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EVS students conducted ethno-botanical research in the Amazon Region of Ecuador

The EVS Grant funded travel to India to present at a conference and to participate in an...

The Intag Valley of Ecuador, one of earth’s “biodiversity hotspots."

Research on the efficacy of fish aggregation devices in fisheries management around French...


Environmental Studies Major and Minor

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: A total of 10 courses, including the following five core courses that must be successfully completed:

  • EVS 101 Introduction to Environmental Studies (EVS 100 Topics in Environmental Studies may be taken in lieu of EVS 101 for students declared as EVS majors)
  • EVS 201 Environmental Issues in the Developed/Developing World
  • PHL 231 Environmental Ethics , or HIS 274 World Environmental History , POL 313 Environmental Policy , or EVS 315 International Environmental Policy
  • BIO 320 Ecology or BIO 288 Conservation Biology
  • EVS 430 Capstone Experience in Environmental Studies

In addition, students must successfully complete five elective courses as follows:

  • One course from the Natural Sciences: EVS 150 (taught from physics), EVS 250 (Intersession only), EVS 330, EVS 350, BIO 200, BIO 245, BIO 288, BIO 416, CHM 101, CHM 340, or PSY 321.
  • One course from the Social Sciences: EVS 130 (Intersession only), EVS 260, EVS 280 (Intersession only), EVS 300, CIS 246, ANT 175, SOC 261, SOC 262, SOC 347, SOC 361 or ECN 391.
  • The remaining three elective courses may be chosen from the lists above or from the following Humanities/Arts courses: ENG 222 (Topics: Literature and the Environment), HIS 274 (World Environmental History), or MUS 245.

MINOR REQUIREMENTS: A total of six courses, including the following three core courses that must be successfully completed:

  •  EVS 101 Introduction to Environmental Studies
  •  EVS 201 Environmental Issues in the Developed and Developing World
  •  EVS 315 International Environmental Policy

In addition, students must successfully complete three electives as follows:

  • One course from the Natural Sciences: EVS 150 (taught from Physics), EVS 250 (Intersession only), EVS 330, EVS 350, BIO 200, BIO 245, BIO 288, BIO 416, CHM 101, CHM 340, or PSY 321.
  • One course from the Social Sciences: EVS 130 (Intersession only), EVS 260, EVS 280 (Intersession only), EVS 300, CIS 246, ANT 175,  SOC 261, SOC 262, SOC 347, SOC 361, POL 313 or ECN 391.
  • One course from the Humanities/Arts: ENG 222 (Topics: Literature and the Environment),  HIS 274 (World Environmental History), or MUS 245.