The Environmental Studies and Sciences (ENVS) program at Rhodes College is a dynamic and interdisciplinary field that equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to address complex environmental challenges. Rooted in a liberal arts tradition, the program offers a holistic approach to understanding the environment, integrating perspectives from social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and fine arts. Students engage in hands-on learning experiences, from fieldwork to research projects to local internships, fostering a deep understanding of environmental issues and solutions. With dedicated faculty guidance and a commitment to sustainability, Rhodes College prepares students to become thoughtful leaders and stewards of our planet, shaping a brighter future for generations to come.

We offer a major and minor in both Environmental Studies and Environmental Sciences. Environmental Studies classes focus on social factors relating to the environment, including elective classes in economics, history, religious studies, art and more. Environmental Science classes focus more on the natural science relating to the environment with elective classes in biology, chemistry, geology, math, and geography. While students in both majors/minors take classes in both environmental studies and environmental sciences, the chosen area of study focuses on the respective area. Classes required for both majors include ENVS-150: Environment and society, ENVS-225: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and ENVS-486: Senior Seminar. This way, periodically throughout the curriculum, students are able to share their different backgrounds of study in the class setting. 

Student with ENVS majors go on to a range of different careers, with some examples including graduate and professional schools in biology, business, city and regional planning, earth systems science, ecology and evolution, environmental education, environmental science, geography, law, and public health.  Alumni are currently teaching (locally and internationally), working for non-profit organizations, working as GIS analysts, working for businesses, and much more!

Program Committee Faculty

Erin Bodine, Department of Mathematics  
Michael Collins, Department of Biology 

Kelly Diamond, Department of Biology   
William Eckenhoff, Department of Chemistry (Chair)  
Elaine Frawley, Department of Biology  

Gretchen Henderson, Department of English

Jeffrey Jackson, Department of History  
Tait Keller, Department of History 

Kate LeCroy, Department of Biology

Elizabeth Pettinaroli, Department of Modern Languages 

Dave Rupke, Department of Physics

Kate Shields, Environmental Studies & Sciences Program

James Tumulty, Department of Biology 

Affiliated Faculty

Erin Dolgoy, Department of Politics & Law; Department of Philosophy  
Judith Haas, Department of English  
Laura Loth, Department of Modern Languages, French  
Rebecca Tuvel, Department of Philosophy  
Shaolu Yu, Urban Studies Program

Teaching Faculty
Amy Benson, Department of English

Julie Johnson, Adjunct Faculty, Geology  
Brooke Schedneck, Department of Religious Studies

Scott Schoefernacker, Adjunct Faculty, Geology 

Honors in Environmental Sciences

1. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 (cumulative and in the major) at the time of application and upon graduation. Students typically enroll in ENVS Research (ENVS 452) during the spring semester of their junior year, in preparation for submitting their Honors proposal.
2. Students must complete all courses needed for a B. S. degree with a major in Environmental Sciences. 
3. Students must complete the Honors Tutorial (ENVS 495 and 496), taken during the fall and spring semesters of senior year.
4. Students must conduct an original investigation of an environmentally-focused topic, under the direct supervision of an ENVS faculty member. Honors research may be conducted off campus, with ENVS Program approval, but there must be supervision by an ENVS faculty member.
5. Students must complete a formal research proposal by the start of the fall semester in the students’ senior year. The research project must be completed and approved by the supervising Honors committee. This committee will consist of two ENVS faculty members and one faculty member not affiliated with the ENVS Program. Students must complete a scientific paper that adheres to the Rhodes College guidelines for Honors, and students must give an oral presentation of their research findings.

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Honors in Environmental Studies

1. Students must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 (cumulative and in the major) at the time of application and upon graduation. Students typically enroll in ENVS Research (ENVS 452) during the spring semester of their junior year, in preparation for submitting their Honors proposal.
2. Students must complete all courses needed for a B. A. degree with a major in Environmental Studies. 
3. Students must complete the Honors Tutorial (ENVS 495 and 496), taken during the fall and spring semesters of senior year.
4. Students must conduct an original investigation of an environmentally-focused topic, under the direct supervision of an ENVS faculty member. Honors research may be conducted off campus, with ENVS Program approval, but there must be supervision by an ENVS faculty member.
5. Students must complete a formal research proposal by the start of the fall semester in the students’ senior year. The research project must be completed and approved by the supervising Honors committee. This committee will consist of two ENVS faculty members and one faculty member not affiliated with the ENVS Program. Students must complete a research paper that adheres to the Rhodes College guidelines for Honors, and students must give an oral presentation of their research findings.
    

