Courses

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.

Fall 2008 Environmental Science and Policy Minor

EVS 400 Special Studies

Ecology
BIO 154 Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation
BIO 266 Principles of Ecology
BIO 268 Marine Ecology
BIO 364 Plant Ecology

Geology
GEO 104 Global Climate Change
GEO 105 Natural Disasters: Confronting and Coping
GEO 111 Intro to Earth Process and History
EGR (GEO) 319 Groundwater Geology

Environmental Policy
ANT Anthropology of Development

Electives
BIO 260 Invertebrate Diversity
EGR 390 Topics in Engineering: Science, Technology and Ethics
FYS 147 The Science and Politics of Food, Water, and Energy
GOV 207 Politics of Public Policy
PHI 238 Environmental Ethics

Fall 2008 Marine Science and Policy minor

Biological Sciences
BIO 260 Invertebrate Diversity
BIO 400 Special Studies

Geology
GEO 231 Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleoecology
GEO 232 Sedimentology
GEO 270j Carbonate Systems and Coral Reefs of the Bahamas. J-Term

Social Sciences
GOV 404 Special Studies

Five College Course Possibilities:
Courses taken at one of the other Five Colleges (UMASS; Mt Holyoke, Hampshire, or Amherst Colleges) can also be applied to the MS&P minor with prior consultation and approval of a minor adviser.

ES& P Courses offered at Smith via the Smith Online Course Catalogue:

The online course catalogue is a Web-based version of the full 2-year Smith College course catalogue. A minimum of four semesters will be available at all times. The information presented mirrors the format of the printed catalogue, including course listings (description, instructor and offered terms), department data, information on majors and minors, honors programs, and cross-listed and interdepartmental courses. A search screen allows you to find courses by course number, department*, keywords in the title, term offered, number of credits, fields of knowledge and professor. You can also browse through a department's entire catalogue section. The data in the course catalogue is refreshed regularly. The "date last updated" appears on the bottom of the search page.

*Since the Environmental Science and Policy program is comprised of courses from other departments, unless you are looking for a specific course approved for the minor and you know its affiliated department, you may find it helpful to search for courses using the Five College electronic catalogue and the search term "environmental."

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.