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Summary of Requirements for Environmental Studies Major and Minor



Required Courses
Number
Course Title
Professor
Next Offered
AMST 20a Environmental Issues
Donahue
S10 - Every Year
ENVS 89a,b

Environmental Internship

Course and Internship Information
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OR

Goldin Every Semester
ENVS 97a,b

Senior Essay/Honors Thesis

Staff
Every Year
SELECT 2 COURSES from EACH GROUP
Group I Social Science/Humanities
Group II Natural Sciences

Note: Off-Campus Courses are available as Elective Courses. See below for details.


Electives
Group I Social Science/Humanities
Students must select two courses. Some courses may have a prerequisite. Courses may be double counted with concentration or other requirements.

Number
Course Title
Professor
Next Offered
AMST 101a American Environmental History Donahue
S09 - Every Other Year
AMST 102a Women, the Environment & Social Justice
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Goldin
S10 - Usually Every Other Year
AMST 104b Boston and Its Suburbs: Environment and History Donahue
F07
AMST 105a The Eastern Forest: Paleoecology to Policy Donahue S10
AMST 106b Food and Farming in America Donahue F09
AMST 191b Greening Campus and Community
Goldin
F09 - Usually Every Year
ANTH 55a Models of Development: 3rd World Ferry
S09
ECON 57a Environmental Economics Bui
S09 Usually Every Year
ECON 175a Introduction to the Economics of Development Staff
F09
ENG 28a Nature Writing Irr F09
ENVS 10a Energy from the Big Bang to Global Warming Tsipis S10
ENVS 18b International Environmental Conflict and Collaboration Chester S09
ENVS 19a Climate Change and Conservation Chester F08
ENVS 100e GIS and Field Methods: The New England Landscape Donahue and Perlman F08 Offered in EFS only*
HIST 100a Fire and Ice: An Ecological Approach to World History Fischer
F08, S09
HS 297f Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Staff F08 & S09 Half Semester Module
HS 263f Applied Geographic Information Systems Staff F08 & S09 Half Semester Module
HS 292f Geographic Information Systems for Development Planners
LGLS 132b Environmental Law and Policy Goldin
F09
PHIL 21a Environmental Ethics Moran S09
POL 180b Sustaining Development Thorne
S10
SOC 175b Civic Environmentalism Sirianni
F09 - Every Year
Soc 193a Environment, Health and Society Shostak S10 Usually Every Year

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Group II - Natural Sciences
Students must select two courses. Courses may be double counted with concentration or other requirements.


Courses with few or no prerequisites:
Number
Course Title
Professor
Next Offered
AMST105a Eastern Forest: Paleoecology to Policy
Course Syllabus
Donahue
S10 - Every Other Year
BISC 2a Human Reproduction, Population Explosion, Global Consequences Wangh
TBA- Every Other Year
BISC 3b Humans & the Environment Perlman
TBA
BISC 6b Environmental Health Stewart
S09
BIOL 17b Conservation Biology Chester
S10- Every Year
BIOL 23a Ecology Olsen
F09- Most Years
CHSC 3b Solving Environmental Challenges: The Role of Chemistry Peavey
F09
CHSC 4b Understanding the Chemistry of Sustainability Peavey S10
ENVS 15a Reason to Hope: Managing the Global Commons for Peace Tsipis, K.
F09
ENVS 17b Global Warming and Nuclear Winter Tsipis, K.
S10
ENVS 18b International Environmental Conflict and Collaboration Chester F09


Courses with multiple prerequisites:
Number
Course Title
Professor
Next Offered
BIOL 32a Field Biology Perlman
F08 - Offered in EFS *
BIOL 60b Evolution Morris F09
BIOL 134b Topics in Ecology Adelson S09-Usually Every Other Year
CHEM 33a Environmental Chemistry Rose S10
ENVS 28a Wetlands: Ecology, Hydrology, Restoration Klein TBA

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* EFS=Environmental Field Semester. Integrated 4 course offering: Field Biology, GIS and Field Methods: The New England Landscape, Food and Farming in America

Off-Campus Courses
Many opportunities are available for off-campus study in Boston or overseas at one of the affiliated institutions (see "Affiliations")

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