current course offerings
Listed below are courses in both the social and natural sciences
which can be used to fulfill requirements for a minor in Environmental
Science and Policy or Marine Science and Policy. Please keep them in
mind when you are planning for your upcoming semester! Other courses
not listed here may be considered for credit in these minors; please
consult with the catalogue and meet with a minor adviser for
approval. As always, we recommend you consult early on in your
time at Smith with one of the advisers to the minors listed in the
course catalogue. Full course descriptions and class schedules can
be found in the online course catalogue.
Spring 2010 Environmental Science & Policy Minor
Department Offerings
EVS 300 Seminar in Environmental Science and Policy
EVS 400 Special Studies
Chemistry
CHM 108 Environmental Chemistry
EGR 260 Mass and Energy Balances
Ecology
BIO 110 Introductory Colloquia: Life Sciences for the 21st Century-
Conservation Biology
BIO 154 Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (plus lab)**
Geology
GEO 108 Oceanography: An Introduction to the Marine Environment (plus lab)**
GEO 109 The Environment
Environmental Policy
ECO 284 Environmental Economics
EVS 205 Environmental Policy: Economic Perspectives
PPL 222 Colq: U.S. Environmental History and Policy
SOC 332 Seminar in Environmental Sociology
Electives
BIO 103 Economic Botany: Plants and Human Affairs
BIO 272 Vertebrate Biology (and lab section)**
EGR 330 Engineering and Global Development
FYS 177 Global Environmental Changes and Challenges
PHY 100 Solar Energy and Sustainability
SOC 232 World Population
SPN 372 Topics in Latin American and Iberian Studies: Women, Environmental Justice, and Social Action
** Laboratory sections in parentheses are recommended but not required for the Environmental Science and Policy minor.
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Biological Sciences
BIO 110 Introductory Colloquia: Life Sciences for the 21st Century-
Conservation Biology
BIO 400 Special Studies
Social Sciences
ECO 284 Environmental Economics
GOV 404 Special Studies
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Five College Course Possibilities
Courses taken at one of the other Five Colleges
(UMASS Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, or Amherst Colleges)
can also be applied to the minors with prior
consultation and approval of a minor adviser. There are many exciting possibilities- so check them out!
Examples from Fall 2009 include HIST 91-01: Commodity, Nature and Society at Amherst College; IA 0182-1: Art and Energy at Hampshire College; ENVST 267-01: Reading and Writing in the World at Mount Holyoke College; and GEO-SCI 670 Urban Environmental History.
The Five College Course Guide
This course guide includes current semester
course listings for classes offered at Smith, Amherst, Hampshire,
Mount Holyoke and UMass. The information presented includes a description
of the course as well as instructor, meeting time and location data. A
simple search screen allows you to search for courses by department, title,
instructor or keywords in the description. The data in the course guide
is posted just prior to registration and is refreshed two weeks prior
to the beginning of the semester
*You may find it helpful to search for courses using the search term
"environmental."
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