Courses in Specific Disciplines
Environmental studies minors must take at least three of the designated environmental courses in specific disciplines.
See also: minor requirements and anticipated course offerings.
Science/Technology Courses
Students must take at least one of these courses.
The environmental science/technology category includes courses that emphasize techniques and methodologies of the sciences and engineering and whose subject is central to environmental studies. Therefore, all students will be familiar with a body of scientific knowledge and scientific approaches to environmental problems.
| Course No | Course Name |
|---|---|
| BIOL 002 | Organismal and Population Biology |
| BIOL 036 | Ecology |
| BIOL 037 | Conservation Biology |
| BIOL 039 | Marine Biology |
| BIOL 137 | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function |
| ENGR 004A | Introduction to Environmental Protection |
| ENGR 063 | Water Quality and Pollution Control |
| ENGR 066 | Environmental Systems |
| PHYS 024 | The Earth's Climate and Global Warning |
Social Sciences/Humanities Courses
Students must take at least one of these courses.
The environmental social sciences/humanities category includes courses that are central to environmental studies and focus on values, their social contexts, and their implementation in policies. Thus, all students will have studied the social context in which environmental problems are created and can be solved.
| Course No | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ANTH 023C | Anthropological Perspectives on Conservation |
| CHIN 087 | Water Policies, Water Issues: China and the U.S. (cross-listed as POLS 087) |
| CHIN 088 | Governance and Environmental Issues in China (cross-listed as POLS 088) |
| CHIN 089 | Tea in China: Cultural and Environmental Perspective |
| ECON 076 | Environmental Economics |
| ENGL 089 | Race, Gender, Class and Environment |
| ENVS 003 | Environmental Policy and Economics |
| HIST 033 | Environmental History of the Soviet Union |
| HIST 089 | Environmental History of Africa |
| JPNS 035 | Narratives of Disaster and Rebuilding in Japan |
| LITR 086R | Nature and Industry in Russia (cross-listed as RUSS 086) |
| PHIL 035 | Environmental Ethics |
| POLS 010F | First-Year Seminar: When Disaster Strikes |
| POLS 043 | Environmental Policy and Politics |
| POLS 043B | Environmental Justice: Theory and Action |
| POLS 087 | Water Policies, Water Issues: China and the U.S. (cross-listed as CHIN 087) |
| POLS 088 | Governance and Environmental Issues in China (cross-listed as CHIN 088) |
| RELG 006C | First-Year Seminar: Visions of the End: Hope and Despair in the Last Days |
| RELG 022 | Religion and Ecology |
| RUSS 086 | Nature and Industry in Russia (cross-listed as LITR 086R) |
| SOAN 020M | Race, Gender, Class and Environment |
| SOAN 030P | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (cross-listed as ENVS 070) |
| SOCI 006H | Down But Not Out: The Social Problems in Philadelphia |
| SOCI 055C | Climate Disruption: Greening Peace and Conflict (cross-listed as PEAC 055) |
Cognate and Interdisciplinary Courses
Students may take at most two of these courses.
The following are Swarthmore courses that are either (1) relevant to environmental studies but not central enough to justify their inclusion in the preceding groups or (2) focus primarily on the environment and are interdisciplinary in nature:
| Course No | Course Name |
|---|---|
| ANTH 080B | Anthropological Linguistics: Endangered Languages (cross-listed as LING 120) |
| BIOL 016 | Microbiology |
| BIOL 017 | Microbial Pathogenesis and Immune Response |
| BIOL 020 | Animal Physiology |
| BIOL 025 | Plant Biology |
| BIOL 026 | Invertebrate Biology |
| BIOL 034 | Evolution |
| BIOL 115E | Plant Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology |
| BIOL 116 | Microbial Processes and Biotechnology |
| ECON 032 | Operations Research (cross-listed as ENGR 057) |
| ENGR 003 | Problems in Technology |
| ENGR 004B | Swarthmore and the Biosphere |
| ENGR 035 | Solar Energy Systems |
| ENGR 057 | Operations Research (cross-listed as ECON 032) |
| ENVS 002 | Human Nature, Technology, and the Environment |
| ENVS 004 | Sustainable Community Actions |
| ENVS 005 | Changemakers |
| ENVS 009 | Our Food |
| ENVS 070 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems |
| ENVS 071 | Remote Sensing of Environment |
| LING 120 | Anthropological Linguistics: Endangered Languages (cross-listed as ANTH 080B) |
| MATH 056 | Modeling |
| PEAC 055 |
Social Problems in Philadelphia (cross-listed as SOCI 055C) |
| PHYS 002E | First Year Seminar: Energy |
| POLS 048 | The Politics of Population |
| POLS 068F | Politics, Economics, Environment, Health and Security |
