Curriculum
Dr. Brandy Garrett Kluthe, Director
The Environmental Studies program at Saint Peter’s is aimed at providing students with the educational background and leadership skills necessary to effectively address the issues involved in the scientific, social, economic, political, cultural and technological context of environmental sustainability. Learn to distinguish between scientific and emotional arguments. Integrate theory and practice through field and internship experiences. And learn how to apply ideas and methods from the natural and social sciences, business and humanities to the study of environmental issues. Based on a solid science foundation, the environmental studies program offers you a choice of concentrations: environmental science; politics, policy and society; business sustainability.
Requirements for Environmental Studies Major
Degree of Bachelor of Arts
| Environmental Studies Major Requirements | 21 | |
| EV-100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 3 |
| EV-327 | Environmental Politics and Policies | 3 |
| or PO-155 | Politics of Climate Disruption | |
| EV-125 | Environmental Chemistry I | 4 |
| or CH-131 & 131L | General Chem and Qualitative Analysis 1 and Gen Chem and Qualitative Analysis 1 Lab | |
| SO/AT-384 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| BI-312 | Biology of Global Change | 3 |
| Choose one (more can be taken to count toward elective requirements) | 3 | |
| BL-333 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| EV-200 | Economics of Environmental Decisions | 3 |
| HS-476 | History of the Environment | 3 |
| PL-241 | Environmental and Climate Change Ethics | 3 |
| EV-295 | Credited Internships (Pluralism) 2 | 3 |
| BI-312 | Biology of Global Change | 3 |
| EV-400 | Sustainability: Plan for a Better Future | 3 |
| Environmental Studies Major Cognates | 18 | |
| BI-183 & BI-185 | General Biology I and General Biology I Lab (Core Natural Science) | 4 |
| BI-184 & BI-186 | General Biology II and General Biology II Lab (Core Natural Science) | 4 |
| UR-151 | The Contemporary City (Core Social Science) | 3 |
| MA-132 | Statistics for Life Sciences (Core Math) | 3 |
| MA-133 | Calculus for the Life Sciences (Core Math) | 4 |
| Major Electives | 15 | |
| Choose any combination of courses from the elective course list to total 15 credits. For Concentrations in Environmental Science, Public Policy and Planning, or Business Sustainability choose electives from the specific concentration course list | ||
General Concentration Elective Courses
| Choose courses from the list below to total a minimum of 15 credits - Note that some courses may have a prerequisite requirement. | ||
| AR/EV-253 | Environmental Art & Issues | 3 |
| BI-313 | Human Evolution Ecology and Adaptation | 3 |
| BA-231 | Business Sustainability | 3 |
| BA-240 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| BA-248 | Intl Bus and the Global Marketplace | 3 |
| BA-250 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| BA-322 | Corp Situational Analysis & Problem Solv | 3 |
| BA-325 | Ethics: Business and Economic Community | 3 |
| BA-363 | Entrepreneurship: Creativity/Innovation | 3 |
| BI/EV-122 | Nutrition in Health and Disease | 3 |
| BI-126 | The Human Environment | 3 |
| BI/EV-310 | Ecology (WI) | 4 |
| BI-311 | Field Studies in Biology | 3 |
| BI-330 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| BI-485 | Current Issues in Biology | 3 |
| BI-499 | Natural Ecosystems of New Jersey | 3 |
| BL-333 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| CH-132 & 132L | General Chem and Qualitative Analysis 2 and Gen Chem and Qualitative Analysis 2 Lab | 4 |
| EV-102 | Intro to Climate Change | 3 |
| EV-126 | Environmental Chemistry II | 4 |
| EV-200 | Economics of Environmental Decisions | 3 |
| EV-251 | Geographic Information System | 3 |
| EV-327 | Environmental Politics and Policies | 3 |
| EV-489 | Globalization and Fieldwork Seminar | 3 |
| HS-124 | History of Ancient Science | 3 |
