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Academic Requirements & Details

Environmental Analysis Major

The Environmental Analysis Major is a flexible, 49-credit program that focuses on developing critical skills and competencies in interdisciplinary environmental problem-solving. It is ideal for students seeking interdisciplinary training focused on the environment and sustainability and is designed to stand alone or complement another primary major.

Required core disciplinary courses (Choose 3)

BIOL 2950: Introduction to Environmental Biology

ENST 101: Earth's Future: Causes and Consequences of Global Climate Change *

ENST 102: To Sustainability and Beyond: People, Planet, Prosperity *

ENST 105: Sustainability in Business

ENST 111: Environmental Racism and the Health of Everyone *

ENST 215: Introduction to Environmental Humanities

ENST 250: One Health: Linking Health of Humans, Animals, & Environment

EPSC 201: Earth & the Environment (Every Semester) **

EPSC 202: Introduction to Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science **

POLSCI 2010: Introduction to Environmental Policy (Fall or Spring)

*Open to first-year students only; per college rules for Beyond Boundaries coures, students are allowed to take 1 per semester, thus students may count two toward the major.

**Students may count EPSC 201 or EPSC 202 toward the major.

 

Required core courses in analysis and communication (Choose 4)

ANTHRO 428W: Original Research in Environmental Anthropology

DRAMA 214: Public Speaker: Embodied Communication

ENST 315: Fallout

ENST 316: Beyond the Evidence

ENST 350W: Writing skills for environmental professionals

ENST 357: Multiparty environmental decision-making

ENST 364: Field Methods for Environmental Science

ENST 380: Introduction to GIS

ENST 415W: Writing Home 

ENST 481: Advanced GIS

MATH 2200 or MATH 3200

Students may count a fifth analysis and communication course toward the depth electives.

One course in social identity and environment (Choose 1)

ENST 111: Environmental Racism and the Health of Everyone

GEST 232: Intergroup Dialogue: Race/Ethnicity

SOC 2010: The Roots of Ferguson: Understanding Racial Inequality in the Contemporary U.S.

SOC 2110: Social Inequality in America

SOC 3212: The Social Construction of Race

SOC 2520: Inequality By Design: Understanding Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities

One interdisciplinary environmental capstone course (Choose 1)

ENST 405: Sustainability Exchange: Community and University Practicums

ENST 407: RESET: Renewable Energy and Decarbonizing the Grid

ENST 452: International Climate Negotiation Seminar

ENST 539: Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic

ENST 498: Senior Thesis Research

Due to intensity of these project-based classes, students may only take one per semester.

Students may count a second capstosne course toward the depth electives.

One 1-credit Fourth-Year Reflection Seminar

This is a one-credit seminar to be taken during the fourth year, the purpose of which is to create a written narrative portfolio synthesizing, integrating, and reflecting on learning across courses and experiences in the major. Reflection will occur through personal writing and discussion with peers in the course.

ENST 492: Environmental Studies Fourth Year Reflection Seminor

 

Breadth/Depth Electives

Students will choose depth and breadth elective courses from the three categories below (Social Science, Humanities and Arts, Natural Science). Students must choose 7 elective courses with at least 4 courses from one category and at least 1 course in each of the other two categories. This means that students can choose a 5/1/1 combination or a 4/2/1 combination from the elective categories. The following flexibility is allowed regarding substitutions: Students may count a fifth analysis and communication course toward the depth electives; Students may count a second capstone course toward the depth electives; students may request one course substitution outside of the electives listed below to take advantage of unique one-time or rarely offered courses. To complete any major, the College of Arts and Sciences requires that students must complete no fewer than 18 units of courses numbered 300 or above within the major with a grade of C-or better. There is no doubling count of advanced classes (300-and 400-level) between two majors or a major and a minor. The rule of ‘no double-counting of upper-level units’ also applies to students who are double majoring across schools.

Social Science (SSC)

AMCS 299: The Study of Cities and Metropolitan America

ANTHRO 3472: Global Energy and the American Dream

ANTHRO 360: Placemaking St. Louis

ANTHRO 3608: Caribbean Island Vulnerabilities: Puerto Rico

ANTHRO 361: Culture and Environment

ANTHRO 3613: Follow the Thing: Global Commodities & Environment

ANTHRO 3618: Urban Ecological Anthropology

ANTHRO 4280: Tourism & Sustainability

ECON 451: Environmental Policy

ENST 251: Metropolitan Environment

ENST 255: Systems Thinking

ENST 310: Ecological Economics

ENST 316: Beyond the Evidence

ENST 340: Energy Governance in Israel and the Middle East

ENST 341: International Energy Politics

ENST 346: Environmental Justice

ENST 347: Sustainable Cities

ENST 461: Intro to Environmental Law

ENST 481: Advanced GIS

MGT 401M: Sustainable Devel & Cons Through Entrepreneurial Collaboration: Madagascar

MGT 402: Ethical Issues in Managerial Decision Making

MGT 460L: Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship

MGT 460M: Social Impact: Planning, Measuring and Building

MPH 5002: Epidemiology *

MPH 5323: TPS: Climate Change and Public Health *

POLSCI 363: Quantitative Political Methodology

POLSCI 389A: Power, Justice, and the City

POLSCI 495: Research Design and Methods

SOC 3350: Poverty and the New American City

SOC 4810: Global Structures and Problems

* Students should request permission from the instructor to enroll in these courses.

