Environmental Studies with a Concentration in History

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Committee Page: Environmental Studies

Program Learning Outcomes: Environmental Studies

This major may be paired with the Environmental Humanites minor, provided 3 or more units required for the major concentration do not overlap.

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 (2025-26)

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

ES 200 - Introduction to Environmental Studies Research Methods

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

Anthropology:

One Unit From:

ANTH 201 - Topics in Contemporary Anthropology -only when offered as “Global Political Ecology,”
ANTH 300 - African Technoscience
ANTH 339 - Ecological Archaeology
ANTH 375 - Anthropology of Science
ANTH 376 - Situating Climate Change
ANTH 378 - Nature, Culture, and Environmentalism
ANTH 379 - Power, Resources, Extractivism
ANTH 415 - Risk and Uncertainty

Economics:

ECON 201 - Introduction to Economic Analysis

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:

CHEM 101 - Molecular Structure and Properties

A Minimum of Two from the Following:

One Course from the Following:

BIOL 273 - Evolution
BIOL 301 - Ecology
BIOL 303 - Leaves to Landscapes
BIOL 313 - Forest Canopy Ecophysiology
BIOL 332 - Vascular Plant Diversity
BIOL 342 - Animal Behavior
BIOL 347 - Symbiosis
BIOL 431 - Seminar in Biology: Contemporary Topics -only when offered as “Forest Canopy Research,” or “Global Change Ecology”
CHEM 201 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 202 - Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 212 - Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 230 - Environmental Chemistry
CHEM 311 - Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation
CHEM 332 - Physical Chemistry I
CHEM 334 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 335 - Special Topics in Physical Chemistry Lab

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:

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:

HIST 411 - Junior Seminar See “Junior Year Requirements” below

One Unit of Statistics from the Following:

One Additional Unit of Junior Year Requirements:

ES 300 - Junior Seminar
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

ES 470 - Thesis