Environmental Studies - Earth System Science Specialization

Required Core Courses:

• ENV 1131 - Environmental Problem Solving
• ENV 2151 - Sustainability
• ENV 2204 - Society and Natural Resources
• ENV 2207 - Environmental Management
• ENV 3120 - ENV Junior Seminar
• ENV 4494 - ENV Senior Seminar

Select Four Courses From:

(Two of the four courses must be at the 3000-level.)

• ENV 1132 - Geological Hazards
• ENV 2116 - Energy and the Environment
• ENV 2117 - Environmental Geology (required)
• ENV 2120 - Geographic Information Systems
• ENV 2152 - Earth History
• ENV 2203 - Science of Soil, Water and Air
• ENV 3110 - Climatology
• ENV 3114 - Wetland Ecology (ENV 3T02 special topic)
• GSC 1112 - The Earth
• Other environmental science courses as selected by the student with their advisor

Additional Requirements:

Take one course from the Policy and Management Specialization  and one course from the Biology Specialization .

Other courses may be substituted with approval from the Environmental Studies Department Chair.

Departmental Writing Requirement:

The Department of Environmental Studies extends writing through required core courses for the major. Student who major in Environmental Studies are required to take the following core courses:

• ENV 2151 - Sustainability
• ENV 2204 - Society and Natural Resources
• ENV 2207 - Environmental Management
• ENV 3120 - ENV Junior Seminar

Total Credit Hours: 48