Students who have received a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Environmental Science examination can elect to receive credit for BIOL-120(L): Introduction of Environmental Science.

A total of fifty four to fifty six (54-56) hours and one additional environmental experience as follows:

1. ENVS 150: Environment and Society.
2. Three introductory courses from the following list, totaling a minimum of 12 credits:
   1. BIOL 120(L): Introduction to Environmental Sciences OR BIOL 1410/141L: Biology II.*
   2. CHEM 120/125L: Foundations of Chemistry.
   3. ENVS 106(L): Introductory Topics in Environmental Science.
   4. ENVS 107: Environment, Conservation & Policy Issues. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   5. ENVS 108: Tropical Biology. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   6. ENVS 111(L): Physical Geology.
   7. MATH 214: Discrete Mathematical Modeling with Biological Applications.
3. One statistics course from the following list:
   1. ECON 290: Statistical Analysis for Economics and Business.
   2. MATH 111: Applied Statistics for Liberal Arts.
   3. MATH 211: Applied Statistics for the Formal & Natural Sciences
   4. PSYC 211: Statistical Methods.
4. Four upper-level Environmental Sciences electives spanning at least two departments and programs, totaling a minimum of 16 credits. Three of the courses must contain a lab component. 
   1. BIOL 280: Microbial Methods in Ecology. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   2. BIOL 300(L): Evolution.*
   3. BIOL 301(L): Microbiology.*
   4. BIOL 302: Parasitology.*
   5. BIOL 311(L): Invertebrate Biology.*
   6. BIOL 312: Environmental Issues in Southern Africa.*
   7. BIOL 315(L): Ecology.*
   8. BIOL 316(L): Freshwater Ecology.*
   9. BIOL 318(L): Entomology.*
   10. BIOL 320(L): Conservation Biology.*
   11. BIOL 321(L): Animal Behavior.*
   12. BIOL 322(L): Plant Diversity and Evolution.*
   13. BIOL 345(L): Ornithology.*
   14. BIOL 348(L): Wildlife Biology.*
   15. BIOL 350(L): Comparative Vertebrate Morphology.*
   16. BIOL 365: Advanced Topics in Biology. (Environmentally related topic approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)*
   17. CHEM 206: Environmental Chemistry.*
   18. CHEM 211: Organic Chemistry I.*
   19. CHEM 240(L): Analytical Chemistry.*
   20. CHEM 406: Advanced Analytical Chemistry.*
   21. ENVS 206(L): Topics in Environmental Science.
   22. ENVS 211(L): Geomorphology.*
   23. ENVS 240: Science of Climate Change.
   24. ENVS 255 Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   25. ENVS 260: Costal Watersheds. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   26. ENVS 265: Methods and Concepts in Oceanography. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   27. ENVS 270: Marine Resource Use and Conservation. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   28. ENVS 325: Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing.*
   29. ENVS 450: Independent Research Project. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   30. ENVS 451-452: Research.
   31. ENVS 495-496: Honors Tutorial.
   32. MATH 244: Intro to Data Analytics & Visualization.*
   33. MATH 314: Agent-Based Modeling.*
5. Two Environmental Studies electives from the following list, totaling a minimum of eight credits:
   1. ANSO 201: Human Evolution.
   2. ANSO 221: North of the Rio Grande: Indigenous People of North America.
   3. ANSO 251: Nature and Society.
   4. ANSO 265: Selected Introductory Topics in Anthropology and Sociology. (i.e. Southern Foodscapes, or other environmentally-related topic approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)
   5. ANSO 271: Ecological Anthropology.
   6. ANSO 273: Gender and the Environment.
   7. ANSO 345: Just Food.
   8. ART 166: Art and Science.
   9. CHIN 216: Asian Urbanization through Cinema.
   10. CHIN 218: Taste and Power: Asian Foodways
   11. ECON 100: Introduction to Economics
   12. ECON 349: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.*
   13. ENVS 205: Topics in Environmental Studies. (When approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)
   14. ENVS 207: Linking the Local to the Global. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   15. ENVS 238: Blue Humanities: Step into STREAM+
