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 15 credits (five courses) 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 9 credits (three courses) 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: | ||
| ANTH 3991 | Special Topics (Anthropology of Environmental Politics) | |
| 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 3194 | Special Topics in Physical Geography (Climate Change) | |
| GEOG 3195 | Special Topics in Human Geography (Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems) | |
| GEOG 3195 | Special Topics in Human Geography (Political Ecology) | |
| GEOG 3198 | Special Topics (Geographies of Social Justice) | |
| GEOG 3198 | Special Topics (Climate Change and Social Change) | |
or IAFF 3190 (Climate Change and Social Change) | ||
| GEOG 3218 | Arctic Systems | |
| GEOG 3275 | Sustainable Food Systems | |
| GEOL 1005 | Environmental Geology | |
| 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 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Arctic Affairs) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Climate Change, AI, Energy, and the UN COP Process) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (International Environmental Policy) * | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Climate Change and Developing Countries) | |
| IAFF 3190 | Special Topics in International Affairs (Social Dimensions of Climate Change) | |
| PHIL 2281 | Philosophy of the Environment | |
| PSC 3192W | Proseminar: Political Science (Politics of Water) | |
| PUBH 3132 | Health and Environment | |
| PUBH 3150 | Sustainable Energy and Environmental Health | |
| SUST 1001 | Introduction to Sustainability * | |
| SUST 3002 | Climate Change and Policy | |
| SUST 3093 | Topics in Sustainability (Gender and Sustainable Development) | |
**SUST 1001 can be counted as a supporting course only if it was not selected as the required course.