Advisers: Paul E. Hertz (Biological Sciences), Stephanie Pfirman (Environmental Science)
For a complete list of
faculty on leave see:
http://www.barnard.edu/provost/facleavelist.html
The program in Environmental Biology is jointly administered by the departments of Biology and Environmental Science, and students should maintain contact with the advisers in both departments. A major in Environmental Biology provides a strong background for students interested in the intersection of Biology and Environmental Science. The major is suitable for students who intend to pursue a research career in conservation biology, ecology, or environmental biology as well as for students interested in environmental law or policy. Students who elect the Environmental Biology major will enroll in introductory and advanced courses in Biology and Environmental Science and related fields. All Environmental Biology majors complete a senior essay.
Students may substitute courses taught at Columbia (in the Departments of Biology, E3B, Earth and Environmental Sciences, or Statistics) or at other institutions with the prior approval of both major advisers. Students interested in Environmental Biology often choose to spend a semester abroad in the field. Courses completed in such programs may be accepted in fulfillment of some major requirements.
Students may also pursue an interdisciplinary program by electing a major in either Biology or Environmental Science and a minor in the other discipline, or by planning a double major.
There is no minor in Environmental Biology.
1. Introductory Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science with laboratory:
| BIOL BC 1500, 1501, 1502, 1503 | Introductory Biology |
| EESC V 2100 and 2200 | Introductory Env Science |
| CHEM BC 2001 and either 2002 or 3328 and 3230 | General/Organic Chemistry |
2. One lecture course in
Ecology:
BIOL BC 2272
Ecology
3. One laboratory course in
Ecology:
BIOL BC 2873
Laboratory in
Ecology
4. One lecture course
organismal biology chosen from the following:
BIOL BC 2240 Plant Evolution and Diversity
or BC 2250 Invertebrate Zoology
or BC 3260 Vertebrate Evolution
or BC 3320 Microbiology
5. One additional lecture course in Biology (not including those listed above under organismal biology).
6. One course in Environmental methodology:
EESC BC 3014 Field Methods
or BC 3016 Environmental Measurements
or BC 3025 Hydrology
7. One additional lecture course in Environmental Science.
8. One course in data
handling:
BIOL BC 2286 Research Design and Analysis
or EESC BC 3017 Environmental Data Analysis
9. A senior essay completed in
one of the following courses:
BIOL BC 3590
Senior Seminar
or BC
3591/3595 Guided Research
or EESC
BC 3800x and 3801y Senior Research Seminar