Environmental Sciences Major
NEW ADDITIONS TO COURSE OFFERINGS
Please contact Program Director for more information.
Recently Added:
ECON 349: Environmental and Natural Resources
ENVS 170: Rocky Mountain Field Research (at Teton Science Schools)
FYWS 151: Overton Park and the History of Urban Parks
MATH 114: Mathematics for the Life Sciences
New Course Numbers:
INTS 342: Comparative Ecopolitics
ENVS 486: Senior Seminar
A Note to Advisors:
ENVS 205: Environmental Geology counts as an upper-level Environmental Sciences elective with a lab.
ENVS 120: Introduction to Earth and Atmospheric Science counts as an introductory Environmental Sciences course for both majors and minors
REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
A total of fifty four to fifty six (54-56) hours and one additional environmental experience as follows:
- Four Introductory Courses:
A. ENVS 150: Environment and Society
B. Three introductory courses from the following list:
BIOL 120: Environmental Science
CHEM 120: foundations of chemistry (Environmentally-themed section preferred)
ENVS 111: Physical Geology
ENVS 116: Introductory Topics in Earth Science
ENVS 170: Rocky Mountain Field Research (at Teton Science Schools)
MATH 114: Mathematics for Life Sciences - One statistics course from the following list:
ECON 290: Statistical Analysis for Economics and Business
MATH 111: Probability and Statistics
PSYC 211: Statistical Analysis - Four upper-level Environmental Sciences electives. Three courses must contain a lab component. Courses must come from at least two departments. Additional courses may be designated by the Environmental Studies and Sciences program.
Requires BIOL 120 and CHEM 120 or BIOL 130-131 and 140-141
BIOL 212, 214: Environmental Issues in Southern Africa & Field Study in Namibia (taken together)
Requires BIOL 130-131 and 140-141
BIOL 315(L): Ecology
BIOL 320(L): Conservation Biology
BIOL 345(L): Ornithology
BIOL 365: Advanced Topics in Biology (i.e. Plants and People, or other environmentally-related topic approved by the director of the program)
BIOL 200 (L): Evolution
Requires Permission of Instructor
BIOL 207(L): Animal Behavior
BIOL 202: Vertebrate Life
BIOL 220: Biology of Human Parasites
BIOL 301(L): MicrobiologyBIOL 451-452: Research
Requires Chemistry 120CHEM 211: Organic Chemistry
Requires Chemistry 211CHEM 240: Analytical Chemistry
Requires Permission of InstructorCHEM 451-452: Research
- Two Environmental Studies electives from the following list:
ANSO 201: Human Evolution
ANSO 203: Becoming Human: Domesticating the World
ANSO 271: Ecological Anthropology
ANSO 273: Gender and the Environment
ANSO 275: Food and Culture: You Are What You Eat
ART 166: Topics in Studio Art: Sculpture, Trees, and the Life of Wood
CHIN 214: Topics in Chinese Culture: Material Culture and Chinese Gardens
ECON 349: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
ENGL 332: Advanced Shakespeare Studies: Green Shakespeare
ENGL 336: Literature & Landscape
ENVS 205: Topics in Environmental Studies and Sciences (when approved by the director of the program)
FYWS 151: Overton: Memphis and the History of Urban Parks
HIST 105: Disease & Epidemics
HIST 207: Global Environmental History
HIST 305: U.S. Cities and Suburbs
HIST 307: Nature and War
HIST 309: Natural Disasters
HUM 201: Search for Values (Jackson’s Section only)
INTS 340: Global Ecopolitics
INTS 342: Comparative Ecopolitics
INTS 375: Population and National Security
PHIL 302: Environmental Ethics
POLS 316: Urban Policy
RELS 101: The Bible (Hotz’s Section only)
RELS 220: Topics in Theology: Environmental Theology
URBN 201: Introduction to Urban Studies - INTD 225: Geographic Information Systems
- ENVS 486: Senior Seminar
- Experiential Learning. Each student in the major will be required to complete an environmentally-oriented experience in which he or she will have a substantial engagement with environmental issues outside the Rhodes campus. There are several ways to complete this requirement, some of which are credit-bearing, but others are not. As with the College’s F11 requirement, students are not required to receive academic credit.
A. Students may enroll in one of the following:
ENVS 160: Rocky Mountain Ecology (at Teton Science Schools)
B. Experiences other than those listed above must be approved by the director of the Environmental Studies and Sciences Program and will require a substantial essay, evaluated by the director of the program, which links the student’s experience with what he or she has learned in the classroom. Experiences may include organized service projects at Rhodes with faculty or staff oversight (such as the Summer Service Fellowships), or study abroad experiences approved by Rhodes with significant environmental content as determined by the director of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program. Students should submit the form on the program’s website to petition for such experiences.
ARCE 120: Field Research in Environmental Archaeology
ARCE 450: Archaeological Field School
ENVS 160: Rocky Mountain Ecology (at Teton Science Schools)
ENVS 170: Rocky Mountain Field Research (at Teton Science Schools)
BIOL 212 and 214 (taken together): Environmental Issues in Southern Africa and Field Study in Namibia
ENVS 450: Field Experience in Environmental Studies and Sciences
ENVS 460: Internship in Environmental Studies and Sciences
ENVS 490: Independent Research in Environmental Studies and Sciences