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Environmental Studies 1
The College expects that a capstone will be completed in
semesters 7 or 8 - with the intention of providing an opportunity
Environmental Studies
for students to integrate many aspects of their course of study, or
area of focus. This requirement can be met with a two-semester
Many of the most pressing challenges of the 21st Century are thesis (ENVS 1970 & ENVS 1971), one-semester research
environmental ones. We must find ways to feed a growing human project (ENVS 1970 or ENVS 1971), or an approved capstone
population while maintaining the natural life support system provided course.
by the Earth's ecosystems; to make built environments more efficient
Track Specific Requirements 5
as urban areas continue to grow dramatically in size; and to meet the
Track 1 - Air, Climate, and Energy
challenges posed by rising sea-level and increasing global temperatures.
Foundational courses (choose two):
These challenges are complex, multifaceted and can best be solved with
expertise from multiple, relevant disciplines. To prepare students to meet CHEM 0330 Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure
these challenges, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
EEPS 0220 Understanding Earth and Environmental
(IBES) offers two undergraduate degrees: an A.B. in Environmental
Processes
Studies and a Sc.B. in Environmental Science. The two degrees vary
ENGN 0030 Introduction to Engineering
primarily in the number of course requirements; the Sc.B. is a more in-
ENGN 0490 Fundamentals of Environmental
depth treatment of a single field. Both degrees provide interdisciplinary
Engineering
exposure to the natural and social sciences, as well as public policy.
PHYS 0030 Basic Physics A
Both degrees also develop depth in a primary field by requiring students
to select one of five tracks of study. Concentrators might also consider PHYS 0050 Foundations of Mechanics
pursuing the Engaged Scholars Program, which allows them to connect
Climate (choose one):
theory and practice and gain hands-on experience working with
EEPS 0850 Weather and Climate
community partners.
EEPS 1430 Principles of Planetary Climate
Through a rigorous set of core courses, track requirements, and a course
ENGN 1931R The Chemistry of Environmental Pollution
or project-based capstone experience, our students are primed to make
ENVS 1245 Air Pollution & Chemistry
meaningful contributions to environmental scholarship and outreach at
local, national and global scales. Policy (choose one):
If you have administrative questions regarding theses concentrations ANTH 1601 Reimagining Climate Change
or wish to be added to the email directory listing upcoming events, then
ENVS 0710 Powering the Past: Environmental
please contact Jeanne Loewenstein (jeanne_loewenstein@brown.edu),
Histories of Energy Use and Social
the academic program manager.
Change
ENVS 1350 Environmental Economics and Policy
Standard program in Environmental Studies
ENVS 1574 Climate Policy Research: Organizations
and Environmental Science:
and Obstruction
The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society administers two ENVS 1615 Making Connections: The Environmental
concentrations, one offering an A.B. degree in Environmental Studies Policy Process
(requires 14-15 courses) and the other a Sc.B. degree in Environmental
ENVS 1925 Energy Policy and Politics
Science (requires 19-20 courses). Below are a set of course offerings
POLS 1435 Politics of Climate Change
arranged into four tracks:
POLS 1822I Geopolitics of Oil and Energy
1. Air, Climate & Energy
Energy Technology and Infrastructure (choose one):
2. Conservation Science & Policy
ENGN 0490 Fundamentals of Environmental
3. Environment & Inequality
Engineering
4. Land, Water & Food Security
ENGN 0720 Thermodynamics
5. Sustainability in Development
ENGN 1930U Renewable Energy Technologies
Requirements for the A.B. Degree
ENGN 1931P Energy and the Environment
Core Requirements ENVS 1400 Sustainable Design in the Built
1
Environment
ECON 0110 Principles of Economics 1
ENVS 1580 Environmental Stewardship and
or HIST 0150A History of Capitalism
Resilience in Urban Systems
ENVS 0490 Environmental Science in a Changing 1
2
Track 2 - Conservation Science and Policy
World
Ecology:
ENVS 0110 Humans, Nature, and the Environment: 1
Addressing Environmental Change in the BIOL 0420 Principles of Ecology
21st Century
Conservation:
BIOL 0210 Diversity of Life 1
BIOL 1470 Conservation Biology
or EEPS 0240 Earth: Evolution of a Habitable Planet
Ecology & Conservation Topics: Select One
Methods - one course 1
BIOL 1155 Hormones and Behavior
ENVS 1920 Methods for Interdisciplinary
BIOL 1450 Community Ecology
Environmental Research
BIOL 1480 Terrestrial Biogeochemistry and the
Electives - three courses 3
Functioning of Ecosystems
Electives provide increased environmental expertise and further
BIOL 1515 Conservation in the Genomics Age
enhance a student’s ability to customize a course of study.
