2014-15 Pomona College Catalog

Dec 24, 2024

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Environmental Analysis Major

Requirements for the Major in Environmental Analysis

The major consists of three sets of requirements:

An introductory core set of three courses (EA 010 PO , EA 020 PO *, EA 030 PO or EA 030L KS )

*Note: EA 020 PO may be substituted for by taking RLST 166A PO , GRMT 170 PO , CLAS 175 PZ , or EA 086 PZ .

A track: There are two tracks for the EA major. A student must select one in which to develop a course plan:
- Environmental Science Track
- Society and Development Track

There are two options for course plan development within each of the tracks: (a) select a pre-designed course plan (see below), or (b) design your own course plan, including seven but not exceeding 11 courses total, in addition to the core and capstone courses. Individually designed course plans must show depth in some foundational discipline, or set of closely related disciplines, and must be cleared and approved by the EA Major Steering Committee.

Senior Capstone:
- The senior thesis, completed in the fall of senior year (EA 191 PO )
- The senior seminar, completed in the spring (EA 190 PO )

Pre-approved Track Plans:

1. Environmental Science Track

(Advisor: Richard Hazlett)

Three-course EA introductory core (see above)
Introductory Biology course (BIOL 040 PO , BIOL 041E PO , BIOL 043L KS , or BIOL 146L KS ).
Introductory Chemistry (CHEM 001A PO or CHEM 051 PO )
Introductory Statistics (student choice of course, or a score of 5 on the AP statistics exam)
One from Physical Geography (EA 055L KS ) or any course from the Pomona Introductory Geology series (GEOL020)
One from Physics and Society PHYS 017 PO or Energy Systems Engineering ENGR 013 HM
One from Food, Land and the Environment (EA 085 PO ), Principles of Soil Science (EA 103L KS ), Physical Geography (EA 055L KS ), Global Science Change (EA 100L KS ), or Oceanography (EA 104 KS )
Five from upper division science courses within a single department, not including any course or general topical area listed above
Senior Capstone (see above)

2. Environment and Society Concentration

(Advisor: Bowman Cutter or Char Miller)

Three-course EA introductory core (see above)
Introductory Statistics (student choice of course, or a score of 5 on the AP statistics exam)
One from EA 055L KS , BIOL 044L KS , BIOL 041E PO or any course in the Pomona Introductory Geology series, GEOL020
One from POLI 060 PO , POLI 061 PO , POLI 039 PO , EA 171 PO
EA 085 PO , PHIL 038 PO ; POLI 039 PO ; RLST 166A PO and SOC 055 PO
Senior Capstone (see above)

Pre-approved Course Plans:

Visit the website for the EA Program at Pomona (www.ea.pomona.edu) for descriptions for each of the following pre-approved EA major course plans. For more information, contact the faculty listed below.

In Environmental Science:

Environmental Analysis in Geology (Mr. Hazlett)
Environmental Biology (Mr. Hazlett or Ms. Karnovsky)
Environmental Physics and Engineering (Mr. Tanenbaum)
Mathematical Issues for Environmental Analysis (Mr. Chandler)

In Society and the Environment:

Environmental Economics (Mr. Cutter)
Sustainability and The Built Environment (Mr. Miller)
Environmental Ethics (Ms. Davis)
Human Behavior and the Environment (Mr. Miller)
Society, Development and the Environment (Ms. Grigsby)
Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Gender and the Environment (Ms. Kassam)

Note: students wishing to major in environmental policy should contact the Public Policy Analysis Program , which presently hosts this course plan as the Public Policy/Environmental Analysis Major.