Sample Combined Bachelor’s-Master’s Degree Pathways

Combined Bachelor’s-Master’s Students in ENVS (Standalone) and MS/MA in UEP

For Jay, who focuses on Track II: Sustainability, Policy, and Equity and is interested in Sustainable Cities:

Year 1

BIO 7 Environmental Biology (or Env. Sci. AP score 5)
(can satisfy first of two Natural Sciences/Technology courses required by ENVS)

EC 8 Introduction to Environmental Economics
(satisfies ENVS Environmental Economics requirement ENVS required course)

ENV 1 Introduction to Environmental Studies
(required ENVS course)

ENV 120 Environmental Fieldwork: from Class to Community
(ENVS required course)

ENV 140 Environment, History and Justice
(can satisfy first of four elective track courses required by ENVS)

Year 2

EC 30 Environmental Economics (Prerequisite: EC 5 or 8)
(satisfies the UEP economics admissions requirement)

ENG/ENV 160 Environmental Justice and World Literature
(can satisfy the Environmental Communication requirement by ENVS)

ENV 107/GIS 101/INTR 81 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
(can satisfy the GIS requirement by ENVS can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

MATH 21 Introductory Statistics (AP credit not allowed)
(satisfies the Statistics requirement by ENVS, the UEP statistics admissions requirement)

UEP 94 Environmental Policy, Planning and Politics
(can satisfy Environmental Policy requirement by ENVS)

Year 3

ANTH 138 The Anthropocene and the End of Nature
(can satisfy second of four elective track courses required by ENVS)

ENV 170 Environmental Data, Analysis and Visualization
(ENVS required course)

ENG 176 Earth Matters: American Literature and the Environment
(can satisfy third of four elective track courses required by ENVS)

ES 25 Environment and Technology
(can satisfy second of two Natural Sciences/Technology courses required by ENVS)

GIS 102 Advanced GIS
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 233 Regional Planning: Tools and Techniques
(can satisfy fourth of four elective track courses required by ENVS, can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

Year 4

ENV 196 Environmental Capstone, or ENV 199 Senior Thesis, or Directed Study
(satisfies ENVS capstone requirement)

UEP 207 Environmental Law
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 230 Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Resolution
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 250 Foundations of Planning and Public Policy
(UEP required course)

UEP 255 Field Projects
(UEP required course)

UEP 264 Green Urban Design
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 299 Internship
(if conforms to UEP requirements*, can count as both ENVS and UEP internship requirement)

Year 5

UEP 206-01 Planning For Low Impact Development (LID)
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 252 Cities in Space, Place and Time
(UEP required course)

UEP 265 Corporate Management of Environmental Issues
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 285 Food Justice: Critical Approach
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 286 Environmental Ethics
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 295, 296, 297 Thesis or Capstone
(required UEP course, can count as either one or two courses)

* pending approval of UEP faculty 

Combined Bachelor’s-Master’s Students in ENVS (Standalone) and MS/MA in UEP

For Carlos, who focuses on Track IV: Food Systems, Nutrition and the Environment and is interested in Permaculture

Year 1

BIO 7 Environmental Biology (or Env. Sci. AP score 5)
(can satisfy first of two Natural Sciences/Technology ENVS requirement)

EC 8 Introduction to Environmental Economics
(satisfies ENVS Environmental Economics requirement ENVS required course)

ENV 1 Introduction to Environmental Studies
(required ENVS course)

MATH 21 Introductory Statistics (AP credit not allowed)
(satisfies the Statistics requirement by ENVS, the UEP statistics admissions requirement)

PHIL 25 Food Ethics
(satisfies first of four elective track ENVS requirements)

Year 2

ANTH 126 Food, Nutrition and Culture
(can satisfy first of four elective track courses required by ENVS)

EC 30 Environmental Economics (Prerequisite: EC 5 or 8)
(satisfies ENVS Environmental Economics requirement, the UEP economics admissions requirement)

ENG/ENV 176 Earth Matters
(can satisfy the Environmental Communication requirement by ENVS and can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses
requirement)

ENV 107/GIS 101/INTR 81 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
(can satisfy the GIS requirement by ENVS)

ENV 120 Environmental Fieldwork: from Class to Community
(ENVS required course)

EOS 2 Environmental Geology
(satisfies second of two Natural Sciences/Technology ENVS requirement)

UEP 94 Environmental Policy, Planning and Politics
(can satisfy Environmental Policy requirement by ENVS)

Year 3

BIO 008 Microbiology of Food
(can satisfy second of four elective track courses required by ENVS)

ENV 170 Environmental Data, Analysis and Visualization
(ENVS required course)

