Environmental Studies & Sciences (ENST)
Environmental Studies & Sciences is the interdisciplinary examination of how natural sciences, policy studies, social sciences, humanities, and engineering combine to inform the consideration of humanity’s effects on the natural world. This department educates the student to appreciate the complexity of environmental issues and solve them by working with citizens and experts in many fields. With a major in Environmental Studies, students have the latitude to create a course theme in an area of specialization while they simultaneously develop a breadth of interdisciplinary and methodological knowledge in the environmental fields.
Specifically, the department has two major tracks: a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science. Each requires the interdisciplinary study of environmental issues and an understanding of the complexity of the relationship between humanity and the environment, while they allow the student to concentrate studies in a field of particular interest to that student. The B.A. in Environmental Studies is designed for those who want to develop core concentrations in the social sciences, policy and law, or the humanities, although a science concentration is also possible with this choice. The B.A. in Environmental Science is designed for students who want a concentrated knowledge of science as the core of their interdisciplinary environment education. Environmental Science is a coordinate major and can only be declared as a second major by students also majoring in biology, chemistry, or geology.
Most Environmental Studies majors benefit from studying abroad. Field-based programs – such as School for Field Studies or School for International Training – are especially appropriate for Environmental Studies and Environmental Science students.
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies
An interdisciplinary bachelor of arts major in Environmental Studies is offered for the student with an abiding interest in the general environmental problems faced by humans, and with special concern for their humanistic, policy, and social sciences aspects. The B.A. in Environmental Studies is a strong, broad liberal arts degree. It also is a preparation for one of the growing number of environmental careers in planning, business, nonprofits, law, administration, or education.
The Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies major requires 10 courses distributed as follows:
| ENST 201 | Environmental Problems-Sustainable Futures | 1 |
| ENST 208 | Environmental Biology | 1 |
| ENST 302 | Community-Based Research Design | 1 |
| GEOL 203 | Physical/Environmental Geology 1 | 1 |
| Humanities core course (see humanities list below) 2 | 1 | |
| Human-environmental systems science course (see human-environment systems science list below) 2 | 1 | |
| Three (3) environmental studies electives (see electives list below) 2 | 3 | |
| ENST 411 | Environmental Community Projects 3 | 1 |
| 1 | GEOL 250 Geology for Engineers may be substituted with permission. |
| 2 | Clusters of courses with a common theme have been designed from lists A, B, and C that fulfill the above requirements while focusing on an area of Environmental Studies & Sciences each student finds most interesting. See the Environmental Studies & Sciences website for a full listing of these themes and their courses. All B.A. majors are expected to select a theme from this list, or consult with their academic adviser to design their own theme by the fall of the third year. |
| 3 | Fulfills the Culminating Experience requirement. In this senior "clinic" course, students apply research methods and the broad perspectives gained in ENST courses in a group setting to a local environmental issue, thus culminating the major experience. Students will receive instruction in the other in-major components of the CCC (writing, speaking, and information literacy) as part of their major coursework. |
List A: Humanities Courses
| ENCW 210 | Special Topic in Creative Writing | 1 |
| ENLS 120 | Literature and the Environment | 1 |
| ENLS 340 | Seminar in Early Literature to 1485 | 1 |
| ENST 205 | Green Utopias | 1 |
| ENST 206 | Environmentalism and Its Discontents | 1 |
| ENST 207 | American Environmental History | 1 |
| ENST 216 | Preindustrial Environment | 1 |
| ENST 224 | Visions of the Susquehanna | 1 |
| ENST 227 | Ecopoetics | 1 |
| ENST 236 | Environmental Ethics | 1 |
| ENST 254 | Environmental Humanities | 1 |
| PHIL 218 | Ecology, Nature, and the Future | 1 |
| RELI 229 | The Ethics of Consumption | 1 |
| RELI 230 | End of Nature, Posthuman Future | 1 |
List B: Human-Environment Systems Science Courses
| ENST 208 | Environmental Biology | 1 |
| ENST 211 | Environmental Pollution and Control | 1 |
| ENST/ENGR 262 | Introduction to Energy Resources | 1 |
| ENST/GEOG 234 | Human Ecology | 1 |
| ENST/GEOG 235 | Marine Environment | 1 |
| ENST/GEOG 345 | Food and the Environment | 1 |
| GEOG 257 | Climate Change | 1 |
| GEOL 338 | Applied Environmental Geomorphology | 1 |
| UNIV 200 | Integrated Perspectives Course (Climate Change) | 1 |
List C: Elective Courses
Electives include all courses with the ENST course designation as well as all courses on lists A and B. In addition, the courses listed below will also satisfy this requirement.
