ENVR 1500 | 5 |
| ENVR 2515 | Sustainable Development | 4 |
| ENVR 3300 and ENVR 3301 | Geographic Information Systems and Lab for ENVR 3300 | 5 |
| ENVR 4000 | Science Communication and Professional Development | 4 |
| ENVR 4050 | Solving Emerging Environmental Challenges through Capstone | 4 |
| or ENVR 4971 | Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 | |
| or ENVR 4997 | Senior Thesis | |
| Mathematics Requirements | ||
| ENVR 2500 and ENVR 2501 | Biostatistics and Lab for ENVR 2500 | 4 |
| or ECON 2350 | Statistics for Economists | |
| or POLS 2400 | Quantitative Techniques | |
| or SOCL 2321 | Research Methods in Sociology | |
| MATH 1241 | Calculus 1 | 4 |
| or MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | |
Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Concentrations
Complete one of the following concentrations:
- Conservation, Restoration, and Management
- Earth, Oceans, and Environmental Change
- Environment and Society
- Sustainable Planning and Development
Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Major Credit Requirement
Complete 81 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
136 total semester hours required
Concentration in Conservation, Restoration, and Management
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Conservation, Restoration, and Management Courses | ||
| EEMB 2400 | Introduction to Evolution | 4 |
| EEMB 3455 | Ecosystems Ecology | 4 |
| or CIVE 3430 | Engineering Microbiology and Ecology | |
| EEMB 3460 | Conservation Biology | 4 |
| EEMB 4001 | Landscape and Restoration Ecology | 4 |
| ENVR 5220 | Ecosystem-Based Management | 4 |
| Conservation, Restoration, and Management Electives | ||
| Complete five of the following: | 20-25 | |
| Plant Biology | ||
| Freshwater Ecology | ||
| Ecological and Conservation Genomics | ||
| Disease Ecology | ||
| Wildlife Ecology | ||
| Desert Ecology | ||
| Applied Conservation Biology and Food Justice and Community Development | ||
| Food Security and Sustainability | ||
| Water Resources | ||
| Environmental Psychology | ||
| Energy in the Desert Ecosystem | ||
| Plants and Society and Lab for ENVR 3800 | ||
| Sustainable Agriculture | ||
| Applied Hydrogeology and Lab for ENVR 4500 | ||
| Wetlands | ||
| Soil Science | ||
| Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | ||
| Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling | ||
| Advanced Spatial Analysis | ||
| Streams and Watershed Ecology | ||
| Urban Ecology | ||
Concentration in Earth, Oceans, and Environmental Change
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Systems | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| Dynamic Earth and Lab for ENVR 1200 | ||
| Earth's Changing Cycles | ||
| Earth Materials and Landforms | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 5 | |
| Earth Materials and Lab for ENVR 2310 | ||
| Earth Landforms and Processes and Lab for ENVR 2340 | ||
| Freshwater | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| Water Resources | ||
| Applied Hydrogeology and Lab for ENVR 4500 | ||
| Wetlands | ||
| Streams and Watershed Ecology | ||
| Oceans | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Global Oceanic Change | ||
| Oceanography | ||
| Environmental Change | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Global Oceanic Change | ||
| Climate and Atmospheric Change | ||
| Chemistry | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 5 | |
| General Chemistry for Engineers and Recitation for CHEM 1151 | ||
| General Chemistry for Science Majors and Lab for CHEM 1161 and Recitation for CHEM 1161 | ||
| General Chemistry 1 and Lab for CHEM 1211 and Recitation for CHEM 1211 | ||
| Physics | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 5 | |
| Physics for Life Sciences 1 and Lab for PHYS 1145 | ||
| Physics for Engineering 1 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151 | ||
| Physics 1 and Lab for PHYS 1161 and Recitation for PHYS 1161 | ||
| Earth, Oceans, and Environmental Change Electives | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12-15 | |
| Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Freshwater Ecology | ||
| Earth Materials and Lab for ENVR 2310 | ||
| Earth Landforms and Processes and Lab for ENVR 2340 | ||
| Global Oceanic Change | ||
| Water Resources | ||
| Geophysics | ||
| Environmental Pollution: Fate and Transport | ||
| Oceanography | ||
| Applied Hydrogeology and Lab for ENVR 4500 | ||
| Environmental Pollution | ||
| Wetlands | ||
| Soil Science | ||
| Geologic Field Seminar and Environmental Science Field Seminar Abroad | ||
| Global Biogeochemistry | ||
| Streams and Watershed Ecology | ||
Concentration in Environment and Society
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Environment and Society Courses | ||
| ENVR 3540 | Environmental Psychology | 4 |
| ENVR 3850 | Sustainable Agriculture | 4-5 |
| or ENVR 3800 and ENVR 3801 | Plants and Society and Lab for ENVR 3800 | |
| PPUA 5260 | Ecological Economics | 4 |
| SOCL 1246 | Environment and Society | 4 |
| SOCL 2485 | Environment, Technology, and Society | 4 |