GIS 102 Advanced GIS
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

PHIL 025 Food Ethics
(can satisfy third of four elective track courses required by ENVS)

UEP 285 Food Justice: Critical Approach
(can satisfy fourth of four elective track courses required by ENVS, can count towards

UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

Year 4

ENV 196 Environmental Capstone, or ENV 199 Senior Thesis, or Directed Study
(satisfies ENVS capstone requirement)

NUTR 224 Community Food Planning and Programs
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 207 Environmental Law
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 230 Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Resolution
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 250 Foundations of Planning and Public Policy
(UEP required course)

UEP 252 Cities in Space, Place and Time
(UEP required course)

UEP 255 Field Projects
(UEP required course)

UEP 299 Internship
(if conforms to UEP requirements*, can count as both ENVS and UEP internship requirement)

Year 5

NUTR 215/UEP 223 Fundamentals of US Agriculture
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP/ENV 200-01 Land Use Planning I: Nonregulatory Tools and Techniques
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 265 Corporate Management of Environmental Issues
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 293-10 Socio-Ecological Systems Thinking for Sustainability
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 295, 296, 297 Thesis or Capstone
(required UEP course, can count as either one or two courses)

* pending approval of UEP faculty

Combined Bachelor’s-Master’s Students in ENVS (Standalone) and MS/MA in UEP

For Minyu, who focuses on Track V: Environmental Humanities and is interested in digital art, culture, and environmental analytics.

Year 1

CHEM 8 Environmental Chemistry
(can satisfy first of two Natural Sciences/Technology courses required by ENVS)

EC 8 Introduction to Environmental Economics
(satisfies ENVS Environmental Economics requirement ENVS required)

ENV 1 Introduction to Environmental Studies
(required ENVS course)

ENV 150 Environment, Communication and Culture
(can satisfy the Environmental Communication requirement by ENVS)

Year 2

EC 30 Environmental Economics (Prerequisite: EC 5 or 8)
(satisfies the UEP economics admissions requirement)

ENV 107/GIS 101/INTR 81 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
(can satisfy the GIS requirement by ENVS)

ENV 120 Environmental Fieldwork: from Class to Community
(ENVS required course)

ENV 135 Environmental Policy
(can satisfy Environmental Policy requirement by ENVS)

FAH 048 Nature into Art (can satisfy second of four elective track courses required by ENVS)

MATH 21 Introductory Statistics (AP credit not allowed)
(satisfies the Statistics requirement by ENVS, the UEP statistics admissions requirement)

Year 3

ANTH 178 Animals and Posthuman Thought
(can satisfy first of four elective track courses required by ENVS, can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

ENV 170 Environmental Data, Analysis and Visualization
(ENVS required course)

ES 25 Environment and Technology
(can satisfy second of two Natural Sciences/Technology courses required by ENVS)

GER/ENV 82 Imagining the Environment: Crosscultural Perspective
(can satisfy third of four elective track courses required by ENVS)

GIS 102 Advanced GIS
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 286-01/PHIL 191-06 Environmental Ethics
(can satisfy fourth of four elective track courses required by ENVS, can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

Year 4

ENV 196 Environmental Capstone, or ENV 199 Senior Thesis, or Directed Study
(satisfies ENVS capstone requirement)

UEP 230 Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Resolution
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 250 Foundations of Planning and Public Policy
(UEP required course)

UEP 252 Cities in Space, Place and Time
(UEP required course)

UEP 255 Field Projects
(UEP required course)

UEP 293-06 Urban Analytics & Visualization
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 293-07 Revisioning Cities: Ethnography for Urban Policy and Planning
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 299 Internship
(if conforms to UEP requirements*, can count as both ENVS and UEP internship requirement)

Year 5

UEP 265 Corporate Management of Environmental Issues
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 284-01 Developing Sustainable Communities
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 294-08 Data Science for Urban Sustainability
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 294-14 Sharing Cities, Smart Cities
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 295, 296, 297 Thesis or Capstone
(required UEP course, can count as either one or two courses)

* pending approval of UEP faculty

Combined Bachelor’s-Master’s Students in EvE and MS/MA in UEP

For Alex, who is interested in environmental policy:

Fall: Year 1

CHEM 1 Chemical Fundamentals w/Lab
(required SoE course)

EN 1 Applications in Engineering
(required SoE course)

ENG 1 Expository Writing
(required SoE course)

MATH 32 Calculus I
(required SoE course)

Spring: Year 1

CHEM 2 Chemical Principles w/Lab
(required SoE course)

ES 2 Introduction to Computing in Engineering or COMP 11 Introduction to Computer Science
(required SoE course)

MATH 34 Calculus II
(required SoE course)

PHY 11 General Physics I w/Lab
(required SoE course)

