Minor in Environmental Science and Policy

This minor is for engineering majors only and is designed to give them greater exposure to natural and social sciences, thereby deepening their understanding of the causes of and solutions to problems related to environmental sustainability. The minor focuses on the integration of knowledge and approaches from different fields for the preservation and improvement of the environment.

The faculty advisor for this minor is Dr. John Durant (john.durant@tufts.edu).

Program Policies and Requirements

Students minoring in Environmental Science and Policy may:

count up to one (approved) class taken abroad
use up to one (approved) Experimental College class toward this minor
petition classes not listed in the minor's website in order to fulfill degree requirements (see ENVS Academic Policies)
only use classes that are at least 3 credits

To complete the minor, engineering students must complete THREE required core courses and THREE electives, for a total of six courses.

A) Three CORE COURSES

One Environmental Economics course:

EC 8 Principles of Economics with Environmental Application
EC 30 Environmental Economics

One Natural Sciences course:

BIO 7 Global Change Biology
CEE 34 Pollutant Fate and Transport (only if taken in Fall 2024 or before)
CHEM 8 Environmental Chemistry
ECS 2 Environmental Geology (accepted, but no longer offered)
ECS 3 Intro to Climate Science
ENV 6 One Health Triad

One Environmental Policy course:

ENV 135 Environmental Policy: U.S. Challenges and Solutions
ENV 135 Environmental Policy: Linking U.S. and Global Politics

B) Three ELECTIVES

One Research/Methods course:

CEE 187 Geographical Information Systems
CEE 189 Remote Sensing
ENV 51 Experiments in Ecology
ENV 107/GIS 101 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
ENV 120 Intro to Environmental Fieldwork: From Class to Community
ENV 170 Environmental Data Analysis and Visualization

One Environmental Seminar course:

BIO 179 Seminar in Marine Biology
BIO 180 Seminar in Conservation Biology
BIO 181 Tropical Ecology and Conservation
BIO 185 Food for All: Ecology, Biotechnology, and Sustainability
EC 130 Topics in Environmental Economics (as appropriate)
ENV 152 Seminar in Environmental Negotiations
ENV 153 Deep History of Climate Adaptation
ENV 162 Global Water Systems: Science & Policy * (Spring)
ENV 184 Environmental Health & Justice
UEP 200 Land Use Planning
UEP 201 Land Use Planning II
UEP 207 Environmental Law
UEP 221 Climate Change Policy and Planning
UEP 265 Corporate Management of Environmental Issues
UEP 278 Environmental Justice, Security, and Sustainability
UEP 279 Water Resources Policy & Planning and Watershed Management

One Social Sciences, Arts, or Humanities course:

Culture, Art, & Humanities

ANTH 24 Anthropology of the Environment
ANTH 126 Food, Nutrition, and Culture
ENG 160 Environmental Justice and US Literature
ENV 150 Environment, Communication and Culture
PHIL 28 Climate Change Ethics
SOC 114 Environmental Sociology
TPS 58 Public Speaking
VISC 129 Greening of Art: Ecology, Sustainability, and Sculpture Since 1970

Policy & Economics

ANTH 157 Cities and Food
EC30/ENV30 Environmental Economics (unless completed as part of the core)
EC 35 Economic Development
EC 130 Topics in Environmental Economics (as appropriate)
EC 132 Energy Markets
EC 192 Resource and Environmental Economics and Policy
CEE 52 Public Health Engineering
PS 138-10 Energy and Climate Politics: The Impending Crisis (Fall)
ENV 152 Seminar in Environmental Negotiations
UEP 105 Urban Planning and Design
UEP 194-04 Green Urban Design
UEP 200 Land Use Planning
UEP 206 Plan for Low Impact Development
UEP 207 Environmental Law
UEP 275 Policy Implementation and Innovation