Environmental Analysis Combined Major

Combined Majors meld two or more existing fields, with some modification of the normal requirements in each. Combined majors must be approved by a faculty member representing each field involved, following the principles established by each field group. Such approval normally must be obtained not later than midterm of the first semester of the junior year.

A combined major with Environmental Analysis Major must be approved by an EA faculty adviser, and comprise a minimum of seven courses, including EA 010 PZ , EA 086 PZ (EA 086 PZ can be substituted with POLI 136 PO OR ANTH 144 PO -Anthropology of Environmental Justice OR EA 098 PZ ) , EA 030 PO OR EA 030L KS /PO - Science and the Environment. At least four additional EA courses that meld with the curriculum of the student’s other academic field and a relevant internship or field research project are required. Common combined majors with Environmental Analysis include EA with Economics, EA with Sociology, and EA with Organizational Studies.

Requirements for a Combined Major with Environmental Science Track (e.g., Environmental Analysis - Science Track)

Students pursuing a combined major with the science track of Environmental Analysis must complete all of the requirements for the EA-science track major with the following modifications: (1)) there is no separate Policy/Economics/Government course requirement, (2) combined majors only need to complete four upper level environmental science elective courses instead of six, and (3) if a specific statistics course is required by the other discipline as part of the combined major (e.g., ECON 91 PZ - Economic Statistics), then BIOL 174L KS/BIOL 175 KS - Applied Biostatistics cannot be counted as one of the upper division science electives.

Upper-level courses should be selected to engage as much as possible with issues at the intersection of the two disciplines being combined, and must satisfy all of the laboratory, ecology, and earth science stipulations of the environmental analysis science track major. Subject to approval, the environmental science thesis may also be expanded to address a topic intersecting with the second discipline. Combined majors with Environmental Science must be approved by a Department of Natural Sciences advisor.

Environmental Analysis Courses

Anthropology

Art History

• ARHI 155 SC -History of Gardens, East & West

Astronomy

• ASTR 066L KS -Elementary Astronomy

Biology

Critical Action + Social Advocacy

Economics

Environmental Analysis

Geology

• GEOL 020C PO -Intro to Geol: Environmental Geo

History

• HIST 184 PO -Global Environmental Histories

Philosophy

Political Studies

Religious Studies

• RLST 155 PO -Religion, Ethics and Social Practice

Sociology

• SOSC 180 HM -Tropical Forests: Policy & Prac

Environmental Analysis Honors

In order to be a candidate for Honors, students must meet three criteria,. Students must (1) have a minimum GPA of 3.6, and (2) engage in a thesis or senior project, which receives a minimum grade of A-. The Field Group members will confer Honors to students who have met these two baseline requirements, and who have (3) displayed (as determined by the members of the Pitzer EA Field Group) an exemplary commitment to Pitzer’s core values of environmental sustainability and social responsibility, as manifest through service, internships, and other relevant experience.

Students who wish to write a senior thesis or complete a senior project must enroll in an additional course. Students writing a senior thesis will normally take 197 PZ EA Senior Thesis Seminar. A senior project is a substantial work, such as an exhibition, website, blog, film/video, performance, curriculum, design project, or other hands-on or creative endeavor. The process and outcome of the project should be digitally documented in an appropriate format (audio, video, pdf, web url, and so forth). Normally students will write a 20-30 page paper that describes the project’s contribution to the field and that anchors it in scholarly literature in order to build a critical framework around the project. Projects are usually undertaken over the course of one semester and are assigned a course number (EA 199 or EA 999). Some can be undertaken as part of EA 197, the senior thesis class. All senior theses and senior projects require two readers with, at least, one reader from the Pitzer Environmental Analysis Field Group. Please consult with your adviser to see what is appropriate for you.