BARNARD COLLEGE
Major Requirements for Environmental Policy

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Part A-1, Natural Science Foundation (3 courses)

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Course Number /
Term/Year
1) Earth's Environmental Systems: Climate + Lab / EESC V2100x, y
2) General Chemistry I + lab / CHEM BC2001x
3) Intro. to Organismal and Evolutionary Biology(was BC2002)
+ Intro Labin Organismal & Evolutionary Bio (was2003) / BIOL BC1500x
BIOL BC1501x
or Environmental Biology II + Lab / BIOL W2002y
or Earth's Environmental Systems: Life + Lab / EESC V2300y
or Columbia’s SEE-U summer program***
Part A-2, Additional Science Foundation Course (1 course)
Organic Chemistry† / CHEM BC3230y
or General Chemistry II + Lab** / CHEM BC2002y
or Earth’s Environmental Systems: Solid Earth + Lab / EESC V2200x
or Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (was BC2001)
+ Biological Experimentation Laboratory (was BC2004) / BIOL BC1502y
BIOL BC1503y
or Introduction to Environmental Science I or II + Labs / EESC BC1001x
or EESC BC1002y
†for students who intend to pursue advanced coursework in natural sciences.
**for students who prefer a general introduction to chemistry and do not intend to pursue advanced coursework in natural sciences.
***students who enroll in the SEE-U program may not complement it with EESC BC1001, but may complement it with EESC BC1002.
Part B, Quantitative Assessment (1 course from each grouping, 2 courses total)
1) Data/Statistics:
Data Analysis / EESC BC3017x
2) Analysis:
GIS for Sustainable Development / SDEV W3390
or Spatial Analysis and Modeling for Sustainable Development / SDEV W3450
or *GIS Applications to Environmental Problems / EAEE E4009x
or Environmental Measurements (counts only for Part B or D) / EESC BC3016x
or Global Assessment and Monitoring Using Remote Systems / EESC W4050x
or GIS Methods and Case Studies / URBS V3200x, y
Part C, Decision-making Foundation (one from each grouping, 3 courses total)
1) Introduction to Economic Reasoning / ECON BC1003x, y
or Principles of Economics / ECON W1105x, y
2) Environmental Politics / POLS V3212y
or International Politics / POLS V1601x, y
or Urban Planning Problems in Developing Countries / URBS V3565x
or *Politics of the American Environment / HIST W3424x
3) Interpretation of Culture / ANTH V1002x, y
+ Interpretation of Culture Discussion Section / ANTH V1112x, y
or Human Species-Place in Nature (was ANTH now EEEB) / EEEB V1010x
or Intro. to Environmental Anthropology / ANTH V3004
or Challenges of Sustainable Development / SDEV W3300x
Part D, Natural Science Elective (1 course): Upper level elective in the natural sciences selected from the following:
Water, Sanitation and Health / EESC BC3043
or Ecological and Social Systems for Sustainable Development / SDEV W3330
or Fundamentals of Global Health / PUBH W3100
or Global Food Systems / SDEV W3200
or Disasters and Development / SDEV W3360
or Alternative Energy Resources / EAEE E2002
or Science for Sustainable Development / EESC W2330y
or Environmental Measurements (counts only for Part B or D) / EESC BC3016x
or *Energy Resources / EESC BC3019x
or *Hydrology / EESC BC3025y
or Case Studies in Land-use Dynamics / EESC BC3026y
or *Agricultural and Urban Land Use / EESC BC3032y
or *Waste Management / EESC BC3033x
or *Forests and Environmental Change / EESC BC3021x
or *Ecotoxicology / EESC BC3200x
or A Better Planet by Design / EAEE E 1100y
or Applied Industrial Ecology / EAEE E4001x
or Restoration and Urban Ecology / EEEB G4130x
Part E, Social Science Elective (1 course): Upper level elective in the social sciences selected from the following:
Demography of Human Populations / SDEV W3400
or Anthropology of Disaster / ANTH V3924y
or Anthropology of Consumption / ANTH V3950
or Environment and Cultural Behavior / ANTH V3971x
or The Global Economy / ECON W2257
or International Environmental Policy (was POLS W3616) / INAF U6243y
or Environmental Politics/ Policy Management (as E or F) / INAF U4727y
or *Environmental Law / EESC BC3040y
or Climate Change and Law / SDEV W3355
or *Environmental Sociology / SOCN W3290
or *Politics of the American Environment (as C or E) / HIST W3424x
or *Americans in the Natural World / HIST W4400y
or *Making of the Modern American Landscape / HIST W3441y
or *Looking at Nature in the US 1835 to Present / HIST W4582
or Urbanization and Sustainability / SDEV W3410
or 20th Century Urbanization in Comparative Perspectives / URBS V3525y/ HIST BC3525y
or Science, Technology and Society / SCNC W3010
or Environmental and Natural Resource Economics / ECON BC3039
or Economic and Financial Methods for Sustainable Development / SDEV W2320
Part F, Junior Research (1 course): Junior research experience in the social sciences selected from the following:
Political Ecology / ANTH W4022
or Environment and Development / ANTH V3973y
or Field Work in NYC / ANTH BC3868
or Workshop in Sustainable Development / EESC BC3300
or *History of Environmental Thought / HIST BC4909y
or *Colloquium on American Political Decision-making / POLS BC3331y
or *Colloquium on International Political Economy / POLS BC3800y
or *International Organizations / POLS BC3805y
or American Politics Seminar: Executive Leadership / POLS W3922y
or International Politics Seminar: National Security Policy / POLS W3961x
or Environmental Politics/Policy Management (as F or E) / INAF U4727y
or Cities in Developing Countries (as F or C) / URBS V3565x
or Urban Studies Junior Colloquia: Contemporary Urban Issues / URBS V3546y
or Urban Studies Junior Colloquia: Shaping Up the Modern City / URBS V3546y
Part G, Senior Thesis.
Senior Research Seminar (taken fall then spring, or spring then fall) / EESC BC3800x and 3801y
Recommended as preparation for combined theses: Economics focus: ECON BC1003, ECON BC3039;
Anthropology focus: ANTH BC3868, ANTH V3971.
* course taught alternate years

Last updated: Wednesday, April 02, 2014