Guides for Environmental Studies Majors and Minors
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Suggestions for Prospective Majors
in Environmental Studies
Recommendations for first-year students considering this major:
- Students planning to choose one of the majors in Environmental Studies should take ES118 Environment and Society in the Spring semester of their first year, unless they have AP credit in Environmental Science.
- Students who are considering the ES Science major with AP credit in biology (scores of 4 or 5) should enroll in CH141 in their first semester. If they also have AP credit in Chemistry, they should enroll in BI 271 (Introduction to Ecology).
- Students interested in the Environmental Studies Science major should consider taking MA121 during their first year. This course is offered in both semesters. Students interested in the Environmental Studies Policy major should consider enrolling in MA212 or MA231 in their first year, if possible.
- It would also be helpful if students interested in either ES major could take EC133 in their first year. This course is offered in both semesters.
- Students interested in either of the Environmental Studies majors may enroll in the Integrated Studies 126, "The Green Cluster." Students interested in the ES Science major should also enroll in BI163 or CH141. If students have AP credit in biology, they should enroll in CH141 in the fall and CH142 in the spring.
Recommendations for first-year students entering Colby at mid-year who are considering the Environmental Studies major:
- Students interested in either Environmental Studies major should take ES 118 (Environment and Society) in the spring semester of their first year unless they have AP Credit in Environmental Science.
- Students interested in the Environmental Studies Science major should consider enrolling in MA121 in their first semester, if possible. Students interested in the Environmental Studies Policy major should consider enrolling in MA212 or MA231 in their first semester, if possible.
- It would also be helpful if students interested in either ES major could take EC133 in their first year. This course is offered in both semesters.
Program
Requirements
Registrar's Listing of
ES major and minor requirements
Students majoring in Biology, Geology, and International Studies, and considering a minor in Environmental Studies should look at the requirements necessary to complete the Environmental Science concentration in Biology or one of the ES majors. Because of overlap of many requirements in those majors, students may find that, rather than minoring in ES, choosing the ES concentration within their major, or double majoring with ES may be done easily by only adding one or a few more courses.
Majors can follow requirements for their year of graduation or any subsequent year's requirements that are less restrictive.
Download Graduation Course Checklist
for
ES: Policy Majors graduating in 2013 here
ES: Policy Majors graduating in 2012 here
ES: Policy Majors graduating in 2011 here
ES: Science Majors graduating in 2013 here
ES: Science Majors graduating in 2012 here
ES: Science Majors graduating in 2011 here
ES: Interdisciplinary Computation Majors graduating in 2013 here
ES: Minors
here
Find a listing of tentatively scheduled ES faculty sabbaticals by last name
and year here.
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