The Department of Earth & Environment offers undergraduate students many opportunities to satisfy requirements outlined for the BU Hub. Questions about the Earth & Environment curriculum may be addressed to Sayaka Yamaki, Undergraduate Program Coordinator.
BU Hub
Philosophical, Aesthetic, and Historical Interpretation
Philosophical Inquiry and Life’s Meanings
- EE 423 Marine Biogeochemistry
- EE 509 Applied Environmental Statistics
Aesthetic Exploration
- EE 230 Environmental Humanities and Society
Historical Consciousness
- EE 150 Sustainable Energy: Technology, Resources, Society, & Environment
- EE 201 World Regional Geography
- EE 250 The Fate of Nations: Climate, Resources, and Institutions
- EE 351 Paleoclimatology & Paleoceanography
- EE 475 Urban Ecology
- EE 522 The Development of Sustainable Environmental Responsibility
Scientific and Social Inquiry
Scientific Inquiry I
- EE 101 Natural Environments: The Atmosphere
- EE 105 Crises of Planet Earth
- EE 107 Introduction to Climate & Earth System Science
- EE 142 Introduction to Beach & Shoreline Processes
- EE 144 Oceanography
- EE 150 Sustainable Energy: Technology, Resources, Society, & Environment
- EE 317 Introduction to Hydrology
- EE 331 Sedimentology
- EE 371 Introduction to Geochemistry
- EE 512 Urban Climate
Scientific Inquiry II
- EE 300 Earth’s Rocky Materials
- EE 302 Remote Sensing of Environment
- EE 360 Introduction to Physical Oceanography
- EE 365 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- EE 395 Sustainability Science: Earth House Practicum 1
- EE 423 Marine Biogeochemistry
- EE 475 Urban Ecology
- EE 483 Environmental and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- EE 511 Introduction to the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
- EE 540 Atmospheric Chemistry & Global Change
Social Inquiry I
- EE 100 Environmental Change & Sustainability
- EE 201 World Regional Geography
Social Inquiry II
- EE/IR 304 Environmentally Sustainable Development
- EE 309 Intermediate Environmental Analysis & Policy
- EE 347 Water Resources & the Environment
- EE 385 Israel and the Environment
- EE 524 Environmental Justice
- EE 528 US Environmental Policy
- EE 538 Research for Environmental Agencies & Organizations II
- EE 545 Methods of Environmental Policy Analysis
- EE 552 Reconstructing Environmental Governance
Quantitative Reasoning
Quantitative Reasoning I
- EE 101 Natural Environments: The Atmosphere
- EE 105 Crises of Planet Earth
- EE 107 Introduction to Climate & Earth System Science
- EE 270 Data, Models, & Analysis in Earth & Environment
- EE 300 Earth’s Rocky Materials
- EE 317 Introduction to Hydrology
- EE 365 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Quantitative Reasoning II
- EE 351 Paleoclimatology & Paleoceanography
- EE 360 Introduction to Physical Oceanography
- EE 375 Introduction to Quantitative Environmental Modeling
- EE 422 Aquatic Optics & Remote Sensing
- EE 446 Remote Sensing of the Lower Atmosphere
- EE 483 Environmental and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- EE 508 Data Science for Conservation Decisions
- EE 511 Introduction to the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
- EE 533 Quantitative Geomorphology
- EE 540 Atmospheric Chemistry & Global Change
- EE 545 Methods of Environmental Policy Analysis
Diversity, Civic Engagement, and Global Citizenship
The Individual in Community
- EE 522 The Development of Sustainable Environmental Responsibility
- EE 524 Environmental Justice
- EE 538 Research for Environmental Agencies & Organizations II
- EE 552 Reconstructing Environmental Governance
Global Citizenship & Intercultural Literacy
- EE 250 The Fate of Nations: Climate, Resources, and Institutions
- EE 347 Water Resources & the Environment
- EE 512 Urban Climate
Ethical Reasoning
- EE 100 Environmental Change & Sustainability
- EE 142 Introduction to Beach & Shoreline Processes
- EE 144 Oceanography
- EE 230 Environmental Humanities and Society
- EE 385 Israel and the Environment
- EE 396 Sustainability Science: Earth House Practicum 2
- EE 585 Ecological Forecasting and Informatics
Communication
Writing-Intensive Course
- EE 230 Environmental Humanities and Society
- EE 509 Applied Environmental Statistics
- EE 524 Environmental Justice
- EE 528 US Environmental Policy
Oral and/or Signed Communication
- EE 310 Climate & the Environment
- EE 371 Introduction to Geochemistry
- EE 422 Aquatic Optics & Remote Sensing
- EE 533 Quantitative Geomorphology
- EE 585 Ecological Forecasting and Informatics
Digital/Multimedia Expression
- EE 302 Remote Sensing of Environment
- EE 310 Climate & the Environment
- EE 375 Introduction to Quantitative Environmental Modeling
- EE 508 Data Science for Conservation Decisions
Intellectual Toolkit
Critical Thinking
- EE 142 Introduction to Beach & Shoreline Processes
- EE 347 Water Resources & the Environment
- EE 483 Environmental and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- EE 552 Reconstructing Environmental Governance
Research & Information Literacy
- EE 105 Crises of Planet Earth
- EE 107 Introduction to Climate & Earth System Science
- EE 150 Sustainable Energy: Technology, Resources, Society, & Environment
- EE 201 World Regional Geography
- EE 270 Data, Models, & Analysis in Earth & Environment
- EE/IR 304 Environmentally Sustainable Development
- EE 309 Intermediate Environmental Analysis & Policy
- EE 351 Paleoclimatology & Paleoceanography
- EE 371 Introduction to Geochemistry
- EE 422 Aquatic Optics & Remote Sensing
- EE 423 Marine Biogeochemistry
- EE 508 Data Science for Conservation Decisions
- EE 511 Introduction to the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
- EE 512 Urban Climate
- EE 528 US Environmental Policy
- EE 545 Methods of Environmental Policy Analysis
Teamwork/Collaboration
- EE 302 Remote Sensing of Environment
- EE 317 Introduction to Hydrology
- EE 475 Urban Ecology
- EE 538 Research for Environmental Agencies & Organizations II
- EE 585 Ecological Forecasting and Informatics
Creativity/Innovation
- EE 310 Climate & the Environment
- EE 522 The Development of Sustainable Environmental Responsibility
- EE 533 Quantitative Geomorphology