| ANTH 260 | Environmental Anthropology | 1 |
| CEEG 432 | Sustainable Transportation Planning | 1 |
| ECON 231 | Resources and the Environment | 1 |
| GEOL 117 | Environmental Geohazards | 1 |
| GEOL 305 | Introduction to Geochemistry | 1 |
| GEOL 316 | Geomorphology | 1 |
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science
The B.A. in Environmental Science is only available as a second major to students who major in biology, chemistry, or geology and therefore may be thought of as a means of adding an environmental concentration to a B.A. science degree. These three disciplines form the core of environmental science, and consequently the first major ensures that students have sufficient depth of knowledge in a particular area of environmental science. Complementing the depth a student receives from the biology, chemistry, or geology major, the B.A. in Environmental Science provides breadth across the interdisciplinary field of environmental science. The major is not intended as – nor can it be declared as – a stand-alone course of study. No courses may be counted for both majors.
The B.A. in Environmental Science requires eight courses distributed as follows:
| ENST 201 | Environmental Problems-Sustainable Futures | 1 |
| Select two of the following: 4 | 2 | |
| Principles of Ecology and Evolution | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Chemistry | ||
| Physical/Environmental Geology | ||
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
| Sustainable Resource Management | ||
| Environmental Policy and Politics | ||
| Environmental Humanities | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Three science or engineering courses (see environmental science list below) 5 | 3 | |
| ENST 411 | Environmental Community Projects 6 | 1 |
| 4 | From the disciplines within the environmental sciences, but outside the student's primary major. |
| 5 | These may not be from the same department as the student's primary major. Other courses not included in the regular catalog offerings (e.g. special topics courses) may be counted with permission. |
| 6 | Fulfills the Culminating Experience requirement. In this senior "clinic" course, students apply research methods and the broad perspectives gained in ENST courses in a group setting to a local environmental issue, thus culminating the major experience. Students will receive instruction in the other in-major components of the CCC (writing, speaking, and information literacy) as part of their major coursework. |
List D: Environmental Science Courses
| ANBE/BIOL 314 | Amphibian Biology and Conservation | 1 |
| BIOL 206 | Organismal Biology | 1 |
| BIOL 245 | Tropical Marine Biology | 1 |
| BIOL 266 | Animal Behavior | 1 |
| BIOL 312 | Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy 7 | 1 |
| BIOL 313 | Mammalogy 7 | 1 |
| BIOL 318 | Principles of Physiology 7 | 1 |
| BIOL 321 | Behavioral Ecology | 1 |
| BIOL 334 | Limnology | 1 |
| BIOL 341 | Evolution | 1 |
| BIOL 353 | Ecosystem Ecology | 1 |
| BIOL 354 | Tropical Ecology | 1 |
| BIOL 355 | Social Insects | 1 |
| BIOL 357 | Ornithology 7 | 1 |
| BIOL 358 | Invertebrate Zoology 7 | 1 |
| BIOL 359 | General Entomology 7 | 1 |
| BIOL 370 | Primate Behavior and Ecology | 1 |
| CEEG 320 | Water Resources Engineering | 1 |
| CEEG 340 | Environmental Engineering | 1 |
| CEEG 421 | Hydrology | 1 |
| CHEG 455 | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7 | 1 |
| CHEM 360 | Advanced Environmental Chemistry 7 | 1 |
| ENST 211 | Environmental Pollution and Control | 1 |
| ENST 221 | Hazardous Waste and Society | 1 |
| ENST 234 | Human Ecology | 1 |
| ENST 298 | Stream Restoration | 1 |
| ENST 299 | Watershed Systems Science | 1 |
| ENST 349 & ENST 350 | Senior Thesis and Senior Thesis | 1-2 |
| GEOG 204 | Applied G.I.S. | 1 |
