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Concentration Programs
• Environmental Biology
• Environmental Economics
• Environmental Geography
• Environmental Geology
• Minor Concentration ProgramThese programs are designed to give students a similar background in Environmental Studies through the core courses common to each concentration and also allow specialization in a particular discipline. There are options (see below) for students to take courses other than ENST 100 and ENST 101 to fulfill the ENST core course requirements. However, all students must take at least one of these integral courses in the ENST Program. To fulfill ENST graduation requirements, students must possess a minimum overall GPA of at least 2.0 in all courses, both ENST core courses and those taken in one of the departmentally-affiliated concentrations. We strongly recommend that students consult with a member of the advisory committee about their concentration plans during their first year at Colgate. Also, there are possibilities for students interested in environmental studies to concentrate in a discipline other than Environmental Biology, Environmental Economics, Environmental Geography, or Environmental Geology. Students interested in this option should speak with the Division Director for the division in which they wish to concentrate about the possibilities of designing a special, topical concentration.
Honors and High Honors: Students wishing to earn honors or high honors in one of the departmentally-affiliated concentrations will follow the requirements listed for biology, economics, geography, or geology concentrations depending on the host department. However, the courses used in calculating the GPA must be all those courses taken to complete the ENST concentration and not just those from the host department. Students wishing to pursue honors or high honors should consult with the ENST Program Director and the Chair of the affiliated department in the spring of their junior year.
Environmental Biology Concentration
This concentration program provides the student with a focus on biological systems and how organisms interact with the abiotic and biotic components of the environment. It also provides a breadth of exposure to environmental studies beyond just the field of biology. Below is the listing of courses required for this concentration.
Environmental Studies Core Courses: (5 Courses)
1. ENST 100:Earth and Environmental Processes2. ENST 101:Social Science Perspective on Environmental Issues
3. Methods Courses - BIOL 220 (Biostatistics) and GEOG 345 Geographic Information Systems.4. ENST/PHIL 202: Environmental Ethics
5. ENST 480 or other 400-level course approved by the concentration advisor and Program Director. This requirement may also be met by completion of a semester length project, upon approval of the concentration advisor and Program Director.
Biology Courses: (6 Courses)
1. BIOL 211: Evolution, Ecology and Diversity
2. BIOL 212: Molecules, Cells and Genes
3. BIOL 320 - Introduction to Phycology and Aquatic Macrophytes
4. Either BIOL 210 - Vertebrate Environmental Physiology; BIOL 311: Comparative Environmental Physiology; or BIOL 341: Animal Behavior5. BIOL 330: Conservation Biology
6. BIOL 335: Limnology or BIOL 336: Advanced EcologyOther Required Courses: (1-2 Courses)
1. CHEM 101/102 or CHEM 111 - General Chemistry
Students who wish to pursue graduate study or a career in the general area of Environmental Biology should consider taking both organic chemistry (CHEM 263/264) and physics (PHYS 111/112).
Environmental Economics Concentration
The Environmental Economics concentration program focuses on the relationships between the economic system and the natural environment, the use of the natural environment as an economic asset, and the impact on the natural environment of the economic system. In addition to courses stressing economic analysis, the concentration program includes a study of relevant science and other social sciences. The following courses are required for the concentration:
Environmental Studies Core Courses (5-6 Courses)
At least one of the ENST courses, 100 or 101, must be taken. The second of these two ENST core courses may be fulfilled by the recommended alternatives suggested under 1 and 2 below.1. ENST 100 - Earth and Environmental Processes. With approval of the program director, this requirement may be met by taking BIOL 211 plus either GEOL 210, GEOG 102, GEOG 301, GEOL 101 or GEOL 203
2. ENST 101: Social Science Perspective on Environmental Issues. With approval of the program director, this requirement may be met by taking either GEOG 206:Environmental Issues, GEOG 314 Population Issues or SOAN 345: Environmental Politics
3. ENST/PHIL 202: Environmental Ethics
4. ECON 375: Applied Econometrics
5. ENST 480 - Interdisciplinary Investigations of Environmental Issues. With approval of the concentration adviser and program director, this requirement may also be met by completion of another 400-level course or semester-length project.
