BA in Environmental Science degree requirements

Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science

The BA in environmental science is an 'obligate second major' -- all environmental science students must also complete another major in geology, biology, or chemistry.

(In contrast, the BA in environmental studies is a regular stand-alone major, more suitable for non-science students.)

The bachelor of arts in environmental science is offered for the student particularly interested in scientific and technical aspects of human and natural systems. As a science major, it is meant to provide substantial depth in environmental sciences and related technical fields within the context of a liberal education.

This BA is designed to guide students toward 'concentrations' to organize their science electives toward their professional interests. The overall structure of the new major more closely resembles other BA-science degrees at Bucknell.

The Bachelor of arts in environmental studies major requires 18 - 19 courses distributed as follows

First, a BA major in geology, biology, or chemistry.

Then 8 courses in environmental science as offically described in the university catalogue.

All BA-environmental science students will have taken math, science electives, geology, enviornmental policy courses, as well as the environmental studies 'gateway' and 'capstone' courses.

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Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science

The B.A. in Environmental Science is only available as a second major to students who major in biology, chemistry, or geology and therefore may be thought of as a means of adding an environmental concentration to a B.A. science degree. These three disciplines form the core of environmental science, and consequently the first major ensures that students have sufficient depth of knowledge in a particular area of environmental science. Complementing the depth a student receives from the biology, chemistry, or geology major, the BA in Environmental Science provides breadth across the interdisciplinary field of environmental science. The major is not intended as - nor can be declared as - a stand-alone course of study. No courses may be counted for both majors.

1) ENST 201 Environmental Problems - Sustainable Futures

2&3) Two of these three introductory courses from the disciplines within the environmental sciences, but outside the student's primary major:

GEOL 103 Physical/Environmental Geology

BIOL 208 Population and Community Biology

CHEM 160 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry

4) One of the following courses:

ENST 245 Environmental Policy and Politics

ENST 240 Sustainable Resource Management

RELI 226 Environmental Ethics

5-7)Three science or engineering courses from list D in the catalog. These may not be from the same department as the student's pmary major. Other courses not included in the regular catalog offerings (e.g. special topics courses) may be counted with permission.

8) ENST 411 Environmental Community Projects