If you are visiting this page, you are likely an ENV BS or AB major in the Nicholas School of Environment. If you are not an ENV major, I encourage you to read about it here.

On this website, I provide an updated list of courses to satisfy requirements for the B.S. and A.B. majors (i.e., to supplement the ENV Major website) and a link to Frequently Asked Questions.

The courses listed below in red are the added courses.

Please reach out to me (william.pan@duke.edu), Charlotte Clark (cclark@duke.edu) or Bailee Starnes (bailee.starnes@duke.edu) if you have questions.

Update version: Sept 1, 2022.

B.S.in Environmental Sciences

Choose 5 Core Courses, at least one from each category below. 1 of these 5 core courses can be double counted as a focus area course if the student wishes to.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

ENVIRON 308A Oceans in Human and Environmental Health (Marine Lab) (Fl)
ENVIRON 321A Coastal Watershed Science and Policy (Marine Lab) (Sp)
ENVIRON 360 Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (Sp)
ENVIRON 373LA Sensory Physiology of Marine Animals (Marine Lab) (Fl)
ENVIRON 501 Environmental Toxicology (F)
ENVIRON 537 Environmental Health (Sp)
ENVIRON 637S Population and Environmental Dynamics Affecting Health (Sp)
ENVIRON 642 Air Pollution (Sp)
ENVIRON 274, BIO 262 People, Plants & Pollution
ENVIRON 524 Water Quality and Health
ENVIRON 774 / GLHLTH 537 One Health: From Philosophy to Practice

ECOLOGY

ENVIRON 210D Conserving the Variety of Life (F)
ENVIRON 217 Restoration Ecology (F, occasional)
ENVIRON 270A Conservation Biology and Policy (Marine Lab)
ENVIRON 273LA Marine Ecology (F, Sp)
ENVIRON 375LA Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles (Marine Lab) (Sp)
ENVIRON 376A Marine Mammals (Marine Lab) (F)
ENVIRON 503 Forest Ecosystems (Sp)
ENVIRON 517 Tropical Ecology (F)
ENVIRON 571A Urban Tropical Ecology (Marine Lab) (Sp)
ENVIRON 646 Urban Ecology (occasional)
BIO 490S Solving Problems with Ecology & Evolution
ENVIRON 205 Marine Megafauna
MARSCI 270A Conservation Biology & Policy
ENVIRON 319A Aquaculture and the Environment
BIO 344 Plant Diversity
MARSCI 202 Marine Biology & Ecology
BIO 263 Biological Responses to Climate Change

ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICAL SCIENCES

ENVIRON 239 Our Changing Atmosphere (Sp)
ENVIRON 280LA Sound in the Sea: Intro to Bioacoustics (Marine Lab) (Sp)
ENVIRON 362S Changing Oceans (F)
ENVIRON 370A Physical Oceanography (Marine Lab) (Sp)
ENVIRON 445A Climate Change in the Marine Environment (occasional)
ENVIRON 542L Environmental Aquatic Chemistry (F)
EOS 202 Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics (F)
EOS 323 Landscape Hydrology (Sp)
EOS 355 Global Warming
EOS 404S Geology of the Tropical Marine Environment (Sp)
CEE 461 / ENVIRON 542 Environmental Aquatic Chemistry
ECS 210 Exploring Earth Sciences
ENVIRON 220 Water Science
ENVIRON 231 Energy & the Environment
ENVIRON 641 Energy Technology & Impact on the Environment
ECS 401 Geology of North Carolina
ECS 323 Landscape Hydrology
ECS 550 Climate & Society

ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL SCIENCES

ENVIRON 212 US Environmental Policy (Sp)
ENVIRON 214S Environmental Ethics (occasional)
ENVIRON 265 Environmental Law and Policy (F, occasional)
ENVIRON 270A Conservation Biology and Policy (Marine Lab)
ENVIRON 275SA Global Fisheries Conflicts
ENVIRON 286A Marine Policy (Marine Lab) (F)
ENVIRON 305SA Social Impact Analysis (Marine Lab)
ENVIRON 345 Environmental Politics in the US
ENVIRON 363 Environmental Economics and Policy (Sp)
ENVIRON 374SA Community-Based Marine Conservation (Marine Lab) (Sp)
ENVIRON 520/521Resource and Environmental Economics (F)
ENVIRON 528SA Community-based Marine Conservation in the Gulf of California (Marine Lab) (Sp)
ENVIRON 533A Marine Fisheries Policy (Marine Lab) (Sp)
ENVIRON 551DA Conservation and Development (Marine Lab) (Sp)
ENVIRON 223 Environment & Global Capitalism in Latin America
ENVIRON 245 Theory & Practice of Sustainability
ENVIRON 275 Food, Farming & Feminism
ENVIRON 365 Modern Regulatory State
ENVIRON 390S Environment in Literature, Law & Science
ENVIRON 348 Global Environmental Politics
PUBPOL 201A Environmental Policy in Europe
ETHICS 301 Business & Human Rights
CULANTH 360S Global Apple: Life & Death and the Digital Revolution
ENVIRON 506 Environmental Justice: Theory & Practice

