Environmental Studies Concentration

Leonard W. Champney, Ph.D., Director

The Environmental Studies Concentration introduces students to the scientific, economic, legal, political and philosophical dimensions of environmental issues, both within the United States and globally. The concentration is open to students from any major and may be of particular interest to students planning careers in government, law or business.

Courses for the Environmental Studies Concentration are drawn from eight departments in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Kania School of Management. Many of these courses may also be used for general education requirements. To enroll, students should consult one of the co-directors of the concentration. The concentration consists of eight courses:

• BIOL 204 - (E,D) Environmental Issues in Latin America 
• CHEM 202 - (E) Global Change 
• ECO 103 - (S) The Economics of Environmental Issues 
• NSCI 201 - (E) Science and the Human Environment 
• PHIL 213 - (P) Environmental Ethics 
• PHYS 106 - (E) Energy and the Environment   
• PS 230 - (S) Environmental Laws and Regulations  or PS 231 - (S) Environmental Policy Process 
• T/RS 331Z - (P,W) God and the Earth 

Natural Science majors who wish to pursue the Environmental Studies Concentration may complete the four natural science courses using any combination of the natural science courses listed above and/or the following courses:

• BIOL 273 - Marine Ecology (P) 
• BIOL 371 - Ecology (P) 
• BIOL 473 - Estuarine Ecology (O,P) 
• CHEM 340 - Environmental Chemistry 
• CHEM 342 - Environmental Toxicology 
• CHEM 344 - Environmental Geochemistry