Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, BS (Boston)

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Introduction to College

INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern

Core Curriculum

All of:
- EEMB 2302 — Ecology
- EEMB 2303 — Lab for EEMB 2302
One of:
- All of:
  - ENVR 1200 — Dynamic Earth
  - ENVR 1201 — Lab for ENVR 1200
- ENVR 2200 — Earth's Changing Cycles
All of:
- ENVR 1400 — Foundations in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
- ENVR 1401 — Lab for ENVR 1400
All of:
- ENVR 1500 — Introduction to Environmental, Social, and Biological Data
- ENVR 1501 — Lab for ENVR 1500
ENVR 2515 — Sustainable Development
All of:
- ENVR 3300 — Geographic Information Systems
- ENVR 3301 — Lab for ENVR 3300
ENVR 4000 — Science Communication and Professional Development
One of:
- ENVR 4050 — Solving Emerging Environmental Challenges through Capstone
- ENVR 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
- ENVR 4997 — Senior Thesis

Mathematics Requirements

One of:
- All of:
  - ENVR 2500 — Biostatistics
  - ENVR 2501 — Lab for ENVR 2500
- ECON 2350 — Statistics for Economists
- POLS 2400 — Quantitative Techniques
- SOCL 2321 — Research Methods in Sociology
One of:
- MATH 1241 — Calculus 1
- MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

Writing Requirements

One of:
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
One of:
- ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
- ENGW 3303 — Advanced Writing in the Environmental Professions
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Co-op Requirements

From the catalog
Students who want to participate in co-op will need to complete EESC 2000 Professional Development for Co-op.

EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Concentrations (choose 1)

Conservation, Restoration, and Management

From the catalog
Complete six of the following:

EEMB 2400 — Introduction to Evolution
One of:
- EEMB 3455 — Ecosystems Ecology
- CIVE 3430 — Engineering Microbiology and Ecology
EEMB 3460 — Conservation Biology
EEMB 4001 — Landscape and Restoration Ecology
Choose 24 semester hours from:
- EEMB 2610 — Plant Biology
- EEMB 3451 — Avian Biology
- EEMB 3465 — Ecological and Conservation Genomics
- EEMB 3466 — Disease Ecology
- EEMB 3475 — Wildlife Ecology
- EEMB 4000 — Applied Conservation Biology
- ENVR 2401 — Food Justice and Community Development
- ENVR 3150 — Food Security and Sustainability
- ENVR 3200 — Water Resources
- ENVR 3540 — Environmental Psychology
- All of:
  - ENVR 3800 — Plants and Society
  - ENVR 3801 — Lab for ENVR 3800
- ENVR 3850 — Sustainable Agriculture
- All of:
  - ENVR 4500 — Applied Hydrogeology
  - ENVR 4501 — Lab for ENVR 4500
- ENVR 4505 — Wetlands
- ENVR 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
- ENVR 5190 — Soil Science
- ENVR 5220 — Ecosystem-Based Management
- ENVR 5350 — Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions
- ENVR 5450 — Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling
- ENVR 5563 — Advanced Spatial Analysis
- ENVR 5700 — Streams and Watershed Ecology
- ENVR 5750 — Urban Ecology

Earth, Oceans, and Environmental Change

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
Complete five of the following:

