When you enroll at Susquehanna, you’ll be paired with an advisor and application tool to guide you in your course planning and scheduling. The following is an excerpt from the complete course catalog. Enrolled students follow the requirements of the course catalog for the academic year in which they declare each major and/or minor, consult with their advisor(s) and the Academic Planning Tool.
Learning goals
- Students will be able to use interdisciplinary knowledge and skills to explain the interrelated scientific, political, economic, ethical, and human dimensions of environmental issues.
- Students will be able to communicate a position on complex environmental problems and explain its tradeoffs to various stakeholders.
- Students will develop critical thinking, research, writing, and analytical skills.
- Students will be able to use various technologies and methods of gathering and analyzing data relevant to understanding complex, interrelated environmental issues, while also being able to explain the cost/benefit of each method or technology.
Major in Environmental Studies
To earn the B.A. in environmental studies students must complete 62 semester hours of coursework, all with grades of C- or higher. All majors must complete 50 semester hours of program foundation courses and 12 semester hours of electives.
Double-counting restriction for Environmental Studies major
Students in the Environmental Studies major may double-count a maximum of 20 semester hours toward another major or minor.
50 Foundation
4 EENV-101 Environmental Science OR ECOL-100 Introduction to the Science of Ecology OR BIOL-101 Ecology and Evolution or BIOL-010 Issues in Biology when the topic is one of the following: Biology of Climate Change, Conservation Biology, Environmental Biology, or Human Ecology
4 EENV-105 Energy and the Environment or EENV-332 Sustainable Energy Resources
4 ENST-110 Sustainability and Society
4 ECON-105 Elements of Economics
NOTE: ECON-201 Principles of Macroeconomics or ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics may be substituted for ECON -105 with approval of the Program Coordinator.
4 ECOL-/BIOL-220 Biostatistics
4 ENST-201 Environmental Humanities
4 EENV-242 Climate and Global Change
4 ENST-301 Current Topics in Environmental Studies
4 ENST-335 Environmental Laws and Regulations
4 ENST-505 Environmental Studies Community Project
4 POLI-212 Introduction to Public Policy
4 RELI-235 Environmental Ethics or PHIL-226 Philosophy, Ethics and the Environment
2 Internship (must be approved by Program Coordinator)
12 Electives: Students must complete 12 semester hours forming a cohesive focus, with advisor approval. No more than 4 semester hours may be taken at the 100 level or lower, and at least 4 semester hours must be taken at the 300 level or higher. It is not necessary for students to complete all 12 semester hours from the same category.
Biology/Ecology/Earth Sciences
4 BIOL-332 Population Biology
and BIOL 333 Population Biology Lab
2 BIOL-560 Interdisciplinary Explorations in Biology when the topic is Sustainable Food Systems, Biology of Invasive Species, Amphibian Population Decline, or Biology of Climate Change
4 ECOL-201 Community and Ecosystems Ecology
4 ECOL-408 Aquatic Ecology and ECOL-409 Aquatic Ecology Lab
4 EENV-213 Oceanography
4 EENV-220 Water Resources
4 EENV-313 The Susquehanna River
4 EENV-360 Geographic Information Systems
4 EENV-383 Soil Science
Cultural Studies
4 ENGL-205 Literature Studies when the topic is Literature of Climate Change or Shakespeare and the Environment
4 ENGL-390 Special Themes and Topics, when the topic is Sustainability Literature
4 ENST-117 American Environmental History
4 HIST-324 Pennsylvania’s Pasts and Their Publics
4 PHIL-125 Justice
4 PHIL-150 Race, Class, and Ethics
4 RELI-101 Introduction to Religious Studies
4 RELI-105 World Religions
4 RELI-208 Buddhism
4 RELI-305 Topics, when the topic is Eco-Theology
Economics/Business
4 ECON-201 Principles of Macroeconomics (if not taken for Foundation credit)
4 ECON-202 Principles of Microeconomics (if not taken for Foundation credit)
4 ECON-313 Intermediate Microeconomics Theory
4 ECON-335 Economic Development
4 ECON-338 International Political Economy
4 ECON-373 Political Economic Thought
4 INFS-174 Data Collection and Modeling
4 INFS-472 Data Insight and Visualization
4 MGMT-230 Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities
4 MGMT-240 Principles of Management
4 MGMT-290 Non Profit Management
4 MGMT-333 New Ventures: Start-Up to Exit
4 MGMT-373 Managing for Sustainability
4 MGMT-437 Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Political Science
4 POLI-111 American Government and Politics
4 POLI-215 Law and Politics
4 POLI-333 Development, Globalization and Society
4 POLI-334 International Organizations and Law
4 POLI-352 Environmental Policy
Public Relations
4 COMM-211 Introduction to Advertising and Public Relations
4 COMM-314 Public Relations Writing and Campaigns
4 COMM-321 Crisis Management
Sociology/Anthropology/Psychology
4 ANTH-152 Public Culture
4 ANTH-162 Introduction to Anthropology
4 ANTH-310 National, Transnational, Diasporic Communities
4 ANTH-311 Regulating Bodies: Food, Sex, Drugs and the Economy
4 PSYC-232 Environmental Psychology
4 SOCI-413 Critical Race Theory
Honors
To graduate with honors, environmental studies majors must:
- Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.25 and a GPA of 3.50 in the program,
- Request nomination from the ENST program coordinator at the beginning of their senior year and
- Complete and publicly present an honors-quality project at the Senior Scholars’ Day in the spring of their senior year.