| GEOG/ENST 234 | Human Ecology | 1 |
| GEOG 257 | Climate Change | 1 |
| GEOL 117 | Environmental Geohazards | 1 |
| GEOL 230 | Environmental GIS | 1 |
| GEOL 298 | Stream Restoration | 1 |
| GEOL 299 | Watershed Systems Science | 1 |
| GEOL 304 | Crystallography-Mineralogy | 1 |
| GEOL 305 | Introduction to Geochemistry | 1 |
| GEOL 316 | Geomorphology | 1 |
| GEOL 317 | Paleontology | 1 |
| GEOL 334 | Geophysics | 1 |
| GEOL 336 | Hydrogeology | 1 |
| GEOL 338 | Applied Environmental Geomorphology | 1 |
| 7 | Additional coursework beyond the introductory course may be necessary as a prerequisite. |
Minor in Environmental Studies
The minor in Environmental Studies requires five courses distributed as follows:
| ENST 245 | Environmental Policy and Politics | 1 |
| or ENST 215 | Environmental Planning | |
| or ENST 254 | Environmental Humanities | |
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
| Principles of Ecology and Evolution | ||
| Environmental Biology | ||
| Human Ecology | ||
| Human Impact on Environment | ||
| Physical/Environmental Geology | ||
| Three electives (see electives list below) | 3 | |
Elective Courses
Electives include all courses with the ENST course designation as well as all courses on lists A and B. In addition, the courses listed below will also satisfy this requirement.
| ANTH 260 | Environmental Anthropology | 1 |
| CEEG 432 | Sustainable Transportation Planning | 1 |
| ECON 231 | Resources and the Environment | 1 |
| GEOL 117 | Environmental Geohazards | 1 |
| GEOL 305 | Introduction to Geochemistry | 1 |
| GEOL 316 | Geomorphology | 1 |
College of Arts & Sciences
Departmental Learning Objectives
Students completing the Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies will be able to:
Understand fundamental physical and biological principles that govern natural processes. (4, 6)
Understand fundamental concepts from the social sciences and the humanities underlying environmental thought and governance. (3, 4)
Integrate and apply perspectives from across the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities in the context of complex environmental problems. (2, 3, 5)
Communicate integrated perspectives on complex environmental problems in the form of written and oral argument to both professional and lay audiences. (7, 8, 9)
Design and conduct independent research that contributes to environmental thought and/or problem solving. (4, 6)
Students completing the Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Science will be able to:
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of one of the subdisciplines within environmental science (i.e. biology, chemistry, or geology). (1, 4, 6)
Collect and interpret scientific data in both field and laboratory settings. (6)
Integrate information from across the scientific disciplines and apply these concepts to complex environmental problems. (2)
Identify the complex relationships between scientific approaches to environmental issues and political, social, economic, and ethical perspectives on the environment. (3, 4, 5)
Communicate scientific information to both professional and lay audiences. (7, 8, 9)
Non-majors in Environmental Studies will be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of current environmental challenges.
Numbers in parentheses reflect related Educational Goals.
Courses
ENST 100. Introduction to Environmental Studies. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
A survey of environmental issues intended for non-majors. Students will understand the cultural, political, historical, economic and ethical complexities of environmental problems and their responses. Intended for first-year students and sophomores. Does not count toward either the Environmental Studies or Environmental Science major.
