Environmental Studies (ENVST)

Selecting Initial Courses
Students interested in environmental issues should register for ENVST 100, Introduction to Environmental Studies, during their first year.  This course is a prerequisite for both the major and the minor in Environmental Studies and provides a broad overview of the field.  It also gives students a good sense of how to continue their studies in the environmental field.

In addition, a 100-level lab science course is required for 200-level lab courses in Environmental Studies (ENVST 200, Environmental Science; BIOL 223, Ecology; and GEOL 203, Surface Processes).  Environmental Studies major requirements also include a statistics course.  STAT 140, Introduction to the Ideas and Application of Statistics; STAT 240, Elementary Data Analysis and Experimental Design; or ECON 220, Introduction to Econometrics is recommended.

First year students may consider enrolling in:

ENVST-100s	Introduction to Environmental Studies
BIOL-145f	Introductory Biology
CHEM-101f	General Chemistry I
GEOG 105f	World Regional Geography
GEOG-106f	The Physical Environment
PHYS-103f	Foundations of Physics
ECON-220f	Introducion to Econometrics
STAT-140f	Introductions to the Idea and Applications of Statistics
STAT-240f	Elementry Data Analysis and Experimental Design

Students with questions may contact Environmental Studies Program office at (413) 538-2898.