Environmental Science and Studies Core (19 hours)

• ESS 104 - Introduction to Environmental Science (Foundations F4d) 3-2-4
• ESS 150 - Environment, Society, and Culture (Foundations F3a, F4c) 3-0-3
• ESS 200 - Fundamentals of Environmental Thought 3-0-3
• ESS 300 I - WI: Applied Methods in Environmental Science and Studies 3-2-4
• ESS 301 I - Case Studies 3-0-3
• ESS 405 - Environmental Science and Studies Capstone

Environmental Science and Studies Electives (12 hours)

• ESS 280 - Special Topics 1 to 4 hours

• *Up to 3 hours maximum allowed towards electives

• ESS 310 I - Biogeography 3-0-3
• ESS 312 - Global Change in the Anthropocene 3-0-3
• ESS 320 - Geographic Information Systems 3-2-4
• ESS 330 - Watershed Management 3-0-3
• ESS 340 - Ecological Restoration 3-0-3
• ESS 355 - Environmental Anthropology 3-0-3
• ESS 365 - Film and Environment 3-0-3
• ESS 375 - Community Food Systems 3-0-3
• ESS 480 - Special Topics 1 to 4 hours

• Up to 3 hours of electives can be selected from the following: 

   

• ESS 494 - Directed Research 0 to 6 hours and/or
• ESS 496 - Academic Internship 1 to 12 hours and/or
• ESS 498 - Directed Study 1 to 5 hours

Interest Focused Electives

To broaden students’ learning in the arts, hunanities, and social sciences, majors will complete 9 hours of 300 or 400-level courses in these areas with at least one class from each section below:

• Social Sciences: ANT, ECO, ESS351-399, POL PSY, SOC
• Arts and Humanities: ART, COM, CRW, ENG, FRE, GER, HIS, PHI, REL, SPA

Note:

Students may not earn a Double Degree in Environmental Science and Studies.