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Part A-1, Natural Science Foundation (3 courses)
1) Earth's Environmental Systems: Climate + Lab
2) General Chemistry I + lab
3) Intro. to Organismal and Evolutionary Biology (was BC2002)
+ Intro Lab in Organismal & Evolutionary Bio (was 2003)
or Environmental Biology II + Lab
or Earth's Environmental Systems: Life + Lab
or Columbia’s SEE-U summer program***
Part A-2, Additional Science Foundation Course (1 course)
Organic Chemistry†
or General Chemistry II + Lab**
or Earth’s Environmental Systems: Solid Earth + Lab
or Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (was BC2001)
+ Biological Experimentation Laboratory (was BC2004)
or Introduction to Environmental Science I or II + Labs
Course Number
EESC V2100x, y
CHEM BC2001x
BIOL BC1500x
BIOL BC1501x
BIOL W2002y
EESC V2300y
Term/Year
CHEM BC3230y
CHEM BC2002y
EESC V2200x
BIOL BC1502y
BIOL BC1503y
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
or Alternative Energy Resources
or Science for Sustainable Development
or Environmental Measurements (counts only for Part B or D)
or *Energy Resources
or *Hydrology
or Case Studies in Land-use Dynamics
or *Agricultural and Urban Land Use
or *Waste Management
or *Forests and Environmental Change
or *Ecotoxicology
or A Better Planet by Design
or Applied Industrial Ecology
or Restoration and Urban Ecology
SDEV W3360
EAEE E2002
EESC W2330y
EESC BC3016x
EESC BC3019x
EESC BC3025y
EESC BC3026y
EESC BC3032y
EESC BC3033x
EESC BC3021x
EESC BC3200x
EAEE E 1100y
EAEE E4001x
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: Monday, February 15, 2016