   16. ENVS 239: Environmental Humanities: Seeding your Reading
   17. ENVS 250: Beyond Catastrophe: Feminist Approaches to Environmental Transformation.
   18. ENVS 375: Environmental Justice.
   19. FREN 442: Francophone Ecocriticism.
   20. FYWS 151: Energy & Waste.
   21. FYWS 151: Consuming Cultures & the Problem of Waste.
   22. HIST 105: Disease & Epidemics.
   23. HIST 201: History of Environmental Thought.
   24. HIST 207: Global Environmental History.
   25. HIST 208: Agriculture, Society, and the Environment: Toward a Vision for People, Place, and Planet.
   26. HIST 209: Natural Disasters.
   27. HIST 307: Nature and War.*
   28. HUM 201: Search for Values. (Bakewell's, Colley's, Jackson’s, Loth's, or Rogers' section only)*
   29. INTS 220: Global Ecopolitics.
   30. INTS 221: Population and National Security.
   31. INTS 222: Global Health Politics.
   32. INTS 340: The Politics of Migration.
   33. INTS 341: Comparative Ecopolitics.
   34. MST 202: Apocalypse and Dystopia in Video Games.
   35. PHIL 230: Environmental Ethics.
   36. PHIL 315: Philosophy of Science & Nature.
   37. PHIL 332: Animal Ethics.
   38. PHIL 401: Ethics of Captivity.
   39. PLAW 206: Urban Politics and Policy.*
   40. PLAW 380: Infrastructure Policy.*
   41. PLAW 380 Environmental Law and Policy.
   42. RELS 101/102: The Bible and the Environment.
   43. RELS 101: The Bible and the City.
   44. RELS 101/102: The Bible and Food.
   45. RELS 102: The Bible, Climate & End of World.*
   46. RELS 220: Landscape and Ecological Spirituality.*
   47. RELS 258. Religion, Nature, and Environmental Crisis.*
   48. RELS 300: Religion, Nature, and the Anthropocene.
   49. RELS 301: Socially Engaged Buddhism.
   50. SPAN 318: Ecocritical Perspectives in Latin America.*
   51. SPAN 321: Toxic Matters in Latin America and the Latinx World.*
   52. URBN 310: Intro to Urban Planning & Design
   53. URBN 201: Introduction to Urban Studies.
   54. URBN 235: Principles of Public Health.
   55. URBN 265: Asian Urbanization through Cinema.
   56. URBN 310: Intro to Urban Planning & Design.*
   57. URBN 320: Globalization and Cities.
   58. URBN 345: Urban Political Economy.
   59. URBN 365: Urban Planning and Design.
6. ENVS 225: Geographic Information Systems.
7. ENVS 486: Senior Seminar.*
8. Experiential Learning. Each student in the major will be required to complete an environmentally oriented experience in which they will have a substantial engagement with environmental issues outside the Rhodes campus. There are several ways to complete this requirement, some of which are credit-bearing, but others are not. As with the College’s F11 requirement, students are not required to receive academic credit. The experiential learning component may be fulfilled by a course that counts as one of the electives for the major. Students may enroll in one of the courses listed below (Section A) or receive approval from the Chair of the Program for an alternative experience (Section B).
   1. Students may enroll in one of the following:
      1. ARCE 120: Field Research in Environmental Archaeology.
      2. ARCE 450: Archaeological Field School.
      3. BIOL 214: Environmental Field Study in Namibia.
      4. ENVS 207: Linking the Local to the Global. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
      5. ENVS 450: Independent Research Project. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)
      6. ENVS 451-452: Research.
      7. ENVS 460: Internship in Environmental Studies and Sciences.
      8. ENVS 495-496: Honors Tutorial.
   2. Experiences other than those listed above must be approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences Program and will require a substantial essay, evaluated by the chair of the program, which links the student’s experience with what they learned in the classroom. Experiences may include organized service projects at Rhodes with faculty or staff oversight (such as the Summer Service Fellowships) or study abroad experiences approved by Rhodes with significant environmental content as determined by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program.

