Major: Urban and Environmental Sustainability, B.A. (0420), 36 Credits

General Education: 36 Credits; Major: 36 Credits; Elective Credits: 36 Credits

Learning Goals for the Major in Urban Environmental Sustainability

Students majoring in Urban and Environmental Sustainability will:

• Integrate perspectives from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to define sustainable approaches to environmental problems.
• Identify how globalization affects the environment.
• Relate environmental sustainability to social justice.
• Devise ideas for sustainable energy source policy and climate resilience.
• Demonstrate an understanding of New York City infrastructure and its associated environmental concerns.
• Employ the theory and methods of the natural and social sciences to solve problems on local to global scales.

Required Courses (24 credits)

ENV 115	Environmental Science	3
ENV 117	The Urban Ecosystem	3
MATH 224	Statistics	3
ENV 218/PHR 218	Environmental Justice	3
ENV 306/PHIL 306	Environmental Ethics	3
ENV 320/PHR 320	EcoCulture and Sustainability	3
ENV 318/IS 318	Global Sustainability	3
ENV 497	Research	1-6

Plus at least 12 credits chosen from the following: (12 credits)

BIOL 127	Evolution	3
ENV 105/CHEM 105	Chemistry and the Environment	3
ENV 170	General Geology	3
ENV 310	Applied Environmental Science	3
ENV 312	Energy and Climate Change	3
ENV 314	Controversies in Environmental Science	3
ENV 316	Natural Disasters and the Environment	3
BIOL 330/IDS 330	Conservation Biology	3
PS 355	Green Political Thought	3
BIOL 392	Ecology	3
EWL 319/ENV 319	Narrating Climate Change	3
AIP 324	Race and Place in Natural Histories of the Americas (CP, REP, UP)	3

Majors should consult with affiliated faculty to design their program and discuss options to fulfill their capstone through internships, independent study, or faculty-guided research. Those who take Quantitative Reasoning (MATH 113) to satisfy their math foundation requirement should elect QR: Mathematics of Sustainability.