Environmental Sciences Second Major for ISP Students
Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.
NOTE: This Catalog describes Weinberg College BA requirements that pertain to students who matriculated at Northwestern after spring quarter 2023. Refer to the Archives if you are following BA requirements described in the 2018-2019 through 2022-2023 editions.
Second Major for ISP (10 units beyond ISP requirements)
The Integrated Science Program is a highly selective BA program in Weinberg College (see Integrated Science Program). Students majoring in ISP who wish to complete a second major in environmental sciences should fulfill the following requirements instead of those listed for the stand-alone Environmental Sciences major.
3 Core Courses
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| EARTH 210-0 | Earth Systems Science and Climate Change |
| EARTH 212-0 | Ecology & Environmental Change |
| EARTH 213-0 | Decision-Making in the Anthropocene |
7 Advanced Studies Courses
Courses selected from the lists of Advanced Studies courses on the stand-alone Environmental Science major page. See Environmental Science webpage for mid-year updates to lists. May substitute 1 quarter of EARTH 399-0 (or INTG_SCI 398-0 if research is related to environmental science).
- All Advanced Studies courses must be at the 300-level (Environmental Science program may approve 400-level substitutions).
- 5 courses selected from the Science List.
- 2 courses selected from the Society List, including one approved environmental policy and culture (ENVR_POL) course
Skills Requirement
Students must take at least one course from two of the three Skills Areas listed below. No course may be counted for more than one Skills Area simultaneously, but if a Skill Area course is on either the Science List or Society List, it may be directed to that requirement while also counting towards the Skill Area. Some topic offerings of EARTH 390-0 may be applied to a Skill Area with department approval, and new courses not yet in this Catalog edition may also be eligible. Refer to Environmental Science webpage for updates. Recent EARTH 390-0 classes that qualify include: GIS Level 1 & GIS Level 2 (Spatial Reasoning), and Analytical Techniques in Geochemistry (Analytical/Instrumentation/Field).
Quantitative
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| EARTH 310-0 | Aqueous Geochemistry |
| EARTH 327-0 | Geophysical Time Series Analysis |
| EARTH 340-0 | Physics of Weather & Climate |
| EARTH 343-0 | Earth System Modeling |
| EARTH 353-0 | Mathematical Inverse Methods in Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| EARTH 354-0 | Physics of Rock Deformation in Planetary Interiors |
Spatial Reasoning
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| EARTH 300-0 | Earth and Planetary Materials |
| EARTH 330-0 | Sedimentary Geology |
Analytical/Instrumentation/Field
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| EARTH 331-0 | Field Problems in Sedimentary Geology |
| EARTH 360-0 | Instrumentation and Field Methods |
| BIOL_SCI 336-0 | Spring Flora |
| BIOL_SCI 346-0 | Field Ecology |