current course offerings
Below is a listing of courses offered in academic year 2012–13 which can be used to fulfill requirements for a major in Environmental Science and Policy.
Other relevant courses offered at Smith, within the Five College Consortium, or as part of study abroad programs may be used to satisfy the elective requirements of the major with the approval of the major adviser.
Spring 2013 Schedule of Courses (PDF)
Spring 2013 Environmental Science & Policy Major
Integration Courses
- ENV 201 Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing Information
- ENV 202 Environmental Integration II: Lab
- ENV 312 Environmental Integration IV: Sustainable Solutions
Introductory Natural Sciences
Biological Sciences
- BIO 154 Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Biology
- BIO 155 Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Biology Lab
Chemistry
- CHM 108 Environmental Chemistry
Geosciences
- GEO 106 Extraordinary Events in the History of Earth, Life and Climate
- GEO 108 Oceanography: An Introduction to the Marine Environment
Physics and Engineering
- EGR 100 Engineering for Everyone
- PHY 115 Introductory Physics I
- PHY 117 Advanced Introductory Physics I
Social Sciences, Humanities and Policy
- ANT 130 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- ECO 150 Introductory Microeconomics
- GOV 200 American Government
- GOV 241 International Politics
- SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
- SWG 150 Introduction to the Study of Women and Gender
Statistics
- ECO 220 Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics
- MTH 190/PSY 190 Statistical Methods for Undergraduate Research
- MTH 241 Probability and Statistics
Electives
Biological Sciences
- BIO 103 Economic Botany: Plants and Human Affairs
- BIO 260 Invertebrate Diversity
- BIO 264 Plant Diversity and Evolution
Geosciences
- GEO 301 Aqueous Geochemistry
Physics and Engineering
- EGR 346 Hydrosystems Engineering
- PHY 360 Advanced Topics in Physics: Climate Physics
Social Sciences, Humanities and Policy
- ANT 230 Africa: Population, Health, and Environmental Issues
- EAS 220 Environmental Society in Contemporary China
- ECO 213 The World Food System
- ECO 224 Environmental Economics
- LSS 250 Studio: Landscape and Narrative
- SOC 232 World Population
- SPN 372 Topics in Latin America and Iberian Studies: Women, Environmental Justice and Social Action
