current course offerings
Listed below are courses offered Spring 2012
which can be used to fulfill requirements for a major in Environmental
Science and Policy (ES&P). Further down the page are courses offered for the minor in ES&P or Marine Science and Policy.
Other courses
not listed here may be considered for credit in these programs; please
consult with the catalogue and meet with your ES&P adviser for
approval. Full course descriptions and class schedules can
be found in the online course catalogue.
Spring 2012 Environmental Science & Policy Major
Integration Courses
ENV 311 Environmental Integration III: Interpreting and Communicating Info
ENV 312
Environmental Integration IV: Sustainable Solutions
Introductory Natural Sciences
Biological Sciences
BIO 154 Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Biology
BIO 155 Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Biology Lab
Chemistry
CHM 108 Environmental Chemistry
Geosciences
GEO 108 Oceanography: an introduction to the Marine Environment (L)
Physics and Engineering
EGR 100 Engineering For Everyone plus lab
PHY 201 Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy: Science and Implications
Social Sciences/Humanities
ANT 130 Intro to Cultural Anthropology
ECO 150 Introductory Microeconomics
GOV 200 American Government
GOV 241 International Politics
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
Statistics
ECO 220 Intro to Statistics and Econometrics plus lab
GOV 190 Empirical Methods in Political Science plus lab
MTH 190/PSY190 Statistical Methods for Undergraduate Research plus lab
MTH 245 Practice of Statistics plus lab
Electives
Biological Sciences
BIO 103 Economic Botany: Plants and Human Affairs
BIO 264 Plant Diversity and Evolution plus lab
BIO 272 Vertebrate Biology plus lab
BIO 366 Biogeography
BIO 390 Seminar: Topics in Environmental Biology: Coral Reefs
Environmental Science and Policy
ENV 150/GEO 150 Modeling our World: An Introduction to GIS
Geosciences
GEO 251 Geomorphology (L)
Physics and Engineering
EGR 315 Ecohydrology
Social Sciences, Humanities and Policy
ECO 224 Environmental Economics
GOV 306 Seminar in American Government
HST 299 Colq: Ecology and History in Africa
SPN 372 Topics in Latin America and Iberian Studies: Women, Environmental Justice and Social Action
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Spring 2012 Environmental Science & Policy Minor
Natural Sciences
Biological Sciences
BIO 154 Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation plus lab
BIO 390 Seminar: Topics in Environmental Biology: Coral Reefs
Chemistry
CHM 108 Environmental Chemistry
Geosciences
EGR 315 Ecohydrology
GEO 108 Oceanography: an introduction to the Marine Environment (L)
Physics and Engineering
EGR 100 Engineering for Everyone (focus: global water issues) plus lab
EGR 315 Ecohydrology
PHY 201 Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy: Science and Implications
Social Sciences, Humanities and Policy
ECO 224 Environmental Economics
GOV 306 Seminar in American Government
Electives
BIO 103 Economic Botany: Plants and Human Affairs
BIO 264 Plant Diversity and Evolution plus lab
BIO 272 Vertebrate Biology plus lab
ENV 150/GEO 150 Modeling our World: An Introduction to GIS
ENV 311 Environmental Integration III: Interpreting and Communicating Info
GEO 251 Geomorphology (L)
HST 299 Colq: Ecology and History in Africa
SPN 372 Topics in Latin America and Iberian Studies: Women, Environmental Justice and Social Action
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Biological Sciences
BIO 366 Biogeography
BIO 390 Seminar: Topics in Environmental Biology: Coral Reefs
BIO 400 Special Studies
Geology
GEO 270j CArbonate Systems and Coral Reefs of the Bahamas
Social Sciences
ECO 224 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 of past offerings 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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