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 The Concentration in the Environment requires a minimum 32 credit hours. It has prerequisite, as well as core concentration requirements. In addition, it features a Field Experience requirement that sends you off campus to work or study, and a Specialization requirement that allows you to pursue an area of your choosing in depth.
The concentration culminates in an B.A. or B.S. degree (120 credit hours required), depending on the number of mathematics and science credits you take. At least 60 credit hours of mathematics and science courses are required for a Bachelor of Science degree. You may declare this concentration at any point during your time as an undergraduate, and are encouraged to do so by the end of your sophomore year.
Students in the Program in the Environment must satisfy the following LSA requirements:
- English Composition
- Upper-Level Writing
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Race and Ethnicity
- Language (fourth term proficiency)
- Area Distribution
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To provide a common background in and understanding of the disciplines involved in environmental study, students take all of these courses :
- Introductory Interdisciplinary Course (one of the following):
Environ 110 (Global Change I) (NS)(BS)
Environ 111 (Global Change II) (SS)
Environ 201 (Ecological Issues) (NS)(BS)
Environ 270 (Our Common Future) (Excl.)
CEE 260 (Environmental Principles)
- Biology 162 or Biology 171 or both Biology 100 and 111 (Introductory Biology with lab) (NS)(BS)
- Chemistry 130 (General Chemistry) (NS)(BS)(QR/2)
- Geosci 118 and 119 (Intro Geology and lab) or Geosci 116 (Intro Geology at Camp Davis) (NS)(BS)
- Econ 101 (Principles of Economics I) (SS)(QR/2) or Environ 211 (Social Sciences and Environmental Problems) (SS)
- Math 115 (Calculus I) (MSA)(BS)(QR/1)
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These courses expand students' knowledge of environmental problems and solutions by exposing them to a wide range of natural, social science, and humanistic disciplines. Students select one course from each of these areas (except where noted), at the 200 level or above:
- General Ecology (Biology 281 and 282; Biology 381)
- Analytics (Stats 265, 350, 400, 405, 412, Econ 404, 405, IOE 265)
- Culture and Environment (one course from approved list)
- Natural and Earth Systems Science (one course from approved list or any 200-level or above course from AOSS, BIOLOGY, CHEM, EEB, ENVIRON, GEOSCI, NRE, or PHYSICS)
- Two Environmental Social Science courses (two courses from approved list. One must be at the 300 level or above.)
- Senior Capstone Course
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It is important that environmental education include exposure to the organizations and methods involved in environmental problem-solving. For this reason Program in the Environment students are required to spend time off-campus participating in a PRE-APPROVED Internship, residential Field /Experiential Course (e.g. U-M's Biological Station or Camp Davis), or Independent Field Research.
PitE students click here for additional Field Experience information and forms.
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To better understand and gain a range of applicable skills in one discipline of environmental study, students take three courses at the 300 level or above, in one of the following specialization areas: Environmental Science, Environmental Social Science, or Culture and the Environment.
Sample Specializations:
PitE Students click here for additional Specialization information and forms.
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