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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Environmental Studies, B.A.

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FRESHMAN

FALL

First Year Seminar 101 Credits: 1 credit
WRT 101 - Introductory Writing Workshop 3 credits,
ENS 101 - Prospects for Planet Earth 3 credits
OR
SUS 111 - Introduction to Sustainability 3 credits
MAT 125 - Calculus A 3 credits
CHE 131 - General Chemistry IB 4 credits
CHE 133 - General Chemistry Laboratory I 1 credit

Total: 15 Credits

SPRING

First Year Seminar 102 Credits: 1 credit
WRT 102 - Intermediate Writing Workshop 3 credits,
ANT 120 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology 3 credits
PHI 104 - Moral Reasoning (II) 3 credits
OR
PHI 105 - Politics and Society (II) 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

SOPHOMORE

FALL

BIO 201 - Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems 3 credits
BIO 204 - Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry in the Biological Sciences I 2 credits
ECO 108 - Introduction to Economics 4 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

SPRING

ENS 119 - Physics for Environmental Studies 4 credits
POL 102 - Introduction to American Government 3 credits
AMS 102 - Elements of Statistics 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

JUNIOR

FALL

ENV 304 - Global Environmental Change 3 credits
MAR 340 - Environmental Problems and Solutions 3 credits
ENS Concentration Course Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

SPRING

ENS 301 - Contemporary Environmental Issues and Policies 3 credits
ENS 311 - Ecosystem Ecology and the Global Environment 3 credits
ENS Concentration Course Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

SENIOR

FALL

ENS 487 - Independent Research in Environmental Studies 0-6 credits
OR
ENS 488 - Internship in Environmental Studies 6 credits for the ENS major,
ENS Concentration Course Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division SBC Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 14 Credits

SPRING

ENS Concentration Course Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division elective Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits