Mapping a Path
In consultation with the advisor and moderation board, the student maps an individualized path within one Focus Area. Each focus area accommodates a wide variety of specializations. Listed below are a few of the possible areas for study and research within each Focus Area. Each of these titles suggests any number of course sequences that satisfy the Focus Area requirement. The lists that follow depict sample four-year plans of study, one in each of the four Focus Areas. Each plan satisfies the requirements of the EUS major, ensures both breadth and depth, indicates when distribution requirements might be satisfied, and suggests elective courses related to EUS and the Focus Area.
Physical Sciences
(Biology, Physics, Chemistry) - Water and Food Systems
- Energy Systems
- Ecology
- Geology / Chemistry
- Climate Change / Biodiversity
- Air / Water / Solid Waste Pollution
- Technologies for Sustainable Communities
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Focus Area: Physical Sciences
Specialization: Ecology
42 credits EUS program + 12 Math + 8 FYS + 8 SP + 62 electives = 128 credits
FY I
First-Year Seminar I
EUS 101 SSCI Intro. to Environmental & Urban Studies
ELECTIVE FLLCForeign language
ELECTIVEE.g., BIO 130 or 146: Nat. Hist. or Earth & Life
FY II
FYSFirst-Year Seminar II
EUS 102SCIIntro. to Environmental & Urban Science
EUS/BIO 142*Organismal Biology (* prereq for BIO 2XX)
ELECTIVEE.g., EUS 203: GIS
SOPH I
EUS/HISTHISTE.g., HIST 253: Env. History of the Globe
MATH 141Calculus I
ELECTIVE E.g., BIO 147 or 152: Conservation or Biodiv
ELECTIVEELITE.g., CHEM 141: Principles of Chemistry I
SOPH II
EUS Focus 2XX BIO 212: Ecology of the Hudson River
BIO 202 Ecology & Evolution
MATH 142Calculus II
ELECTIVE E.g., PHYS 124: Climate Change
EUS COL(2 cr.)EUS Colloquium
JR IEUS Focus 3XXBIO 305: Ecology
EUS/ECONSSCIE.g., ECON 242: Ecological Economics
MATHE.g., Statistics or Biostatistics
ELECTIVEAARTAnalysis of Art
JR IIEUS Focus 3XXBIO 312: Biogeochemical Cycles
ELECTIVE E.g., BIO 206: Botany
ELECTIVE DIFF HUMRethinking Difference (may combine w/ other)
EUS 305(4 cr.) EUS Practicum (2-4 cr.)
Summer between Junior and Senior Years: EUS INTERNSHIP or SERVICE PROJECT
SR IEUS 401Senior Project I
ELECTIVE PARTPracticing Arts
ELECTIVEE.g., BIO 307 or 316: Aquatic or Tropical Ecol.
ELECTIVEE.g., ANTH 337, ECON 263, HIST 280
SR IIEUS 402Senior Project II
ELECTIVEE.g., PHYS 234: Atmosphere and Ocean
ELECTIVEE.g., HIST 3112: PLAGUE!
ELECTIVE(2 cr.)E.g., EUS COL or Dance
Humanities
(History, Philosophy, Literature) - Environmental History
- Philosophy of the Environment/Environmental Justice
- Literature of the Environment
- Environment and the Arts
- Nature and Man in the Great Religions
- Urban History (emphasizing arts and literature)
- Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Communities
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Focus Area: Humanities
Specialization: Literature of the Environment
46 credits EUS program + 4 Math + 8 FYS + 8 SP + 62 electives = 128 credits
FY I FYS First-Year Seminar I
EUS 101 SSCI Intro. to Environmental & Urban Studies
ELECTIVE FLLC Foreign language
ELECTIVE ELIT E.g., LIT 204: Comparative Literature
FY II FYS First-Year Seminar II
EUS 102 SCI Intro. to Environmental & Urban Science
ELECTIVE MATC MATH 141: Calculus I (prereq ECON 206)
ELECTIVE E.g., LIT 2006: Imagining Envir. in English Lit
SOPH I ECON 206 Economics from the Ground Up
HIST 280 HIST American Environmental History
ELECTIVE AART E.g., ARTH 130: Introduction to Visual Culture
ELECTIVE E.g., ANTH 101: Cultural Anthropology
SOPH II EUS Focus 2XX LIT 2316: In the Wild
ELECTIVE DIFF HUM Rethinking Difference (may combine w/ other)
SCIENCE 2XX E.g., Physics
ELECTIVE E.g., PHIL 256: Environmental Ethics
JR I EUS Focus 3XX E.g., LIT 3015: After Nature
ELECTIVE PART Practicing Arts
ELECTIVE E.g., HIST 139: City Cultures
ELECTIVE E.g., ARTH 223: Wild Visions: Picturing Nature
JR II EUS Focus 3XX LIT 3308: Reading & Writing the Hudson
ELECTIVE E.g., ARTH 201: Greek Art and Architecture
ELECTIVE E.g., LIT 2007: Imagining Envir. in East Asia
EUS 305 (4 cr.) EUS Practicum (2-4 cr.)
