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.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| One course selected from the following: | ||
| GEOG 2120 | World Regional Geography | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (International Environmental Policy) | |
| SUST 1001 | Introduction to Sustainability | |
| Supporting courses | ||
| For students in the BA in international affairs program, four courses selected from the following: | ||
| For students in the BS in international affairs program, two courses selected from the following: | ||
| ECON 2136 | Environmental and Natural Resource Economics | |
| GEOG 2120 | World Regional Geography * | |
| GEOG 2133 | People, Land, and Food | |
| GEOG 2134 | Energy Resources | |
| GEOG 2136 | Water Resources | |
| GEOG 3108 | Weather and Climate | |
| GEOG 3143 | Urban Sustainability | |
| GEOG 3165 | Geography of South Asia | |
| GEOG 3193 | Environmental Law and Policy | |
| GEOG 3195 | Special Topics in Human Geography (Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems) | |
| GEOG 3195 | Special Topics in Human Geography (Global Environmental Justice. Same as IAFF 3190: Global Environmental Justice) | |
| GEOG 3195 | Special Topics in Human Geography (Political Ecology) | |
| GEOG 3198 | Special Topics (Global Perspectives on Environmental Conservation) | |
| GEOG 3218 | Arctic Systems | |
| GEOL 1005 | Environmental Geology | |
| GEOL 3191 | Geology of Energy Resources | |
| HIST 2001 | Special Topics (Environmental History) | |
| HIST 3322 | The Modern American Presidency | |
| IAFF 2190 | Special Topics (Philosophy of the Environment. Same as GEOG 3195 and PHIL 2281: Philosophy of the Environment) | |
| IAFF 3180 | Special Topics in Security Policy (Global Energy Markets) | |
| IAFF 3180 | Special Topics in Security Policy (Global Energy Security) | |
| IAFF 3180 | Special Topics in Security Policy (Globalization and National Security) | |
| IAFF 3183 | Special Topics in Development Policy (Globalization and Sustainable Development) | |
| IAFF 3183 | Special Topics in Development Policy (International Energy and Environmental Regulations) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Climate Change & Environmental Policy in Latin America) | |
| IAFF 3187 | Special Topics in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies (Cuba in the Global Arena) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Arctic Affairs) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Climate Change and Social Change) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (COP Process Fighting Climate Change) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Global Environmental Justice. Same as GEOG 3195: Global Environmental Justice) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (International Environmental Policy) * | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (LGBTIQ+ in International Affairs) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Strategic Management and Qualitative Methods in International Affairs) | |
| PHIL 2281 | Philosophy of the Environment (Same as IAFF 2190 and GEOG 3195: Philosophy of the Environment) | |
| PSC 2224 | Issues in Domestic Public Policy (Environmental Policy and Law) | |
| PSC 3192W | Proseminar: Political Science (Politics of Water) | |
| PUBH 2114 | Environment, Health, and Development | |
| PUBH 3132 | Health and Environment | |
| PUBH 3150 | Sustainable Energy and Environmental Health | |
| SUST 1001 | Introduction to Sustainability * | |
| SUST 3003 | World on a Plate | |
| *This course may be taken under the "supporting courses" option only if it was not previously taken under the "one from the following" option. | ||