Spring 2025 Undergraduate ESP Courses

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Last updated: Oct 18, 2024
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Review the course list and plan your schedule according to the 27-credit ESP academic plan. Degree Works does not always accurately reflect ESP course fulfillments, so majors are strongly encouraged to meet with ESP advisors regularly to ensure they are on track. ESP advisors can also help determine if any SU Abroad courses can count toward the major.


Basic Requirements (9 credits)
Environmental Sciences (3 credits)
• BIO 123—General Biology II · J. Snyder · MoWe 12:45–2:05 + lab
• EAR 105—Earth Science · J. Russell · MoWeFr 10:35–11:30 + recitation
• EAR 203—Earth System Science · J. Mejia · MoWeFr 11:40–12:35 + lab
• GEO 155—The Natural Environment · E. Coffel · TuTh 9:30–10:25 + recitation (SIRS)
Environmental Studies & Humanities (3 credits)
• * ECN 102—Introductory Macroeconomics · D. Laing · TuTh 5:00–6:20 + lab
• ENG 140—Reading the Environment · J. Reese · MoWe 5:15–6:35
• GEO 103—Environment and Society · T. Perreault · MoWe 10:35–11:30 + recitation (CCT, CGR)
Data Analysis (3 credits)
• * BUA 345— Business Analytics · Multiple Sections (ILTA)
• CIS 321—Intro. to Probability and Statistics · C. Isik · TuTh 9:30–10:50 + recitation
• EAR 410—Applications of GIS in the Earth Sciences · G. Hoke · MoWe 2:15–3:35
• ECN 422—Intro. to Statistics and Econometrics · B. Walia · MoWe 2:15–3:35 (SIRS)
• GEO 383—Geographic Information Systems · P. Gao · MoWe 9:30–10:25 + lab (ILTA, SIRS)
• * IST 387—Intro. to Applied Data Science · Thu 11:00–12:00 + lab (CCT, ILTA)
• MAS 261—Intro. Statistics for Management · S. Calabrese · MoWe 2:15–3:35 (ILTA, SIRS)
• MAT 221—Elem. Probability & Statistics I · Multiple Sections (SIRS)
• MAX 201—Quantitative Methods for the Social Science · Multiple Sections (CCT, SIRS)
• PSC 202—Intro. To Political Analysis · D. Daneri · TuTh 3:30–4:50 + recitation
• SOC 319—Qualitative Methods in Sociology · G. Kirk-Werner · MoWe 12:45–2:05 (SIRS)


Upper-Division Requirements (6 credits)
Science-Policy Integration (3 credits)
• GEO 356—Environmental Ideas and Policy · A. Vlasak · MoWe 3:45–5:05 (CCT)
• PSC 318—Technology, Politics, and Environment · T. Shibaike · MoWe 3:45–5:05


Senior Capstone (3 credits)
• *ESP 400—Sustainability Driven Capstone · J. Golden · MoWe 12:45–2:05


Electives (12 credits)

To complete the 18 upper-division credit requirement, ESP majors can take only one lower-division elective if they take an upper-division data analysis course. Please note Degree Works may not correctly designate classes according to this rule and majors should always confirm with ESP advisors if they are satisfying all requirements.

Upper-Division Environmental Sciences Electives (6 credits)
• CEE 274—Sustainability in Civil and Environmental Systems · R. Aboutaha · MoWe 2:15–3:35 + recitation
• CEE 463—Introduction to Sustainable Engineering · C. Davidson · MoWe 2:15–3:35
• CEE 471/CEN 461—Environmental Chemistry and Analysis · S. Todorova · TuTh 2:00–3:20
• CEE 472/ CEN 472—Applied Env Microbiology · J. Trimmer · MoWe 3:45–5:05 (SIRS)
• EAR 205—Water & Our Environment · TBD · MoWe 2:15–3:35 + recitation
• EAR 305—Earth Science of Energy · C. Scholz · Tu 3:30–6:15
• EAR 413—Physical Hydrology · S. Tuttle · MoWe 2:15–3:35
• EAR 414—The Holocene: Climate and Environmental Change · M. Chipman · TuTh 9:30–10:50
• EAR 417—Geochemistry · S. Samson · MoWeFr 10:35–11:30
• GEO 426—Environmental Change in the Anthropocene · E. Coffel · TuTh 11:00–12:20
Upper-Division Environmental Studies/Humanities Electives (6 credits)
• DES 114—Design, Cultural Traditions and the Environment · D. Earle · MoWe 2:15–3:35
• DES 248—Design Issues · D. Earle · TuTh 12:30–1:50 (CGR, CS)
• * ECN 310—Economics of the Electricity Market · P. Cappers · WeFr 8:00–9:20
• EDI 252—Environmental Design II · Z. Dunham · TuTh 9:30–12:00 (CCT, CS)
• FST 312—Emergency Food Systems · A. Bellows · MoWe 2:15–3:35
• GEO 321—Latin American Development: Politics & Environment · T. Perreault · MoWe 12:45–2:05
• GEO 336—Climate Justice · F. Sultana · TuTh 11:00–12:20 (CCT)
• GEO 358—Animals and Society · R. Wilson · TuTh 2:00–3:20
• GEO 415—Food: A Critical Geography · L.A. Minkoff-Zern · TuTh 9:30–10:50
• GEO 478—Spatial Storytelling · M. Kelly · MoWe 12:45–2:05
• PHP 303—Environmental Health · M. Thompson · MoWe 12:45–2:05 (CCT, CS)

* Requires a petition to faculty to count toward ESP