SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS:

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAJOR AND MINOR

For further detail see university bulletin

Number of courses: 13

Required:

1. Environmental Issues (AMST 20a)
2. Two Modules in Geographic Information Systems: ENVS 100e; or HS 292f; or HS 297f and HS 263f. Each module meets for one-half semester and yields half-course credit.
3. Environmental Internship (ENVS 89a); or senior essay (ENVS 97a) or Senior Thesis (ENVS 99a and b.) An Environmental internship is strongly recommended.

Four Core Courses, one from each category below.

4. Environmental Law and Economics
   ECON 57a Environmental Economics
   LGLS 132b Environmental Law & Policy
   ENVS 18b International Environmental Conflict and Collaboration

5. Environmental History:
   AMST 101a American Environmental History
   AMST 105a The Eastern Forest: Paleoecology to Policy
   AMST 106b Food and Farming in America
6. Ecological Sciences:
   BIOL 23a Ecology
   BIOL 17b Conservation Biology
7. Physical Sciences¹:
   CHEM 33a Environmental Chemistry
   CHCS 3b Solving Environmental Challenges: The Role of Chemistry
   ENVS 15a Reason to Hope: Managing the Global Commons for Peace
   ENVS 17b Global Warming and Nuclear Winter

Six Electives (at least two each from the Social Sciences/Humanities Group and the Natural Sciences Group).

8. & 9. Two Social Sciences/Humanities Group courses

10. & 11. Two Natural Sciences Group courses

12. & 13. Two environmental electives, from either group

Strongly recommended:
Brandeis Environmental Field Semester (satisfies two core courses and two electives) or
Study Abroad Field Semester (SFS, SIT, etc. Typically satisfies three electives).

1. AMST 20a (Environmental Issues).

2. Environmental Internship (ENVS 89a), or Senior Essay (ENVS 97a) or an approved Honors Thesis (99a and b.) The Environmental Internship is strongly recommended.

3. Two electives from the Social Sciences/Humanities group.

4. Two electives from the Natural Sciences group.

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