*Course has class-status requirement or pre-requisites that must be met to enroll

A total of fifty-two (52) credits and one additional environmental experience as follows:

1. ENVS 150: Environment and Society.
2. One of the following:
   1. ECON 100: Introduction to Economics.
   2. URBN 345: Urban Political Economy.
3. Six courses from the following Environmental Studies course list spanning two or more departments or programs and totaling a minimum of 24 credits:
   1. ANSO 201: Human Evolution.
   2. ANSO 221: North of the Rio Grande: Indigenous People of North America.
   3. ANSO 251: Nature and Society.
   4. ANSO 265: Selected Introductory Topics in Anthropology and Sociology. (i.e. Southern Foodscapes, or other environmentally-related topic approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)
   5. ANSO 271: Ecological Anthropology.
   6. ANSO 273: Gender and the Environment.
   7. ANSO 345: Just Food.
   8. ART 166: Art and Science.
   9. CHIN 216: Asian Urbanization through Cinema.
   10. CHIN 218: Taste and Power: Asian Foodways
   11. ECON 100: Introduction to Economics
   12. ECON 349: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.*
   13. ENGL 265: Environmental Humanities Seeding your Readings. (Henderson)
   14. ENVS 205: Topics in Environmental Studies. (When approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)
   15. ENVS 207: Linking the Local to the Global. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   16. ENVS 238: Blue Humanities: Step into STREAM+
   17. ENVS 239: Environmental Humanities: Seeding your Reading
   18. ENVS 250: Beyond Catastrophe: Feminist Approaches to Environmental Transformation.
   19. ENVS 375: Environmental Justice.
   20. FREN 442: Francophone Ecocriticism.
   21. FYWS 151: Energy & Waste.
   22. FYWS 151: Consuming Cultures & the Problem of Waste.
   23. HIST 105: Disease & Epidemics.
   24. HIST 201: History of Environmental Thought.
   25. HIST 207: Global Environmental History.
   26. HIST 208: Agriculture, Society, and the Environment: Toward a Vision for People, Place, and Planet.
   27. HIST 209: Natural Disasters.
   28. HIST 307: Nature and War.*
   29. HUM 201: Search for Values. (Bakewell's, Colley's, Jackson’s, Loth's, or Rogers' section only)*
   30. INTS 220: Global Ecopolitics.
   31. INTS 221: Population and National Security.
   32. INTS 222: Global Health Politics.
   33. INTS 340: The Politics of Migration.
   34. INTS 341: Comparative Ecopolitics.
   35. MST 202: Apocalypse and Dystopia in Video Games.
   36. PHIL 230: Environmental Ethics.
   37. PHIL 315: Philosophy of Science & Nature.
   38. PHIL 332: Animal Ethics.
   39. PHIL 401: Ethics of Captivity.
   40. PLAW 206: Urban Politics and Policy.*
   41. PLAW 380: Infrastructure Policy.*
   42. PLAW 380 Environmental Law and Policy.
   43. RELS 101/102: The Bible and the Environment.
   44. RELS 101: The Bible and the City.
   45. RELS 101/102: The Bible and Food.
   46. RELS 102: The Bible, Climate & End of World.*
   47. RELS 220: Landscape and Ecological Spirituality.*
   48. RELS 258. Religion, Nature, and Environmental Crisis.*
   49. RELS 300: Religion, Nature, and the Anthropocene.
   50. RELS 301: Socially Engaged Buddhism.
   51. SPAN 318: Ecocritical Perspectives in Latin America.*
   52. SPAN 321: Toxic Matters in Latin America and the Latinx World.*
   53. URBN 310: Intro to Urban Planning & Design
   54. URBN 201: Introduction to Urban Studies.
   55. URBN 235: Principles of Public Health.
   56. URBN 265: Asian Urbanization through Cinema.
   57. URBN 310: Intro to Urban Planning & Design.*
   58. URBN 320: Globalization and Cities.
   59. URBN 345: Urban Political Economy.
   60. URBN 365: Urban Planning and Design.
4. Three additional Environmental Sciences courses from the following list totaling a minimum of 12 credits:
   1. BIOL 120(L): Introduction to Environmental Sciences OR BIOL 140/141L: Biology II.*
   2. BIOL 280: Microbial Methods in Ecology. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   3. BIOL 300(L): Evolution.*
