Environmental Policy, B.A.

Requirements for the Major in Environmental Policy

Includes ENS 100 , 4 core policy courses, 1 quantitative method spatial analysis; 3 required science courses; 4 upper level policy courses; 1 environmental seminar; 1 senior seminar; 2 thesis credits for a total of 17 courses. Specific requirements are listed below:

A. Introductory course

ENS 100 - Introduction to Environmental Studies

B. 4 required policy courses

ECO 228 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

and 3 from:

C. 1 quantitative methods and spatial analysis course

one course from

D. 3 required science courses

BIO 110 - (102) Heredity, Evolution, and Ecology
and
BIO 320 - Ecology or
BIO 322 - Conservation Biology or
BIO 324 - Plant Ecology or
BIO 350T

and one course from

E. 4 upper level policy courses in one of four areas of concentration

(no double counting from A-D, above; up to 2 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 Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program; specific internships include:

Environmental Law and Management

Environmental Problems and Response

Marine Studies

Energy and Sustainability

F. Environmental Services and Policy

(Junior seminar for Environmental Policy majors)

SOC 450 - Environmental Services and Policy

G. Senior Seminar

ENS 460 - Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies

H. 2 terms of thesis research

Requirements for Honors:

The major requirements as specified above are required, as are the GPA requirements of Union College described elsewhere in this catalogue.