Information for Minors in Environmental Studies

Look for late-breaking news concerning the E.S. concentration and its events here, as well as information about specific courses.

Applicants for the minor (course or honors) or Accepted Minors revising their programs:

• Submit your REQUIRED course plan (or revised plan) to Environmental Studies - electronic form

Environmental Studies Course Offerings::

• Environmental Courses likely to be offered 2007-2009
• Environmental Courses offered previously in recent years
• Course lottery procedures in Environmental Studies

General Information on requirements for the Minor :

• Requirements for the Minor in Environmental Studies
• The HONORS minor in Environmental Studies

Foreign Study

• Click Here for Instructions and Check List Form for Foreign Study Credit Note to Minors: foreign study credit awarded by the Environmental Studies Program may be counted towards the requirements for the Minor, but only in the "Adjunct/Interdisciplinary" category. Occasionally, foreign study credit awarded by a Swarthmore College department for an environmental course in a specific discipline may be used to satisfy a requirement for courses in Environmental Science/Technology or Environmental Social Science/Humanities, subject to approval of the Environmental Studies Program.

• The new Environmental Studies in South Africa program for a junior's Spring semester
• Swarthmore's Environmental Studies in Eastern Europe program for junior year Spring

Links of Interest to Minors and Special Majors in Environmental Studies:

• Possible employment opportunites for E.S. concentrators
• List of Environmental Internships
• How can I get ENVS credit for work done out of residence?
• How can I get ENVS credit for I.B., A.P. or other placement tests?

Background, historical, and topical links:

• Earth Day 1998 Address on the historical underpinnings of Environmental Studies
• Thesis of Josh Knox '99 for his Special Major in Environmental Policy and Science (read or download in pdf format)
• Faculty meeting minutes of May 21, 1992 at which Swarthmore's Environmental Studies concentration was approved.
• List of pro-environmental efforts undertaken by the Swarthmore administration and staff
• Asian Environmental History Association information
• Bird Collisions Report from Spring 2000 that details collisions of birds with windows on campus
• See a photo of earth as seen from the Mir space station taken during the August 1999 eclipse of the sun
• See a photo of earth at night as seen from the Alpha space station taken early in 2001
• See a photo of earth during the great August 2003 electrical blackout of the Northeastern USA.
• A wonderful historical retrospective of what Swarthmore College was like in the 19th century

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last updated 12/4/07