   4. BIOL 301(L): Microbiology.*
   5. BIOL 302: Parasitology.*
   6. BIOL 311(L): Invertebrate Biology.*
   7. BIOL 312: Environmental Issues in Southern Africa.*
   8. BIOL 315(L): Ecology.*
   9. BIOL 316(L): Freshwater Ecology.*
   10. BIOL 318(L): Entomology.*
   11. BIOL 320(L): Conservation Biology.*
   12. BIOL 321(L): Animal Behavior.*
   13. BIOL 322(L): Plant Diversity and Evolution.*
   14. BIOL 345(L): Ornithology.*
   15. BIOL 348(L): Wildlife Biology.*
   16. BIOL 350(L): Comparative Vertebrate Morphology.*
   17. BIOL 365: Advanced Topics in Biology. (Environmentally related topic approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)*
   18. CHEM 120/125L: Foundations of Chemistry.
   19. CHEM 206: Environmental Chemistry.*
   20. CHEM 211: Organic Chemistry I.*
   21. CHEM 240(L): Analytical Chemistry.*
   22. CHEM 406: Advanced Analytical Chemistry.*
   23. ENVS 106: Introductory Topics in Environmental Science.
   24. ENVS 107: Environment, Conservation & Policy Issues. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   25. ENVS 108: Tropical Biology. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   26. ENVS 111(L): Physical Geology.
   27. ENVS 206(L): Topics in Environmental Science.
   28. ENVS 211(L): Geomorphology.*
   29. ENVS 240: Science of Climate Change.
   30. ENVS 255 Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   31. ENVS 260: Costal Watersheds. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   32. ENVS 265: Methods and Concepts in Oceanography. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   33. ENVS 270: Marine Resource Use and Conservation. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   34. ENVS 325: Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing.*
   35. ENVS 450: Independent Research Project. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   36. ENVS 451-452: Research.
   37. ENVS 495-496: Honors Tutorial.
   38. MATH 214: Discrete Mathematical Modeling with Biological Applications.
   39. MATH 244: Intro to Data Analytics & Visualization.*
   40. MATH 314: Agent-Based Modeling.*
5. ENVS 225: Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
6. ENVS 486: Senior Seminar.*
7. Experiential Learning. Each student in the major will be required to complete an environmentally oriented experience in which they will have a substantial engagement with environmental issues outside the Rhodes campus. There are several ways to complete this requirement, some of which are credit-bearing, but others are not. As with the College’s F11 requirement, students are not required to receive academic credit. The experiential learning component may be fulfilled by a course that counts as one of the electives for the major. Students may enroll in one of the courses listed below (Section A) or receive approval from the Chair of the Program for an alternative experience (Section B).
   1. Students may enroll in one of the following:
      1. ARCE 120: Field Research in Environmental Archaeology.
      2. ARCE 450: Archaeological Field School.
      3. BIOL 214: Environmental Field Study in Namibia.
      4. ENVS 207: Linking the Local to the Global. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
      5. ENVS 451-452: Research.
      6. ENVS 460: Internship in Environmental Studies and Sciences.
      7. ENVS 495-496: Honor's Tutorial.
   2. Experiences other than those listed above must be approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences Program and will require a substantial essay, evaluated by the chair of the program, which links the student’s experience with what they have learned in the classroom. Experiences may include organized service projects at Rhodes with faculty or staff oversight (such as the Summer Service Fellowships) or study abroad experiences approved by Rhodes with significant environmental content as determined by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program.

