Environmental Studies, B.A.

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NY State Program Code: 19055
HEGIS Code: 0420.00
CIP Code: 03.0103

Required GPA: 2.0
Credits Required for Major: 41
Credits Required to Graduate: 120

General Education Requirements

All students must satisfy the University’s General Education and foreign language requirements , in addition to the requirements for the major.

Core Courses (18 credits)

ENV (0125) 101 - Society and the Environment Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 102 - Natural Science and Environmental Problems Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 201 - Climate Change Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 201 - Climate Change Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 202 - Climate Change Policy and Solutions Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 210 - Mapping Environmental Issues Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 410 - Environmental and Earth Science Capstone Credits: 3.00
or (cross-listed with)
EAS (0112) 410 - Environmental and Earth Science Capstone Credits: 3.00

Area Electives (23 credits total)

Students will select 23 credits of variable electives from the following two Areas of Study: 7 credits from The Physical and Living World and 16 credits from Humans and the Environment.
A minimum of 9 credits of the 23 must be from Environmental Studies (ENV) and/or Earth Science (EAS).

The Physical and Living World (7 credits)

Select 7 credits from the following with a minimum of 3 credits at 300 level or higher.

ENV (0125) 104 - Environmental Geology Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 104 - Environmental Geology Credits: 3.00
PHY (0156) 104 - Astronomy Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 109 - Physical Geology Credits: 4.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 102 - Physical Geology Credits: 4.00
ENV (0125) 110 - Historical Geology Credits: 4.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 103 - Historical Geology Credits: 4.00
BIO (0105) 111 - Biological Concepts and Methods I Credits: 4.00
BIO (0105) 112 - Biological Concepts and Methods I I Credits: 4.00
MTH (0144) 113 - Survey of Statistics Credits: 3.00
MTH (0144) 114 - Statistics for Natural Sciences Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 205 - Introduction to the Oceans Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 205 - Introduction to the Oceans Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 215 - Introduction to Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Systems Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 215 - Intro To Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Systems Credits: 3.00
BIO (0105) 234 - Principles of Ecology Credits: 4.00
BIO (0105) 243 - Botany Credits: 4.00
BIO (0105) 250 - Invertebrate Zoology Credits: 4.00
PHY (0156) 250 - Physical Problems of Pollution Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
ENV (0125) 250 - Physical Problems of Pollution Credits: 3.00
BIO (0105) 253 - Marine Biology Credits: 4.00
BIO (0105) 290 - Vertebrate Zoology Credits: 4.00
ENV (0125) 291 - Observing Nature in The Field Credits: 1.00
ENV (0125) 301 - Environmental Science Credits: 4.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 301 - Environmental Science Credits: 4.00
ENV (0125) 310 - Water Resources and Hydrology Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 310 - Water Resources and Hydrology Credits: 3.00
EAS (0112) 305 - Weather and Climate: An Introduction to Meteorology Credits: 3.00
BIO (0105) 320 - Applied Wetland Ecology Credits: 4.00
ENV (0125) 323 - Marine Resources Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 323 - Marine Resources Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 343 - Primate Ecology and Sustainable Development Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
ENV (0125) 343 - Primate Ecology and Sustainability Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 404 - Environmental Spatial Analysis Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 412 - Marine Science Credits: 4.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 412 - Marine Science Credits: 4.00
ENV (0125) 415 - Field Research On Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Systems Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 415 - Field Research On Tropical Marine and Terrestrial Systems Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 498 - Guided Research Credits: 2.00 to 4.00
EAS (0112) 498 - Supervised Research Credits: 2.00 to 3.00
ENV (0125) 567 - Environmental Pollutants And Disease Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 570 - Principles of Toxicology Credits: 3.00 to 4.00
or (crosslisted with)
BIO (0105) 585 - Special Topics in Biology Credits: 1.00 to 4.00

Humans and the Environment (16 credits)

Select 16 credits from the following with a minimum of 6 credits at 300 level or above.

ENV (0125) 106 - Human Geography Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 113 - Archaeology Credits: 3.50
POL (0158) 212 - Environment and Politics Credits: 3.00
POL (0158) 213 - Energy Policy: A Political Perspective Credits: 3.00
ECA (0203) 315 - Environmental Economics Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 218 - You Are What You Eat: Anthropology of Food Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 225 - Human Evolution Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 227 - Peoples of the North Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 229 - Humankind, Culture and Environment Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 244 - Rise and Fall of Civilization Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 260 - Environmental Geography Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 260 - Environmental Geography Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 280 - Urban Environments Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 321 - Historic Preservation Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 322 - Archaeology of Animals Credits: 3.50
ANT (0103) 325 - History of Anthropological Theory Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 332 - Archaeological Field Methods in Alaska Credits: 4.00
ANT (0103) 334 - Problems in Archaeology Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 340 - Environmental Anthropology Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 350 - Pathways to Sustainability Credits: 3.00
PHI (0154) 382 - Environmental Ethics & Justice Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 420 - Internship Credits: 3.00 to 6.00
ENV (0125) 491 - Independent Study Credits: 2.00 to 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
EAS (0112) 490 - Independent Study Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
ENV (0125) 503 - Green Energy Conservation Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 504 - Green Energy Management Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 505 - GIS in Public Health Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 519 - Hazardous Material and Waste Operations Management ( HAZWOPER ) Credits: 3.00
ANT (0103) 532 - Advanced Archaeological Field Methods in Alaska Credits: 4.00
ENV (0125) 560 - International Environmental Policy Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
POL (0158) 560 - International Environmental Policy Credits: 3.00
ENV (0125) 561 - Human Ecology Credits: 3.00
or (crosslisted with)
ANT (0103) 561 - Human Ecology Credits: 3.00

Semester Sequence

Degree: B.A. Required GPA: 2.0 Credits Required for Major: 41 Credits Required to Graduate: 120

Requirements
Course	Credits	Freshmen		Sophomore		Junior		Senior
		Fall	Spring	Fall	Spring	Fall	Spring	Fall	Spring
ENV (0125) 101 Society and the Environment	3	✓
ENV (0125) 102 Natural Science & Environmental Problems	3		✓
ENV (0125) 201 - Climate Change or EAS (0112) 201 - Climate Change	3			✓
ENV (0125) 202 - Climate Change Policy and Solutions	3				✓
ENV (0125) 210 Mapping Environmental Issues	3					✓
Concentration Area: The Physical and Living World	7	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Concentration Area: Humans and Environment	16	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ENV (0125) 410 Senior Seminar/Capstone or (cross-listed with) EAS (0112) 410 - Environmental and Earth Science Capstone	3						✓		✓
Total for Major	41
Level I-IV Language**	0-12	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
STEP students should consult with an Earth Sciences adviser, taking 30 credits in earth science subject matters, 8 credits of which must be 0112-102 and 0112-103. STEP students must only take 0112 courses and not 0125 for NYS certification. *Students may elect to sit for the language competency examination to be exempt from the foreign language requirement.