Courses

Students interested in Environmental Studies are encouraged to take ENVS 001 (Intro to Environmental Studies). The next opportunity to take the class is in the spring semester of 2026.

Several classes from other departments also count toward the ENVS major/minor. Please visit the Environmental Studies Program website for more information about the academic program and courses. Any first-year students interested in Environmental Studies should consult with an ENVS faculty member or advisor about their first-semester course selections.

The list of courses for future semesters may change. Please check regularly for updates on courses.

Spring 2025

ARTH 061. Art and Culture of Indigenous Philadelphia: From Shackamaxon to the Present
- Cross Listed with (ENVS 056)
- Arts and Humanities.
- Green.
ARTH 079. Indigenous Arts of the Americas
- Cross-Listed with (ENVS 056A)
- Humanities.
- Green.
BIOL 002. Organismal and Population Biology
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
BIOL 025. Plant Biology
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Kaplinsky.
BIOL 137. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Machado. (2) sections.
CHEM 043. Analytical Methods and Instrumentation
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Riley.
ENGL 001J. First-Year Seminar: Persuasion
- Humanities.
- Shailen.
ENGL 070G. Writing Nature: Digital Storytelling
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 045A)
- Humanities
- Bolton.
ENGL 071E. Ecopoetry and the Climate Crisis
- Cross-listed as ENVS 041
- Humanities.
- Schmidt.
ENVS 001. Introduction to Environmental Studies
- Non-division.
- Peck and Pfluger
ENVS 010. Climate Change: Science & Responses
- (Cross-listed as PHYS 001C)
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Beaulac
ENVS 011. Seeds to Systems: Design and Resiliency in the Landscape Medium
- Non - Divisional.
- Casstevens and Popowsky.
ENVS 015. Nature Rx: Wellbeing and the natural world
- Ellow.
ENVS 016. Redefining Scientific Ways of Knowing
- Non - Division.
- Costa.
ENVS 021. Disaster Politics and Policies
- (Cross-listed as POLS 045)
- Social Sciences.
- White.
ENVS 026. Climate Enlightenments
- (Cross-listed with HIST 023B)
- Social Sciences.
- Azfar.
ENVS 034. Environmental Linguistics
- Cross-listed with LING 048
- Social Scienes
- Harrison.
ENVS 041. Ecopoetry and the Climate Crisis
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 071E)
- Humanities.
- Schmidt.
ENVS 042. Ecofeminism(s)
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 089E)
- Humanities.
- Di Chiro.
ENVS 045A. Writing Nature: Digital Storytelling
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 070G)
- Humanities.
- Bolton.
ENVS 056A. Indigenous Arts of the Americas
- cross-listed with ARTH 079
- Humanities.
- Green.
ENVS 056. Arts and Culture of Indigenous Philadelphia: From Shackamaxon to the Present
- (Cross-listed as ARTH 061)
- Humanities.
- Green.
ENVS 059A. Religion and Nature in the African Diaspora: Wonder Signs & Portents
- Cross-listed with RELG 041B
- Humanities
- Padilioni.
ENVS 070. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
- Non-distribution.
- Ahner.
ENVS 089B. President's Sustainability Research Fellowship
- Drake & Padilioni.
ENVS 091. Capstone Seminar
- Everbach.
ENVS 096. Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies
- STAFF
HIST 023B. Climate Enlightenments
- ENVS 026
- Social Sciences.
- Azfar.
LING 048. Environmental Linguistics (LCS)
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 034)
- Social Sciences.
- Harrison.
PHIL 035. Environmental Ethics
- Humanities.
- Baumann.
PHYS 001C. Climate Change: Science and Responses
- (Cross-Listed with ENVS 010)
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Beaulac.
POLS 045. Disaster Politics and Policies (CP)
- Cross listed ENVS 021
- Social sciences.
- White.
RELG 041B. Religion and Nature in the African Diaspora: Wonders, Signs, & Portents
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 059A )
- Humanities.
- Padilioni.