ENST 113. Human Impact on Environment. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3,Other:3
Causes and effects of major environmental changes induced by humans, challenges to our future well-being, and opportunities for future sustainability. Prerequisite: open to first-year students only. Crosslisted as GEOG 113.
ENST 160. Introduction to Environmental Chemistry. 1 Credit.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Lab:3
One semester terminal course in chemistry. Introduction to the basic chemistry principles that govern natural processes and anthropogenic effects on the environment. Satisfies laboratory science requirement for Bachelor of Arts students not majoring in science or engineering. Not open to students who have taken CHEM 105 or any 200-level CHEM. Crosslisted as CHEM 160.
ENST 201. Environmental Problems-Sustainable Futures. 1 Credit.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
Develops a working understanding of the core concepts linked to ENST & introduces skills such as posing researchable questions, gathering data, presenting oral arguments, & applying these skills in group projects. For 1st & 2nd yr. students majoring/intending to major in ENST or ENSC. Jr & Sr by permission.
ENST 204. Global Political Ecology of Food. 1 Credit.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
This course examines the political-economic and ecological dimensions of contemporary transformations in the global food system.
ENST 205. Green Utopias. 1 Credit.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
Introduction to literary utopias and to the cultural writings of various ecological movements offering alternative concepts to the increasing destruction of nature.
ENST 206. Environmentalism and Its Discontents. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
A survey of historical and contemporary efforts to protect nature and the backlash they have provoked.
ENST 207. American Environmental History. 1 Credit.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
This course examines how nature (soil, disease, water, climate, etc.) shaped American history and how Americans transformed the environment, from the colonial period to today.
ENST 208. Environmental Biology. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3,Lab:3
Introduction to ecology and evolutionary biology, organism interactions with environment, biodiversity, energy flow, and nutrient cycling, with emphasis on human influences on living systems and applications of evolutionary biology and ecology to solving environmental problems. This course is intended primarily for students majoring in environmental studies.
ENST 209. Ecopolitics in Latin America. 1 Credit.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
This course examines climate policy debates and recent shifts in global environmentalism, with a focus on a wide range of Latin American territories. Crosslisted as ANTH 202 and LAMS 202.
ENST 211. Environmental Pollution and Control. 1 Credit.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:Varies,Lab:2
Introduction for non-engineering students to the major areas of environmental engineering. Topics include environmental chemistry, biology and ecology, water and air pollution and treatment, solid and hazardous wastes, sustainability, and global climate issues. Not open to students who have taken CEEG 340.
ENST 213. North American Environmental History. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This class introduces the practices and purposes of studying our past relationships with nature, to better understand the origins of North America's landscapes today. Crosslisted as HIST 213.
ENST 214. Mapping History: Nature, Place, and Power. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course examines maps as markers of environmental history. Focusing on the North Atlantic and North America from the seventeenth century onward, the course will emphasize critical analysis of visual artifacts, the politics of cartography, and maps as records of our changing ideas about and impact on the natural world. Crosslisted as GEOG 206 and HIST 215.
ENST 215. Environmental Planning. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
Explores the main approaches to planning theory and their environmental applications. Considers how environmental planning can promote the socio-ecological health and sustainability of democratic communities. Crosslisted as GEOG 215.
ENST 216. Preindustrial Environment. 1 Credit.
Offered Alternate Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
An introduction to global environmental history of the preindustrial world through three thematic lenses: how the natural environment shaped patterns of human life, how ideologies toward nature shifted over time, and how human activities and ideologies reshaped the ancient landscape. Crosslisted as CLAS 220.
ENST 221. Hazardous Waste and Society. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Lab:3
Hazardous waste regulation, risk assessment and toxicology, overview of treatment technologies and site investigation, environmental audits, facilities siting and public participation, pollution prevention. Not open to engineering students, and also not open to students who have taken CEEG 444.
