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Environmental Studies

Dr. Robert Mason, Director
330 Gladfelter Hall
215-204-5918
envtstud@temple.edu
www.temple.edu/env-stud

Students will be equipped with the scholarly background and intellectual skills to understand a wide range of pressing environmental issues, and they will come to appreciate the physical, economic, political, demographic, and ethical factors that define those issues. Among the many environmental problems central to our program 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.

Offered jointly by the College of Liberal Arts and College of Science and Technology, Environmental Studies includes both B.A. and B.S. options. A minor also is offered.

B.A. Requirements

Department Course # Course Name Hours RCI
Prerequisite Courses       
Math C055 College Mathematics 3 QA 
Geology C050 Introduction to Geology  4 SA 
Economics C051 or H091 Macroeconomic Principles or Honors Macro. Principles 3 IN 
Economics C052 or H092 Microeconomic Principles or Honors Micro. Principles 3 IN
Required Courses      
Envt. St./GUS C050 or H090 Environment & Society 3 IN 
Biology C083 General Biology I 4 SA 
Biology C084 General Biology II 4 SB 
Geology
   
Envt. St./GUS
C081
 
C052
Environmental Resources 
    or
Introduction to the Physical Environment
4 SB
Math

Statistics
C067         
 
C021
Elements of Statistics
    or 
Statistical Methods and Concepts
3 QB
Economics W255 Energy, Ecology, & Economy 3 WI 
Envt. Studies W300 Senior Research Seminar 3 WI 
Elective Courses    In addition to the required courses and their prerequisites, B.A. majors must take five (5) courses from the list of approved electives. One of these courses must be a policy course
and one must be from the natural sciences.
15-20  

B.S. Requirements

Department Course # Course Name Hours RCI
Prerequisite Courses       
Geology C050 Introduction to Geology 4 SA 
Chemistry

Chemistry

Chemistry
C071/C073

C081/C083

H091/H093
General Chemistry I with Lab
    or
General Chemical Science I with Lab
    or
Honors General Science I with Lab


4


SA
Chemistry

Chemistry

Chemistry
C072/C074

C082/C084

H092/H094
General Chemistry II with Lab
    or
General Chemical Science II with Lab
    or
Honors General Chemical Science II with Lab


4

 
SB
Chemistry 0121/0123 Organic Chemistry I with Lab 4  
Economics C052 or H092 Microeconomic Principles 3 IN
         
Calculus Requirement      
Math C085 or H095 Calculus I 4 QB
Math 0086 or H096 Calculus II 4  
         
Required Courses       
Envt. St./GUS C050/H090 Environment & Society 3 IN
Biology  0101/H101 Introduction to Biology 4  
Biology  0102/H102 Introduction to Biology 4  
Biology  0227 Principles of Ecology 4  
Geology 0210 Introduction to Hydrology 4  
Envt. Studies  C052 Introduction to the Physical Environment 4 SB 
Statistics
  
Math 
C021
 
0133
Statistical Methods & Concepts
    or
Probability and Statistics 
3 QB
Economics  W255 Energy, Ecology, & Economy 3 WI 
Envt. Stud/GUS W300 Senior Research Seminar 3 WI 
Elective Courses    In addition to the required courses and their prerequisites, B.S. majors must take four (4) courses from the list of approved electives. One of these courses must be a policy course and an additional one must be from the social sciences. Because Biology 0227 and Geology 0210 are required for the B.S., they cannot be double-counted as electives.   12-16  


Requirements for the Minor

Department Course # Course Name Hours RCI
Envt. St./GUS C050 Environment & Society 3 IN   
         
One of the following (plus any required prerequisites):  3-4  
Biology

Geology

Envt. St./GUS

Economics
0227

0210

0262

W255
Principles of Ecology
    or
Intro to Hydrology
    or
Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
    or
Energy, Ecology, and Economy
 





WI
Policy Elective   One policy course from list of approved electives. 3  
Environmental
Studies Electives
  Select three additional topics courses from the approved list 9  

List of Environmental Studies Electives

Department Course # Course Name
Policy       
Community &  Regional Planning  0250 Planning Policy and Law 
Envt. St./Anthropology  0205 Heritage Management in Archaeology 
Economics  0246 Public Finance 
Economics  0248 Economics of State & Local Government 
Economics  0281 Government Regulation of Business 
Envt. Engineering Tech.  0316 Environmental Regulations 
Environmental Studies  0225 Environmental Law and Regulation 
Envt. St./GUS  0250 Environmental Policy Issues 
Envt. St./Political Science  0152 U.S. Environmental Policy 
Envt. St./Political Science  0265 International Environmental Policy 
Topics       
Envt. St./Anthropology  0220 Environmental Physiology 
Envt. St./Anthropology  0317 Seminar in Environmental Archaeology 
Envt. St./Anthropology  0320 Field Session in Archaeology 
Envt. St./Anthropology  0321 Methods in Archaeology (Sediments, Soil, & Stratigraphy)
Envt. St./Anthropology  0325 Biocultural Adaptions in Human Populations 
Biology  0227 Principles of Ecology 
Biology  0236 Freshwater Ecology 
Biology  0237 Marine Environments I 
Biology  0238 Marine Environments II 
Biology  0245 Marine Ecology 
Biology  0316 Tropical Marine Biology: Coral Reef Biology in Tropical Belize  
Botany  0102 Plant Ecology 
Community & Regional Planning    0100 History and Practice of Community & Regional Planning
Community & Regional Planning  0203 Urban Form and Design
Community & Regional Planning 0205 Environmental Planning 
Community & Regional Planning 0223 Sustainable Community Design and Development
Community & Regional Planning 0262 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 
Envt. Engineering Tech. W312 Industrial Hygiene and Safety 
Environmental Studies 0280 Special Topics in Environmental Studies.  
Environmental Studies 0290 Internship – Environmental Studies  
Environmental Studies 0295 Independent Study – Environmental Studies 
Envt. St./GUS 0150 The Urban Environment 
Envt. St./GUS 0156 Environment and Development
Envt. St./GUS 0215 Geographic Basis of Land Use Planning 
Envt. St./GUS/Asian St.  0238 Environmental Problems in Asia 
Envt. St./GUS  0239 Medical Geography 
Envt. St./GUS  0254 Energy, Resources, and Conservation 
Envt. St./GUS 0256 Political Ecology 
Envt. St./GUS  0257 Hazards Geography 
Envt. St./GUS 0262 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems 
Geology 0210 Introduction to Hydrology 
Geology 0211 Facies Models 
Geology 0261 Introduction to Geochemistry 
Geology 0310 Microcomputers in Geology
Geology W381/H391 Environmental Seminar 
Envt. St./History 0177 U.S. Environmental History 
Horticulture C236 Soils 
Horticulture 0310 Landscape Management and Restoration 
Horticulture 0317/0318 Sustainable Food Crops I/II 
Journalism 0350 Environmental Reporting 
Landscape Architecture 0208 Land Planning Studio 
Landscape Architecture 0210 Summer Field Ecology 
Law and Business X093 Tobacco in America : From Pocahontas to Virginia Slim 
Envt. St./Philosophy W156 Philosophical Perspectives on the Environment
Religion 0304 Earth Ethics 
Statistics 0278 Statistics for Experiments

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