Fall 2025

ANTH 023C. Anthropological Perspectives on Conservation
- Social sciences.
- Schuetze.
ANTH 043E. Culture, Health, Illness
- Social sciences.
- Schuetze.
ARTH 001N. First Year Seminar: Indigenous Art, Land, and Environment.
- Cross-Listed: ENVS 002
- Green.
ARTH 065. Land Back!: Visual Expressions of Global Indigenous Sovereignty
- Cross-listed: ENVS: 056B
- Arts and Humanities.
- Green.
ARTT 006H. ARCH: Mapping and GIS (Mapping Infrastructural Movements)
- Eligible for ENVS.
- Arts and Humanities.
- Devabhaktuni.
ARTT 006I. ARCH Design: Civic Realm/Public Home
- Eligible for ENVS.
- Arts and Humanities.
- Devabhaktuni.
BIOL 009. Our Food
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 009)
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Pfluger.
BIOL 034. Evolution
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
BIOL 036. Ecology
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Machado.
BLST 007. Chester Semester Fellowship
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 007)
- Humanities.
- Berger.
CHEM 010. Foundations of Chemical Principles
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
CHEM 011. Integrated Foundations of Chemical Principles
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Beaulac.
CLST 004. Radical Jesus
- (Cross listed as RELG 004)
- Humanities.
- Wallace.
ECON 176. Environmental Economics
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 120)
- Social sciences.
- Peck.
ENGR 035. Solar Energy Systems
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Everbach.
ENGR 067. Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 067)
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Vergara.
ENVS 002. FYS: Indigenous Art, Land, and Environment
- Cross-listed with ARTH001N
- Humanities.
- Green.
ENVS 015. Nature Rx: Wellbeing and the natural world
- Ellow.
ENVS 023. Politics of Population
- (Cross-listed as POLS 048)
- Social Sciences.
- White.
ENVS 035. Environmental Justice: Ethnography, Politics, Action
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 035)
- Social Sciences.
- Di Chiro.
ENVS 036. First-Year Seminar: Psychology and Sustainability
- Cross-listed as PSYC009
- Social Sciences.
- Jacobs.
ENVS 056B. Land Back!: Visual Expressions of Global Indigenous Sovereignty
- Cross-listed as ARTH 065.
- Humanities.
- Green.
ENVS 067. Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- (Cross-listed as ENGR 067)
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Vergara
ENVS 089. President's Sustainability Research Fellowship
- Drake.
ENVS 096. Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies
- STAFF
ENVS 120. Environmental Economics
- (Cross-listed as ECON 176)
- Social Sciences
- Peck.
POLS 048. The Politics of Population (CP)
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 023)
- Social sciences.
- White.
PSYC 009. First Year Seminar: Psychology and Sustainability
- (Cross-listed with ENVS 036)
- Social Sciences.
- Jacobs.
RELG 004. Radical Jesus
- (Cross-listed as CLST 004)
- Humanities.
- Wallace.
SOAN 035. Environmental Justice: Ethnography, Politics, Action
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 035)
- Social sciences.
- Di Chiro.

