Courses

Students interested in Environmental Studies are encouraged to take ENVS 001 (Intro to Environmental Studies) as early as possible. This course runs once a year in the spring semester. 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.

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.
- Axelrod.
BIOL 036. Ecology
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Machado.
BLST 007. Chester Semester Fellowship
- Cross-listed with ENVS 007 for Fall 2025.
- 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 007. Chester Semester Fellowship
- (Cross-listed as BLST 007 for the fall of 2025)
- Humanities.
- Berger.
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
- 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.

Spring 2026

ARTT 054C. Environmental Sculpture
- Arts and Humanities.
- Joyner.
BIOL 002. Organismal and Population Biology
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Staff.
CHEM 015. Environmental Chemistry
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Beaulac.
CHEM 043. Analytical Methods and Instrumentation
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Huo.
ENGL 001J. First-Year Seminar: Persuasion
- Humanities.
- Mishra.
ENGL 089. Race, Gender, Class and Environment
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 043)
- Humanities. Social Sciences.
- DiChiro.
ENVS 001. Introduction to Environmental Studies
- Non-division.
- Everbach and Green.
ENVS 010. Climate Change: Science & Responses
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Beaulac.
ENVS 011. Seeds to Systems: Design and Resiliency in the Landscape Medium
- Non - Divisional.
- STAFF.
ENVS 014. Environmental and Climate Change Issues in Native American Communities
- Benally.
ENVS 015. Nature Rx: Wellbeing and the natural world
- Ellow.
ENVS 016. Redefining Scientific Ways of Knowing
- Non - Division.
- Costa.
ENVS 027. Environmental Law and Policy
- Social Science
- Sarnowski.
ENVS 031. Climate Disruption, Conflict, and Peacemaking
- (Cross-listed as PEAC 055)
- Social Science.
- Smithey.
ENVS 043. Race, Gender, Class, and the Environment
- (Cross-listed as ENGL 089)
- Social Sciences. Humanities.
- Di Chiro.
ENVS 049A. Sense of Place: Indigenous Literature
- Benally.
ENVS 060. Environmental Chemistry
- (Cross-listed as CHEM 015)
- Natural sciences and engineering practicum.
- Beaulac.
ENVS 070. Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
- Non-distribution.
- Ahner.
ENVS 079. Modeling
- (Cross-listed as MATH 056)
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- STAFF.
ENVS 091. Capstone Seminar
- Green.
ENVS 096. Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies
- STAFF
MATH 056. Modeling
- (Cross-listed as ENVS 079)
- Natural sciences and engineering.
- Staff.
PEAC 055. Climate Disruption, Conflict, and Peacemaking
- ENVS 031
- Social sciences.
- Smithey.

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.
- Axelrod.
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.
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 A. 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
- Ellow.
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.
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.
- Green and Pfluger.
ENVS 011. Seeds to Systems: Design and Resiliency in the Landscape Medium
- Non - Divisional.
- STAFF.
ENVS 015. Nature Rx: Wellbeing and the natural world
- Staff.
ENVS 027. Environmental Law and Policy
- Social Science
- 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
- Green.
ENVS 096. Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies
- STAFF

Fall 2027

BLST 007. Chester Semester Fellowship
- Cross-listed with ENVS 007 for Fall 2025.
- Humanities.
- Berger.