Fall: Year 2

CEE 32 Engineering for a Sustainable and Resilient Society
(required SoE course)

EM 52 Technical & Managerial Communication
(required SoE course)

ES 11 Fundamentals of Biological Systems or BIO 13 Cells and Organisms w/Lab
(required SoE course)

MATH 42 Calculus III
(required SoE course)

UEP 11 Introduction to Urban Studies
(Satisfies 3 SHUs of HASS requirement)

Spring: Year 2

CEE 52 Public Health Engineering
(required SoE course)

EOS 2 Environmental Geology w/Lab
(required SoE course)

ES 56 Probability and Statistics or CEE 156 Biostatistics
(required SoE course and satisfies the UEP statistics admissions requirement)

ES 7 Thermodynamics
(required SoE course)

MATH 51 Differential Equations
(required SoE course)

Fall: Year 3

CEE 34 Environmental Chemistry
(required SoE course)

CEE 113 Groundwater/EOS 131 Groundwater
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical requirement)

ENV 140 Environment, History and Justice
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical or HASS requirement and can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

ES 55 Numerical Methods
(required SoE course)

ES 8 Fluid Mechanics
(required SoE course)

Spring: Year 3

CEE 12 Introduction to Hydraulic Engineering
(required SoE course)

CEE 36 Environmental Engineering Processes
(required SoE course)

CEE 80 Integrated Planning and Management of Civil Infrastructure Systems
(required SoE course)

EC 8 Principals of Economics with Environmental Applications
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical elective or HASS requirement)

Combined Bachelor’s-Master’s Students in CE and MS/MA in UEP

For Isabel, who is interested in infrastructure planning:

Fall: Year 1

EN 1 Applications in Engineering
(required SoE course)

ENG 1 Expository Writing
(required SoE course)

MATH 32 Calculus I
(required SoE course)

PHY 11 General Physics I w/Lab
(required SoE course)

Spring: Year 1

CHEM 1 Chemical Fundamentals w/Lab
(required SoE course)

ES 2 Introduction to Computing in Engineering or COMP 11 Introduction to Computer Science
(required SoE course)

MATH 34 Calculus II
(required SoE course)

UEP 11 Introduction to Urban Studies
(Satisfies 3 SHUs of HASS requirement)

Fall: Year 2

BSCE Math/Natural Science Elective (e.g. MATH 70)
(satisfies MNS SoE requirement)

CEE 32 Engineering for a Sustainable and Resilient Society
(required SoE course)

ES 18 Computer Aided Design w/Lab
(required SoE course)

ES 5 Introduction to Mechanics – Statistics and Dynamics
(required SoE course)

MATH 42 Calculus III
(required SoE course)

Spring: Year 2

CEE 52 Public Health Engineering
(required SoE course)

EOS 2 Environmental Geology w/Lab (or EOS 1 Introduction to the Dynamic Earth w/Lab, EOS 5 Introduction to Oceanography, ES 11 Fundamentals of Biological Systems, or BIO 13 Cells and Organisms w/Lab)

ES 56 Probability and Statistics
(required SoE course and satisfies the UEP statistics admissions requirement)

ES 9 Applied Mechanics (Strength of Materials)
(required SoE course)

MATH 51 Differential Equations
(required SoE course)

Fall: Year 3

CEE 22 Structural Analysis
(required SoE course)

EOS 131 Groundwater
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical requirement)

ES 55 Numerical Methods
(required SoE course)

ES 8 Fluid Mechanics
(required SoE course)

Spring: Year 3

CEE 12 Introduction to Hydraulic Engineering
(required SoE course)

CEE 24 Steel Design
(required SoE course)

CEE 42 Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
(required SoE course)

CEE 80 Integrated Planning and Management of Civil Infrastructure Systems
(required SoE course)

EC 8 Principals of Economics with Environmental Applications
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical elective or HASS requirement)

SOC 108 Epidemics: Plagues, Peoples, and Politics
(satisfies 3 SHUs Technical or HASS requirement and can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

Fall: Year 4

CEE 127 Structural Health Monitoring
(satisfies CE Analysis elective requirement)

CEE 146 Foundation Engineering
(satisfies 3 SHUs of CE Design elective requirement)

CEE 187 Geographical Information Systems or CEE 188 Building Information Modeling
(SoE required course)

EC 30 Environmental Economics (Prerequisite: EC 5 Principles of Economics or EC 8 Principles of Economics with Environmental Applications)
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical elective requirement or HASS requirement)

UEP 250 Foundations of Planning and Public Policy
(UEP required course)

Spring: Year 4

CEE 111 Hydrology of the Built Environment
(satisfies 3 SHUs of CE Design elective requirement)

