Sociology and Environmental Studies, BA (Boston)

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BA Language Requirements

12 semester hours.

From the catalog
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.

Introduction to College

One of:
- INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern
- SOCL 1000 — Sociology at Northeastern

Required Sociology Courses

SOCL 1101 — Introduction to Sociology
SOCL 3300 — Social Theory

Sociology Electives

20 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete two courses between SOCL 1200–SOCL 2999 not used to satisfy other requirements.
Complete three courses between SOCL 3000–SOCL 4999 not used to satisfy other requirements.

Introductory Courses

From the catalog
Complete one introductory science course:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ENVR 1101 — Environmental Science
- All of:
  - ENVR 1200 — Dynamic Earth
  - ENVR 1201 — Lab for ENVR 1200
- All of:
  - ENVR 1400 — Foundations in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
  - ENVR 1401 — Lab for ENVR 1400
From the catalog
Complete one introductory social science course:
Choose 4 semester hours from:
- ANTH 1101 — Peoples and Cultures
- HUSV 2401 — Food Justice and Community Development
- PHIL 1180 — Environmental Ethics
- SOCL 1246 — Environment and Society

Human Foundations of Environmental Systems

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- ENVR 2515 — Sustainable Development
- ENVR 3540 — Environmental Psychology
- PHTH 2414 — Environmental Health

Skills Course

All of:
- ENVR 3300 — Geographic Information Systems
- ENVR 3301 — Lab for ENVR 3300

Electives

From the catalog
Complete four of the following, three of which must be at the 3000 level or above:

Choose 16 semester hours from:
- BUSN 1101 — Applied Business Fundamentals
- BUSN 3110 — The Consulting Environment
- CIVE 5280 — Remote Sensing of the Environment
- COMM 3500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
- All of:
  - EEMB 2302 — Ecology
  - EEMB 2303 — Lab for EEMB 2302
- EEMB 3460 — Conservation Biology
- EEMB 3466 — Disease Ecology
- ENVR 1110 — Global Climate Change
- One of:
  - ENVR 2401 — Food Justice and Community Development
  - ENVR 3150 — Food Security and Sustainability
- ENVR 3200 — Water Resources
- ENVR 3540 — Environmental Psychology
- ENVR 4504 — Environmental Pollution
- ENVR 4505 — Wetlands
- ENVR 5210 — Environmental Planning
- ENVR 5350 — Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions
- ENVR 5563 — Advanced Spatial Analysis
- ENVR 5700 — Streams and Watershed Ecology
- ENVR 5750 — Urban Ecology
- ENVR 5800 — Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions
- FINA 2720 — Sustainability in the Business Environment
- INNO 3520 — Impact Investing and Social Finance
- JRNL 3650 — Science Writing
- PHIL 1180 — Environmental Ethics
- PHTH 2414 — Environmental Health
- POLS 2395 — Environmental Politics and Policy
- PPUA 5268 — International Environmental Policy

Research Methods

From the catalog
Complete one research methods course:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- One of:
  - SOCL 2321 — Research Methods in Sociology
  - INSH 3101 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
From the catalog
Complete one of the following options to satisfy requirement in statistical training:
One of:
- All of:
  - ENVR 2500 — Biostatistics
  - ENVR 2501 — Lab for ENVR 2500
- SOCL 2320 — Statistical Analysis in Sociology

Capstone

From the catalog
Complete one of the following capstone classes:

One of:
- ENVR 4050 — Solving Emerging Environmental Challenges through Capstone
- ENVR 4997 — Senior Thesis
- SOCL 4600 — Senior Seminar

Integrative Requirements

From the catalog
Complete one ENVR course and one SOCL course from the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- ENVR 5450 — Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling
- One of:
  - SOCL 2485 — Environment, Technology, and Society
  - SOCL 4522 — Environmental Justice

Writing Requirements

One of:
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
One of:
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
- ENGW 3303 — Advanced Writing in the Environmental Professions
- ENGW 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
- ENGW 3308 — Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences

Co-op Requirements

From the catalog
Students who want to participate in co-op will need to complete EESC 2000 or EESH 2000

One of:
- EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
- EESH 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

GPA requirements

2.000 GPA required for major courses
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in ENVR, EEMB

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

With prior approval from the department, students can choose to do a two-semester Honors in the Major project in lieu of Senior Seminar (SOCL 4600) or Senior Thesis (ENVR 4997). In that case, if the student chooses to do Honors in Sociology, they would register for Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (SOCL 4970) (in lieu of an elective) and Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 (SOCL 4971) (in lieu of Senior Seminar (SOCL 4600)). If they choose to do Honors in Environmental Studies, they would register for Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (ENVR 4970) (in lieu of an elective) and Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 (ENVR 4971) (in lieu of Senior Thesis (ENVR 4997)).

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

EESC 2000 ↔ EESH 2000 (tier B)
ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (tier C)
ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3308 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under sociology-and-environmental-studies-ba-boston, and the official page is the authority.