Environmental Studies is a highly interdisciplinary major, offered by the Department of Geography and Urban Studies. Students in Environmental Studies are equipped with the scholarly background and intellectual skills to understand a wide range of pressing environmental issues, and they come to appreciate the physical, economic, political, demographic, and ethical factors that define those issues. Among the many environmental problems of interest to our students are groundwater contamination, suburban sprawl, river basin management, environmental justice, and the greening of abandoned urban spaces. Our graduates find employment with government environmental agencies, citizens' organizations, consulting firms, and corporate environmental affairs departments. Many also go on to graduate programs in environmental studies, law, planning, and other fields.

We offer the B.A. as well as a minor in Environmental Studies. Many of our students choose to complete a double major or a minor in a complementary discipline.

Requirements for the B.A. Degree in Environmental Studies

1. University Requirements:

Math 0701 (4sh) and/or English 0701 (4sh), if required by placement testing.
All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses as part of the major. See below for a list of the specific courses required for your major.
Students must complete requirements of the General Education (GenEd) Program. See the General Education section of the Undergraduate Bulletin for more details.

2. College of Liberal Arts Requirements:

Completion of a minimum of 123 credits, including: 90 credits in CLA/CST courses, 45 credits of which must be at the upper level (numbered 2000-4999). For Social Science majors, 6 upper level credits must be taken in the Humanities Departments (English, French, German, Greek and Roman Classics, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese (only available at our Japan campus), Philosophy, Religion, Russian, and Spanish), Art History, or any department in the College of Science and Technology.
A minimum GPA of 2.0, cumulatively, in CLA/CST coursework, and in the major.
Only courses in which a student receives a grade of at least C- can satisfy GenEd, major, minor, or CLA Foreign Language and Global Studies requirements.

3. Foreign Language/Global Studies Requirements:

1) All students must complete the second level of a foreign language;

2) All students must complete at least one course from the GenEd World Society category; and

3) All students must complete one of the following options:

Third level of a foreign language;

Demonstrated proficiency in a foreign language;

A second General Education World Society course;

Study Abroad at an approved program; or

Take one Global Studies course from the list on the CLA College Graduation Requirements page.

4. Major Requirements (49 s.h.)

Specifically Required courses:

Economics 1101, 1102, 3596

Environmental Studies/GUS 1051 (or 1951), 1052, 3062,

Biology 1011, 1012

Geography and Urban Studies 3161

Other major requirements:

A Research Methods course selected from GUS 4197 (which also completes the second writing intensive course) or ENVR ST/GUS 4078 (which is *not* writing intensive, so a student must select a WI Elective to compensate for this).

One course selected from the Policy Listing Below

One course selected from the Natural Science Topics Listing below

One additional course from either area.

5. General electives vary according to a student's individual program of study. Consult your academic advisor for more information.

Prerequisite and Fundamental courses:
Subject	Course #	Course Title	Hours	Attribute
Economics	1101	Macroeconomic Principles	3
Economics	1102	Microeconomic Principles	3

Major courses:
Subject	Course #	Course Title	Hours	Attribute
ENST/GUS	1051 or 1951	Environment and Society	3
ENST/GUS	1052	Introduction to the Physical Environment	4
Biology	1011	General Biology I (with lab)	4
Biology	1012	General Biology II (with lab)	4
ENST/GUS	3062	Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems	3
GUS	3161	Statistics for Spatial Analysis	3
Economics	3596	Energy, Ecology, and Economy (prereq. ECON 1101 and 1102)	3	WI

Select one Research Methods course from:			3
GUS ENST/GUS	4197 4078	Research Methods in Geography and Urban Studies or Research Methods in Environmental Studies**		WI
Electives		Choose three courses from the list of approved electives below. One must be a policy course and one must be from the natural sciences. Note: No electives may double-count between the Environmental Studies major and either the Geography & Urban Studies major or minor.	9
Major subtotal:			39

Total			49

All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses. The specific writing-intensive courses required for this major are listed above and are identified by "WI" in the Attribute column.

** ENST/GUS 4078 is not a designated writing-intensive course. Students who elect this option must take another Writing Intensive course in Environmental Studies to complete the writing-intensive requirement.

Double-Counting Across Curricula

Many students elect to take a combination of the Environmental Studies major or minor and the Geography and Urban Studies major or minor as they are complementary programs.

The Geography and Urban Studies Department will not permit double-counting of courses (except for the specifically required courses) across these programs.

Also, please note: students may not combine a major or minor in Environmental Studies with a major or minor in Environmental Science (in CST) as there is too much overlap.

Requirements for the Minor

Subject	Course #	Course Title	Hours	Attribute
ENST/GUS	1051 or 1951	Environment and Society	3

One of the following (plus any required prerequisites):			3-4
Biology EES ENST/GUS Economics	2227 3021 3062 3596	Principles of Ecology or Introduction to Hydrology or Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems or Energy, Ecology, and Economy

Policy Elective		Select one policy course from the list of approved electives below.	3
Environmental Studies Electives		Select three topics courses from the list of approved electives below. Note: No electives may double-count between the Geography & Urban Studies major and either the Geography & Urban Studies major or minor.	9

Total			18-19