Environmental Humanities (HA)

AFAS 3075: Recipes for Respect: Black Foodways in the United States

COMPLIT 4111: Pastoral Literature

DRAMA 351: Introduction to Playwriting -  *EnSt students must choose an environmental topic for their full-length play

ENST 315: Fallout: Analyzing Texts and Narratives of the Nuclear Era

ENST 415W: Writing Home

HIST 3194: Environment and Empire

IPH 431: Statistics for Humanities Scholars

PHIL 235F: Environmental Ethics

WRITING 309: Writing the Natural World

 

Natural Science (NS)

ANTHRO 3053: Nomadic Strategies and Extreme Ecologies

ANTHRO 4285: Environmental Archaeology

ANTHRO 4803: Advanced GIS Modeling and Landscape Analysis

BIOL 3220: Woody Plants of Missouri

BIOL 349: Microbiology 

BIOL 373W: Laboratory on the Evolution of Animal Behavior 

BIOL 381: Introduction to Ecology

BIOL 3900: Science for Agriculture and Environmental Policy

BIOL 419: Community Ecology

BIOL 4193: Experimental Ecology Laboratory

BIOL 4195: Disease Ecology

ENST 364: Field Methods for Environmental Science

ENST 365: Applied Conservation Biology

ENST 375: Urban Ecology

ENST 481: Advanced GIS

EPSC 219: Energy and the Environment

EPSC 323: Biogeochemistry

EPSC 336: Mineral and Rocks in the Environment

EPSC 340: Minerals, Rocks, Resources and the Environment

EPSC 385: Earth History   

EPSC 386: Earth’s Climate System

EPSC 413: Introduction to Soil Science

EPSC 428: Hydrology

EPSC 454: Exploration and Environmental Geophysics

LAND 551A: Landscape Ecology

Interdisciplinary Environmental Analysis Minor

  • Deep training: Courses in analysis, critical thinking, and problem-solving
  • Accessible: Most courses do not have pre-requisites*
  • Application and problem solving: Opportunities for interdisciplinary, collaborative, project-based, and community-engaged learning
  • Pairs well with disciplinary-based majors to provide interdisciplinary, applied experiences that can be leveraged for career and job preparation

This minor was developed to prepare students to tackle real-world environmental challenges by providing more robust opportunities for interdisciplinary knowledge and skill development. The minor is structured to provide students with opportunities to strengthen their critical analysis and problem-solving skills through participation in team-based, experiential, often community-engaged learning around “wicked” real-world problems. Most courses do not have pre-requisites.*  Courses that appear as options in multiple sections may only be taken for credit toward one section of the minor.

Required Courses (Choose 3)

One Interdisciplinary Environmental Capstone Course

One Advanced Elective in Natural Science

*Pre-reqs: ENST 481 (ENST 380); EPSC 454 (EPSC 201)

One Advanced Elective in Social Science and Humanities

*Pre-reqs: ECON 451 (ECON 1011); ENST 481 (ENST 380)

Approved for students who entered Spring 2020 or before

  • HIST 3068: Human History of Climate Change
  • POL SCI 340: Topics in Politics: Environmental Justice
  • POL SCI 3752: Topics in American Politics: Globalization, Urbanization, & the Environment
  • POL SCI 4043: Public Policy Analysis Assessment and Practical Wisdom

 

EnSt Minor (available to students who enter WU in FL21 and beyond)

  • Exposure: Includes introductory-level courses
  • Accessible: because it includes introductory courses
  •  Flexible: Wide degree of choice in elective categories
  • Pairs easily with many majors to provide interdisciplinary exposure
  • Students must have at least 9 units of 300+ coursework unique to this minor.

Required core introductory courses (choose two classes)

      * Students can take EPSC 201 or EPSC 202 or EPSC 219 

Electives (choose four classes, one each from a different category)

Analysis and Communication (choose 1)

Analysis and Communication

Environmental Humanities (choose 1)

Environmental Humanities

Social Science (choose 1)

Natural Science

EnSt Minor (available to students who entered WUSTL prior to FL21)

  • Exposure: Includes introductory-level courses
  • Accessible: because it includes introductory courses
  • Flexible: Wide degree of choice in elective categories
  • Pairs easily with many majors to provide interdisciplinary exposure
  • Note: if a student has a major and a minor, the upper-level (300+) units for the major and minor must be independent of one another. (The minor must have 12 units independent of any other major.)

Required Courses

In addition to the required introductory courses, students must take at least 9 units of elective courses at the 300 level or above, one from each of the three categories below. Students may bring up to six units total from a Washington University approved summer or semester program when equivalent to electives below. The minor must have 12 units independent of any other major. Students who are majors in Environmental Biology or Environmental Earth Science may substitute the advanced science course required by taking an additional advanced political science, law, ethics or anthropology course. Students who are majors in Environmental Policy may substitute the advanced political science or law course required by taking an additional advanced science course.

One Advanced Science Course

One Advanced Political Science or Law Course

 

 

One Advanced Anthropology or Ethics Course

 

Other pre-approved substitutions

Courses that are offered less frequently or have more pre-requisites but that are pre-approved substitutions for these requirement categories include:

Advanced science:

Advance political science or law:

Advanced anthropology or ethics: