Courses

CLUSTER A: Culture, Society, and the Environment

Courses in Cluster A examine the social and cultural dimensions of environmental issues. Drawing upon disciplinary and interdisciplinary foundations in the social sciences, humanities, and arts, these courses provide the student with an understanding of how changes in the environment affect social organization and cultural development. Courses in this cluster also examine how society and culture affect the environment and influence human response to environmental issues. Cluster A courses emphasize social and cultural perspectives (i.e., social sciences, humanities, and arts), although concepts in the natural sciences may be introduced as background material. Cluster A courses apply to the Environmental Studies major, the Environmental Science major, and the ESS minor.

AH 208 - Art and the Environment in Ancient Mesoamerica and South America

AM 252 - The Hudson River

AM 263 - The Machine in the Garden

AN 205 - Mesoamerican Archaeology

AN 207 - North American Archaeology

AS 221 - The Himalayas: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the "Roof of the World"

EC 104 - Introduction to Microeconomics

EC 286 - Economics of Development

EC 243 - Environmental and Resource Economics

EN 224 - Literature and the Environment

ES 221 - Sustainable Development

ES 223 - Environmental Justice

ES 224 - Political Ecology

ES 302 - Environment and Development in the Middle East

ES 303 - The Politics of Food, Agriculture, and Social Justice

ES 305 - Environmental Education

ES 306 - U.S. Public Lands and Oceans: Policy, Law, Management, and Current Events

ES 307 - Global Environmental Governance

HP 131 - Introduction to Public Health

HP 361 - Topics in Exercise Science (when topic is Contemporary Issues in Public Health)

GW 210 - Ecofeminism, Women, and the Environment

HI 116H - Sea Changes: A History of the World's Oceans

HI 264 - History of the American West

HI 266 - American Environmental History

HI 267 - American Indian History

HI 280 - Science and Nature in the Renaissance

HI 312 - Industry, Empire, and the Environment

MB 351 - Special Topics in Management and Business (when the topic is Business and the Natural Environment)

PH 225 - Environmental Philosophy

PL 231 - Environmental Politics and Policy

PL 338 - International Diplomatic Negotiations

PL 339 - International Political Economy and the Environment

RE 225 - Religion and Ecology

SO 223 - Environmental Sociology

SO 331 - Women in Global Economy

SO 326 - Social Theories of the Environment

SO 351 A-D - Advanced Special Topics in Sociology (when the topic is Population Explosion in Sociological Perspective)

WLL 263 A-D - Topics in Foreign Literature and Culture (when topic is Green Italy: Gardens, Food, and Material Culture)

WLS 325 - Advanced Studies: Environmental Perspectives

WLS 331 - Tales of the Wondrous Lands: The Hispanic Transatlantic World

CLUSTER B1 AND B2: Exploring the Natural World

Courses in these clusters examine the physical and biological aspects of environmental issues and, to a significant extent, examine how these aspects influence and are influenced by people. These courses offer students a scientific foundation in environmental issues by drawing on disciplinary and interdisciplinary courses in biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, physics, and/or other disciplines. Cluster B courses emphasize the natural sciences, although social and cultural dimensions may be introduced as background material. Cluster B1 courses apply to the Environmental Studies major only, whereas Cluster B2 courses can be used for both the Environmental Studies major and the Environmental Science major. Both B1 and B2 courses can count towards the ESS minor.

Cluster B1

BI 115H - Ecology of Food

BI 136 - Ecology of the Adirondacks

BI 140 - Marine Biology

BI 165 - Microbes and Society

ES 222 - Energy Systems and Sustainable Solutions

ES 252 A-D - Topics in Environmental Studies and Sciences

HP 242 - Principles of Nutrition for Health and Performance

GE 101 - Earth Systems Science with Lab

GE 112 - Oceanography: Introduction to the Marine Environment

GE 207 - Environmental Geology

GE 208 - Origin and Distribution of Natural Resources

GE 211 - Climatology

GE 306 - Oceans and Global Change

ID 351 - Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies (when applicable)