Requirements for the concentration

The international environmental studies concentration focuses on understanding international environmental challenges through a multidisciplinary lens, and the ways in which states, non-state actors, and the international community seek to address these challenges. Key issues include climate change, sustainable development in relation to the environment, energy and natural resource use, and environmental security.

Students in the BA in international affairs program must complete at least five courses (15 credits) to fulfill their concentration requirements, as indicated below. These courses must be taken in at least two different academic departments.

Students in the BS in international affairs program must complete at least three courses (9 credits) to fulfill their specialization requirements, as indicated below. It is not required that these courses be taken in two different academic departments.

Required
One course selected from the following:
GEOG 2120World Regional Geography *
IAFF 3601International Environmental Policy *
SUST 1001Introduction to Sustainability *
Supporting courses
For students in the BA in international affairs program, four courses selected from the list below.
For students in the BS in international affairs program, two courses selected from the list below.
ANTH 3991Special Topics (Anthropology of Environmental Politics)
ECON 2136Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
GEOG 2120World Regional Geography *
GEOG 2133People, Land, and Food
GEOG 2134Energy Resources
GEOG 2136Water Resources
GEOG 3108Weather and Climate
GEOG 3143Urban Sustainability
GEOG 3165Geography of South Asia
GEOG 3193Environmental Law and Policy
GEOG 3194Special Topics in Physical Geography (Climate Change)
GEOG 3195Special Topics in Human Geography (Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems)
GEOG 3195Special Topics in Human Geography (Political Ecology)
GEOG 3198Special Topics (Geographies of Social Justice)
GEOG 3218Arctic Systems
GEOG 3275Sustainable Food Systems
GEOL 1005Environmental Geology
GEOL 2190Special Topics in Geology (NO TOPIC)
IAFF 3180Special Topics in Security Policy (Global Energy Markets)
IAFF 3180Special Topics in Security Policy (Globalization and National Security)
IAFF 3183Special Topics in Development Policy (Globalization and Sustainable Development)
IAFF 3187Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Climate Change and Environmental Policy in Latin America)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Arctic Affairs)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Climate Change, AI, Energy, and the UN COP Process)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Climate Change and Developing Countries)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Climate Change and Social Change)
or GEOG 3198 Special Topics (Climate Change and Social Change)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (Social Dimensions of Climate Change)
IAFF 3190Special Topics in International Affairs (The Drivers and Impacts of Climate Change)
IAFF 3305Global Energy Security
IAFF 3357Global Electricity Markets
IAFF 3601International Environmental Policy *
IAFF 3608International Energy and Environmental Regulations
PHIL 2281Philosophy of the Environment
PSC 3192WProseminar: Political Science (Politics of Water)
PUBH 3132Health and Environment
PUBH 3150Sustainable Energy and Environmental Health
SUST 1001Introduction to Sustainability *
SUST 3002Climate Change and Policy
SUST 3093Topics in Sustainability (Gender and Sustainable Development)

*GEOG 2120, IAFF 3601, and SUST 1001 can be counted either as the required course or as a supporting course but not both.