Program and Curriculum

Course Work

The Common Environmental Studies and Sciences Core

Students in both environmental majors are required to take seven course units in a common core of study. Six courses are designed to create a foundation that fosters understanding of this interdisciplinary field. The final writing-intensive course, which should be taken in the junior or senior year, is intended specifically to apply and integrate the knowledge students have gained in their previous courses through integrative group research projects and presentations.

Students majoring in either Environmental Science or Environmental Studies must take the following courses in the common environmental core.

ENVR 112: Environmental Science
MATH 107 or ECON 156: Elementary Statistics or Economics and Business Statistics
ECON 152: Principles of Economics
ECON 240: Environmental Economics and Policy
ENVR 210: Introductory Geographic Information Systems
PHIL/REL 250: Environmental Ethics
ENVR 370-374: Environmental Studies and Sciences Seminar

The Major in Environmental Science (B.S.)

Students majoring in Environmental Science must take the following seven courses in addition to those in the core.

ENVR 111: Introductory Geology
BIOL 212 or BIOL 219: General Zoology or Introductory Botany
BIOL 360: Ecology
CHEM 113 & 114: General Chemistry I and II
CHEM 205: Environmental Chemistry
ENVR 244: Climate Negotiations on the International Stage

Students in the Environmental Science major must also complete at least two of the following.

BIOL 220: Biostatistics
BIOL 232 / 332: Field Marine Ecology and/or Advanced Field Marine Ecology
BIOL 235: Microbiology
BIOL 250: Animal Behavior
BIOL 330: Marine Ecology
BIOL 335: Evolution
CHEM 211 / 212: Organic Chemistry I and/or II
CHEM 222: Quantitative Analysis
PHYS 109 or PHYS 111: Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences I or Introductory Physics I
ENVR 330: Environmental Health
ENVR 381: Independent Study
ENVR 384: Independent Research
ENVR 386: Internship
ENVR 400-401: Honors

Appropriate advanced courses offered as special topics, as an ENVR 37x seminar, or by other LVAIC institutions may be substituted as electives with the prior approval of the program director. Independent Research or Independent Study with a different department prefix may also be substituted with prior approval.

The Major in Environmental Studies (B.A.)

In addition to the environmental core courses, students who intend to pursue the B.A. in Environmental Studies must take 8 elective courses, with at least 1 from each of the following categories. At least 4 of these courses must be at the 200-level or higher. Appropriate courses may be substituted as electives with the prior approval of the program director.

Math, Economics, and Policy Category

POSC 110: The American Political System
POSC 115: International Politics: How the World Works
ENVR 244: Climate Negotiations on the International Stage
HLTP 189: Biostatistics
BIOL 220: Biostatistics
200+ level courses in Economics (ECON)
200+ level courses in Mathematics (MATH)
200+ level courses in Computer Science (CSCI)
200+ level courses in Political Science (POSC)

Environmental Humanities Category

ENVR 242: Environmental Writing
ENVR 255: Lehigh Valley Landscape, Culture, and Story of Place
ENVR 264: Dying Green
COMM 155: Communicating with Social Media
Sociology/Anthropology 280: Health in Cultural Perspectives.
Sociology/Anthropology 351 Globalization: The Human Experience in an Interconnected World
ENGL 230 Public Speaking
200+ level courses in English (ENGL)

Health Category

HLTP 110: Introduction to Public Health
HLTP 230: Epidemiology
HLTP 315: Health Policy
ENVR 330: Environmental Health
BIOL 235: Microbiology
200+ level courses in Public Health (HLTP)

The Minor in Environmental Science

The minor in Environmental Science consists of five (5) courses including ENVR 112 (Environmental Science) plus four (4) additional science courses currently approved for the Environmental Science (B.S.) major. At least three of these courses must be taken at �� or through cross registration at other LVAIC institutions. At least two courses should be numbered 210 or above. Other appropriate courses can be substituted to count for the minor in Environmental Science with the prior approval of the ESS Program Director.

The Minor in Environmental Studies

The minor in Environmental Studies consists of five (5) courses including ENVR 112 (Environmental Science), Economics 240, plus three (3) additional courses currently approved for the Environmental Studies (B.A.) major. At least three of these courses must be taken at �� or through cross registration at other LVAIC institutions. At least two courses should be numbered 210 or above Other appropriate courses can be substituted to count for the minor in Environmental Studies with the prior approval of the ESS Program Director.

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