Spring 2026

ANTH 003G. First-Year Seminar: Development and its Discontents
- Social sciences.
- Schuetze.
ARTT 006J. ARCH Design: Cities, Territories Infrastructure: (Crum River Futures)
- Eligible for ENVS.
- Arts and Humanities.
- Devabhaktuni.
ARTT 054C. Environmental Sculpture
- Arts and Humanities.
- Joyner.
BIOL 002. Organismal and Population Biology
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
BIOL 016. Microbiology
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Egan.
BIOL 137. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Machado.
CHEM 043. Analytical Methods and Instrumentation
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
ENGL 089. Race, Gender, Class and Environment
- (Cross-listed as SOAN 020M, ENVS 043)
- Humanities.
- DiChiro.
ENVS 001. Introduction to Environmental Studies
- Non-division.
- Staff.
ENVS 014A. Indigenous Peoples and Conservation
- No designation.
- Benally.
ENVS 014. Environmental and Climate Change Issues in Native American Communities
- Benally.
ENVS 015. Nature Rx: Wellbeing and the natural world
- STAFF.
ENVS 043. Race, Gender, Class, and the Environment
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 089, SOAN 020M)
- Humanities.
- Di Chiro.
ENVS 049A. Sense of Place: Indigenous Literature
- Benally.
ENVS 070. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
- Non-distribution.
- Ahner.
ENVS 089. President's Sustainability Research Fellowship
- Staff.
ENVS 091. Capstone Seminar
- Staff.
ENVS 096. Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies
- STAFF
MATH 056. Modeling
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 079)
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Staff.
SOAN 020M. Race, Gender, Class and Environment
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 043, ENGL 089)
- Social sciences.
- Di Chiro.

Fall 2026

ARTH 010. Art and Climate Change
- Eligible for ENVS.
- Arts and Humanities.
- Staff.
BIOL 009. Our Food
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 009)
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Pfluger.
BIOL 020. Animal Physiology
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Bauer.
BIOL 034. Evolution
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
CHEM 010. Foundations of Chemical Principles
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
CHEM 011. Integrated Foundations of Chemical Principles
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
ENGL 070R. River Stories
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 045B )
- Bolton.
ENVS 006. First-Year Seminar: Apocalypse: Hope and Despair in the Last Days
- (Cross-listed as RELG 006C)
- Humanities.
- Wallace.
ENVS 009. Our Food
- (Cross-listed as BIOL 009)
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Pfluger.
ENVS 014. Environmental and Climate Change Issues in Native American Communities
- Benally.
ENVS 015. Nature Rx: Wellbeing and the natural world
- STAFF.
ENVS 028. Global Environmental Governance
- (Cross-listed as POLS 081)
- Social Science.
- Kaya.
ENVS 040. Religion and Ecology
- (Cross-listed as RELG 022)
- Wallace.
ENVS 045B. River Stories
- Cross-listed as ENGL 070R
- Bolton.
ENVS 048. Philosophy of Nature
- Cross-listed as PHIL 029
- Humanities
- Lorraine.
ENVS 096. Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies
- STAFF
ENVS 120. Environmental Economics
- (Cross-listed as ECON 176)
- Social Sciences
- Staff.
PHIL 029. Philosophy of Nature
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 048)
- Humanities.
- Lorraine.
POLS 081. Global Environmental Governance (IR)
- Cross-listed with ENVS 028
- Social sciences.
- Kaya.
RELG 006C. First Year Seminar: Apocalypse: Hope and Despair in the Last Days
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 006)
- Humanities.
- Wallace.
RELG 022. Religion and Ecology
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 040)
- Humanities.
- Wallace.

Spring 2027

BIOL 002. Organismal and Population Biology
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
BIOL 016. Microbiology
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Egan.
BIOL 115E. Plant Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Kaplinsky.
CHEM 043. Analytical Methods and Instrumentation
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
ENGL 071E. Ecopoetry and the Climate Crisis
- Cross-listed as ENVS 041
- Humanities.
- Schmidt
ENVS 001. Introduction to Environmental Studies
- Non-division.
- Staff.
ENVS 015. Nature Rx: Wellbeing and the natural world
- Staff.
ENVS 041. Ecopoetry and the Climate Crisis
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 071E)
- Humanities.
- Schmidt.
ENVS 049A. Sense of Place: Indigenous Literature
- Benally.
ENVS 049. Indigenous Food Sovereignty in the United States.
- Benally.
ENVS 070. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
- Non-distribution.
- Staff.
ENVS 091. Capstone Seminar
- Staff.
ENVS 096. Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies
- STAFF