Environmental & Sustainability Studies (BHA Concentration)
Erin Dean & Abigail Owen, BHA ESS Concentration Advisors
BHA Environmental & Sustainability Studies Concentration
(93 units minimum)
The BHA concentration in Environmental & Sustainability Studies (ESS) focuses on human-environment interactions from a multitude of disciplinary perspectives. The curriculum draws on the expertise of faculty across several Carnegie Mellon colleges in order to provide students with the interdisciplinary background and skills necessary to understand environmental problems and the means to mitigate them. The curriculum is designed to help students apply social and scientific perspectives to environmental problems; to distinguish among scientific methods for evaluating environmental problems; to identify and assess sources of environmental data; and to identify environmental justice issues within the context of proposed policy solutions.
Core Courses (4 course, 30 units)
| Units | ||
| 24/09-291 | Environmental Systems on a Changing Planet -Spring | 9 |
| 66-236 | Introduction to Environmental Ideas | 9 |
| 66-237 | Interdisciplinary Dialogues for Environmental & Sustainability Studies -Spring | 3 |
| 66-507 | Capstone for Environmental and Sustainability Studies -Fall | 9 |
Earth and Environmental Science (1 course, 9 units)
Choose one course from the list below.
| 03-128 | Biology for Life Special Topics (Section S, Tropical Ecology) | 9 |
| 03-140 | Ecology and Environmental Science | 9 |
| 12-201 | Geology | 9 |
| 33-115 | Physics for Future Presidents | 9 |
Political Economy (1 course, 9 units minimum)
Choose one course from the list below.
| 19-101 | Introduction to Engineering and Public Policy | 12 |
| 84-110 | The Economics of Politics and Technology | 9 |
| 84-226 | International Relations | 9 |
| 84-325 | Contemporary American Foreign Policy | 9 |
| 88-344 | Systems Analysis: Environmental Policy | 9 |
Electives (5 courses, 45 units minimum)
Choose three DC Electives and two MCS/ENG Electives in consultation with the concentration advisor.
DC Electives:
| 76-241 | Introduction to Gender Studies | 9 |
| 76-354 | Watchdog Journalism | 9 |
| 76-395 | Science Writing * | 9 |
| 76-450 | Law, Culture, and the Humanities | 9 |
| 79-201 | Introduction to Anthropology | 9 |
| 79-275 | Introduction to Global Studies | 9 |
| 79-278 | How (Not) to Change the World | 9 |
| 79-283 | Anthropology of Energy | 9 |
| 79-288 | Bananas, Baseball, and Borders: Latin America and the United States | 9 |
| 79-297 | Technology and Work | 9 |
| 79-331 | Body Politics: Women and Health in America | 9 |
| 79-377 | Food, Culture, and Power: A History of Eating | 9 |
| 79-379 | Experimental Ethnography | 9 |
| 79-383 | The History of Capitalism | 9 |
| 80-135 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | 9 |
| 80-244 | Environmental Ethics | 9 |
| 84-110 | The Economics of Politics and Technology | 9 |
| 84-275 | Comparative Politics | 9 |
| 84-325 | Contemporary American Foreign Policy | 9 |
MCS/ENG Electives:
| 12-201 | Geology | 9 |
| 19-101 | Introduction to Engineering and Public Policy | 12 |
| 27-505 | Exploration of Everyday Materials | 9 |
| 03-140 | Ecology and Environmental Science | 9 |
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Additional prerequisite