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Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Journalism, BS

2022-2023 Edition

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The climate crisis and other staggering environmental challenges render it essential that we train a new generation of journalists with a strong scientific foundation in environmental science. Clearheaded and scientifically grounded reporting on environmental issues will be essential for tackling these and other future challenges. This combined major is designed to provide training that merges the basic and applied science underlying environmental change with the best principles and journalistic practices to enable students to pursue careers across a wide range of science communication fields. 

Due to curricular overlap, students enrolled in this program cannot declare a double major with or declare a minor in ecology and evolutionary biology, environmental studies, or 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.

Restrictions

Due to curricular overlap, students enrolled in this program cannot declare a double major with or declare a minor in ecology and evolutionary biology, environmental studies, or geoscience.

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:5
ENVR 3300
and ENVR 3301
Geographic Information Systems
and Lab for ENVR 3300
ENVR 1500
and ENVR 1501
Introduction to Environmental, Social, and Biological Data
and Lab for ENVR 1500
Complete four courses from the following 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 5150
Climate and Atmospheric Change
Conservation, Restoration, and Management
EEMB 2400
Introduction to Evolution
EEMB 3460
Conservation Biology
EEMB 4001
Landscape and Restoration Ecology
ENVR 5220
Ecosystem-Based Management
Sustainable Planning and Development
ENVR 3150
Food Security and Sustainability
ENVR 3200
Water Resources
ENVR 5350
Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions
ENVR 5210
Environmental Planning
Environment and Society
POLS 2395
Environmental Politics and Policy
PPUA 5260
Ecological Economics
SOCL 2485
Environment, Technology, and Society
ENVR 5450
Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling

Journalism Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Foundation Courses
JRNL 1150Understanding Today’s News4
JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting
and Journalist’s Toolbox
5
JRNL 2201Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting4
Visual Storytelling
Complete one of the following:4
JRNL 2301
Visual Storytelling in Journalism
JRNL 5309
News Documentary Production
JRNL 5310
Photojournalism
JRNL 5314
Video News Reporting and Producing
Law and Ethics
Complete one of the following:4
JRNL 3550
The First Amendment and the Media
JRNL 4650
Ethics and Issues in Journalism
Electives
Complete any four journalism electives with two at the 3000-level or above.16

Integrative Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Introduction to College
ENVR 1000Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern1
or JRNL 1000 Journalism at Northeastern
Co-op
EESC 2000Professional Development for Co-op1
or EEAM 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
Integrative Course
Courses used as electives may not overlap with the following:
ENVR 4050Solving Emerging Environmental Challenges through Capstone4
or ENVR 4997 Senior Thesis
JRNL 3650Science Writing4
or JRNL 3700 Data Storytelling

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 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
or JRNL 2301 Visual Storytelling in Journalism

Major GPA/Credit Requirement

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

Course List
Code Title Hours
JRNL 1101
Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting
JRNL 2201
Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting
JRNL 2301
Visual Storytelling in Journalism

83 semester hours required in the major

Program Requirement

132 total semester hours required

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

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ENVR 1000 or JRNL 10001ENVR 2200 or 12004Elective4Elective4
ENGW 1111 or 11024JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
5Elective4Elective4
ENVR 1400
and ENVR 1401
5ENVR elective 14  
JRNL 11504Elective4  
Elective4   
 18 17 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
EEMB 2302
and EEMB 2303
5ENVR 25154Elective4Co-op
JRNL 22014ENVR 1500
and ENVR 1501 (or ENVR 3300 and ENVR 3301)
5Elective4 
ENVR elective 24JRNL 2301, 5309, 5310, or 53144  
JRNL elective 14EESC 2000 or EEAM 20001  
 ENVR elective 34  
 JRNL elective 2  
 17 18 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-opENVR 4050, 4997, JRNL 3650, or JRNL 37004Elective4Co-op
 JRNL 3550 or 46504Elective 4 
 ENVR elective 44  
 JRNL elective 34  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-opENVR 4997, 4050, JRNL 3650, or JRNL 37004  
 JRNL elective 44  
 Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 134
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