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Explore all BS-ES courses. Keep in mind that electives can be drawn from ERTH courses as well as courses tagged with the attribute X-LIST: ENSU in the course catalogue.
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BS-ES courses are designed to give you the knowledge, skills, experiences, and mindset that are essential in engaging with environment and sustainability challenges—all while fulfilling college and university core requirements.
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Core Requirements
Below, you’ll find the list of courses required for the BS-ES. Many of our required courses also fulfill College and University core requirements:
| BS-ES Required Courses | Core Requirements Fulfilled |
|---|---|
| ERTH-1008/1009 and ERTH-1018/1019 | ☑ Humanities, Arts, Literature, and Culture |
| ERTH-1050/1051 Environmental & Sustainability Science I | ☑ Science for All |
| PHIL-1101 Intro to Environmental Ethics PHIL 2000-2499 | ☑ 2 Philosophy courses |
| ERTH-2020 Theories of Change ERTH-2240 Environmental Justice | ☑ 2 Social science courses |
| ERTH 2240: Environmental Justice | ☑ Pathways to Social Justice |
| ERTH-3380: Environmental GIS, or SOCI-2903: Statistics for Social Research, or ENSU-3360: Environmental Remote Sensing, or STIA-4230: Data Science for a Changing Climate* | ☑ Quantitative Reasoning and Data Literacy |
| ERTH-1060/1061 Environmental & Sustainability II/Lab | |
| ERTH-2110 Environmental Experiential Rotation | |
| ERTH-3320 Peer Leadership | |
| ERTH-4050 Professional Development Experience | |
| ERTH-4100/4200 Capstone I/II (4th year only) | |
| 3 Elective courses (ERTH or X-list:ENSU courses) |
*Other QRDL environmental courses may also fulfill this requirement
Sample Course Sequence
We recommend that you begin your BS-ES journey in the first semester of your first year, but we welcome all interested students to explore the BS-ES! Questions about BS-ES requirements and joining the program? Get in touch with us!
The following is an ideal example of a trajectory for fulfilling your BS-ES requirements (but there are other options as well—get in touch with us to chat about your own journey!):
First year Fall:
- ERTH 1008/1009: Interruption: Ecological Belonging and Integration: Wellbeing
- ERTH 1050/1051: Environment & Sustainability Science I + LAB
First year Spring:
- PHIL-1101: Intro to Environmental Ethics
- ERTH 1060/1061: Environment & Sustainability Science II + LAB
Second year Fall
- ERTH 2020: Theories of Change
- ERTH 2110: Experiential Rotations
- ERTH 1018/1019 Interruption & Integration
Second year Spring
- ERTH 1039: Integration: Formation
- ERTH 2240: Environmental Justice
Third year Fall
- ERTH-3380-01: Environmental GIS
- ERTH-3320-01: Peer Leadership
Third year Spring
- ERTH-4050-01: Professional Development Experience
- ERTH or X-list: ESNT elective
Fourth year Fall
- ERTH-4100-01: Capstone I
- ERTH or X-list: ESNT elective
Fourth year Spring
- ERTH-4200-01: Capstone II
- ERTH or X-list: ESNT elective