Major Requirements
Goals—本专业的学习结构可以满足以下任何一个目标:
- Preparation for further graduate study within the sciences
- 培养严格的科学背景，以便在法律等专业课程中进行研究生水平的培训, planning, medicine, business, public policy, or environmental engineering
- 作为文科教育主要组成部分的环境科学的全面基础
LEARNING GOALS
The environmental science program’s learning goals can be found HERE.
REQUIREMENTS
Fourteen courses and an integrating experience are required for the major. Only courses with a grade of C- or better may be counted toward the major.
Foundational courses: Five foundational courses are required. 建议学生在大二结束前修完这些课程. Students are encouraged to take a full year of each science, including physics and a full year of mathematics. 特别鼓励计划参加研究生院的学生花一年的时间学习微积分，以及与他们的导师协商的额外数学课程. 物理课程的要求可以通过一门门户课程来满足，如下所述.S. and B.A. options.
Core courses: Three environmental science core courses. All three courses are required.
综合经验:包括研究或实习在内的综合经验. 这半学分的要求旨在为学生提供解决环境问题的经验，可以通过图书馆来满足, field, or laboratory research or through an approved internship or independent study. 学生必须有他们的计划完成这一要求，由他们的顾问和项目主任批准，然后才能开始他们的工作. To fulfill the requirement, 学生向他们的环境科学指导老师提交以下材料:一份关于他们的活动和经历的日志, a letter from their supervisor (if work is completed outside the College), and a reflection paper. Students will also give a final, 在大四春季学期公开展示他们的经历，作为满足这一要求的一部分. Students must satisfy this requirement during their junior or senior year.
- ENVS 399. Independent Study
- ENVS 405. Internship in Environmental Science
- ENVS 419. Research in Environmental Science (Library)
- ENVS 425. Research in Environmental Science (Laboratory)
- ENVS 497. Honors Research
Two concentration courses as outlined in table below.
Two courses from the social sciences/humanities electives list. New courses may be offered as electives.
另外两门自然科学或社会科学/人文学科的选修课程如下所列.S. and B.A. degree options. New courses may be offered as electives.
| Bachelor of science in environmental science |
Bachelor of arts in environmental science |
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| Foundational requirement (5) |
BIOL 182L CHEM 111L ENVS 112L MATH 107, 207, or 131a PHYS 101L or 141L or one natural science gateway courseb |
BIOL 182L CHEM 111L ENVS 112L MATH 107, 207, or 131a PHYS 101 or 141L or one natural science gatewayb or social sciencec course |
| Core requirement (4) |
ENVS 149L ENVS 375L ENVS 401 Integrating experience |
ENVS 149L ENVS 375L ENVS 401 Integrating experience |
| Concentration requirement (2) |
Any two courses: ENVS 204L ENVS 230L BIOL 333L |
One course from the B.S. concentration requirement list; one course from the social science/humanities course liste |
| Social sciences requirement(2) |
Two courses from the social science/humanities course liste |
Two courses from the social science/humanities course liste |
| Other electives (2) |
A minimum of two credits from the natural science electives course listd |
A minimum of two credits in any combination from the natural science or social science/humanities course listsd,e |
| Total number of courses |
15 | 15 |
a Or any course in mathematics with a prerequisite of MATH 131.
b Natural science gateway courses:
- ENVS 110. The Earth’s Climate
- ENVS 115. Natural Disasters
- ENVS 141. Global Perspectives in Biodiversity and Conservation
c 攻读环境科学文科学士学位的学生还可以通过以下社会科学入门课程之一完成一门基础课程的要求:
- PBPL 123. Fundamentals of American Law
- URST 101. Introduction to Urban Studies
d 自然科学选修课(列表可能会随着新课程的开设而改变):
- BIOL 215L. Botany
- BIOL 222L. Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 233. Conservation Biology
- BIOL 234. Global Change, Evolution, and Biodiversity
- BIOL 302. Amphibian Ecology and Conservation
- BIOL 304. Wildlife Biology and Management
- CHEM 211L. Elementary Organic Chemistry I
- CHEM 311L. Analytical Chemistry
- CHEM 312L. Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis
- CPSC 215L. Data Structures and Algorithms
- ENGR 232L. Engineering Materials
- ENGR 337. Thermodynamics
- ENVS 286. Theory and Application of Geographic Information Systems*
- ENVS 305. Soil Science
- ENVS 310. Environmental Geophysics
- ENVS 350. Field Study in Environmental Science (1/2 credit only)
- MATH 252. Introduction to Mathematical Modeling I
- PHYS 231L. Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism and Waves
e 社会科学/人文学科选修课(名单可能会随着新课程的开设而改变):
- ANTH 209. Are We in the Anthropocene?