II. Economics Courses (five)
1. ECON 151: Introduction to Economics
2. ECON 251: Intermediate Microeconomics
3. ECON 252: Intermediate Macroeconomics
4. ECON 228: Environmental Economics or ECON 328: Natural Resource Economics. Students interested in pursuing graduate study or a career in the general area of environmental economics are encouraged to take both of these courses.
5. ECON 428: Seminar in Environmental and Resource Economics, or, with permission of the concentration advisor and program director, another economics seminar with a research project focused on an environmental or resource issue.
III. Other required courses (three):
Three courses (in addition to those used to fulfill other requirements), chosen in consultation with the concentration advisor. These courses should provide the environmental science background necessary for analyzing environmental policy decisions and/or provide alternative viewpoints for thinking about environmental policy:
1.Earth Systems and Processes courses, choose any two of the following:
BIOL 201, Ecology
BIOL 210, Vertebrate Environmental Physiology
BIOL 320, Introduction to Phycology and Aquatic Plants
BIOL 330, Conservation Biology
BIOL 335, Limnology
GEOG 102, Introduction to Environmental Geography
GEOG 301, Weather and Climate
GEOL 101, Environmental Geology
GEOL 135, Introduction to Oceanography
GEOL 203, Environmental Geochemistry
GEOL 210, Hydrology and Surficial Geology
GEOL 225, GeoEnvironments and Natural Resources
GEOL 307, Coastal Geology
GEOL 330, Hydrogeology
GEOL 403, Geochemistry
GEOL 416, Marine Geology2. Society and the Environment course, choose any one of the following:
CORE 114, Ecology, Ethics, and Wilderness
ECON 326, Environmental Economics
ECON 356, Natural Resource Economics
ENST 319, Energy and Society
ENST 321Y, Environmental Sustainability after Communism
ENST 330, Global Change
GEOG 206, Environmental Issues
GEOG 215, Water Resources and Society
GEOG 302, Environmental Hazards
GEOG 304, Gender and Environment
GEOG 314, Population Issues
GEOG 316, Medical Geography and Disease Ecology
GEOG 320, International Development
GEOG 330, Environmental Impact Assessment
GEOG 331, Urban Environmental Issues
PHIL 314, Central Concepts in Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 315, International Ethics
PHIL 227, Philosophy of Nature
POSC 317, Politics of Pressure Groups
RELG 236, Religion, Science, and the Environment
RELG 333, Religious Understanding and Social Ethics
SOAN 345, Environmental Politics
Environmental Geography Concentration
This academic program engages students in the interrelations between human systems and the natural environment. The concentration combines department courses with the foundation built in the environmental studies core courses. In collaboration with their academic advisor in geography, environmental geography students will select a specific theme within environmental studies on which to focus. This component of the concentration combines courses in the Geography Department with courses offered in other relevant disciplines. The requirements for the concentration are presented below.
Environmental Studies Core Courses: (6-7 Courses)
1. ENST 100. Or BIOL 211, GEOL 101, GEOL 203, GEOL 2102. ENST 101. OR ECON 228, ECON 328, SOAN 345
3. ENST/PHIL 202: Environmental Ethics
4. Methods Courses:
GEOG 225: Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
GEOG 345: Geographic Information Systems5. ENST 480, planning with the approval of the concentration advisor and the Program Director,.
Other Geography Courses: (3 Courses)
1. One of the following:
GEOG 101: Global Change: Geographic Perspectives
GEOG 102: Environmental Geography
2. One of the following:
GEOG 215: Water Resources and Society
GEOG 301: Weather and Climate
GEOG 306: Biogeography3. One of the following
GEOG: Environmental Hazards
GEOG 304: Gender and Environment
GEOG 314: Population issues
GEOG 320: Globalization, Development and Environment
GEOG 331 Urban Environmental Issues
GEOG 332: International Environmental Policy and Management
4. GEOG 401 Senior Seminar
Other Required Courses: (3 Courses)
In consultation with their faculty adviser, students will focus on a subfield of Environmental Geography that reflects their academic interests and career goals. Subfield examples that correspond to Geography faculty expertise include climatology, population studies, gender and the environment, environmental health, environmental systems analysis, geographic information systems (GIS), political economy of the global environment, sustainable agriculture, and sustainable development. Three of the courses in this component of the major will be drawn from disciplines outside of the Geography Department.
