Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Catalog: Academic Catalog 2022-2023 Program: Environmental Policy, B.A. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Environmental Policy, B.A.

Requirements for the Major in Environmental Policy

Includes ENS 100, four core policy/humanities courses, one quantitative method or spatial analysis course; three required science courses; four upper level policy/humanities courses in an area of concentration; one environmental seminar; one senior seminar; and two thesis credits for a total of 17 courses. Specific requirements are listed below: (Please note that students may not develop an ID major with Environmental Policy, nor minor in Environmental Engineering)

A. Introductory course

 

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ENS 100 -  Introduction to Environmental Studies

B. Four required policy courses

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ECO 228 -  Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

and three from:

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
AAH 260 -  Nature, Art, and the Environment

AAH 265 - Environmentalism in Contemporary Art

ANT 241 -  Environmental Anthropology
CLS 153 -  The Environment in the Ancient World
EGL 280 -  Nature and Environmental Writing
EGL 281 -  Environmental Psychology and the American Literary Landscape
HST 225 -  American Environmental History
HST 229 -  The Adirondacks and American Environmental History
MLT 300T -  Irkutsk, Russia Internship

PHL 272 - Sustainability Theory & Practice

PHL 273 -  Environmental Ethics
PSC 260 -  Policy Making and American Society
PSC 283 -  Social Movements, the Environment and Society
SOC 260 -  Population and Society: Demographic Trends
SOC 270 -  Social Movements, the Environment, and Society
SOC 271 -  Sociology of Disaster
SOC 359 -  Environmental Policy and Resource Management

C. One quantitative methods and spatial analysis course

One course from

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ECO 243 -  Introduction to Econometrics
ENS 204 -  Geographic Information Systems
ENS 215 -  Exploring Environmental Data
PSC 220 -  Social Data Analysis
PSY 200 -  Statistical Methods in Psychology
SOC 201 -  Social Data Analysis
SOC 300 -  Quantitative Methods of Social Research
STA 104 -  Introduction to Statistics
STA 164 -  Strategies of Experimentation: Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments
STA 264 -  Regression Analysis

D. Three required science courses

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed

Required Course:

BIO 103 -  Diversity of Life: Heredity, Evolution, and Ecology

 

Choose one from the following:

BIO 320 -  Ecology
BIO 322 -  Conservation Biology
BIO 324 -  Plant Ecology
GEO 305 -  Global Biogeochemical Cycles

BIO 350T - Terrestrial Ecology

 

Choose one from the following:

GEO 106 -  Introduction to Oceanography

GEO 108 - Earth Resources

GEO 109 -  Geologic Perspectives on Global Warming
GEO 110 -  Physical Geology
GEO 112 -  Environmental Geology
GEO 117 -  Natural Disasters
GEO 120 -  The Story of Earth and Life
GEO 160 -  Environmental Challenges in the Mohawk Watershed

E. Four upper level policy/humanities courses in an area of concentration

(No double counting from A-D, above). The following are suggested areas of concentration; alterations must be approved in writing by the ESPE Director.

Please Note: Up to two internships may be counted toward any of the tracks below, provided the subject of the internship is selected with that track in mind and approved in writing by both the relevant internship director and the ESPE Director; specific internships include:

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed

ANT 232T / ECO 232T - Fiji Culture and Entrepreneurship

ANT 490T -  Anthropology Independent Study Abroad
ECO 390 -  Economics Internships
LAS 200T -  Women, Environment, Social Change
MLT 300T -  Irkutsk, Russia Internship
PSC 277 -  Capital Region Political Internships

PSC 279T - Term in Washington D.C. Project

SOC 385 -  Internships for Community Outreach

Environmental Law and Management

 

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
CLS 153 -  The Environment in the Ancient World
ENS 208 -  Waste Management and Recycling
ENS 210 -  Groundwater Hydrology
ENS 215 -  Exploring Environmental Data
ENS 299 -  Environmental Forensics
GEO 109 -  Geologic Perspectives on Global Warming
GEO 209 -  Paleoclimatology
GEO 210 -  Groundwater Hydrology
GEO 355T -  Living on the Edge
HST 109 -  History of Sustainability
HST 138 -  Big History
HST 206 -  Environmental Histories of Empire
HST 225 -  American Environmental History
HST 229 -  The Adirondacks and American Environmental History