Policy: Select One
Acceptable electives include any ENVS courses, classes with
ANTH 1601 Reimagining Climate Change
significant environmental content, and prerequisites for classes
ENVS 1555 Urban Agriculture: The Importance of
students take to fulfill requirements within their declared track.
Localized Food Systems
Capstone - one or two courses 1-2
Environmental Studies 1
2 Environmental Studies
ENVS 1574 Climate Policy Research: Organizations SOC 2610 Spatial Thinking in Social Science
and Obstruction
Policy: Select One
ENVS 1615 Making Connections: The Environmental
ANTH 1601 Reimagining Climate Change
Policy Process
ENVS 1555 Urban Agriculture: The Importance of
ENVS 1916 Animals and Plants in Chinese History
Localized Food Systems
ENVS 1925 Energy Policy and Politics
ENVS 1574 Climate Policy Research: Organizations
POLS 1435 Politics of Climate Change and Obstruction
Statistics: Select One ENVS 1615 Making Connections: The Environmental
Policy Process
APMA 0650 Essential Statistics
IAPA 1205 International Law
APMA 1650 Statistical Inference I
POLS 0220 City Politics
BIOL 0495 Statistical Analysis of Biological Data
POLS 0400 Introduction to International Politics
CLPS 0900 Statistical Methods
POLS 1200 Reimagining Capitalism
ECON 1620 Introduction to Econometrics
POLS 1435 Politics of Climate Change
Track 3 – Environment and Inequality
POLS 1730 Politics of Globalization
Track Intro Course:
URBN 1000 Fieldwork in the Urban Community
ENVS 0705 Equity and the Environment: Movements,
Scholarship, Solutions URBN 1250 The Political Foundations of the City
Race, Class, and Gender Inequality: Select One URBN 1270 Urban Politics and Urban Public Policy
AFRI 0090 An Introduction to Africana Studies Track 4 - Land, Water & Food Security
AFRI 0210 Afro Latin Americans and Blackness in the Climate: Select One
Americas
EEPS 0830 Water in Our World
AFRI 0830 How Structural Racism Works
EEPS 0850 Weather and Climate
AFRI 1920 Health Inequality in Historical Perspective
EEPS 1430 Principles of Planetary Climate
ANTH 1622 Archaeology of Settler Colonialism
ENGN 1931R The Chemistry of Environmental Pollution
ECON 1370 Race and Inequality in the United States
ENVS 1245 Air Pollution & Chemistry
ETHN 1000 Introduction to American/Ethnic Studies
Biology: Select One
HIST 0150D Refugees: A Twentieth-Century History
BIOL 0160 Plants, Food, and People
HIST 0203 Modern Africa: From Empire to Nation-
BIOL 0210 Diversity of Life
State
BIOL 0420 Principles of Ecology
HIST 1972J Racial Capitalism and U.S. Liberal Empire
BIOL 0430 The Evolution of Plant Diversity
SOC 0230 Sex, Gender, and Society
BIOL 0440 Inquiry in Plant Biology: Analysis of Plant
SOC 1270 Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the Modern
Growth, Reproduction and Adaptive
World
Responses
Environment and Inequality: Select One
BIOL 0940D Rhode Island Flora: Understanding and
