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Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Economics, BS

2021-2022 Edition

  • Undergraduate
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      • Behavioral Neuroscience
      • Biochemistry
      • Biology
      • Chemistry and Chemical Biology
      • Linguistics
      • Marine and Environmental Sciences
        • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, BS
        • Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, BS
        • Environmental Studies, BA
        • Marine Biology, BS
        • Computer Science and Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, BS
        • Data Science and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, BS
        • Data Science and Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, BS
        • Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Chemistry, BS
        • Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Economics, BS
        • Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Landscape Architecture, BS
        • Environmental Studies and History, BA
        • Environmental Studies and International Affairs, BA
        • Environmental Studies and Philosophy, BA
        • Environmental Studies and Political Science, BA
        • Sociology and Environmental Studies, BA
        • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Minor
        • Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, Minor
        • Environmental Studies, Minor
        • Geosciences, Minor
        • Marine Sciences, Minor
      • Mathematics
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      • Psychology
      • Interdisciplinary
      • Accelerated Bachelor/​Graduate Degree Programs
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Through this combined major, successful undergraduates will develop an awareness of the intrinsic connection between the environment and economics and understand how long-run economic growth is crucially dependent on policies that account for the sustainability and well-being of the environment and that are grounded on environmental science.  

There are a number of interdisciplinary opportunities involving environmental and sustainability sciences.  Due to curricular overlap, combinations of any environmental and sustainability sciences major, including combined majors, cannot occur with majors or minors in ecology and evolutionary biology or environmental studies or with the minor in geoscience.

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.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Core Courses
ENVR 1400
and ENVR 1401
Foundations in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
and Lab for ENVR 1400
5
ENVR 2200Earth's Changing Cycles4
or ENVR 1200 Dynamic Earth
EEMB 2302
and EEMB 2303
Ecology
and Lab for EEMB 2302
5
ENVR 2515Sustainable Development4
Complete one of the following skills courses:4-5
ENVR 3300
and ENVR 3301
Geographic Information Systems
and Lab for ENVR 3300
EEMB 3555
Networks and Natural Systems
Complete four courses from these lists:16
Earth Oceans and Environmental Change
ENVR 2310
and ENVR 2311
Earth Materials
and Lab for ENVR 2310
ENVR 3125
Global Oceanic Change
ENVR 3600
Oceanography
ENVR 4500
and ENVR 4501
Applied Hydrogeology
and Lab for ENVR 4500
Conservation, Restoration, and Management
EEMB 2400
Introduction to Evolution
EEMB 3460
Conservation Biology
EEMB 3465
Ecological and Conservation Genomics
EEMB 4001
Landscape and Restoration Ecology
Sustainable Planning and Development
ENVR 3150
Food Security and Sustainability
ENVR 3200
Water Resources
ENVR 5150
Climate and Atmospheric Change
ENVR 5210
Environmental Planning
Environment and Society
POLS 2395
Environmental Politics and Policy
PPUA 5260
Ecological Economics
PPUA 5268
International Environmental Policy
SOCL 2485
Environment, Technology, and Society

Economics Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Core Courses
ECON 1115Principles of Macroeconomics4
ECON 1116Principles of Microeconomics4
ECON 2315Macroeconomic Theory4
ECON 2316Microeconomic Theory4
ECON 2350Statistics4
ECON 2560Applied Econometrics4
ECON 3423Environmental Economics4
Supporting Courses
MATH 1231Calculus for Business and Economics4
or MATH 1241 Calculus 1
or MATH 1245 Calculus with Applications
or MATH 1251 Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 1
or MATH 1340 Intensive Calculus for Engineers
or MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
CS 1100Computer Science and Its Applications4
or DS 2000
and DS 2001
Programming with Data
and Data Science Programming Practicum
or MISM 2510 Fundamentals of Information Analytics
Electives
Complete two courses in the following ranges, with only one below the 3000 level: 8
ECON 1200–ECON 1999
ECON 3000–ECON 4689
ECON 4900–ECON 4999
ECON 5200–ECON 5999

Integrative Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Introduction to College
ENVR 1000Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern1
or ECON 1000 Economics at Northeastern
Co-op
EESC 2000Professional Development for Co-op1
or EESH 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Integrative Course
Complete one of the following (courses used as electives may not overlap with courses used as integrative):4
ENVR 3150
Food Security and Sustainability
ENVR 5350
Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions
ENVR 5450
Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling
ENVR 5563
Advanced Spatial Analysis
Economics Integrative Course
Complete one of the following (courses used as electives may not overlap with courses used as integrative):4
ECON 1711
Economics of Sustainability
ECON 3404
International Food Policy
ECON 3425
Energy Economics
Capstone
Complete one of the following:4
ENVR 4050
Solving Emerging Environmental Challenges through Capstone
ENVR 4997
Senior Thesis
ECON 4692
Senior Economics Seminar

Experiential Liberal Arts

All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

English Requirements (First-Year Writing and Advanced Writing in the Disciplines)

Course List
Code Title Hours
ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
ENGW 3307Advanced Writing in the Sciences4
or ENGW 3308 Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences
or ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Major GPA/Credit Requirement

Grades in the following four economics courses must average to a minimum of C (2.000):

Course List
Code Title Hours
ECON 2315Macroeconomic Theory4
ECON 2316Microeconomic Theory4
ECON 2350Statistics4
ECON 2560Applied Econometrics4

83 semester hours required in the major

Experiential Liberal Arts

All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall 

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ENVR 1000 or ECON 10001CS 1100, DS 2000 and DS 2001, or MISM 25104Elective4Elective4
MATH 1231, 1241, 1245, 1251, 1340, or 13414ECON 11164Elective4Elective4
ECON 11154ENVR 2200 or 12004  
ENGW 1111 or 11024ENVR elective 14  
ENVR 14004   
ENVR 14011   
 18 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
EEMB 23024ECON 23164Elective4Co-op
EEMB 23031ECON 23504Elective4 
ECON 23154ENVR 25154  
ENVR elective 24ENVR elective 34  
ECON elective 14   
 17 16 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-opECON 25604Elective4Co-op
 ECON 34234ENVR elective 44 
 ENVR 3150, 5350, 5450, or 55634  
 ENGW 3308, 3307, or 33154  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-opENVR 4050, 4997, or ECON 46924  
 ENVR elective 54  
 ECON elective 24  
 ECON 1711, 3404, or 34254  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 131
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