Environmental Geology Concentration
This concentration program focuses study on the geological components of the environment, including terrestrial, marine and freshwater systems. The program emphasizes large scale processes in earth systems and how they impact and are impacted by global change. Below is the listing of courses required:
Environmental Studies Core Courses (4 Courses)
1. ENST 100 or one of the following: GEOG 102, Environmental Geography (with lab), GEOL 101, Environmental Geology2. ENST 101
3. ENST/PHIL 202: Environmental Ethics
4. ENST 480 or other 400-level course approved by the concentration advisor and Program Director. This requirement may also be met by completion of a semester length research project, upon approval of the concentration advisor and Program Director.
Geology Courses (7 Courses)
1. Two required courses:
GEOL 201 - Mineralogy
GEOL 203 - Environmental Geochemical Analysis2. Five additional geology courses numbered 200 or higher, including at least one from each of the of the following areas and at least one 400-level course (excluding GEOL 440, 441, 491)
a. Nature of the Earth
GEOL 202 - Petrology
GEOL 220 - Volcanology
GEOL 305 - Structural Geology
GEOL 418 - Tectonicsb. Earth Processes
GEOL 302 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
GEOL 307 - Coastal Geology
GEOL 330 - Hydrogeology
GEOL 403 - Geochemistry
GEOL 416 - Marine Geologyc. Life on Earth
GEOL 215 - History of Life
GEOL 315 - Invertebrate Paleontology
GEOL 415 - Principles of Paleontology
GEOL 426 - Marine Environments: Ancient and ModernStudents concentrating in Environmental Geology are strongly encouraged to complete the Geology Field Program (GEOL 320) or a similar field experience.
Students who wish to pursue graduate study or a career in the general area of Environmental Geology should supplement their concentration with at least one year of college chemistry, physics and mathematics.
The Minor Concentration Program consists of six courses identified in consultation with the program director or affiliated faculty advisers. Students are urged to enroll in the program as early as possible, with entry normally occurring no later than the junior year. Students have the opportunity to select courses that are specific to individual interests, but all students are required to take (1) ENST 100, Earth and Environmental Processes and (2) ENST 101, Environment and Society. Normally, these two courses should be completed in the student's first or second year. In addition, students must take at least two courses from the Society and the Environment list, only one of which may be a GNED or CORE Course, and another two courses from the Earth Systems and Processes list. None of these six courses may be counted for both the major and minor concentrations. These courses cannot be used to fulfill a requirement in the CORE Curriculum. Courses that count toward the minor concentration area are listed below.
Affiliated Faculty Advisors: April, Arnold, Burnett, Fuller, Glazebrook, Gogel, Goldstein, Hoham, Novak, Pinet, Rask, Selleck, Sheridan, Turner, Weinberg.
Society and the Environment
CORE 114, Ecology, Ethics, and Wilderness
ECON 326, Environmental Economics
ECON 356, Natural Resource Economics
ENST 319, Energy and Society
ENST 330, Global Change
ENST 321Y, Environmental Sustainability after Communism
GEOG 206, Environmental Issues
GEOG 215, Water Resources and Society
GEOG 302, Environmental Hazards
GEOG 304, Gender and the Environment
GEOG 314, Population Issues
GEOG 316, Medical Geography and Disease Ecology
GEOG 320, International Development
GEOG 330, Environmental Impact Assessment
PHIL 314, Central Concepts in Social and Political Philosophy
PHIL 315, International Ethics
PHIL 227, Philosophy of Nature
POSC 317, Politics of Pressure Groups
RELG 236, Religion, Science, and the Environment
RELG 333, Religious Understanding and Social Ethics
SOAN 345, Environmental PoliticsEarth Systems and Processes
BIOL 201, Ecology
BIOL 210, Vertebrate Environmental Physiology
BIOL 320, Introduction to Phycology and Aquatic Plants
BIOL 330, Conservation Biology
BIOL 335, Limnology
CORE 132, Climate Change and Human History
GEOG 102, Introduction to Environmental Geography
GEOG 301, Weather and Climate
GEOG 306, Biogeography
GEOL 101, Environmental Geology
GEOL 135, Introduction to Oceanography
GEOL 203, Environmental Geochemistry and Analysis
GEOL 210, Hydrology and Surficial Geology
GEOL 225, GeoEnvironments and Natural Resources
GEOL 307, Coastal Geology
GEOL 330, Hydrogeology
GEOL 403, Geochemistry
GEOL 416, Marine Geology