| HS-476 | History of the Environment | 3 |
| NS-320 | Ethics&Responsibility in STEM Disciplin | 3 |
| PL-241 | Environmental and Climate Change Ethics | 3 |
| PO-137 | Nonviolence Community Org. Social Move | 3 |
| PO-250 | Intro to Social Justice | 3 |
| PO-276 | Comparative Social Movements | 3 |
| PO-319 | Politics and Pandemics | 3 |
| PO-337 | Non-Western Perspective to Int Relations | 3 |
| PO-486 | Seminar: Genocide | 3 |
| TH-304 | Ecological Ethics-Religious Environment | 3 |
Requirements for Environmental Studies Minor
| EV-100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies (Core Natural Science) 1 | 3 |
| EV-102 | Intro to Climate Change (Core Natural Science) 1 | 3 |
| Or | ||
BI-312 | Biology of Global Change (Pluralism) 2 | |
| Choose one (more can be taken to count toward elective requirements) | 3 | |
| AT-384 | Cultural Anthropology (Writing intensive, Pluralisms, Values) 2 | 3 |
| BL-333 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| EV-200 | Economics of Environmental Decisions | 3 |
| EV-327 | Environmental Politics and Policies | 3 |
| HS-476 | History of the Environment | 3 |
| PL-241 | Environmental and Climate Change Ethics (Values) 2 | 3 |
| PO-155 | Politics of Climate Disruption | 3 |
| EV-295 | Credited Internships | 3 |
| Minor Electives | 9 | |
| Choose any combination of courses from the elective course list to total 9 credits Note that some courses may have a prerequisite requirement. | ||
| 1 | Fulfills Core Requirement |
| 2 | Fulfills Distributive Requirement |
Minor Electives Courses
| Choose courses from the list below to total a minimum of 9 credits - Note that some courses may have prerequisite requirement. | ||
| AR/EV-253 | Environmental Art & Issues | 3 |
| AT/SO-313 | Human Evolution Ecology and Adaptation | 3 |
| AT-384 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| BA-231 | Business Sustainability | 3 |
| BA-240 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| BA-248 | Intl Bus and the Global Marketplace | 3 |
| BA-250 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| BA-322 | Corp Situational Analysis & Problem Solv | 3 |
| BA-325 | Ethics: Business and Economic Community | 3 |
| BA-363 | Entrepreneurship: Creativity/Innovation | 3 |
| BI/EV-122 | Nutrition in Health and Disease | 3 |
| BI-126 | The Human Environment | 3 |
| BI-183 & BI-185 | General Biology I and General Biology I Lab | 4 |
| BI/EV-310 | Ecology (Writing Intensive) | 4 |
| BI-311 | Field Studies in Biology | 3 |
| BI-312 | Biology of Global Change | 3 |
| BI-330 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| BI-485 | Current Issues in Biology | 3 |
| BI-499 | Natural Ecosystems of New Jersey | 3 |
| BL-333 | Environmental Law | 3 |
| CH-131 & 131L | General Chem and Qualitative Analysis 1 and Gen Chem and Qualitative Analysis 1 Lab | 4 |
| CH-132 & 132L | General Chem and Qualitative Analysis 2 and Gen Chem and Qualitative Analysis 2 Lab | 4 |
| EV-102 | Intro to Climate Change | 3 |
| EV-125 | Environmental Chemistry I | 4 |
| EV-126 | Environmental Chemistry II | 4 |
| EV-200 | Economics of Environmental Decisions | 3 |
| EV-251 | Geographic Information System | 3 |
| EV-295 | Credited Internships | 3 |
| EV-327 | Environmental Politics and Policies | 3 |
| EV-400 | Sustainability: Plan for a Better Future | 3 |
| EV-489 | Globalization and Fieldwork Seminar | 3 |
| HS-124 | History of Ancient Science | 3 |
| HS-476 | History of the Environment | 3 |
| NS-320 | Ethics&Responsibility in STEM Disciplin | 3 |
| PL-241 | Environmental and Climate Change Ethics | 3 |
| PO-137 | Nonviolence Community Org. Social Move | 3 |
| PO-155 | Politics of Climate Disruption | 3 |
| PO-250 | Intro to Social Justice | 3 |
| PO-276 | Comparative Social Movements | 3 |
| PO-319 | Politics and Pandemics | 3 |
| PO-337 | Non-Western Perspective to Int Relations | 3 |
| PO-486 | Seminar: Genocide | 3 |
| TH-304 | Ecological Ethics-Religious Environment | 3 |
| UR-151 | The Contemporary City | 3 |