*Course has class-status requirement or pre-requisites that must be met to enroll

A total of twenty-four to twenty-seven (24-27) credits and one environmental experience as follows:

1. ENVS 150: Environment and Society.
2. Four courses from the following Environmental Sciences course list, spanning two or more departments or programs with at least one at the 200 level or above, and totaling a minimum of 16 credits:
   1. BIOL 120(L): Introduction to Environmental Sciences OR BIOL 140/141L: Biology II.*
   2. BIOL 280: Microbial Methods in Ecology. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   3. BIOL 300(L): Evolution.*
   4. BIOL 301(L): Microbiology.*
   5. BIOL 302: Parasitology.*
   6. BIOL 311(L): Invertebrate Biology.*
   7. BIOL 312: Environmental Issues in Southern Africa.*
   8. BIOL 315(L): Ecology.*
   9. BIOL 316(L): Freshwater Ecology.*
   10. BIOL 318(L): Entomology.*
   11. BIOL 320(L): Conservation Biology.*
   12. BIOL 321(L): Animal Behavior.*
   13. BIOL 322(L): Plant Diversity and Evolution.*
   14. BIOL 345(L): Ornithology.*
   15. BIOL 348(L): Wildlife Biology.*
   16. BIOL 350(L): Comparative Vertebrate Morphology.*
   17. BIOL 365: Advanced Topics in Biology. (Environmentally related topic approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)*
   18. CHEM 120/125L: Foundations of Chemistry.
   19. CHEM 206: Environmental Chemistry.*
   20. CHEM 211: Organic Chemistry I.*
   21. CHEM 240(L): Analytical Chemistry.*
   22. CHEM 406: Advanced Analytical Chemistry.*
   23. ENVS 106 or 106(L): Introductory Topics in Environmental Science.
   24. ENVS 107: Environment, Conservation & Policy Issues. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   25. ENVS 108: Tropical Biology. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   26. ENVS 111(L): Physical Geology.
   27. ENVS 206(L): Topics in Environmental Science.
   28. ENVS 211(L): Geomorphology.*
   29. ENVS 225: Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
   30. ENVS 240: Science of Climate Change.
   31. ENVS 255 Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   32. ENVS 260: Costal Watersheds. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   33. ENVS 265: Methods and Concepts in Oceanography. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   34. ENVS 270: Marine Resource Use and Conservation. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   35. ENVS 325: Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing.*
   36. ENVS 450: Independent Research Project. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   37. ENVS 451-452: Research.
   38. ENVS 495-496: Honors Tutorial.
   39. MATH 214: Discrete Mathematical Modeling with Biological Applications.
   40. MATH 244: Intro to Data Analytics & Visualization.*
   41. MATH 314: Agent-Based Modeling.*
3. One course from the Environmental Studies elective list totaling a minimum of four credits.
   1. ANSO 201: Human Evolution.
   2. ANSO 221: North of the Rio Grande: Indigenous People of North America.
   3. ANSO 251: Nature and Society.
   4. ANSO 265: Selected Introductory Topics in Anthropology and Sociology. (i.e. Southern Foodscapes, or other environmentally-related topic approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)
   5. ANSO 271: Ecological Anthropology.
   6. ANSO 273: Gender and the Environment.
   7. ANSO 345: Just Food.
   8. ART 166: Art and Science.
   9. CHIN 216: Asian Urbanization through Cinema.
   10. CHIN 218: Taste and Power: Asian Foodways
   11. ECON 100: Introduction to Economics
   12. ECON 349: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.*
   13. ENVS 205: Topics in Environmental Studies. (When approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)
   14. ENVS 207: Linking the Local to the Global. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   15. ENVS 238: Blue Humanities: Step into STREAM+

