Environmental Studies with a Concentration in History

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Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________	Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: Environmental Studies with a Concentration in History
Environmental Studies with a Concentration in History Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements. College Requirements: Degree Requirements Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.
Major Requirements: Total major units: 18.5-19
Eight and One-half to Nine Units in Environmental Studies Requirements
ENV 200 - Introduction to Environmental Studies Research Methods Prerequisite(s): One semester of either BIOL 101 or BIOL 102 or CHEM 101, and one semester of HUM 110
Four units: Two units in the same subject, from two of the following subjects:
Anthropology:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ANTH 201 - Topics in Contemporary Anthropology
OR
ANTH 211 - Introduction to Anthropology: History, Theory, Method
One Unit From:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ANTH 201 - Topics in Contemporary Anthropology -only when offered as “Global Political Ecology,”
ANTH 376 - Situating Climate Change Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201 or ANTH 211
ANTH 378 - Nature, Culture, and Environmentalism Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201 or ANTH 211
ANTH 379 - Power, Resources, Extractivism Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201 or ANTH 211
ANTH 415 - Risk and Uncertainty Prerequisite(s): ANTH 211
Economics:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ECON 201 - Introduction to Economic Analysis
One Unit From:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ECON 348 - Economics of the Public Sector Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
ECON 351 - Environmental Economics Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
ECON 352 - Natural Resource Economics Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
ECON 358 - Urban Economics Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
ECON 371 - Law and Economics Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
History:
A Minimum of One Unit From:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
HIST 215 - Environmental History of US Empire
HIST 240 - World Environmental History
HIST 242 - The Love and Destruction of Nature: Romanticism in the Time of Settler Colonialism
HIST 270 - Introduction to American Environmental History
HIST 310 - Water and the American West Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 311 - Environmental Justice Histories of Latin America Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 314 - Nature Knows No Borders: Environmental History of the U.S. - Mexico Borderlands Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 317 - The American Earth: U.S. Environmental History in the Twentieth Century Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 338 - Crisis & Catastrophe in Modern Europe Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 345 - Whole Earths, Globalizations, and World Pictures Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
Political Science:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
POL 220 - Introduction to Global Politics
OR
POL 230 - Introduction to Political Economy
OR
POL 240 - Introduction to International Relations
OR
POL 260 - Introduction to American Politics and Public Policy
One Unit From:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
POL 338 - Energy Politics and the Climate Crisis Prerequisite(s): POL 220, POL 230, POL 240, POL 260, or POL 280.
POL 361 - The Science and Politics of Climate Change
POL 362 - State and Local Politics Prerequisite(s): POL 220, POL 230, POL 240, POL 260, or POL 280
POL 368 - Environmental Politics and Policy Prerequisite(s): POL 220, POL 230, POL 240, POL 260, or POL 280
POL 380 - Earth, Nature, World Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
POL 381 - Science, Politics, Authority
Three and One-half to Four Units of the Following:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
CHEM 101 - Molecular Structure and Properties
A Minimum of Two from the Following:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
BIOL 101 - Topics in Biology I
BIOL 102 - Topics in Biology II
CHEM 102 - Chemical Reactivity Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101
One Course from the Following:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
BIOL 273 - Evolution Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 or BIOL 102
BIOL 301 - Ecology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 303 - Leaves to Landscapes Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 313 - Forest Canopy Ecophysiology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 332 - Vascular Plant Diversity Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 342 - Animal Behavior Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 431 - Seminar in Biology: Contemporary Topics -only when offered as “Forest Canopy Research,” or “Global Change Ecology” Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, two additional units of biology with laboratory, and junior or senior standing
CHEM 201 - Organic Chemistry I Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
CHEM 202 - Organic Chemistry II Prerequisite(s): CHEM 201
CHEM 212 - Inorganic Chemistry Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101, CHEM 102, and CHEM 201
CHEM 230 - Environmental Chemistry Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
CHEM 311 - Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
CHEM 315 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory Prerequisite(s): CHEM 332 or CHEM 333. May be taken concurrently.
CHEM 316 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Spectra of Diatomic Molecules Prerequisite(s): CHEM 311 and CHEM 333. CHEM 333 may be taken concurrently.
Six Units of History, Including: ⇒The same course may fulfill multiple requirements ⇒A maximum of two cross-listed courses from other departments may apply toward the Six Units of History requirement ⇒A minimum of four units must be taken at Reed ⇒Students should inquire with the history department about appropriate substitutions
A Minimum of Three From:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
HIST 215 - Environmental History of US Empire
HIST 240 - World Environmental History
HIST 242 - The Love and Destruction of Nature: Romanticism in the Time of Settler Colonialism
HIST 270 - Introduction to American Environmental History
HIST 310 - Water and the American West Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 311 - Environmental Justice Histories of Latin America Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 314 - Nature Knows No Borders: Environmental History of the U.S. - Mexico Borderlands Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 317 - The American Earth: U.S. Environmental History in the Twentieth Century Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 338 - Crisis & Catastrophe in Modern Europe Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 345 - Whole Earths, Globalizations, and World Pictures Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
Chronological Requirement A minimum of one unit before 1800
Geographical Requirement A minimum of one unit from four of the following geographic areas Transregional, world, global Africa and the Middle East Asia Europe Latin America The United States, Canada
One unit of Junior Seminar in History:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
HIST 411 - Junior Seminar See “Junior Year Requirements” below Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, and two history courses at Reed
One Unit of Statistics from the Following:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
MATH 141 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics Prerequisite(s): Three years of high school mathematics
ECON 311 - Survey of Econometric Methods Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
ECON 312 - Theory and Practice of Econometrics Prerequisite(s): ECON 201 and MATH 141 or similar introduction to statistics
POL 311 - Quantitative Methods for Political Science Prerequisite(s): One introductory Political Science course (POL 220, POL 230, POL 240, POL 260, or POL 280), and one additional Political Science course. The additional course may be concurrently enrolled.
PSY 348 - Statistical Analysis for Psychology Prerequisite(s): PSY 101
SOC 311 - Research Methods Prerequisite(s): SOC 211 and one additional unit in sociology
One Additional Unit of Junior Year Requirements:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ENV 300 - Junior Seminar Prerequisite(s): Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENV core requirements
One unit of junior seminar in history (included in the “Six units of history” requirement above) Junior qualifying examination in environmental studies Junior qualifying examination in history
Two units of Thesis
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ENV 470 - Thesis
Notes:

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College Requirements:

Major Requirements:

Eight and One-half to Nine Units in Environmental Studies Requirements

Four units: Two units in the same subject, from two of the following subjects:

Anthropology:

One Unit From:

Economics:

One Unit From:

History:

A Minimum of One Unit From:

Political Science:

One Unit From:

Three and One-half to Four Units of the Following:

A Minimum of Two from the Following:

One Course from the Following:

Six Units of History, Including:

A Minimum of Three From:

Chronological Requirement

Geographical Requirement

One unit of Junior Seminar in History:

One Unit of Statistics from the Following:

One Additional Unit of Junior Year Requirements:

Two units of Thesis