Environmental Studies Path to the Major 2024
Course Catalog for Environmental Studies Courses
Registrar's Major/Concentration Declaration Forms
The Environmental Studies major is a ten-course major. All majors are required to take:
- ENVI 101 – Nature and Society: An Introduction to Environmental Studies
- ENVI 102 – Introduction to Environmental Science (Students with a score of 5 on the AP Environmental Science exam may take a 200-level environmental science lab course, cross-listed with Environmental Studies, in lieu of ENVI 102)
- One foundational Culture/Humanities course
- One foundational Environmental Science course
- One foundational Social Science/Policy course
- Three electives from one of the curricular branches (Culture/Humanities; Environmental Science; and Social Science/Policy)
- One elective from a second curricular branch to provide cross-disciplinary breadth
- One senior seminar
Electives should be chosen in close consultation with a faculty adviser to ensure intellectual coherence and academic rigor.
Majors and concentrators (or first years and sophomores interested in the major or concentrations) are encouraged to talk at any time with members of the Environmental Studies Program and to contact the Chair of Environmental Studies, Professor Sarah Jacobson ([email protected]). All incoming majors will be assigned a faculty advisor in the spring of their sophomore year. We encourage all students interested in the major or concentration to meet with an advisor in Environmental Studies prior to spring pre-registration to discuss their proposed plan of study.