Environmental Science Undergraduate Program

The interdisciplinary environmental science major introduces students to physical, biological, geographical and policy aspects of the natural environment. Following a set of common core courses, majors choose one of three tracks: Earth System Science, Environmental and Conservation Biology, or Environmental Science and Policy. The major provides training for those who want to continue on to graduate school or establish management, fieldwork, or laboratory careers in areas as diverse as ecology; conservation biology; teaching; environmental planning, protection, or regulation; water or air monitoring; and policy development.

Advanced students are encouraged to undertake directed research or internships and may do a senior project for honors. Environmental science faculty come from a wide range of Clark’s departments. Most are from Biology, Geography, and International Development, Community and Environment, but faculty with environmental interests are also to be found in departments as diverse as Chemistry, Economics, Government, Management, Philosophy, and Physics. Many of the research faculty of Clark’s George Perkins Marsh Institute are also contributors to the ES major.

Accelerated B.A./M.A. Programs

Accelerated B.A./M.A. programs in biology, environmental science and policy, and geographic information systems (GIS) are available to eligible students. For more information visit www.clarku.edu/accelerate.

Courses
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Title of Course	Course Number
Accelerated Introductory Chemistry/Lecture, Laboratory	CHEM103
Advanced Remote Sensing/Lecture, Laboratory	GEOG282
Animal Behavior/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL342
Applied Ecology	BIOL302
Arctic System Science / Lecture, Discussion	GEOG119
Biochemistry I/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL271
Biological Clocks/Discussion, Lecture	BIOL244
Biology of Symbiosis/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL256
Calculus I/Lecture	MATH120
Calculus II/Lecture	MATH121
Capstone Research/Seminar	EN290
Case Studies in Environmental Ethics/Seminar	PHIL232
Climate Change, Energy and Development	EN207
Comparative Environmental Politics/Lecture, Discussion	GOVT216
Conservation Biology	BIOL207
Decision Methods for Environmental Management and Policy/ Lecture, Discussion	EN261
Directed Study	EN299
Discovering Environmental Science/ Lecture, Discussion	EN120
Ecology of Atlantic Shores/Lecture, Field Trip	BIOL201
Ecology of Disease Vectors/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL224
Ecology of Infectious Disease/Seminar	BIOL217
Ecology/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL216
Economy and Environment/ Lecture, Discussion	GEOG224
Energy & Climate Social Change Research Seminar	EN266
Environment and Development in the Middle East and North Africa/Lecture, Discussion	ID284
Environmental Chemistry/Lecture, Laboratory	CHEM142
Environmental Ethics/Lecture, Discussion	EN123
Environmental Law/Lecture, Discussion	GOVT276
Environmental Toxicology/Lecture	EN241
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics/Lecture, Discussion	EN257
Environmental and Social Epidemiology	EN264
Evolution/Lecture, Laboratory, Discussion	BIOL105
Feminism, Nature and Culture/ Seminar	GEOG237
Forest Ecology/Lecture, Discussion	GEOG116
Gender and Environment/Lecture, Discussion	GEOG136
Genetics/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL118
Global Environmental Justice/ Lecture, Discussion, First-Year Seminar (in alternate years)	GEOG179
Global Health: Epidemiological Perspective	EN255
Global Warming: How to Respond? / First-Year Seminar	EN124
Green Business Management	MGMT252
Groundwater Hydrology and Management/Lecture, Discussion	GEOG271
Honors Research/Seminar	EN297
Intermediate Quantitative Methods in Geography/Lecture, Laboratory	IDCE324
International Environmental Law and Policy	EN287
Intro to Geographic Information Syestem	GES190
Introduction To Botanical Diversity/ Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL110
Introduction to Biology II/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL102
Introduction to Environmental Geology/Lecture, Laboratory	GEOG101
Introduction to Environmental Information Systems/Lecture, Laboratory	GEOG087
Introduction to Fungal Biology/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL180
Introduction to Hydrology/Lecture, Discussion	GEOG115
Introduction to Quantitative Methods /Lecture, Laboratory	EN110
Introduction to Statistical Analysis/Lecture, Discussion	ECON160
Introductory Chemistry I/Lecture, Laboratory	CHEM101
Introductory Chemistry II/Lecture, Laboratory	CHEM102
Introductory Physics – Part I/Lecture, Discussion, Laboratory	PHYS110
Introductory Physics – Part II/Lecture, Discussion, Laboratory	PHYS111
Landscape Ecology/Lecture, Discussion	IDCE30214
Living in the Material World: The Political Geography of Resource Development/Lecture, Discussion	GEOG126
Management of Environmental Pollutants/Seminar	EN282
Marine Biology/Lecture, Field Trips	BIOL114
Molecular Ecology of Forest Fungi	BIOL254
Natural Resource Management	EN245
Nomads to Oil Sheikhs: The New Geography of the Middle East/Lecture, Seminar	GEOG184
Organic Chemistry I/Lecture, Laboratory	CHEM131
Physiological Ecology of Marine Algae/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL219
Policy Analysis/Lecture, Discussion	GOVT213
Political Economy of Development/Lecture	GES127
Population Biology/Lecture	BIOL220
Principles of Environmental and Conservation Biology/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL103
Quantitative Environmental Modeling/Lecture Discussion	IDCE367
Quantitative Methods in Biology/Lecture, Laboratory	BIOL106
Seminar in Evolution/Seminar	BIOL243
Sociology of the Environment/ Lecture, Discussion	SOC205
Spatial Database Development	GEOG285
Statistics/Lecture, Discussion	PSYC105
Sustainability Science: Environment, Society and Technology	EN101
Sustainable Consumption and Production	EN277
Sustainable Development Assessment and Planning	IDCE332
Technology and Environmental Assessment/Seminar	GEOG250
The Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment/Lecture	ECON157
The Geography of Fire/Lecture, Discussion	GEOG234
The Natural Environment of New England	GEOG035
The Natural Environment of New England/Field Course	GEOG103
The Politics of Policy Implementation/Seminar	GOVT281
The Politics of Public Policy in the United States/Lecture, Discussion	GOVT154
The Politics of U.S. Environmental Issues/Lecture, Discussion	GES157
The Sustainable University	EN103
Topics in Marine Biology/Lecture, Seminar	BIOL223
Tropical Ecology/Lecture, Discussion	GEOG281
Urban Ecology: Cities as Ecosystems/Lecture, Discussion	GEOG280
Urban and Suburban Housing Policies	GOVT223
Weather and Climate/Lecture	GEOG102
Who Fears What and Why: Social Theories of Environmental Risks and Hazards/Seminar, Lecture, Discussion	EN226
Why Global Warming Matters/Lecture, Discussion, First Year Seminar	GEOG022