Urban Sustainability (Concentration in Environmental Science), B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2020-2021

First Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
ENGL 1010: English Composition I
Pathways Required Core
3 ENGL 1012: English Composition II
Pathways Required Core
3
Math & Quantitative Reasoning
Pathways Required Core
3 World Cultures & Global Issues
Pathways Flexible Core
3
U.S. Experience in Its Diversity
Pathways Flexible Core
3 SUST 1001: Introduction to Urban Sustainability
Major
3
SOCY 1101: Introduction to Sociology
Major
3 ECON 2200: Elementary Microeconomics
Major
3
EESC 1201: Introduction to Environmental Science
Major
3 EESC 3100 or CHEM 1040 or CHEM 1100
Major (May substitute CHEM 1050 and 2050 for CHEM 1100)
3

Second Year

Fall Classes - 16.5 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
Individual & Society
Pathways Flexible Core
3 Scientific World
Pathways Flexible Core
3
Creative Expression
Pathways Flexible Core
3 Creative Expression
Pathways Flexible Core
3
BIOL 1001: General Biology 1
Major (also fulfills Pathways Required Core)
4.5 PHIL 3309: Environmental Ethics
Major
3
SOCY 2201: Sociology of the Environment
Major
3 EESC 3800 or ECON 3400 or SOCY 2112
Major (EESC 3800 recommended)
3
EESC 3750: Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS)
Major
3 EESC 3900: Meteorology
Major
3

Third Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 16 credits Credits
College Option
Pathways College Option
3 College Option
Pathways College Option
3
College Option
Pathways College Option
3 College Option
Pathways College Option
3
EESC 3600: Hydrogeology of Water Resources
Major
3 SUST 2001W: Urban Sustainability Theory
Major
4
EESC 3610: Coastal Watersheds and Estuaries
Major
3 ECON 3254: Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development
Major
3
EESC 3675: Environmental Aspects of Urban Soils
Major
3 BIOL 3083 (See Biology Department for registration permission)
Major
3

Fourth Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 12.5 credits Credits
General Elective
General Elective
3 SUST 4001: Capstone in Urban Sustainability
Major
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3.5
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3    

Degree Details

39 Pathways Credits*

56.5 Major Credits

24.5 General Elective Credits

Students may apply a minor towards their general elective credits.

120 Total Credits

*The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Urban Sustainability (Concentration in Environmental Science) major includes a course (BIOL 1001) that also satisfies a Pathways requirement. Therefore, students majoring in Urban Sustainability (Concentration in Environmental Science) only need to complete 39 additional Pathways credits.

The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.

In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis.

Contact Information

Urban Sustainability Program
3137 Ingersoll Hall
Michael Menser
mmenser@brooklyn.cuny.edu

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