The following are requirements for completion of the major, along with one course each from groups A, B and C listed below:

• ENST 101 Environmental Studies 
• ENVS 111/L111 Environmental Science I or ENVS 103/L103 Environmental Science (Madrid)
• ENVS 112/L112 Environmental Science II or ENVBIO 104/L104 Environmental Biology (Madrid)
• PHIL 362 Environmental Ethics 
• ENST 401 Capstone Course I 
• ENST 402 Capstone Course II
• ENST 403 Environmental Studies Practicum 
• EC 131 Environmental Economics or GVT 438 Environmental Policy and Politics
• STATS 250 Applied Statistics or BIO 273 Biostatistics

A. One course from the following:

Biology

BIO 254/L254 Marine Biology
BIO 285/L285 Microbiology
BIO 304/L304 Comparative Animal Physiology
BIO 333/L333 Ecology
BIO 343/L343 Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
BIO 354/L354 Biology of Fishes*
BIO 359/L359 Cetacean Biology and Conservation*

Chemistry/Biochemistry

CHEM 211/L211 Organic Chemistry
CHEM 212/L212 Organic Chemistry
CHEM 314/L314 Instrumental Analysis
CHEM 331/L330 Biochemistry
CHEM 355/L355 Environmental Chemistry
CHEM 453 Toxicology

Environmental Engineering

ENVE 271 Introduction to Air Quality and Air Pollution Control
ENVE 325/L325 Geographical Information Systems

Environmental Science

ENST 453 Toxicology

Science

SCI 173/L173 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
SCI 251/L251 Coastal Geology

Note that some of these courses have prerequisites. Prerequisite requirements range from 0 to 24 credit hours.

B. One course from the following:

Communications and Journalism

CJN 479 Environmental Public Relations

Economics

EC 424  Cost Benefit Analysis

Education and Human Services

EHS 372 Environmental Law

Environmental Studies

ENST 420 The Greens and Environmentalism**

Government

GVT 329 Law for Environmental Protection and Policy Prevention
GVT 371 Water Planning for the Future
GVT 372 Coastal Zone Management*
GVT 420 The Greens and Environmentalism
GVT 439 Environmental Threats in the 21st Century (Madrid)*
GVT 450 Emerging Trends in the Environmental Movement*

Sociology

SOC 217 Sociology of Urban Life
SOC 327 Boston’s Communities

Note that some of these courses have prerequisites. Prerequisite requirements range from zero to 8 credit hours.

C. One course from the following:

History

HST 378 Environmental History of Latin America
HST 483 Death, Disease, and Healing in American History

Humanities and Modern Languages

GER 420 The Greens and Environmentalism**

Philosophy

ENST 363/PHIL 363 Bio and Medical Ethics
PHIL 255 Science, Myth, and Society
ENST 361/PHIL 361 Eco-Feminism
ENST 311/PHIL 311 Philosophy of Nature

The total required credit hours for the environmental studies major ranges from 44 to 76, depending on course selection.

Note that certain courses required of the major will also meet core curriculum requirements, and can be double-counted toward graduation requirements.

*These courses are part of the Marine Science Consortium. Enrollment is with permission of coordinator.

**ENST 420/GVT 420 can fill a Social Science related elective or GER 420 can fill a Humanities/History related elective, but cannot be used to fill both Social Science and Humanities/History related electives.