ENVIRONMENTAL TOOLS / SKILLS

ENVIRON 226S or 226SK Field Methods (F)
ENVIRON 322 Hydro and Environmental Data Analysis (F)
ENVIRON 335LA Unoccupied Aircraft Systems in Scientific Research (Marine Lab)
ENVIRON 359 GIS (Sp)
ENVIRON 361LS Terrestrial Field Ecology (F)
ENVIRON 362LS Aquatic Field Ecology (F)
ENVIRON 369LA Biological Oceanography (Marine Lab) (F, Sp)
CEE 160L Intro to Environmental Engineering (F)
CEE 462 Biological Principals in Environmental Engineering
ENVIRON 305SA Social Impact Analysis
ENVIRON 390 Sea Birds
ENVIRON 315S Environmental Issues & Documentary Arts

A.B. in Environmental Sciences & Policy

Choose 3 Topical Area Courses, at least one from each category below.

ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES

ENVIRON 209S (Food, Farming and Feminism) (F)
ENVIRON 214S (Ethical Challenges in Environmental Conservation) (F or Sp alternate)
ENVIRON 315S: (Environmental Issues and Documentary Arts) (Sp alternate)
CULANTH 419S (Global Environmentalism and the Politics of Nature) (F occasional)
HISTORY 345 (North American Environmental History) (Sp)
PHIL 215 (Applied and Environmental Ethics) (Occasional)
ENVIRON 190S Environmental Crisis
ENVIRON 223 Environment & Global Capitalism in Latin America
ENVIRON 275 Food, Farming & Feminism
ENVIRON 276 Denial, Faith & Reason
ENVIRON 365 Modern Regulatory State
ENVIRON 390S Environment in Literature, Law & Science
ETHICS 288S Ethical Dimensions of Environmental Policy
ETHICS 301 Business & Human Rights
CULANTH 360S Global Apple: Life & Death and the Digital Revolution
ENVIRON 506 Environmental Justice: Theory & Practice

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

ENVIRON 205 (Marine Megafauna) (Sp)
ENVIRON 210D (Conserving the Variety of Life on Earth) (F)
ENVIRON 217 (Restoration Ecology) (SP [last 2015])
ENVIRON 226s (Field Methods in Earth and Environmental Sciences) (F)
ENVIRON 228 (Food and Fuel for a Growing Population) (F, alternate)
ENVIRON 231 (Energy and Environment) (F)
ENVIRON 239 (Our Changing Atmosphere) (Sp)
ENVIRON 273LA (Marine Ecology) (F/Sp)
ENVIRON 274 (People, Plants, and Pollution) (F)
ENVIRON 319A (Aquaculture) (F)
ENVIRON 359 (Intro to GIS) (Sp)
ENVIRON 360 (Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology) (Sp)
ENVIRON 361LS (Field Ecology)
ENVIRON 362S (Changing Oceans) (F)
ENVIRON 369LA (Biological Oceanography) (Sp)
ENVIRON 370A (Physical Oceanography) (Sp)
ENVIRON 373LA (Sensory Physiology of Marine Animals) (Fl)
ENVIRON 375LA (Biology & Conservation of Sea Turtles (Sp)
ENVIRON 445A (Marine Climate Change) (F)
EOS 202 (Atmospheric and Ocean Dynamics) (F)
BIO 490S Solving Problems with Ecology & Evolution
CEE 461 / ENVIRON 542 Environmental Aquatic Chemistry
ECS 210 Exploring Earth Sciences
MARSCI 270A Conservation Biology & Policy
BIO 344 Plant Diversity
ENVIRON 774 / GLHLTH 537 One Health: From Philosophy to Practice
BIO 263 Biological Responses to Climate Change

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

ENVIRON 212 (US Environmental Policy) (Sp)
ENVIRON 216S (Environment and Conflict) (Occasional)
ENVIRON 265 (Environmental Law and Policy) (F)
ENVIRON 286A (Marine Policy) (F)
ENVIRON 305SA (Social Impact Analysis) (Sp)
ENVIRON 314 (Managing the Oceans to Solve Global Problems) (Sp)
ENVIRON 321A (Coastal Watershed Science & Policy) (Sp)
ENVIRON 345 (Environmental Politics in the US) (Sp alternate)
ENVIRON 348 (Global Environmental Politics) (F alternate)
ENVIRON 363: Environmental Economics and Policy (Sp, F 2017)
ENVIRON 366 (Green Germany: World leader in environmental policy) (Sp)
ENVIRON 223 Environment & Global Capitalism in Latin America
ENVIRON 245 Theory & Practice of Sustainability
ENVIRON 305SA Social Impact Analysis
ENVIRON 348 Global Environmental Politics