ENVS 0710 Powering the Past: Environmental Documenting Local Plant Diversity
Histories of Energy Use and Social
BIOL 1480 Terrestrial Biogeochemistry and the
Change
Functioning of Ecosystems
ENVS 1910 The Anthropocene: The Past and Present
Environmental History: Select One
of Environmental Change
ANTH 0680 Anthropology of Food
HIST 0270A From Fire Wielders to Empire Builders:
ENVS 0710 Powering the Past: Environmental
Human Impact on the Global Environment
Histories of Energy Use and Social
before 1492
Change
HIST 0270B From the Columbian Exchange to Climate
ENVS 1557 Birding Communities
Change: Modern Global Environmental
ENVS 1910 The Anthropocene: The Past and Present
History
of Environmental Change
PHP 0720 Public Health and the Environment
ENVS 1915 Histories of Global Wetlands
PHP 1700 Current Topics in Environmental Health
ENVS 1916 Animals and Plants in Chinese History
POBS 1020 Anthropocene with Many Accents:
HIST 0150H Foods and Drugs in History
Environmentalizing the Afro-Luso-Brazilian
HIST 0270A From Fire Wielders to Empire Builders:
Triangle
Human Impact on the Global Environment
Tools: Select One
before 1492
ANTH 1940 Ethnographic Research Methods
HIST 0270B From the Columbian Exchange to Climate
APMA 1650 Statistical Inference I
Change: Modern Global Environmental
ECON 1620 Introduction to Econometrics
History
EEPS 1320 Introduction to Geographic Information
HIST 1820B Environmental History of East Asia
Systems for Environmental Applications
HIST 1976C Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Environmental
EEPS 1330 Global Environmental Remote Sensing
Histories of Non-Human Actors
SOC 1100 Introductory Statistics for Social Research
HIST 1976I Imperialism and Environmental Change
SOC 1117 Focus Groups for Market and Social
PHUM 1904 Power + Water: Material Culture and its
Research
Environmental Impact
SOC 1340 Principles and Methods of Geographic
Policy: Select One
Information Systems
2 Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies 3
ENVS 1350 Environmental Economics and Policy IAPA 1804S Critical Study of Development
ENVS 1555 Urban Agriculture: The Importance of POLS 1200 Reimagining Capitalism
Localized Food Systems
SOC 0150 Economic Development and Social
ENVS 1574 Climate Policy Research: Organizations Change
and Obstruction
SOC 1040 World Population Problems
ENVS 1615 Making Connections: The Environmental
SOC 1490 Power, Knowledge and Justice in Global
Policy Process
Social Change
ENVS 1925 Energy Policy and Politics
Total Credits 14-15
POLS 1435 Politics of Climate Change
1
The ECON 0110 core requirement can be waived for students with an
PHP 1101 World of Food: Personal to Global
AP exam score of 4 or 5 in both Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.
Perspectives on Nutrition, Agriculture and
2
The core requirement of ENVS 0490 can be waived for students with an
Policy
AP exam score of 5 in Environmental Science.