   16. ENVS 239: Environmental Humanities: Seeding your Reading

   17. ENVS 250: Beyond Catastrophe: Feminist Approaches to Environmental Transformation.
   18. ENVS 375: Environmental Justice.
   19. FREN 442: Francophone Ecocriticism.
   20. FYWS 151: Energy & Waste.
   21. FYWS 151: Consuming Cultures & the Problem of Waste.
   22. HIST 105: Disease & Epidemics.
   23. HIST 201: History of Environmental Thought.
   24. HIST 207: Global Environmental History.
   25. HIST 208: Agriculture, Society, and the Environment: Toward a Vision for People, Place, and Planet.
   26. HIST 209: Natural Disasters.
   27. HIST 307: Nature and War.*
   28. HUM 201: Search for Values. (Bakewell's, Colley's, Jackson’s, Loth's, or Rogers' section only)*
   29. INTS 220: Global Ecopolitics.
   30. INTS 221: Population and National Security.
   31. INTS 222: Global Health Politics.
   32. INTS 340: The Politics of Migration.
   33. INTS 341: Comparative Ecopolitics.
   34. MST 202: Apocalypse and Dystopia in Video Games.
   35. PHIL 230: Environmental Ethics.
   36. PHIL 315: Philosophy of Science & Nature.
   37. PHIL 332: Animal Ethics.
   38. PHIL 401: Ethics of Captivity.
   39. PLAW 206: Urban Politics and Policy.*
   40. PLAW 380: Infrastructure Policy.*
   41. PLAW 380 Environmental Law and Policy.
   42. RELS 101/102: The Bible and the Environment.
   43. RELS 101: The Bible and the City.
   44. RELS 101/102: The Bible and Food.
   45. RELS 102: The Bible, Climate & End of World.*
   46. RELS 220: Landscape and Ecological Spirituality.*
   47. RELS 258. Religion, Nature, and Environmental Crisis.*
   48. RELS 300: Religion, Nature, and the Anthropocene.
   49. RELS 301: Socially Engaged Buddhism.
   50. SPAN 318: Ecocritical Perspectives in Latin America.*
   51. SPAN 321: Toxic Matters in Latin America and the Latinx World.*
   52. URBN 310: Intro to Urban Planning & Design
   53. URBN 201: Introduction to Urban Studies.
   54. URBN 235: Principles of Public Health.
   55. URBN 265: Asian Urbanization through Cinema.
   56. URBN 310: Intro to Urban Planning & Design.*
   57. URBN 320: Globalization and Cities.
   58. URBN 345: Urban Political Economy.
   59. URBN 365: Urban Planning and Design.
4. Experiential Learning. Each student in the minor will be required to complete an environmentally oriented experience in which they will have a substantial engagement with environmental issues outside the Rhodes campus. There are several ways to complete this requirement, some of which are credit-bearing, but others are not. As with the College’s F11 requirement, students are not required to receive academic credit. The experiential learning component may be fulfilled by a course that counts as one of the electives for the minor. Students may enroll in one of the courses listed below (Section A)  or receive approval from the Chair of the Program for an alternative experience (Section B).
5. Students may enroll in one of the following:
   1. ARCE 120: Field Research in Environmental Archaeology.
   2. ARCE 450: Archaeological Field School.
   3. BIOL 214: Environmental Field Study in Namibia.
   4. BIOL 451-452: Research.
   5. ENVS 207: Linking the Local to the Global. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   6. ENVS 451-452: Research.
   7. ENVS 460: Internship in Environmental Studies and Sciences.
   8. ENVS 495-496: Honor's Tutorial.
6. Experiences other than those listed above must be approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences Program and will require a substantial essay, evaluated by the chair of the program, which links the student’s experience with what they have learned in the classroom. Experiences may include organized service projects at Rhodes with faculty or staff oversight (such as the Summer Service Fellowships), or study abroad experiences approved by Rhodes with significant environmental content as determined by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program.