CEE 81 Civil and Environmental Engineering Design
(required SoE course)

EC 191-01 Urbanization in the Developing World
(satisfies 3 SHUs of HASS requirement)

FAH 95 Boston: Architecture and Urbanism
(satisfies 3 SHUs of HASS requirement)

UEP 173 Transportation Planning
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical elective requirement)

UEP 255 Field Projects
(UEP required course)

Year 5

GIS 0102 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 0206-01 Planning for Low Impact Development (LID)
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 0230 Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Resolution
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

Combined Bachelor’s-Master’s Students in CE and MS/MA in UEP

For Lawrence, who is interested in community planning and development:

Fall: Year 1

EN 1 Applications in Engineering
(required SoE course)

ENG 1 Expository Writing
(required SoE course)

MATH 32 Calculus I
(required SoE course)

PHY 11 General Physics I w/Lab
(required SoE course)

Spring: Year 1

CHEM 1 Chemical Fundamentals w/Lab
(required SoE course)

ES 2 Introduction to Computing in Engineering or COMP 11 Introduction to Computer Science
(required SoE course)

MATH 34 Calculus II
(required SoE course)

UEP 11 Introduction to Urban Studies
(Satisfies 3 SHUs of HASS requirement)

Fall: Year 2

BSCE Math/Natural Science Elective (e.g. MATH 70)
(satisfies MNS SoE requirement)

CEE 32 Engineering for a Sustainable and Resilient Society
(required SoE course)

ES 18 Computer Aided Design w/Lab
(required SoE course)

ES 5 Introduction to Mechanics – Statistics and Dynamics
(required SoE course)

MATH 42 Calculus III
(required SoE course)

Spring: Year 2

CEE 52 Public Health Engineering
(required SoE course)

EOS 2 Environmental Geology w/Lab (or EOS 1 Introduction to the Dynamic Earth w/Lab, EOS 5 Introduction to Oceanography, ES 11 Fundamentals of Biological Systems, or BIO 13 Cells and Organisms
w/Lab)

ES 56 Probability and Statistics
(required SoE course and satisfies the UEP statistics admissions requirement)

ES 9 Applied Mechanics (Strength of Materials)
(required SoE course)

MATH 51 Differential Equations
(required SoE course)

Fall: Year 3

CEE 22 Structural Analysis
(required SoE course)

EOS 131 Groundwater
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical requirement)

ES 55 Numerical Methods
(required SoE course)

ES 8 Fluid Mechanics
(required SoE course)

Spring: Year 3

CEE 12 Introduction to Hydraulic Engineering
(required SoE course)

CEE 24 Steel Design
(required SoE course)

CEE 42 Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering
(required SoE course)

CEE 80 Integrated Planning and Management of Civil Infrastructure Systems
(required SoE course)

EC 8 Principals of Economics with Environmental Applications
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical elective or HASS requirement)

UEP 0181 Homelessness in America
(satisfies 3 SHUs Technical or HASS requirement and can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

Fall: Year 4

CEE 111 Hydrology of the Built Environment
(satisfies 3 SHUs of CE Design elective requirement)

CEE 151 Global Climate Change and Human Health
(satisfies CE Analysis elective requirement)

CEE 187 Geographical Information Systems or CEE 188 Building Information Modeling
(SoE required course)

EC 30 Environmental Economics (Prerequisite: EC 5 Principles of Economics or EC 8 Principles of Economics with Environmental Applications)
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical elective requirement or HASS requirement)

UEP 250 Foundations of Planning and Public Policy
(UEP required course)

Spring: Year 4

CEE 146 Foundation Engineering
(satisfies 3 SHUs of CE Design elective requirement)

CEE 81 Civil and Environmental Engineering Design
(required SoE course)

EC 191-01 Urbanization in the Developing World
(satisfies 3 SHUs of HASS requirement)

FAH 95 Boston: Architecture and Urbanism
(satisfies 3 SHUs of HASS requirement)

UEP 173 Transportation Planning
(satisfies 3 SHUs of Technical elective requirement)

UEP 255 Field Projects
(UEP required course)

Year 5

GIS 0102 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 0200/CE 0200 Land Use Planning I
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 0201/CE 0201 Land Use Planning II
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 0230 Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Resolution
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 0284-01 Developing Sustainable Communities
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 0293-06 Urban Analytics & Visualization
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 233 Regional Planning: Tools and Techniques
(can count towards UEP 9-10 elective courses requirement)

UEP 252 Cities in Space, Place and Time
(UEP required course)

UEP 295, 296, 297 Thesis or Capstone
(required UEP course, can count as either one or two courses)

UEP 299 Internship (zero credit course)
(satisfies UEP internship requirement)