BHA-Environmental & Studies Fall 2021

Bachelor of Humanities and Arts (BHA)

Dietrich College (DC) Concentration in Environmental & Sustainability Studies 81 units (minimum)

Advisor: Abigail Owen, [email protected]

The BHA concentration in Environmental & Sustainability Studies (ESS) focuses on human-environment interactions from a multitude of disciplinary perspectives. The curriculum draws on the expertise of faculty across several Carnegie Mellon colleges in order to provide students with the interdisciplinary background and skills necessary to understand environmental problems and the means to mitigate them. The curriculum is designed to help students apply social and scientific perspectives to environmental problems; to distinguish among scientific methods for evaluating environmental problems; to identify and assess sources of environmental data; and to identify issues within the context of proposed policy solutions.

BHA students take 9 courses in their DC concentration, for a minimum of 81 units. A completed DC Concentration Declaration Sheet must be approved by the concentration advisor and submitted to the BXA office by spring mid-semester break of the student’s sophomore year. BHA students who are admitted through internal transfer must have chosen a DC concentration at the time of their application, which serves as declaration.

Core Courses (3 courses, 27 units)

Earth & :

24-291/09-xxx Environmental Systems on a Changing Planet 9

Environmental Humanities:

79-336 Introduction to Environmental Ideas 9

Interdisciplinary Senior Capstone:

66-506 Senior Capstone (Interdisciplinary Research: Capstone in Environmental and Sustainability Studies) 9

Statistics & Data Science (1 course, 9 units)

36-200 Reasoning with Data (or equivalent course) 9

Global Course (1 course, 3 units)

Choose one three-unit Global Course offered in the 99-listing each semester, in collaboration between CMU and the University of Pittsburgh’s Global Studies Center.

99-3xx Global Course 3

Earth & Environmental Science (1 course, 9 units)

Choose one additional course in Earth & Environmental Science from the following list.

03-140 and Environmental Science 9 09-225 : Chemistry, Physics, Planetary Science * 9 09-510 Chemistry and Sustainability * 9 09-524 * 9 09-529 Introduction to Science * 9 12-203 Special Topics: Ecology 9 33-115 Physics for Future Presidents 9

* Indicates prerequisites required

Political Economy (1 course, 9 units minimum)

Choose one course in Political Economy. Topics include sustainability , , policy or international relations.

19-101 Introduction to and Public Policy 12 73-408 Law and Economics * 9 73-427 Sustainability, Energy, * 9 73-332 Political Economy * 9 84-110 Foundations of Political Economy 9 84-310 International Political Economy * 9 84-313 International Organizations and Law 9 84-325 Contemporary American Foreign Policy 9 88-344 and Planning 9 BHA-Environmental & Sustainability Studies Fall 2021

88-221 Analytical Foundations of Public Policy * 9 88-365 Behavioral Economics and Public Policy 9

* Indicates prerequisites required

Electives (3 courses, 24 units minimum)

Any additional courses listed in the ESS Earth & Environmental Science, Political Economy or Global Course categories can be counted toward electives. At least 18 units must be taken within the Dietrich College.

Any further electives should: Broaden the reach of the student’s interdisciplinary explorations in environment and sustainability; Thematically, courses should either add to depth from above-listed categories Earth & Environmental Science, , Global Course and/or Political Economy; Or, electives should increase the student’s interdisciplinary grasp of topics related to environment and sustainability, with particular emphasis on topics related to environmental justice and/or global climate justice.