- ANTH 227. Introduction to Political Ecology
- ANTH 253. Urban Anthropology
- ECON 209 or 305. Urban Economics
- ECON 217 or 307. Health Economics
- ECON 225. Economics of Climate Change
- ECON 301. Microeconomic Theory
- ENGL 331. Literature of Native New England
- ECON 336. The Market for Green Goods
- ENGL 338. Beyond Nature Worship: New Theories of Environmentalism
- ENGL 360. Walden
- ENGL 448. Plants in Literature and Film
- ENVS 203. Religion and Climate Change
- HIST 219. Planet Earth
- HIST 311. Sense of Place in the Native Northeast
- HIST 326. Disaster Archipelago: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and the Japanese
- HIST 335. Chinese Environmental History
- HIST 367. Climate and History
- HIST 395. History of the Alps
- INTS/POLS 263. Global Environmental Politics
- INTS 340. Climate and History
- PBPL 220. Research and Evaluation
- PBPL 302. Law and Environmental Policy
- POLS 314. Comparative Urban Development
- POLS 324. Environmental Issues in International Relations
- PSYC 206. Environmental Psychology and Sustainability
- PSYC 212. Landscape Planning and Environmental Education for Brain Health
- SOCL 225. Climate Justice
- RHET 226. Writing about Places
- SOCL 227. From Hartford to World Cities
- TNTB 216. Ridge-to-Reef: Conservation Policy and Practice in Northeast Tobago
- URST 210. Sustainable Urban Development
The Writing Intensive Part II requirement is fulfilled by ENVS 375L. Methods in Environmental Science and ENVS 401. Advanced Seminar in Environmental Science.
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Advanced placement环境科学AP考试成绩达到4分或5分的学生可免修ENVS 149L课程，并可获得该专业1个学分. However, 强烈建议学生选择ENVS 149L，因为该课程涵盖了许多具体的当地环境问题.
Teaching assistantship学生可能会被ENVS老师要求担任各种课程的助教. Students who accept this offer must register for ENVS 466. College credit, but not major credit, is given for teaching assistants, and grading is on a pass/low pass/fail basis.
Courses at other institutions学生如欲在其他院校主修课程，应:(1)获得注册主任批准, (二)向环境科学项目主任提交机构名称, the number, title, and catalog description of the course and, if possible, the syllabus. 这些信息必须在工作开始之前以书面形式提交，并且必须获得正式许可才能将课程记入全球十大网赌正规平台的专业. 有些学生可能也希望参加学期课程，重点是认真研究环境科学. 适合全球十大网赌正规平台环境科学专业学生经常参加的项目有:
- School for Field Studies
- Marine Biological Laboratory Semester in Environmental Science, Woods Hole
- Duke University Marine Laboratory
- Sea Education Association, Woods Hole
- EcoQuest, New Zealand
- Danish Institute for Study Abroad
- Curtin University
经环境科学项目主任批准，最多三门课程(加一 .从全球十大网赌正规平台扣除的5个学分的研究经验可以计入环境科学专业. Under special circumstances, students may petition the program for permission to transfer additional courses; transfer students wishing to transfer more than three courses should petition at the time of admission.
Honors—寻求进入环境科学荣誉课程的学生必须在第六学期课程的第六周之前向主任提交书面申请. 环境科学协调委员会将对每项申请采取行动. 寻求荣誉的学生必须在第五学期之前完成至少五门专业课程，这些课程的平均成绩必须至少达到B+ (3).3). 五个学期后不符合荣誉课程资格的学生可能会被教师邀请在以后的时间进入该课程.
After acceptance into the honors program, students must maintain a GPA of B+ in their environmental science courses. 此外，他们必须进行两个学期的环境科学研究(ENVS 419或425). 荣誉课程在荣誉论文(ENVS 497)和公开演讲中达到高潮. Upon completion of these requirements, 环境科学协调委员会将投票授予其认为合格的候选人荣誉. Under exceptional circumstances, 协调委员会可以考虑那些没有参加荣誉项目但有特别杰出工作的荣誉研究学生.
Field studies in environmental science: Each year, 环境科学教员对美国的一个特定地区进行10到12天的实地考察.S. or abroad. 这次旅行向全球十大网赌正规平台的学生介绍了环境科学的实地方法. Students study the geology, ecology, and history of human impact on the region visited, which varies from year to year. Students also gain experience in basic field sampling techniques, observational skills, field note-taking, and methods for data analysis and interpretation. The trip occurs in either spring or late summer, depending on the destination; registration for ENVS 350 thus occurs in spring or fall semester, respectively.
