Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies

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Dr. Benjamin Neimark, Director
309 Gladfelter Hall
215-204-5918
215-204-7692
envtstud@temple.edu
www.temple.edu/env-stud

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.

Prerequisite and Fundamental courses:
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
EES	2001	Physical Geology	4
Economics	1101	Macroeconomic Principles	3	IN
Economics	1102	Microeconomic Principles	3	IN
Math/STAT		GenEd Quantitative Literacy course or equivalent	4	GQ
Subtotal			14

Major courses:
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
EVRN ST/GUS	1051 or 1951	Environment and Society	3	IN
EVRN ST/GUS	1052	Introduction to the Physical Environment	4	SB
Biology	1011	General Biology I (with lab)	4	SA
Biology	1012	General Biology II (with lab)	4	SB
EVRN ST/GUS	3062	Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems	3
Math or Statistics or Math	1013 or 2101 or 2031	Elements of Statistics (prereq. Math 1011) or Statistical Methods and Concepts (prereq. Math 1031 or 1041 or STAT 1001) or Probability & Statistics (prereq. Math 1031 or two semesters of calculus)	3 3 3	QB QB
Economics	3596	Energy, Ecology, and Economy (prereq. ECON 1101 and 1102)	3	WI
EVRN ST	4198	Senior Research Seminar	3	WI
Subtotal			27

Electives		Choose four courses from the list of approved electives below. One must be a policy course and one must be from the natural sciences.	12
Subtotal			12

Total			53

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 RCI column.

Requirements for the Minor

Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
EVRN ST/GUS	1051 or 1951	Environment and Society	3

One of the following (plus any required prerequisites):			3-4
Biology EES EVRN ST/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.	9

Total			18-19

Environmental Studies Electives List

Note: Upper-level Science and Liberal Arts courses from this list can be used to satisfy the CLA 45 credit upper-level distribution requirement. Please consult with an advisor.

*NS - Indicates that the course counts as a Natural Science course in fulfillment of B.A. requirements.

Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	NS

Policy
C+R PLN	2014	Planning Policy and Law	3
EVRN ST/ANTHRO	3175	Heritage Management in Archaeology	3
Economics	3512	Public Finance	3
Economics	3513	Economics of State & Local Government	3
ENVT	4761	Environmental Regulations	3
EVRN ST	3025	Environmental Law and Regulation	3
EVRN ST/GUS	3051	Environmental Policy Issues	3
EVRN ST/POL SCI	3152	U.S. Environmental Policy	3
EVRN ST/POL SCI	3265	International Environmental Policy	3

Topics
EVRN ST/ANTHRO	3170	Methods in Archaeology (Soils, Sediments, Stratigraphy topic only)	3	NS
EVRN ST/ANTHRO	3189	Field Session in Archaeology	3	NS
EVRN ST/ANTHRO	4117	Seminar in Environmental Archaeology	3
EVRN ST/ANTHRO	4796	Biocultural Adaptations in Human Populations	3
EVRN ST/ANTHRO	4896	Environmental Physiology	3	NS
Biology	2227	Principles of Ecology	4	NS
Biology	2238	Marine Environments	3	NS
Biology	3196	Experimental Marine Biology	4	NS
Biology	3245	Marine Ecology	4	NS
Biology	3316	Tropical Marine Biology	4	NS
Biology	3336	Freshwater Ecology	4	NS
Biology	4327	Biological Impacts of Global Climate Change	3	NS
Botany	1112	Plant Ecology	3	NS
C+R PLN	1027	History and Practice of Community and Regional Planning	3
C+R PLN	2114	Urban Form and Design	3
C+R PLN	2213	Environmental Planning	3
C+R PLN	2524	Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems	3
C+R PLN	3256	Sustainable Community Design and Development	3
EVRN ST	3000	Special Topics in Environmental Studies	3
EVRN ST	4082	Independent Study - Environmental Studies	1-3
EVRN ST	4085	Internship - Environmental Studies	3
EVRN ST/GUS	2051	The Urban Environment	3
EVRN ST/GUS	3052	Environmental Problems in Asia	3
EVRN ST/GUS	3054	Energy, Resources, and Conservation	3
EVRN ST/GUS	3062	Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems	3
EVRN ST/GUS	3097	Environment and Development	3
EVRN ST/GUS	4015	The Geographic Basis of Land Use Planning	3
EVRN ST/GUS	4051	Hazards Geography	3
EVRN ST/GUS	4056	Political Ecology	3
EVRN ST/GUS	4071	Medical Geography	3
EVRN ST/GUS	4096	Problems of Environmental Quality	3
EES	2015	Climate Change: Oceans to Atmosphere	4	NS
EES	2021	Facies Models	4	NS
EES	2061	Introduction to Geochemistry	4	NS
EES	3011	Remote Sensing and GIS	4	NS
EES	3021	Introduction to Hydrology	4	NS
EES	4197/4997	Environmental Seminar	3
EVRN ST/History	3214	North American Environmental History	3
EVRN ST/History	4297	Social History of American Medicine	3
Horticulture	2114	Soils	3	NS
Horticulture	2334/2353	Food Crops I/II	3
Horticulture	3514	Landscape Restoration	3
Journalism	3253	Health and Environmental Reporting	3
LAN ARC	2144	Landscape Architecture Design Studio II	6
LAN ARC	2758	Summer Field Ecology	3	NS
EVRN ST/PHILOS	2157	Environmental Ethics	3
EVRN ST/PHILOS	2596	Philosophical Perspectives on the Environment	3
EVRN ST/REL	3001	Earth Ethics	3
Public Health	2102	Environmental Health	3
EVRN ST/SOC	3511	Sociology of the Environment	3

Further information is available at www.temple.edu/cla/es.

