Environmental Studies Overview (pdf file)
Core Curriculum–one course in each of these 8 categories is required to major in Environmental Studies

Track Courses

For the environmental studies program students must complete three courses in any one track, provided they include offerings from at least two departments. Up to one core course numbered 100 or higher may be double-counted toward both the core and the appropriate track For example, History 102 can be double-counted as a core #3, and a track III course. (Environmental courses are occasionally offered through the Experimental College. With approval of your track advisor, these courses may fulfill some track requirements.)

Track I: Environmental Science

Biology
	Bio 41, General Genetics
	Bio 71, Population and Community Ecology
	Bio 106, Microbiology
	Bio 132, Biostatistics
	Bio 143, Evolutionary Ecology
	Bio 144, Principles of Conservation Biology
	Bio 164, Marine Biology
	Bio 167, Environmental Toxicology
Chemistry
	Chem 31, Physical Chemistry I
	Chem 32, Physical Chemistry II
	Chem 33, Physical Chemistry Laboratory
	Chem 51, 52 Organic Chemistry
	Chem 53, 54 Organic Chemistry Laboratory
	Chem 61, Inorganic Chemistry
	Chem 131, Chemical Thermodynamics
	Chem 141, Instrumental Analysis
Geology
	Geo 1, The Dynamic Earth
	Geo 5, Introduction to Oceanography
	Geo 32, Geomorphology
	Geo 115, Quaternary and Glacial Geology
	Geo 131, Hydrogeology
Physics
	Phy 12, Introductory Physics
	Phy 5, The Nuclear Age: Its Physics and History
	Phy 11, 12 General Physics
	Phy 41, Electronics
	Phy 42, Electricity and Magnetism I
	Phy 52, Thermal Physics
	Phy 143, Electricity and Magnetism II
Track II: Environment and Technology
	Engineering Science 27, Environmental Health and Safety
Three other courses from the list below:
Civil and Environmental Engineering
	CE 12, Introduction to Hydraulic Engineering
	CE 32, Introduction to Environmental Engineering
	CE 42, Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
	CE 70, Introduction to Hazardous Materials Management
	CE 112, Hydrology and Water Resource Engineering
	CE 113, Groundwater Hydrology
	CE 134, Water and Wastewater Chem
	CE 138, Hazardous Waste Treatment Technologies
	CE 143, Site Remediation
	CE 151/ENP 151/ES 151, Engineering Systems: Deterministic Models
	CE 152/ENP 152/ ES 152, Engineering Systems: Stochastic Models
	CE 158, Occupational and Environmental Health
	CE 167, Environmental Toxicology
	CE 168, Exposure Assessment
	CE 171, Hazardous Materials Management
	CE 172, Fate and Transport of Environmental Contaminants
	CE 173, Health Effects and Risk Assessment
	CE 175, Hazardous Materials Safety
	CE 176, Pollution Prevention Management
	CE 264, Hazardous Materials Management and Policy
	CE 267, Analytic Methods for Environmental Regulation
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
	Consult Department
Mechanical Engineering
	ME 11, applied Thermodynamics
	ME 16, Heat Transfer
	ME 45, Power and Propulsion
	ME 114, Solar Energy
	ME 125, Manufacturing Processes and Materials Technology
	ME 145, Powerplant Engineering Analysis and Design
Track III: Environment and Society
Art History
	FAH 148, Nature Into Art
	FAH 155, History of Modern Architecture
	FAH 165, American Architecture
Civil and Environmental Engineering
	CE 137, Public Health
	CE 15,8 Occupational and Environmental Health
	CE 164, Epidemiologic Methods
Economics
	EC 30, Environmental Economics
	EC 130, Topics in Environmental Economics
Nutrition/ Urban and Environmental Policy
	NUT 223/ UEP 223, Fundamentals of US Agriculture
	NUT 224/UEP 224, Environment and the Food Supply
	NUT 243/UEP 243, Institutions of Agriculture
	NUT 244/ UEP 244, Food and Environmental Risk Communication
	NUT 246/UEP 246, Agriculture and Metropolitan Areas
	NUT 247/UEP 247, Ecology of Agriculture
Political Science
	PS 115, Seminar on Public Opinion and Survey Research
	PS 163, International Politics of the Environment
Sociology
	SOC 187, Society and the Environment
Urban and Environmental Policy/ Philosophy
	UEP 203/ PHIL 173, Political Economy, Ethics, and the Environment
Urban and Environmental Policy/ Civil and Environmental Engineering
	UEP 207/ CE 207, Environmental Law
Urban and Environmental Policy
	UEP 294F, Community and Environmental Advocacy
Suggested Inclusion (All Tracks)
One Course in Statistical Analysis:
	Biology 132, Biostatistics
	Civil Engineering 102, Probability and Statistics in Engineering
	Economics 201, Statistics
	Mathematics 161, Probability
	Mathematics 162, Statistics
	Psychology 31, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
	Sociology 101, Quantitative Research Methods

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