Environmental Studies Major
Acceptance to Major Requirements
Course Requirements: Any ENVR course
Minimum Grade and/or GPA for required courses: grade of C or better in any ENVR course taken at CSB/SJU
Minimum Cumulative GPA: 2.00
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENVR 150 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| ENVR 175 | Earth Systems Science | 4 |
| ENVR 279A | Environmental Methods and Analysis | 4 |
| ENVR 275 | Humans and the Environment | 4 |
| ENVR 320 | Research Colloquium | 4 |
| ENVR 395 | Research Seminar | 4 |
| ENVR 397 | Internship | 1 |
| One from the following: | ||
| Sustainable Agriculture Science | ||
| Science of Climate Changes | ||
| One from the following: | 4 | |
| Energy and Society | ||
| Environmental Geography | ||
| One from the following: | ||
| 20th Century World Environmental History (One from the following:) | ||
| American Environmental Literature | ||
| World Literature of Climate Change | ||
| U.S. Environmental History | ||
| 16 credits from the following: 1 | 16 | |
| Environmental Art and Architecture | ||
| ENVR 278A | 20th Century World Environmental History | 4 |
ENVR 300@ Topics courses | ||
| Climate Action Workshop | ||
| United Nations Climate Change Conference | ||
| Environmental Geography | ||
| Introduction to Geographical Information Systems | ||
| American Environmental Literature | ||
| Gender & Environment | ||
| Environmental Politics and Policy | ||
| Science of Climate Changes | ||
| U.S. Environmental History | ||
| Energy and Society | ||
| Environmental Art and Architecture | ||
| General Ecology (4 credits from the following:) | ||
| Aquatic Ecology | ||
| Environmental Rhetoric | ||
| Confusingly Confucian: Creating East Asia to 1600 | ||
| U.S. Environmental History | ||
| Global Environmental Politics | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Environmental Politics and Policy | ||
| Total Hours | 49 | |
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Note that the courses in Environmental Perspectives above are listed here as well; the options that were not selected to meet a Perspectives requirement may be taken as electives. ENVR 397 Internship credits beyond the one required for majors may not be counted toward elective requirements.
Additional Requirements:
General Education Requirements:
All undergraduate students must complete the requirements of the Integrations Curriculum (IC) which is designed to ensure all of our students receive a liberal arts education. Please review details of the Integrations Curriculum requirements here.
Graduation Requirements:
In addition to the Integrations Curriculum, all undergraduate students must meet the following minimum degree requirements to earn their degree from CSB and SJU.
Credits: 124 total credits, 40 of which must be from upper division coursework
GPA: 2.0 or higher*
Residency: At least 24 of your last 32 credits must be completed at CSB/SJU
Please visit Graduation under the Academic Policies and Regulations portion of the catalog for additional details regarding degree requirements.
* Cumulative GPA as well as major(s)/minor(s) GPA. Please note some majors/minors may require a higher GPA to earn their degree.
Four Year Plan
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| ENVR 150 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| INTG 105 | College Success | 1 |
| INTG 100 | Foundations | 4 |
| Language 111 | 4 | |
| THEO 100 | Theological Explorations | 4 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENVR 175 | Earth Systems Science | 4 |
| Language 112 | 4 | |
| Cultural/Social Difference: Identity | 4 | |
| Open | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVR 279A | Environmental Methods and Analysis | 4 |
| ENVR 3XX: Elective | 4 | |
| Language 211 | 4 | |
| Non-ENVR Way of Thinking or Theme, additional attribute | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENVR 275 | Humans and the Environment | 4 |
| ENVR 3XX: Humanities Perspectives | 4 | |
| Non-ENVR Way of Thinking or Theme, additional attribute | 4 | |
| Non-ENVR Way of Thinking or Theme, additional attribute | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVR 3XX: Social Science Perspectives | 4 | |
| ENVR 320 | Research Colloquium | 4 |
| Cultural/Social Difference: Systems | 4 | |
| Open | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENVR 3XX: Natural Science Perspectives | 4 | |
| ENVR 3XX: Elective | 4 | |
| Global and Experiential Engagement | 4 | |
| Open | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVR 395 | Research Seminar | 4 |
| ENVR 3XX: Elective | 4 | |
| Open | 4 | |
| Open | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENVR 3XX: Elective | 4 | |
| INTG 300 | Learning Integrations | 4 |
| THEO 3XX: Theology Integrations | 4 | |
| Open | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Total Hours | 129 | |