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Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Economics, BS

2022-2023 Edition

  • Undergraduate
    • Admission
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    • College of Arts, Media and Design
    • D'Amore-​McKim School of Business
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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 Journalism, 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
      • Physics
      • Psychology
      • Interdisciplinary
      • Accelerated Bachelor/​Graduate Degree Programs
    • College of Social Sciences and Humanities
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    • Appendix
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  • Course Descriptions
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  • Plan of Study

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.

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 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 1200
and ENVR 1201
Dynamic Earth
and Lab for ENVR 1200
4-5
or ENVR 2200 Earth's Changing Cycles
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
ENVR 5260
Geographical Information 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
ENVR 5600
Coastal Processes, Adaptation, and Resilience
ENVR 5670
Global Biogeochemistry
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
ENVR 4505
Wetlands
ENVR 5700
Streams and Watershed 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
ENVR 5800
Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions
Environment and Society
ENVR 5450
Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling
ENVR 5750
Urban Ecology
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
Calculus
Complete one of the following:4
MATH 1231
Calculus for Business and Economics
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
Computer Science
Complete one of the following: 4-5
CS 1100
and CS 1101
Computer Science and Its Applications
and Lab for CS 1100
DS 2000
and DS 2001
Programming with Data
and Data Science Programming Practicum
MISM 2510
Fundamentals of Information Analytics
Electives
Complete two courses in the following ranges, with only one at the 1000 level: 8
ECON 1200–ECON 1999
ECON 2990 –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
or INSC 1000 Science at Northeastern
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

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

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

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

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