*Course has class-status requirement or pre-requisites that must be met to enroll

A total of twenty-four to twenty-five (24-25) credits and one additional experiential environmental experience as follows:

1. ENVS 150: Environment and Society.
2. Four of the following Environmental Studies courses spanning at least two departments or programs, totaling at least 16 credits:
   1. ANSO 201: Human Evolution.
   2. ANSO 221: North of the Rio Grande: Indigenous People of North America.
   3. ANSO 251: Nature and Society.
   4. ANSO 265: Selected Introductory Topics in Anthropology and Sociology. (i.e. Southern Foodscapes, or other environmentally-related topic approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)
   5. ANSO 271: Ecological Anthropology.
   6. ANSO 273: Gender and the Environment.
   7. ANSO 345: Just Food.
   8. ART 166: Art and Science.
   9. CHIN 216: Asian Urbanization through Cinema.
   10. CHIN 218: Taste and Power: Asian Foodways
   11. ECON 100: Introduction to Economics
   12. ECON 349: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.*
   13. ENVS 205: Topics in Environmental Studies. (When approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)
   14. ENVS 207: Linking the Local to the Global. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   15. ENVS 238: Blue Humanities: Step into STREAM+
   16. ENVS 239: Environmental Humanities: Seeding your Reading
   17. ENVS 250: Beyond Catastrophe: Feminist Approaches to Environmental Transformation.
   18. ENVS 375: Environmental Justice.
   19. FREN 442: Francophone Ecocriticism.
   20. FYWS 151: Energy & Waste.
   21. FYWS 151: Consuming Cultures & the Problem of Waste.
   22. HIST 105: Disease & Epidemics.
   23. HIST 201: History of Environmental Thought.
   24. HIST 207: Global Environmental History.
   25. HIST 208: Agriculture, Society, and the Environment: Toward a Vision for People, Place, and Planet.
   26. HIST 209: Natural Disasters.
   27. HIST 307: Nature and War.*
   28. HUM 201: Search for Values. (Bakewell's, Colley's, Jackson’s, Loth's, or Rogers' section only)*
   29. INTS 220: Global Ecopolitics.
   30. INTS 221: Population and National Security.
   31. INTS 222: Global Health Politics.
   32. INTS 340: The Politics of Migration.
   33. INTS 341: Comparative Ecopolitics.
   34. MST 202: Apocalypse and Dystopia in Video Games.
   35. PHIL 230: Environmental Ethics.
   36. PHIL 315: Philosophy of Science & Nature.
   37. PHIL 332: Animal Ethics.
   38. PHIL 401: Ethics of Captivity.
   39. PLAW 206: Urban Politics and Policy.*
   40. PLAW 380: Infrastructure Policy.*
   41. PLAW 380 Environmental Law and Policy.
   42. RELS 101/102: The Bible and the Environment.
   43. RELS 101: The Bible and the City.
   44. RELS 101/102: The Bible and Food.
   45. RELS 102: The Bible, Climate & End of World.*
   46. RELS 220: Landscape and Ecological Spirituality.*
   47. RELS 258. Religion, Nature, and Environmental Crisis.*
   48. RELS 300: Religion, Nature, and the Anthropocene.
   49. RELS 301: Socially Engaged Buddhism.
   50. SPAN 318: Ecocritical Perspectives in Latin America.*
   51. SPAN 321: Toxic Matters in Latin America and the Latinx World.*
   52. URBN 310: Intro to Urban Planning & Design
   53. URBN 201: Introduction to Urban Studies.
   54. URBN 235: Principles of Public Health.
   55. URBN 265: Asian Urbanization through Cinema.
   56. URBN 310: Intro to Urban Planning & Design.*
   57. URBN 320: Globalization and Cities.
   58. URBN 345: Urban Political Economy.
   59. URBN 365: Urban Planning and Design.
3. One Environmental Sciences course from the following list totaling a minimum of four credits:
   1. BIOL 120(L): Introduction to Environmental Sciences OR BIOL 1410/141L: Biology II.*
   2. BIOL 280: Microbial Methods in Ecology. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   3. BIOL 300(L): Evolution.*
   4. BIOL 301(L): Microbiology.*
   5. BIOL 302: Parasitology.*
   6. BIOL 311(L): Invertebrate Biology.*
   7. BIOL 312: Environmental Issues in Southern Africa.*
   8. BIOL 315(L): Ecology.*
   9. BIOL 316(L): Freshwater Ecology.*
   10. BIOL 318(L): Entomology.*
   11. BIOL 320(L): Conservation Biology.*
   12. BIOL 321(L): Animal Behavior.*
   13. BIOL 322(L): Plant Diversity and Evolution.*
   14. BIOL 345(L): Ornithology.*
   15. BIOL 348(L): Wildlife Biology.*
   16. BIOL 350(L): Comparative Vertebrate Morphology.*
   17. BIOL 365: Advanced Topics in Biology. (Environmentally related topic approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program)*
   18. CHEM 120/125L: Foundations of Chemistry.
   19. CHEM 206: Environmental Chemistry.*
   20. CHEM 211: Organic Chemistry I.*
   21. CHEM 240(L): Analytical Chemistry.*
   22. CHEM 406: Advanced Analytical Chemistry.*
   23. ENVS 106(L): Introductory Topics in Environmental Science.
   24. ENVS 107: Environment, Conservation & Policy Issues. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   25. ENVS 108: Tropical Biology. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
   26. ENVS 111(L): Physical Geology.
   27. ENVS 206(L): Topics in Environmental Science.
   28. ENVS 211(L): Geomorphology.*
   29. ENVS 225: Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
   30. ENVS 240: Science of Climate Change.
   31. ENVS 255 Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   32. ENVS 260: Costal Watersheds. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   33. ENVS 265: Methods and Concepts in Oceanography. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   34. ENVS 270: Marine Resource Use and Conservation. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   35. ENVS 325: Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing.*
   36. ENVS 450: Independent Research Project. (Semester in Environmental Science Program, Woods Hole)*
   37. ENVS 451-452: Research.
   38. ENVS 495-496: Honors Tutorial.
   39. MATH 214: Discrete Mathematical Modeling with Biological Applications.
   40. MATH 244: Intro to Data Analytics & Visualization.*
   41. MATH 314: Agent-Based Modeling.*
4. Experiential Learning. Each student in the minor will be required to complete an environmentally oriented experience in which they will have a substantial engagement with environmental issues outside the Rhodes campus. There are several ways to complete this requirement, some of which are credit-bearing, but others are not. As with the College’s F11 requirement, students are not required to receive academic credit. The experiential learning component may be fulfilled by a course that counts as one of the electives for the minor. Students may enroll in one of the courses listed below (Section A) or receive approval from the Chair of the Program for an alternative experience (Section B).
   1. Students may enroll in one of the following:
      1. ARCE 120: Field Research in Environmental Archaeology.
      2. ARCE 450: Archaeological Field School.
      3. BIOL 214: Environmental Field Study in Namibia.
      4. BIOL 451-452: Research (when environmentally focused)
      5. ENVS 207: Linking the Local to the Global. (Global Environmental Challenges Semester in Ecuador)
      6. ENVS 451-452: Research.
      7. ENVS 460: Internship in Environmental Studies and Sciences.
   2. Experiences other than those listed above must be approved by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences Program and will require a substantial essay, evaluated by the chair of the program, which links the student’s experience with what they have learned in the classroom. Experiences may include organized service projects at Rhodes with faculty or staff oversight (such as the Summer Service Fellowships), or study abroad experiences approved by Rhodes with significant environmental content as determined by the chair of the Environmental Studies and Sciences program.

*Course has class-status requirement or pre-requisites that must be met to enroll