Program Requirements

To earn their Bachelor of Arts (Social Science) Degree in Environmental Studies, students complete 126-credits, including core, major-sequence and elective requirements, as outlined below. For more information about courses, please see the St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of our Undergraduate Bulletin.

Common Core — 27 Credits

Discover New York 3
English1000C3
English1100C3
History1000C3
Science1000C3
Philosophy1000C3
Philosophy3000C3
Theology1000C3
Speech1000C3

Distributed Core — 21 Credits

Foreign Language 6
Mathematics1000C3
Philosophy2200C3
Theology2000 level3
Theology3000 level3
Social Sciences 3

St. John's College Core — 24 Credits

Art or Music 3
Core Elective 3
Core Elective 3
Core Elective 3
(In three different fields outside of major area) 12

Major Sequence — 49 Credits

GOV10303
GOV25003
GEO20013
ESP10103
ESP49903
BIO10003
ANT11203

In addition, students complete 27 credits from the following electives:

ANT1010, 1020, 1030, 1040, 4820 
GOV2470, 2480, 2510, 3520, 1530, 4923/4926 
GEO1002; ESP 2110, 2150, 2160, 2170, 3320, 2410, 3480, 2510, 4900, 4953, 4954 
PHY1080, 1090, 1120; SOC 2210, 2610, 1220 
ECO1301, 1302 
BIO1070, 1000, 2000, 2310, 2280, 3300 
CHE1040, 1210, 1220 
PHI3720, 3800, 3810 

B.S. Degree (Ecology)

Students also may enroll in the Bachelor of Science Degree Program in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Ecology.

To earn the degree, students complete 126-credits, including core, major-sequence and elective requirements, as outlined below. For more information about courses, please see the St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of our Undergraduate Bulletin.

Common Core — 24 Credits

Discover New York 3
English1000C3
English1100C3
History1000C3
Philosophy1000C3
Philosophy3000C3
Theology1000C3
Speech1000C 

Distributed Core — 18 Credits

Foreign Language 6
Philosophy2200C3
Theology2000 level3
Theology3000 level3
Social Sciences 3

St. John's College Core — 18 Credits

Art or Music 3
Core Elective 3
Core Elective 3
In two different fields outside of math/science 3

Major Sequence — 50 Credits

CHE12103
CHE12203
BIO10003
BIO1000L3
BIO20003
BIO2001L3
BIO30003
BIO3001L3
GEO20013
ESP10103
ESP49903

In addition, students complete 19 credits from the following elective courses:

BIO2280, 3300, 2310, 3370 
CHE2230, 2240, 3250, 3420, 3431 
ESP1010, 2110, 2150, 2160, 2170, 3320, 3480, 2410, 2510, 4900, 4953, 4954 
PHY1610, 1620, 1080, 1090, 1120 
GOV2500 
ANT1010, 1020, 1030, 1120, 4820 
PHI3720, 3800, 3810 

Finally, the B.S. in environmental studies also requires completion of one of the following:

MTH1210, 1220 or 1730 and 1740