Environmental and Sustainability Studies, B.S.

Major Requirements

Credit Hours: 54+

In addition to completing the requirements for this major, students must also complete the degree requirements specified in the Academic Regulations section of this catalog.

Courses within this major may also satisfy general education requirements. Please consult the Liberal Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements for more information.

Environmental and Sustainability Studies Core (21+ Credit Hours)

Interdisciplinary Environmental and Sustainability Studies (6 credit hours)

Experiential Learning Requirement

Each student must engage in substantial experiential learning related to Environmental and Sustainability Studies. Qualifying courses include , , , , , . The requirement may also be met with another relevant independent study, internship, research experience, study abroad, travel course, field course, or experiential course, with approval of the ENSS director.

Environmental Science Foundation (6-8 credit hours)

Complete 6 credit hours from two different disciplines from the following:

Note:

Honors students may take / in lieu of /.

Environment and Society Foundation (6 credit hours)

Complete 6 credit hours from two different disciplines from the following:

Note:

* when topic is appropriate and with approval of ENSS director

Economics Foundation (3 credit hours)

Select one:

Note:

Honors students may take in lieu of .
Honors students may take in lieu of .

Additional Requirements (33+ Credit Hours)

Mathematics and Science Foundation (15+ credit hours)

Mathematics

Complete 7 credit hours from the following:

Note:

Honors students may take in lieu of .
Honors students may take in lieu of .

Natural Sciences

Complete at least 8 credit hours from Option 1 or at least 11 credit hours from Option 2.

Option 1

HONS 190 Accelerated General Chemistry (4)
HONS 190L Accelerated General Chemistry Lab (1)
And at least 3 credit hours from the list of Natural Science Foundation Electives (except CHEM 102, CHEM 102L, CHEM 112, CHEM 112L)

Option 2

CHEM 111 Principles of Chemistry I (3)
CHEM 111L Principles of Chemistry I Laboratory (1)
And at least 7 credit hours from the list of Natural Sciences Foundation Electives

Natural Science Foundation Electives

Note:

Honors students may take / in lieu of /.
Honors students may take / in lieu of /.
Honors students may take / in lieu of /.
Honors students may take / in lieu of /.
Honors students may take / in lieu of /.
Honors students may take / in lieu of /.
No more than one course from and may apply.
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No more than one course from and may apply.

Electives (18+ credit hours)

Compete at least 18 additional credits from the categories below:

Earth Systems, Ecology, and Environment

At least 9 credits from the following:

Environmental Science Methods

At least 3 credits from the following:

Note:

* when content is appropriate and with approval of ENSS director
Honors students may take / in lieu of /.

Additional Electives

Additional credits, as needed, from the following:

Notes:

Must include at least 9 credit hours of coursework at the 300-level from BIOL, CHEM, ENGR, GEOL, HEAL, MATH, PHYS.
Must include at least 3 lab courses at the 200-level or above from the following: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (or ), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .
No more than 24 credit hours from any one discipline, with the exception of ENVT, may be applied to the ENSS major.
Credit may not be applied for both and toward the ENSS major requirements.
No more than 3 credit hours of internship may be applied to the ENSS major requirements.
No more than 3 credit hours of independent study, research, or Bachelor’s Essay may be applied to the ENSS major requirements.
No more than 3 credit hours from , may be applied towards the program requirements.
No more than 3 credit hours from may be applied towards the program requirements.
Special topics, variable topics, and individual enrollment courses may be approved on a course-by-course basis.

Coursework Meeting Major Requirements Excluded from the Major GPA Calculation

None. All courses that may apply toward completion of course requirements within the major apply toward the major GPA calculation.