Suggested Semester-by-Semester plans

Requirements For new Freshman Starting in the 2009-2010 Academic year

Freshman Year – 1st Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
English	0802, 0812, or 0902	Analytical Reading & Writing	4	GW
GenEd	08xx or 09xx	Quantitative Literacy	4	GQ
Foreign Language	1001	Foreign Language (first level)	4
GenEd	08xx or 09xx	Race & Diversity	3	GD
Subtotal			15

Freshman Year – 2nd Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
IH	0851 or 0951	Mosaic: Humanities Seminar I	3	GY
Foreign Language	1002	Foreign Language (second level)	4
Economics	1101	Macroeconomic Principles	3	IN
CLA/CST	0800-4999	Any CLA/CST Elective	3
Any	0800-4999	One Elective in Any School or College	1-3
Subtotal			14-16

Sophomore Year – 1st Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
Foreign Language/ GenEd	0800+	Foreign Language (third level) or GenEd World Society course or Internationally Focused Course From Approved List	3	GG
IH	0852 or 0952	Mosaic: Humanities Seminar II	3	GZ
GenEd	08xx or 09xx	Human Behavior	3	GB
Economics	1102	Microeconomic Principles	3	IN
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
Subtotal			15

Sophomore Year – 2nd Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
GenEd	08xx or 09xx	Arts	3-4	GA
GenEd	08xx or 09xx	U.S. Society	3	GU
GenEd	08xx or 09xx	World Society	3	GG
EES	2001	Physical Geology	4
EVRN ST/GUS	1051 or 1951	Environment and Society	3	IN
Subtotal			16-17

Junior Year – 1st Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ Humanities/CST Course	3
EVRN ST/GUS	1052	Introduction to the Physical Environment	4	SB
Biology	1011	General Biology I	4	SA
Economics	3596	Energy, Ecology, and Economy	3	WI
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
Subtotal			17

Junior Year – 2nd Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ Humanities/CST Course	3
Biology	1012	General Biology II	4	SB
Math or Statistics or Math	1013 or 2101 or 2031	Elements of Statistics or Statistical Methods and Concepts or Probability & Statistics	3 3 3	QB QB
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
Subtotal			16

Senior Year – 1st Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
EVRN ST/GUS	3062	Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems	3
EVRN ST/ Various Departments	2000+	One Approved Environmental Studies Elective (Policy)	3
EVRN ST/ Various Departments	1000+	One Approved Environmental Studies Elective (Topics)	3
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
Subtotal			15

Senior Year – 2nd Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
EVRN ST	4198	Senior Research Seminar	3	WI
Various Departments	1000+	One Approved Environmental Studies Elective (Natural Science)	3-4
EVRN ST/ Various Departments	2000+	One Approved Environmental Studies Elective (Topics)	3
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
CLA/CST	0800-4999	Any CLA/CST Elective	3
Subtotal			15-16

Degree Total			123
*Completion of the Biology sequence fulfills the GenEd Science & Technology requirement.

Requirements For new Transfer Starting in the 2009-2010 Academic year

Freshman Year – 1st Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
English	0802, 0812, or 0902	Analytical Reading & Writing	4	CO/GW
Foreign Language	1001	Foreign Language (first level)	4
Core	0800+	One Quantitative Reasoning A Course	3-4	QA/GQ
Core	0800+	One Arts Course	3-4	AR/GA
Subtotal			14-16

Freshman Year – 2nd Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
IH	0851 or 0951	Mosaic: Humanities Seminar I	3	IA/GY
Foreign Language	1002	Foreign Language (second level)	4
Core	0800+	One Studies in Race Course	3	RS/GD
Core	0800+	One International Studies Course	3	IS/GG
Economics	1101	Macroeconomic Principles	3	IN
Subtotal			16

Sophomore Year – 1st Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
Foreign Language	0800+	Foreign Language (third level) or Core International Studies course	3	IS/GG
IH	0852 or 0952	Mosaic: Humanities Seminar II	3	IB/GZ
Economics	1102	Microeconomic Principles	3	IN
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
Subtotal			15

Sophomore Year – 2nd Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
Core	0800+	One American Culture Course	3	AC/GU
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
EES	2001	Physical Geology	4
EVRN ST/GUS	1051 or 1951	Environment and Society	3	IN
Subtotal			16

Junior Year – 1st Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ Humanities/CST Course	3
EVRN ST/GUS	1052	Introduction to the Physical Environment	4	SB
Biology	1011	General Biology I	4	SA
Economics	3596	Energy, Ecology, and Economy	3	WI
CLA/CST	0800-4999	Any CLA/CST Elective	3
Subtotal			17

Junior Year – 2nd Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ Humanities/CST Course	3
Biology	1012	General Biology II	4	SB
Math or Statistics	1013 or 2101	Elements of Statistics or Statistical Methods and Concepts	3	QB QB
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
CLA/CST	2000+	One 2000+ CLA/CST Course	3
Subtotal			16

Senior Year – 1st Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
GUS	3062	Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems	3
EVRN ST/ Various Departments	2000+	One Approved Environmental Studies Elective (Policy)	3
EVRN ST/ Various Departments	1000+	One Approved Environmental Studies Elective (Topics)	3
Any	1000+	One Writing Intensive Course	3	WI
Any	0800+	One Elective in Any School or College	3
Subtotal			15

Senior Year – 2nd Semester
Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
EVRN ST	4198	Senior Research Seminar	3	WI
Various Departments	2000+	One Approved Environmental Studies Elective (Natural Science)	3-4
EVRN ST/ Various Departments	2000+	One Approved Environmental Studies Elective (Topics)	3
Any	0800+	One Elective in Any School or College	3
Any	0800+	One Elective in Any School or College	2-3
Subtotal			14-16

Degree Total			123