One of:
- All of:
  - ENVR 2310 — Earth Materials
  - ENVR 2311 — Lab for ENVR 2310
- All of:
  - ENVR 2340 — Earth Landforms and Processes
  - ENVR 2341 — Lab for ENVR 2340
One of:
- ENVR 3200 — Water Resources
- All of:
  - ENVR 4500 — Applied Hydrogeology
  - ENVR 4501 — Lab for ENVR 4500
- ENVR 4505 — Wetlands
- ENVR 5700 — Streams and Watershed Ecology
One of:
- ENVR 3125 — Global Oceanic Change
- ENVR 3600 — Oceanography
One of:
- All of:
  - CHEM 1151 — General Chemistry for Engineers
  - CHEM 1153 — Recitation for CHEM 1151
- All of:
  - CHEM 1161 — General Chemistry for Science Majors
  - CHEM 1162 — Lab for CHEM 1161
  - CHEM 1163 — Recitation for CHEM 1161
- All of:
  - CHEM 1211 — General Chemistry 1
  - CHEM 1212 — Lab for CHEM 1211
  - CHEM 1213 — Recitation for CHEM 1211
One of:
- All of:
  - PHYS 1145 — Physics for Life Sciences 1
  - PHYS 1146 — Lab for PHYS 1145
- All of:
  - PHYS 1151 — Physics for Engineering 1
  - PHYS 1152 — Lab for PHYS 1151
  - PHYS 1153 — Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151
- All of:
  - PHYS 1161 — Physics 1
  - PHYS 1162 — Lab for PHYS 1161
  - PHYS 1163 — Recitation for PHYS 1161
Choose 20 semester hours from:
- CIVE 5280 — Remote Sensing of the Environment
- ENVR 2200 — Earth's Changing Cycles
- All of:
  - ENVR 2310 — Earth Materials
  - ENVR 2311 — Lab for ENVR 2310
- All of:
  - ENVR 2340 — Earth Landforms and Processes
  - ENVR 2341 — Lab for ENVR 2340
- ENVR 3200 — Water Resources
- All of:
  - ENVR 4500 — Applied Hydrogeology
  - ENVR 4501 — Lab for ENVR 4500
- ENVR 4504 — Environmental Pollution
- ENVR 4505 — Wetlands
- ENVR 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
- ENVR 5150 — Climate and Atmospheric Change
- ENVR 5190 — Soil Science
- ENVR 5550 — Climate Modeling, Adaptation, and Policy
- ENVR 5670 — Global Biogeochemistry
- ENVR 5700 — Streams and Watershed Ecology

Environment and Society

From the catalog
Complete six of the following:

ENVR 3540 — Environmental Psychology
One of:
- ENVR 3850 — Sustainable Agriculture
- ENVR 3800 — Plants and Society
SOCL 1246 — Environment and Society
One of:
- SOCL 2485 — Environment, Technology, and Society
- POLS 2395 — Environmental Politics and Policy
Choose 24 semester hours from:
- CIVE 5275 — Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure
- EEMB 3460 — Conservation Biology
- EEMB 4000 — Applied Conservation Biology
- ENVR 2401 — Food Justice and Community Development
- ENVR 3150 — Food Security and Sustainability
- All of:
  - ENVR 3800 — Plants and Society
  - ENVR 3801 — Lab for ENVR 3800
- ENVR 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
- ENVR 5000 — Community Stakeholder Engagement in Environmental Management and Research
- ENVR 5210 — Environmental Planning
- ENVR 5220 — Ecosystem-Based Management
- ENVR 5350 — Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions
- ENVR 5600 — Coastal Processes, Adaptation, and Resilience
- ENVR 5610 — Technology and the Blue Economy
- ENVR 5750 — Urban Ecology
- ENVR 5800 — Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions
- INTL 5100 — Climate and Development
- PPUA 5260 — Ecological Economics
- PPUA 5264 — Energy Democracy and Climate Justice: Technology, Policy, and Social Change
- PPUA 5268 — International Environmental Policy

Sustainable Planning and Development

From the catalog
Complete five of the following:

ENVR 3150 — Food Security and Sustainability
ENVR 3200 — Water Resources
ENVR 5210 — Environmental Planning
One of:
- ENVR 5350 — Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions
- ENVR 5800 — Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions
PPUA 5268 — International Environmental Policy
Choose 20 semester hours from:
- CIVE 5275 — Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure
- EEMB 3460 — Conservation Biology
- EEMB 4000 — Applied Conservation Biology
- EEMB 4001 — Landscape and Restoration Ecology
- ENVR 2401 — Food Justice and Community Development
- ENVR 3540 — Environmental Psychology
- All of:
  - ENVR 3800 — Plants and Society
  - ENVR 3801 — Lab for ENVR 3800
- All of:
  - ENVR 4500 — Applied Hydrogeology
  - ENVR 4501 — Lab for ENVR 4500
- ENVR 4505 — Wetlands
- ENVR 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
- ENVR 5000 — Community Stakeholder Engagement in Environmental Management and Research
- ENVR 5190 — Soil Science
- ENVR 5220 — Ecosystem-Based Management
- ENVR 5350 — Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions
- ENVR 5450 — Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling
- ENVR 5563 — Advanced Spatial Analysis
- ENVR 5550 — Climate Modeling, Adaptation, and Policy
- ENVR 5610 — Technology and the Blue Economy
- ENVR 5800 — Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions
- PPUA 5260 — Ecological Economics

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)
MATH 1241 ↔ MATH 1341 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

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