EUS COL (2 cr.) EUS Colloquium
Summer between Junior and Senior Years: EUS INTERNSHIP or SERVICE PROJECT
SR I EUS 401 Senior Project I
ELECTIVE E.g., ARTH 212: Roman Art and Architecture
ELECTIVE E.g., LIT 364: Shakespeare Seminar
ELECTIVE E.g., LIT 2312: Louisiana
SR II EUS 402 Senior Project II
ELECTIVE E.g., ARTH 332: Villas of the Hudson Valley
ELECTIVE E.g., LIT 2151: St. Petersburg: City as Text
ELECTIVE (2 cr.) E.g., EUS Colloquium; Dance
Social Studies
(Political Studies, Economics, Anthropology) - Environmental Politics in the United States
- Global Environmental Politics
- Environmental Economics / Urban Economics
- Economics of Natural Resources
- Ecological Economics / Geoclassical Economics
- Environmental Law
- Environment and Culture
- Environmental Archaeology/Economic Anthropology
- Economic Development
- Population Studies
- Human/Cultural Geography
- Environmental Psychology
- Urban Sociology
- Institutions for Sustainable Communities
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Focus Area: Social Studies
Specialization: Environmental Policy
40 credits EUS program + 4 Math + 8 FYS + 8 SP + 68 elective = 128 credits
FY I FYS First-Year Seminar I
EUS 101 SSCI Intro. to Environmental & Urban Studies
ELECTIVE FLLC Foreign language
ELECTIVE E.g., PHYS 124: Climate Change
FY II FYS First-Year Seminar II
EUS 102 SCI Intro. to Environmental & Urban Science
EUS/BIO 142* Organismal Biology (* prereq for BIO 2XX)
MATH 141* MATC Calculus I (* prereq for ECON 206)
SOPH I ECON 206 Economics from the Ground Up
HIST 2253 HIST Environmental History of the Globe
ELECTIVE ELIT E.g., LIT 3308: Reading & Writing the Hudson
ELECTIVE E.g., MATH 142: Calculus II
SOPH II EUS Focus 2XX ECON 242: Ecological Economics
BIO 202 Ecology & Evolution
ELECTIVE DIFF HUM Rethinking Difference (may combine w/ other)
ELECTIVE E.g., EUS 203: GIS
EUS COL (2 cr.) EUS Colloquium
JR I EUS Focus 3XX E.g., PS 373: Human Rights and the Envir.
ELECTIVE E.g., ECON 229: Statistics
ELECTIVE E.g., HIST 280: American Envir. History
ELECTIVE E.g., ECON 226: Urban Economics
JR II EUS Focus 3XX E.g., ECON 330: Seminar in Geoclassical Econ.
EUS 305 (2 cr.) EUS Practicum (2-4 cr.)
ELECTIVE E.g., ANTH 265: Race and Nature in Africa
ELECTIVE AART Analysis of Art
Summer between Junior and Senior Years: EUS INTERNSHIP or SERVICE PROJECT
SR I EUS 401 Senior Project I
ELECTIVE E.g., ECON 263: Population & Demography
ELECTIVE E.g., PS 109: Political Economy
ELECTIVE PART Practicing Arts
SR II EUS 402 Senior Project II
ELECTIVE E.g., PHIL 256: Environmental Ethics
ELECTIVE E.g., ECON 221: Economic Development
ELECTIVE E.g., MATH or ECON: Game Theory
Urban Studies
(Architecture, Urban History, Urban Economivs, others) - Urban Policy and Planning
- Urban Geography
- Greening the City
- Urban History (emphasizing politics, economics, and policy)
- Sustainable Cities
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Focus Area: Urban Studies
Specialization: Architecture
44 credits EUS program + 8 FYS + 8 SP + 68 elective = 128 credits
FY I FYS First-Year Seminar I
EUS 101 SSCI Intro. to Environmental & Urban Studies
ELECTIVE FLLC Foreign language
ELECTIVE E.g., ANTH 101: Cultural Anthropology
FY II FYS First-Year Seminar II
EUS 102 SCI Intro. to Environmental & Urban Science
SCIENCE 2XX E.g., Physics
ELECTIVE E.g., ARTH 125: Modern Architecture -1945
SOPH I ECON 226 SSCI Urban Economics
HIST 280 HIST American Environmental History
ELECTIVE ELIT E.g., LIT 364: Urban Shakespeare
ELECTIVE E.g., ARTH 126: Modern Architecture 1945-
SOPH II EUS Focus 2XX ARTH 240: Rights to the City
EUS 203 Geographic Information Systems
ELECTIVE DIFF HUM Rethinking Difference (may combine w/ other)
ELECTIVE E.g., EUS 104: Colonial & Post-C. Geographies
EUS COL (2 cr.) EUS Colloquium
JR I EUS Focus 3XX ANTH 329: The Country and the City
ELECTIVE E.g., HIST 139: City Cultures or 154: Greek
ELECTIVE E.g., ANTH 212: Historical Archaeology
ELECTIVE E.g., SOC 101: Intro to Sociology
JR II EUS Focus 3XX HIST 3141: City & Modernity in 20th c. Europe
ELECTIVE AART E.g., ARTH 212: Roman Art and Architecture
ELECTIVE E.g., PHIL 256: Environmental Ethics
EUS 305 (4 cr.) EUS Practicum (2-4 cr.)
Summer between Junior and Senior Years: EUS INTERNSHIP or SERVICE PROJECT
SR I EUS 401 Senior Project I
ELECTIVE PART Practicing Arts
ELECTIVE E.g., ARTH 115: Classical Tradition West. Arch.
EUS COL (2 cr.) EUS Colloquium
SR II EUS 402 Senior Project II
ELECTIVE E.g., HR 256: The Limits of Freedom
ELECTIVE E.g., ARTH 378: Contemp. Issues Arch. Theory
ELECTIVE E.g., ARTH 328, ANTH 325, ANTH 343