ENST 222. Concepts in Sustainability. 1 Credit.
Offered Alternating Fall Semester; Lecture hours:3,Other:2
This course explores the definitions and concepts of economic, social and environmental sustainability and utilizes the tools to evaluate sustainability metrics including life cycle assessment, systems thinking, and economic analysis. Not open to engineering students.
ENST 224. Visions of the Susquehanna. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course examines literature of the Susquehanna Valley. Crosslisted as ENLS 224. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
ENST 226. Water Politics and Policies. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
Examines the evolution and philosophical foundations of water use as well as the politics surrounding current issues in water use.
ENST 227. Ecopoetics. 1 Credit.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
An exploration of poetry as site-specific ecological practice. Intended for students interested in both Creative Writing and Environmental Studies. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as ENCW 240.
ENST 230. Introduction to Sustainable Design. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
The application of basic sustainability principles to multiple design scales, including consumer products, buildings, communities, and landscapes. Emphasis is placed on the campus and its surrounding community as a living laboratory for design experimentation. Open to first year, sophomore, and junior students. Seniors by permission only.
ENST 232. Identity, Inequality, and the Environment. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
With a focus on race, ethnicity, class, and gender, this course examines environmental issues from around the globe. Students will learn how issues of identity and inequality are central to environmental problems and solutions. Topics include colonization, toxicity and health, climate change, grassroots environmentalism, and environmental leadership.
ENST 234. Human Ecology. 1 Credit.
Offered Alternating Spring Semester; Lecture hours:3
A general science course in human ecology, to demonstrate the ways humans continue to adapt to their environment through biological, cultural, scientific, symbolic, political, and technical means. Crosslisted as GEOG 234.
ENST 235. Marine Environment. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Understanding the ecological and physical systems of the ocean, understanding the processes of scientific discovery in the ocean, and exploring the many interactions of humans with ocean systems. Crosslisted as GEOG 235.
ENST 236. Environmental Ethics. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
A survey of the major theories of environmental ethics, with particular attention to the challenge of developing an ethic commensurate with increasing human power. Crosslisted as RELI 226.
ENST 240. Sustainable Resource Management. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
Focuses on problem-oriented policy analysis of domestic and international environmental issues including ecosystem management, endangered species, protected areas, and community-based conservation. Crosslisted as GEOG 240.
ENST 243. Global Environmental History. 1 Credit.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
Explores how global forces, including population growth, commercialization, and fossil fuel revolutions, transformed nature and culture across the planet in the 20th century.
ENST 244. History of Ecology. 1 Credit.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
Explores the development of ecology as a science, with attention to the political ramifications of ecological ideas and their enrollment in environmental management.
ENST 245. Environmental Policy and Politics. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
An introduction to understanding the role of political institutions, stakeholders and policy processes (in the U.S. and internationally) in addressing environmental problems. Crosslisted as POLS 291.
ENST 246. Environmental Activism. 1 Credit.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
This course explores the geographies and practice of environmental activism. Drawing from national and international examples, we examine diverse means and methods of environmental protest.
ENST 254. Environmental Humanities. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Explores humanistic perspectives on the environment--from history, ethics, literature, religion, and the arts--including how these perspectives complement or unsettle knowledge about nature from the sciences.
ENST 255. Environmental Injustice. 1 Credit.
Offered Alternating Spring Semester; Lecture hours:3
Explores environmental injustice in United States and internationally. Includes discussion of: structural racism, class issues, ecological justice, morality and environmental policy, and the environmental justice movement.
ENST 256. Political Ecology of Mining. 1 Credit.
Offered Spring Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
Using a political ecology framework, we explore development contradictions associated with mining in India and the United States to meet global energy and mineral demand.
