Requirements for the concentration

The International Environmental Studies concentration focuses on understanding international environmental challenges through a multidisciplinary lens and the ways in which states, non-state actors, and the international community seek to address these challenges. Key issues include climate change, sustainable development in relation to the environment, energy and natural resource use, and environmental security.

To fulfill this concentration, students complete five courses (15 credits) as indicated below. These courses must be taken in at least two different academic departments.

Required
One course selected from the following:
GEOG 2120World Regional Geography
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (International Environmental Policy)
SUST 1001Introduction to Sustainability
Four courses selected from the following:
ANTH 3502Cultural Ecology
ECON 2136Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
GEOG 2120World Regional Geography *
GEOG 2129Biogeography
or GEOG 2129W Biogeography
GEOG 2133People, Land, and Food
GEOG 2134Energy Resources
GEOG 2136Water Resources
GEOG 2137Environmental Hazards
GEOG 3108Weather and Climate
GEOG 3132Environmental Quality and Management
GEOG 3143Urban Sustainability
GEOG 3193Environmental Law and Policy
GEOG 3195Special Topics in Human Geography (Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems)
GEOG 3195Special Topics in Human Geography (Global Environmental Justice. Same as IAFF 3190: Global Environmental Justice)
GEOG 3195Special Topics in Human Geography (Political Ecology)
GEOG 3198Special Topics (Global Perspectives on Environmental Conservation)
GEOG 3218Arctic Systems
GEOL 1005Environmental Geology
GEOL 3131Global Climate Change
GEOL 3191Geology of Energy Resources
HIST 2001Special Topics (Environmental History)
HIST 3322The Modern American Presidency
IAFF 2190Special Topics (Philosophy of the Environment. Same as GEOG 3195 and PHIL 2281: Philosophy of the Environment)
IAFF 3180Special Topics in Security Policy (Global Energy Markets)
IAFF 3180Special Topics in Security Policy (Global Energy Security)
IAFF 3180Special Topics in Security Policy (Globalization and National Security)
IAFF 3183Special Topics in Development Policy (Globalization and Sustainable Development)
IAFF 3183Special Topics in Development Policy (International Energy and Environmental Regulations)
IAFF 3187Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Climate Change & Environmental Policy in Latin America)
IAFF 3187Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Cuba in the Global Arena)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Arctic Affairs)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Climate Change and Social Change)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (COP Process Fighting Climate Change)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Global Environmental Justice. Same as GEOG 3195: Global Environmental Justice)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (International Environmental Policy) *
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (LGBTIQ+ in International Affairs)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Strategic Management and Qualitative Methods in International Affairs)
PHIL 2281Philosophy of the Environment (Same as IAFF 2190 and GEOG 3195: Philosophy of the Environment)
PSC 2224Issues in Domestic Public Policy (Environmental Policy and Law)
PSC 3192WProseminar: Political Science (Politics of Water)
PUBH 2114Environment, Health, and Development
PUBH 3132Health and Environment
PUBH 3150Sustainable Energy and Environmental Health
SUST 1001Introduction to Sustainability *
SUST 3003World on a Plate
*This course may be taken under the "four from the following" option only if it was not previously taken under the "one from the following" option.