Tools: Select One
APMA 1650 Statistical Inference I Requirements for the Sc.B. Degree
EEPS 1320 Introduction to Geographic Information
Requires ALL 14-15 course requirements as listed in the 14-15
Systems for Environmental Applications
A.B. Program
EEPS 1330 Global Environmental Remote Sensing
Additional Track specific requirements for the Sc.B. 5
SOC 1340 Principles and Methods of Geographic
Track 1 - Air, Climate, and Energy
Information Systems
Math:
Track 5 - Sustainability in Development
1
MATH 0090 Introductory Calculus, Part I
Environment and Development: Select One
Policy (choose one):
ENVS 0720 Ecological Imperialism
ECON 1340 Economics of Global Warming
ENVS 1580 Environmental Stewardship and
ENVS 1350 Environmental Economics and Policy
Resilience in Urban Systems
ENVS 1574 Climate Policy Research: Organizations
HIST 1976I Imperialism and Environmental Change
and Obstruction
PHUM 1904 Power + Water: Material Culture and its
ENVS 1615 Making Connections: The Environmental
Environmental Impact
Policy Process
POBS 1020 Anthropocene with Many Accents:
ENVS 1925 Energy Policy and Politics
Environmentalizing the Afro-Luso-Brazilian
POLS 1435 Politics of Climate Change
Triangle
POLS 1822I Geopolitics of Oil and Energy
SOC 1490 Power, Knowledge and Justice in Global
Social Change Tools (choose one):
Policy: Select Two APMA 0340 Methods of Applied Mathematics II
ENVS 1350 Environmental Economics and Policy APMA 0650 Essential Statistics
ENVS 1555 Urban Agriculture: The Importance of APMA 1650 Statistical Inference I
Localized Food Systems
ECON 1620 Introduction to Econometrics
ENVS 1574 Climate Policy Research: Organizations
EEPS 1320 Introduction to Geographic Information
and Obstruction
Systems for Environmental Applications
ENVS 1615 Making Connections: The Environmental
EEPS 1330 Global Environmental Remote Sensing
Policy Process
Climate and Thermal Change (choose two):
ENVS 1925 Energy Policy and Politics
BIOL 1480 Terrestrial Biogeochemistry and the
POLS 1200 Reimagining Capitalism
Functioning of Ecosystems
POLS 1435 Politics of Climate Change
EEPS 0230 Geochemistry: Earth and Planetary
POLS 1822I Geopolitics of Oil and Energy Materials and Processes
Tools: Select One EEPS 1110 Descriptive Coastal and Estuarine
Oceanography
ANTH 1940 Ethnographic Research Methods
EEPS 1120 Paleoceanography
APMA 1650 Statistical Inference I
EEPS 1370 Environmental Geochemistry
ECON 1620 Introduction to Econometrics
EEPS 1510 Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics
EEPS 1320 Introduction to Geographic Information
Systems for Environmental Applications EEPS 1520 Ocean Circulation and Climate
EEPS 1330 Global Environmental Remote Sensing ENGN 0720 Thermodynamics
SOC 1100 Introductory Statistics for Social Research ENGN 1710 Heat and Mass Transfer
SOC 1117 Focus Groups for Market and Social ENGN 1930M Industrial Design
Research
ENGN 1931R The Chemistry of Environmental Pollution
SOC 1340 Principles and Methods of Geographic
ENVS 1245 Air Pollution & Chemistry
Information Systems
Track 2 - Conservation Science and Policy
Critical Perspectives: Select One
Math: Select One
ECON 1370 Race and Inequality in the United States 1
MATH 0090 Introductory Calculus, Part I
ECON 1530 Health, Hunger and the Household in
Evolution: Select One
Developing Countries
BIOL 0480 Evolutionary Biology
ENVS 0705 Equity and the Environment: Movements,
Organismal Diversity: Select One
Scholarship, Solutions
Environmental Studies 3
4 Environmental Studies
BIOL 0410 Invertebrate Zoology FOCUS TWO - Environmental Health and Inequality: Select
Three
BIOL 0430 The Evolution of Plant Diversity (BIOL
0460 - Insect Biology) AFRI 1920 Health Inequality in Historical Perspective
BIOL 0440 Inquiry in Plant Biology: Analysis of Plant ANTH 1310 Global Health: Anthropological
Growth, Reproduction and Adaptive Perspectives
Responses
BIOL 1820 Environmental Health and Disease
BIOL 0450 Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology
PHP 0320 Introduction to Public Health