ENST 261. Culture and Environmental Change in Africa. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This course introduces environmental anthropology as it applies to cultural beliefs and practices in various parts of the world, including Ghana. Cultural anthropology is the study of human diversity, and environmental anthropology is a subdiscipline of cultural anthropology that considers how humans and nature are interwoven. Crosslisted as ANTH 261.
ENST 262. Introduction to Energy Resources. 1 Credit.
Offered Alternate Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:4
Introduction for non-engineers to energy concepts including: energy balance; energy demand; technologies to meet demand; and, effects on the environment. Not open to students who have taken ENGR 200, MECH 213, CHEG 200, PHYS 147, PHYS 211. Crosslisted as ENGR 262.
ENST 263. Conservation in Africa. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Through a series of case studies and a final research project, students will gain in-depth knowledge of conservation efforts on the African continent. Emphasizing local and global contexts, course themes include the colonial origins of protected areas, African environmental activists and scholars, and the multiple methods used in political ecology.
ENST 286. Imagining Sustainability. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
An Integrated Perspectives course covering critical understandings and applications of sustainability across the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences as integrative of environmental, social, economic, and cultural perspectives. Crosslisted as UNIV 286 and RELI 286.
ENST 289. Language and Environmental Politics. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Language and communication are central to how people perceive the environment, understand their relationship to it, and organize actions to change it. The course draws on the concepts of place-making, discourse, and narrative to analyze debates about protected lands, pollution and extraction, biocultural diversity, environmental value, and climate change.
ENST 291. Bucknell on the Susquehanna Watershed SCI/Natural History. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:4,Other:4
The study of watershed processes and regional natural history of the Susquehanna River. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
ENST 292. Bucknell on the Susquehanna Land Use Planning and Social Processes. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:4,Other:4
The study of land use planning and social processes involved with watershed management of the Susquehanna River valley region. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
ENST 293. Bucknell on the Susquehanna Human Dimensions and Environmental History. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:4
The history of human settlement and culture in the Susquehanna River valley and its relationship to resources and the environment. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
ENST 295. Topics in Environmental Studies. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3; Repeatable
Selected issues in environmental studies.
ENST 298. Stream Restoration. 1 Credit.
Offered Alternate Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3,Lab:4; Repeatable
Scientific principles to integrate physical and biological approaches to stream restoration in watershed management. Team-taught field course highlights developing restoration plan for Bucknell's Miller Run. Crosslisted as GEOL 298.
ENST 299. Watershed Systems Science. 1 Credit.
Offered Alternate Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3,Lab:4; Repeatable
Watersheds regulate water flow and ecosystem health on our landscape. Team-taught field course integrating physical, chemical, and biological processes in watersheds, using the Susquehanna and tributaries. Crosslisted as GEOL 299.
ENST 2NT. ENST Non-traditional Study. 1-3 Credits.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer; Lecture hours:Varies
Non-traditional study in Environmental Science. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
ENST 301. Seminar in Environmental History. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3; Repeatable
A seminar exploration of aspects of human interactions with the natural world over time. Not open to first-year students. Crosslisted as HIST 301.
ENST 302. Community-Based Research Design. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Other:1
Students will learn quantitative and qualitative research methods related to environmental studies including research design, data collection, and analysis. Prerequisite: junior or senior status. Preference to Environmental Studies majors, others by permission of the instructor.
ENST 315. Cold Places. 1 Credit.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
A seminar exploring the nature and culture of cold places -- glaciers, mountain tops, Antarctica, and the Arctic -- through art, film, literature, science, and popular media. Crosslisted as ENST 615.
ENST 319. Directed Research. .5-1 Credits.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; Repeatable
Supervised research or thesis work on environmental issues. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
ENST 320. Language and Environmental Politics. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Communication is central to how people perceive the environment, understand their relationship to it, and organize actions to change it. This course draws on concepts from linguistic anthropology, including discourse analysis, to examine debates about wildlife conservation, clean energy, eco-friendly products, environmental rights, and climate change.
