Applied Environmental Studies Major

This is a stand-alone major that does not require majoring in a second discipline in contrast to the Environmental Studies co-major.

The Applied Environmental Studies major provides theoretical grounding of environmental principles while also providing robust training in quantitative methods, spatial analysis and communication skills required for success in the field.  Students will be required to complete fifteen classes: five core courses, five skill-based courses, four courses in an area of specialization, and a project-based capstone or equivalent course. Students must also complete a pre-approved environmental internship (min. 100hrs; ENV 99). We recommend students to start with the gateway interdisciplinary course ENV 1 Introduction to Environmental Studies.

Policies:
Students majoring in Applied Environmental Studies may:
– double-count up to five courses with another stand-alone major in another department or program.
– double-count up to up to two courses with a minor in another department or program.
– count up to four (approved) classes taken abroad
– use one (approved) Experimental College class toward this major.
– petition classes not listed in the major’s website in order to fulfill degree requirements.

Core courses (n=5)
1) ENV1 Introduction to Environmental Studies 
2) Two Natural Sciences/Technology courses:
—BIO 7 Environmental Biology (or Env. Sci. AP score 5)
—ES 25 Environment and Technology
—EOS 2 Environmental Geology
—CHEM 8 Environmental Chemistry
 3) One Environmental Policy course:
—ENV 135 Environmental Policy
—UEP 94 Environmental Policy, Planning and Politics
 4) One Environmental Economics course:
—EC 8 Principles of Economics with Environmental Applications
—EC 30 Environmental Economics (pre-req EC 5)

Skill-based courses (n=5)
1) One Environmental Communication course:
—ENV 150 Environment, Communication and Culture
—ENG/ENV 160 Environmental Justice and World Literature
—ENG/ENV 176 Earth Matters
—ANTH 24 Introduction to Environmental Anthropology
2) ENV 120 Environmental Fieldwork: from Class to Community
3) ENV 170 Environmental Data, Analysis and Visualization
4) One Intro-level (or above) Statistics course:
—BIO 132 Biostatistics
—BIO 133 Ecological data and Statistics
—CEE 156 Principles of Biostatistics
—MATH 21 Introductory Statistics (AP credit not allowed)
—EC 13 Statistics
—PSY 31 Stats for Behavioral Science
5) One Intro-level (or above) GIS course:
—ENV 107/GIS 101/INTR 81 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
—EOS 104 Geological Applications of Geographic Information Systems
—CEE 187 Geographic Information Systems

Specialization (n=4)
4 elective courses from one of the thematic tracks

Capstone (n=1)
ENV 196 Environmental Capstone or Senior Thesis or Directed Study

Internship (n=1)
ENV 99 Environmental Internship