| or POLS 2395 | Environmental Politics and Policy | |
| Environment and Society Electives | ||
| Complete five of the following: | 20-24 | |
| Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Applied Conservation Biology and Food Justice and Community Development | ||
| Food Security and Sustainability | ||
| Plants and Society and Lab for ENVR 3800 | ||
| Community Stakeholder Engagement in Environmental Management and Research | ||
| Environmental Planning | ||
| Ecosystem-Based Management | ||
| Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | ||
| Coastal Processes, Adaptation, and Resilience | ||
| Technology and the Blue Economy | ||
| Urban Ecology | ||
| Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions | ||
| Natural Resources and Sustainable Development | ||
| Climate and Development | ||
| Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change | ||
| International Environmental Policy | ||
Concentration in Sustainable Planning and Development
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Sustainable Planning and Development Courses | ||
| ENVR 3150 | Food Security and Sustainability | 4 |
| ENVR 3200 | Water Resources | 4 |
| ENVR 5210 | Environmental Planning | 4 |
| ENVR 5350 | Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | 4 |
| or ENVR 5800 | Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions | |
| PPUA 5268 | International Environmental Policy | 4 |
| Sustainable Planning and Development Electives | ||
| Complete five of the following: | 20-28 | |
| Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure | ||
| Freshwater Ecology | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Applied Conservation Biology and Food Justice and Community Development | ||
| Landscape and Restoration Ecology | ||
| Environmental Psychology | ||
| Energy in the Desert Ecosystem | ||
| Plants and Society and Lab for ENVR 3800 | ||
| Applied Hydrogeology and Lab for ENVR 4500 | ||
| Wetlands | ||
| Community Stakeholder Engagement in Environmental Management and Research | ||
| Soil Science | ||
| Ecosystem-Based Management | ||
| Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | ||
| Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling | ||
| Advanced Spatial Analysis | ||
| Technology and the Blue Economy | ||
| Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions | ||
| Natural Resources and Sustainable Development | ||
| Ecological Economics | ||
Four Years, One Co-op in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | EEMB 2302 and EEMB 2303 | 5 | Vacation | Elective | 4 | |
| ENVR 1000 | 1 | ENVR 1200 and ENVR 1201 | 5 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ENVR 1400 and ENVR 1401 | 5 | MATH 1241 | 4 | ||||
| ENVR 1500 and ENVR 1501 | 5 | ESS concentration core or elective 1 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 18 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EESC 2000 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| ENVR 2500 and ENVR 2501 | 5 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENVR 2515 | 4 | ||||||
| ENVR 3300 and ENVR 3301 | 5 | ||||||
| ESS concentration core or elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 3307 | 4 | ESS concentration core or elective 6 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| ESS concentration core or elective 3 | 4 | ESS concentration core or elective 7 | 4 | ||||
| ESS concentration core or elective 4 | 4 | ESS concentration core or elective 8 | 4 | ||||
| ESS concentration core or elective 5 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ESS concentration core or elective 9 | 4 | ENVR 4000 | 4 | ||||
| ESS concentration core or elective 10 | 4 | ENVR 4050 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 136 | |||||||
Four Years, One Co-op in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | EEMB 2302 and EEMB 2303 | 5 | Vacation | Elective | 4 | |
| ENVR 1000 | 1 | ENVR 1200 and ENVR 1201 | 5 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ENVR 1400 and ENVR 1401 | 5 | MATH 1241 | 4 | ||||
| ENVR 1500 and ENVR 1501 | 5 | ESS concentration core or elective 1 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 18 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EESC 2000 | 1 | ESS concentration core or elective 3 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENVR 2500 and ENVR 2501 | 5 | ESS concentration core or elective 4 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ENVR 2515 | 4 | ESS concentration core or elective 5 | 4 | ||||
| ENVR 3300 and ENVR 3301 | 5 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ESS concentration core or elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3307 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| ESS concentration core or elective 6 | 4 | ||||||
| ESS concentration core or elective 7 | 4 | ||||||
| ESS concentration core or elective 8 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ESS concentration core or elective 9 | 4 | ENVR 4000 | 4 | ||||
| ESS concentration core or elective 10 | 4 | ENVR 4050 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 136 | |||||||