University of Pittsburgh Department of Geology and Planetary Science

Environmental Studies

University of Pittsburgh

Electives

To complete the environmental studies degree, students must complete at least:

  • 12 credits from social sciences and humanities AND
  • 12 credits from natural sciences and engineering

Electives are selected from the following departments. The following list is not exhaustive. Please see the environmental studies advisor for additional electives.

Note: The School of Arts and Sciences does not require environmental studies majors to have a "related area."

Anthropology (ANTH)

  • 0582 Intro to Archaeology
  • 0620 Biocultural Anthropology
  • 0680 Intro to Physical Anthropology
  • 0780 Intro to Cultural Anthropology
  • 1524 Chinese Archaeology
  • 1525 Eastern North American Archaeology
  • 1528 South American Archaeology
  • 1751 People and Environment of Amazonia

Economics (ECON)

  • 0230 Public Finance 1
  • 0330 Urban Economics
  • 0360 Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics
  • 0530 Economics of Underdeveloped Areas
  • 0630 East Asia’s Dynamic Economies
  • 1360 Environmental Economics
  • 1530 Development Economics
  • 1560 World Food Economy
  • 1630 Economic Development of China
  • 1640 Japanese Economic Growth

History (HIST)

  • 1626 History of U.S. Landscape
  • 1695 Environmental Politics

History and Philosophy Of Science (HPS)

  • 0437 Darwinism and Its Critics
  • 0517 Thinking About the Environment
  • 0621 Problem Solving: How Science Works
  • 0633 Science, Philosophy, and Public Policy

Political Science (PS)

  • 1261 American Public Policy
  • 1267 Environmental Politics and Policy
  • 1301 Theories and Concepts in Comparative Government
  • 1374 Politics of Global Inequality
  • 1541 Politics of Global and Economic Relations
  • 1542 Global Environmental Politics (Honors)
  • 1543 Globalization and International Politics

Sociology (SOC)

  • 0312 Science in Society
  • 1438 Demography
  • 1445 Society and Environment

Urban Studies (URBNST)

  • 0080 Introduction to Urban Studies

Public and International Affairs (PIA)

  • 2114 Environmental and Economic Sustainability
  • 2115 Environmental Management and Policy
  • 2116 Environmental and Resource Economics

Business (BUSENV)

  • 1766 Environmental Management

Biological Sciences (BIOSC)

  • 0060 Foundations of Biology Laboratory 2
  • 0160 Foundations of Biology 2
  • 0350 Genetics
  • 0370 Ecology
  • 0390 Ecology Laboratory
  • 1170 Limnology
  • 1320 Population Ecology
  • 1330 Field Botany
  • 1350 Introduction to Plant Biology
  • 1380 Global Ecology

Chemistry (CHEM)

  • 0120 General Chemistry 2
  • 0250 Introductory Analytical Chemistry
  • 0310 Organic Chemistry 1
  • 0350 Principles of Organic Chemistry
  • 0810 Contemporary Issues and Their Impact on Public Policy

Computer Science (CS)

  • 0110 Intro to Personal Computing and the Internet
  • 0131 Software for Personal Computing

Geology and Planetary Science (GEOL) 

  • 0060 Historical Geology
  • 0802 Geology of the National Parks
  • 0890 Physical Oceanography
  • 1001 Mineralogy
  • 1020 Sedimentology/Stratigraphy
  • 1051 Groundwater Geology
  • 1052 Paleoclimates
  • 1060 Geomorphology
  • 1079 Field Methods
  • 1080 Geoarchaeology
  • 1100 Structural Geology
  • 1200 Paleontology
  • 1410 Exploration Geophysics
  • 1445 GIS, GPS Surveying, and Computer Methods
  • 1446 Advanced GIS
  • 1460 Remote Sensing of the Earth
  • 1640 Geologic and Environmental Hazards
  • 1902 Mgt of Environmental Organizations (Allebach; highly recommended)
  • 1903 Undergraduate Research
  • 1904 Directed Reading: Environmental Policy (DeMarco; highly recommended)
  • 1904 Directed Reading: Health and Safety (Kubeldis; highly recommended)
  • 1904 Directed Reading: Issues (Hopey; highly recommended)
  • 2447 Introduction to Arc/View and Advanced Arc/View Programming

Physics (PHYS)

  • 0087 Nuclear Science and Society

Engineering (CEE)

  • 1503 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
  • 1513 Environmental Engineering Processes