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