BIOL 0940D Rhode Island Flora: Understanding and
PHP 0330 Public Health Policy
Documenting Local Plant Diversity
PHP 0720 Public Health and the Environment
BIOL 1880 Comparative Biology of the Vertebrates
PHP 1070 Global Burden of Disease
CLPS 1195 Life Under Water in the Anthropocene
PHP 1101 World of Food: Personal to Global
Env. Econ: Select One
Perspectives on Nutrition, Agriculture and
ECON 1340 Economics of Global Warming Policy
ECON 1355 Environmental Issues in Development PHP 1650 Race, Racism and Health
Economics
PHP 1700 Current Topics in Environmental Health
ENVS 1350 Environmental Economics and Policy
PHP 1710 Climate Change and Human Health
Tools: Select One
PHP 1920 Social Determinants of Health
EEPS 1320 Introduction to Geographic Information
FOCUS THREE - Environmental Inequalities in Food, Water, and
Systems for Environmental Applications
Energy: Select Three
EEPS 1330 Global Environmental Remote Sensing
EEPS 0830 Water in Our World
SOC 1340 Principles and Methods of Geographic
ENVS 0710 Powering the Past: Environmental
Information Systems
Histories of Energy Use and Social
SOC 2610 Spatial Thinking in Social Science Change
Track 3 – Environment and Inequality ENVS 1555 Urban Agriculture: The Importance of
Localized Food Systems
Tools: Select One
ENVS 1580 Environmental Stewardship and
ANTH 1940 Ethnographic Research Methods
Resilience in Urban Systems
ECON 1620 Introduction to Econometrics
ENVS 1915 Histories of Global Wetlands
EEPS 1320 Introduction to Geographic Information
ENVS 1925 Energy Policy and Politics
Systems for Environmental Applications
ETHN 1750B Treaty Rights and Food Fights: Eating
EEPS 1330 Global Environmental Remote Sensing
Local in Indian Country
SOC 1100 Introductory Statistics for Social Research
Track 4 - Land, Water & Food Security
SOC 1117 Focus Groups for Market and Social
Math: Select One
Research
1
MATH 0090 Introductory Calculus, Part I
SOC 1340 Principles and Methods of Geographic
Information Systems Chemistry: Select One
SOC 2610 Spatial Thinking in Social Science CHEM 0330 Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure
Race, Class and Gender Inequality: Select One Earth/Life Systems: Select Three
ECON 1370 Race and Inequality in the United States BIOL 1470 Conservation Biology
ETHN 1200I History and Resistance in Representations BIOL 1480 Terrestrial Biogeochemistry and the
of Native Peoples Functioning of Ecosystems
SOC 1270 Race, Class, and Ethnicity in the Modern EEPS 0240 Earth: Evolution of a Habitable Planet
World
EEPS 0830 Water in Our World
SELECT A FOCUS AREA (pick three courses from only one
EEPS 1110 Descriptive Coastal and Estuarine
focus area)
Oceanography
FOCUS ONE - Environmental Inequality in Globalization and
EEPS 1120 Paleoceanography
Development: Select Three
EEPS 1130 Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles
ANTH 0110 Anthropology and Global Social Problems:
EEPS 1310 Global Water Cycle
Environment, Development, and
EEPS 1370 Environmental Geochemistry
Governance
EEPS 1510 Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics
ECON 1355 Environmental Issues in Development
ENGN 1340 Water Supply and Treatment Systems -
Economics
Technology and Sustainability
ECON 1510 Economic Development
Track 5 - Sustainability in Development
ECON 1530 Health, Hunger and the Household in
Critical Perspectives: Select One
Developing Countries
ECON 1370 Race and Inequality in the United States
ENVS 1916 Animals and Plants in Chinese History
ECON 1530 Health, Hunger and the Household in
HIST 0150D Refugees: A Twentieth-Century History
Developing Countries
PHP 1070 Global Burden of Disease
ENVS 0705 Equity and the Environment: Movements,
POLS 1440 Security, Governance and Development in
Scholarship, Solutions
Africa
IAPA 1804S Critical Study of Development
POLS 1730 Politics of Globalization
POLS 1200 Reimagining Capitalism
SOC 0150 Economic Development and Social
Change
4 Environmental Studies
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