- 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 Science and Sustainability Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Introduction to College | ||
ENVR 1000 | Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern | 1 |
or CHEM 1000 | Chemistry/Chemical Biology at Northeastern | |
or INSC 1000 | Science at Northeastern | |
Experiential Learning Introduction | ||
EESC 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | 1 |
Core Courses | ||
EEMB 2302 and EEMB 2303 | Ecology and Lab for EEMB 2302 | 5 |
ENVR 1200 and ENVR 1201 | Dynamic Earth and Lab for ENVR 1200 | 4-5 |
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 2515 | Sustainable Development | 4 |
Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
Introduction to Environmental, Social, and Biological Data and Lab for ENVR 1500 | ||
Geographic Information Systems and Lab for ENVR 3300 | ||
Complete four of the following (three of four must be above the 3000 level): | 16 | |
Introduction to Evolution | ||
Conservation Biology | ||
Landscape and Restoration Ecology | ||
Earth Materials and Lab for ENVR 2310 | ||
Earth Landforms and Processes | ||
Global Oceanic Change | ||
Food Security and Sustainability | ||
Water Resources | ||
Oceanography | ||
Applied Hydrogeology and Lab for ENVR 4500 | ||
Wetlands | ||
Climate and Atmospheric Change | ||
Soil Science | ||
Environmental Planning | ||
Ecosystem-Based Management | ||
Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | ||
Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling | ||
Global Biogeochemistry | ||
Urban Ecology | ||
Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions | ||
Environmental Politics and Policy | ||
Ecological Economics | ||
Environment, Technology, and Society |
Chemistry Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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General Chemistry | ||
CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | General Chemistry for Science Majors and Lab for CHEM 1161 and Recitation for CHEM 1161 | 5 |
CHEM 2161 and CHEM 2162 and CHEM 2163 | Concepts in Chemistry and Lab for CHEM 2161 and Recitation for CHEM 2161 | 5 |
Intermediate-Level Chemistry | ||
CHEM 2311 and CHEM 2312 | Organic Chemistry 1 and Lab for CHEM 2311 | 5 |
CHEM 2313 and CHEM 2314 | Organic Chemistry 2 and Lab for CHEM 2313 | 5 |
CHEM 2321 and CHEM 2322 and CHEM 2323 | Analytical Chemistry and Lab for CHEM 2321 and Recitation for CHEM 2321 | 5 |
Advanced-Level Chemistry | ||
CHEM 3401 and CHEM 3402 | Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics and Lab for CHEM 3401 | 5 |
Complete one of the following: | 5 | |
Bioanalytical Chemistry and Lab for CHEM 3331 | ||
Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy and Lab for CHEM 3403 | ||
Math Requirements | ||
Complete two of the following: | 8-9 | |
Calculus 1 | ||
or MATH 1251 | Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 1 | |
or MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | |
Calculus 2 | ||
or MATH 1252 | Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 2 | |
or MATH 1342 | Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering | |
Biostatistics and Lab for ENVR 2500 | ||
or ECON 2350 | Statistics for Economists | |
or POLS 2400 | Quantitative Techniques | |
or SOCL 2321 | Research Methods in Sociology | |
Physics Requirement | ||
PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 | Physics for Engineering 1 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151 | 5 |
Integrative Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Integrative Requirements | ||
Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
Environmental Geochemistry | ||
Senior Research | ||
Solving Emerging Environmental Challenges through Capstone | ||
Environmental Pollution | ||
Soil Science |
Major Credit Requirement
94 total semester hours required in the major
Program Credit Requirement
140 total semester hours required in the major
Sample Plan of Study - Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | 5 | CHEM 2161 and CHEM 2162 and CHEM 2163 | 5 | General elective 2 | 4 | General elective 4 | 4 |
ENVR 1000, CHEM 1000, or INSC 1000 | 1 | EEMB 2302 and EEMB 2303 | 5 | General elective 3 | 4 | General elective 5 | 4 |
ENVR 1200 and ENVR 1201 | 5 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||
ENVR 1400 and ENVR 1401 | 5 | ENVR 2515 | 4 | ||||
General elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
20 | 18 | 8 | 8 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CHEM 2311 and CHEM 2312 | 5 | CHEM 2313 and CHEM 2314 | 5 | CHEM 2321 and CHEM 2322 and CHEM 2323 | 5 | Co-op | |
ENVR elective; 1 of 4 | 4 | EESC 2000 | 1 | Math requirement; 2 of 2 | 4 | ||
Math requirement; 1 of 2 | 4 | PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 | 5 | ||||
General elective 6 | 4 | ENVR skills requirement | 4 | ||||
ENVR elective; 2 of 4 | 4 | ||||||
17 | 19 | 9 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | CHEM 3401 and CHEM 3402 | 5 | General elective 7 | 4 | Co-op | ||
ENGW 3307 | 4 | General elective 8 | 4 | ||||
Advanced CHEM elective | 5 | ||||||
ENVR elective; 3 of 4 | 4 | ||||||
0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
Co-op | ENVR elective; 4 of 4 | 4 | |||||
Integrative course; 1 of 2 | 4 | ||||||
Integrative course; 2 of 2 | 4 | ||||||
General elective 9 | 4 | ||||||
0 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 141 |