ENST 325. Nature, Wealth and Power. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
A seminar in political ecology that explores the historical, social political and economic dimensions of environmental change in developing regions. First-year students and sophomores by permission only. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as GEOG 325.
ENST 341. The Hidden God of Nature: Christian Ecopoetics from Chaucer to Dostoevsky. 1 Credit.
Offered Alternate Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Explores how great works of European literature related nature and culture in Christian traditions from the 14th to the 19th century. Analyzes their legacy for environmental ethics and cultural creativity as part of sustainability today. Includes non-Christian and secular critiques in considering poetic, rhetorical, symbolic, and spiritual approaches to ecology. Crosslisted as ENLS 341 and ENLS 641.
ENST 345. Food and the Environment. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Other:3.5
Nothing from the environment is more important than food production, nothing affects the environment more; we'll study both environmental and social circumstances. Laboratory science course. Crosslisted as GEOG 345.
ENST 347. Sustainable Cities. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3,Other:2
This team-taught course introduces students to the core concepts of sustainability and how they have been applied to promote sustainability in London, the UK, and Europe. This course is part of the Bucknell in London core course. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as CEEG 447.
ENST 349. Senior Thesis. .5-1 Credits.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; Repeatable
Independent thesis work under adviser's supervision. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
ENST 350. Senior Thesis. .5-1 Credits.
Offered Both Fall and Spring; Lecture hours:Varies; Repeatable
Independent thesis work under adviser's supervision. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
ENST 353. Ecosystem Ecology. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3,Recitation:1
Interactions between organisms and the physical and chemical environment including nutrient cycling and energy flow, biogeochemistry, and temporal and spatial dynamics of ecosystems. Prerequisites: BIOL 208, junior or senior status, and permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as BIOL 353 and BIOL 653.
ENST 355. Advanced Topics in Environmental Policy. 1 Credit.
Offered Fall Semester Only; Lecture hours:3
Advanced seminar on environmental policy. Focus varies by semester. Consult class schedule for current topic. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as POLS 393.
ENST 356. Nationalism, Identity and Nature. 1 Credit.
Offered Occasionally; Lecture hours:3
This course explores: the politics and geographies of nationalism; how nature is nationalized; the various ways ethnocentrism, racism, and sexism become part of national identity construction; ideas about and representations of nature in environmental contestations and in reactions to nationalism; and the intersection of nationalism with other social constructions.
ENST 393. International Environmental Aid. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
This advanced seminar focuses on an applied and critical examination of international aid for solving environmental problems. It explores topics including: theories of international relations, environmental politics, and development; how international organizations, states, and non-governmental actors relate, and problem-solving case studies. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Crosslisted as POLS 393.
ENST 3NT. ENST Non-traditional Study. 1-3 Credits.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer; Lecture hours:Varies
Non-traditional study in Environmental Science. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor.
ENST 411. Environmental Community Projects. 1 Credit.
Offered Either Fall or Spring; Lecture hours:3
Community-based "clinic" course on environmental problems or projects for local stakeholders, based on integrative, interdisciplinary research and design. Preference to senior ENST, ENSC, and GEOG majors.
Faculty
Professors: Ben Marsh, Peter R. Wilshusen (Chair)
Associate Professors: Matthew E. McTammany, Andrew Stuhl, Amanda Wooden
Assistant Professor: Jessica Pouchet
Visiting Professor: Joseph Jozwiak
Visiting Assistant Professor: Ryan Hackett
Coordinating Committee: Maria A. Antonaccio (environmental ethics), Claire Campbell (environmental history), Kevin Gilmore (civil and environmental engineering), Duane A. Griffin (geography), Ben Marsh (geography), Molly M. McGuire (chemistry), Matthew E. McTammany (biology), Alfred K. Siewers (ecocriticism), Andrew Stuhl (environmental history), Jeffrey M. Trop (geology), Peter R. Wilshusen (environmental planning and policy), Amanda Wooden (politics and policy)