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Advisers Ballvé, Burnett, Klepeis, Meyer, Loranty, Scull

Environmental geography engages students in the interrelations between human systems and the natural environment. The major combines courses in the Department of Geography with a common set of environmental studies courses and courses offered in other relevant disciplines. In collaboration with the major adviser, environmental geography majors select a specific theme within environmental studies on which to focus. Examples that correspond to geography faculty expertise include climatology, population studies, environmental health, environmental systems analysis, gender and the environment, geographic information systems (GIS), political economy of the global environment, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable development.

This major in affiliation with the Environmental Studies Program (ENST) provides students with an opportunity to consider explicitly environmental issues from a geographic perspective. Courses in geography and a common set of courses in the ENST program are combined in an interdisciplinary course of study that focuses on climatology, population studies, environmental health, urban ecology, environmental systems analysis, geographic information systems analysis, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, and gender and environment.

For students graduating in the Class of 2025 and earlier, please refer to prior University Catalog requirements.

Major Requirements

The major program consists of the following requirements:

Environmental Studies Courses (five)

Environmental Ethics

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ESEE in the course offerings.

• ENST 202/PHIL 202 - Environmental Ethics
• ENST 324 - Hunting, Eating, Vegetarianism ÌýÌý

One of the following environmental justice courses:

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ESEJ in the course offerings.

• ENST 232 - Environmental Justice
• ENST 321 - Global Environmental Justice

One of the following introductory environmental science courses:

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ESEN in the course offerings.

• CHEM 100 - The Chemistry of Altered and Natural Environments
• ENST 200 - Environmental Science: Challenges and Solutions
• ENST 240 - Sustainability: Science and Analysis
• GEOG 231 - Geography of the Physical Environment
• GEOG 321 - Transnational Feminist Geography
• GEOL 101 - Environmental Geology
• GEOL 102 - Sustainable Earth
• GEOL 135 - Oceanography and the Environment
• GEOL 190 - Evolution of Planet Earth

One of the following courses on environmental economics or policy:

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ESEP in the course offerings.

• ECON 228 - Environmental Economics
• ENST 250 - Environmental Policy Analysis
• ENST/POSC 335 - US Environmental Politics

Community-based Study of Environmental Issues

• ENST 450 - Community-Based Study of Environmental Issues and ENST 450L 

Geography Courses (seven)

All of the Following

• GEOG 211 - Geographies of Nature, Economy, Society
• GEOG 231 - Geography of the Physical Environment
• GEOG 245 - Geographic Information Systems and GEOG 245L 
• GEOG 401 - Senior Seminar

Electives

Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of ESEL in the course offerings.

• Two elective courses in ENST or GEOG
  • Only one may be a 100-level course.

Honors and High Honors

Environmental Geography students interested in pursuing honors follow the same process outlined for honors in Geography; see the catalog listing for the Geography major and consult your academic advisor for more details.

Environmental Studies Program

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