HST 299 - The Nuclear Age

PHL 273 -  Environmental Ethics
PSC 260 -  Policy Making and American Society
PSC 264 -  Congressional Politics
PSC 272 -  The Environment, Energy, and US Politics
PSC 273 -  The Supreme Court and Judicial Politics
SOC 240 -  Political Sociology
SOC 260 -  Population and Society: Demographic Trends
SOC 270 -  Social Movements, the Environment, and Society

Environmental Problems and Response

 

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
AAH 260 -  Nature, Art, and the Environment

AAH 265 - Environmentalism in Contemporary Art

ANT 241 -  Environmental Anthropology
AVA 345 -  The Illustrated Organism
CLS 153 -  The Environment in the Ancient World
EGL 271 -  Dark Deeds: Crime in the Adirondacks
EGL 280 -  Nature and Environmental Writing
EGL 281 -  Environmental Psychology and the American Literary Landscape
ENS 208 -  Waste Management and Recycling
ENS 210 -  Groundwater Hydrology
ENS 215 -  Exploring Environmental Data
ENS 222 -  The New Wall of China

ENS 234 - No Nonsense Sensors

ENS 247 -  Sustainable Infrastructure
ENS 253 -  Environmentally Friendly Buildings
ENS 291 -  Construction for Humanity
ENS 299 -  Environmental Forensics
GEO 109 -  Geologic Perspectives on Global Warming
GEO 209 -  Paleoclimatology
GEO 210 -  Groundwater Hydrology
GEO 355T -  Living on the Edge
HST 206 -  Environmental Histories of Empire
HST 225 -  American Environmental History
HST 291 -  Construction for Humanity

HST 299 - The Nuclear Age

MLT 209 -  The New Wall of China
PHL 273 -  Environmental Ethics

REE 300T - History and Environment of Siberia

SOC 202 -  Social Problems, Policy and Pop Culture
SOC 260 -  Population and Society: Demographic Trends
SOC 270 -  Social Movements, the Environment, and Society
SOC 271 -  Sociology of Disaster
SOC 370 -  Public Health
SPN 334 -  Cartographies of Disasters
SOC 387T -  Community Service Miniterm

TAB 321T - Buenos Aires Mini -Term*

TAB 333T - New Zealand Mini-Term Abroad

TAB 344T - Egypt Mini-Term*

TAB 358T - Sustainability Down Under

*Provided term paper is written on an environmental topic

EGL 272 -  Gendered Ecologies in the Long Nineteenth Century

Energy and Sustainability

 

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
BIO 322 -  Conservation Biology
ENS 200 -  Energy
ENS 208 -  Waste Management and Recycling
ENS 209 -  Renewable Energy Systems
ENS 222 -  The New Wall of China
ENS 247 -  Sustainable Infrastructure
ENS 253 -  Environmentally Friendly Buildings
ENS 277 -  The Water Paradox
ENS 291 -  Construction for Humanity
ENS 299 -  Environmental Forensics
HST 109 -  History of Sustainability
HST 206 -  Environmental Histories of Empire
HST 291 -  Construction for Humanity

HST 299 - The Nuclear Age

MLT 209 -  The New Wall of China

MLT 300 - Environmental History: Siberia

PSC 272 -  The Environment, Energy, and US Politics

TAB 333T - New Zealand Mini-Term

F. Environmental Services and Policy

(Junior seminar for Environmental Policy majors)

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
SOC 450 -  Environmental Services and Policy

G. ESPE Senior Seminar

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ENS 460 -  Environmental Science & Policy Senior Seminar

H. Two terms of thesis research

Course NameTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ENS 498 -  Environmental Science & Policy Research 1
ENS 499 -  Environmental Science & Policy Research 2

Requirements for Honors in Environmental Science, Policy, and Engineering:

The major requirements as specified above are required, as are the GPA requirements of Union College described elsewhere in this catalog. A senior research thesis is required, consisting of at least two terms of ENS 498 and ENS 499 (independent research with a faculty member) and presentation at Steinmetz Symposium or other conference as approved by the advisor.

Notes: