Bachelor of Arts

Economics-Environmental Studies

The Economics-Environmental Studies major allows you to explore, examine and analyze the most significant environmental issues of our times — global climate change, toxic waste, and habitat loss — through a perspective that emerges from within the field of economics as you join humanity’s efforts to find innovative, practical, and lasting solutions to environmental degradation.

The Economics- Environmental Studies major allows you to explore, examine and analyze the most significant environmental issues of our times — global climate change, toxic waste, and habitat loss — through a perspective that emerges from within the field of economics as you join humanity’s efforts to find innovative, practical, and lasting solutions to environmental degradation.

  • 52 total credits; 27 credits in addition to 25 Environmental Studies credits 
  • Required Courses 
    • Economics 100 or 101, 102, 227 (or Mathematics 128 or 247), Economics 307, 308, and 477
    • One additional course in economics
    • One relevant Environmental Social Science Course (not in Economics) from the list above in the Environmental Studies social science foundation courses
  • Other notes
    • Mathematics 124 or 125 is a prerequisite to 307 & 308 
    •  A minimum requirement of C is required in Economics 307 and 308 
    • No courses taken P-D-F (including Economics 493 and 494) may count toward major requirements
  • Senior Requirements
    • Major Field Test (MFT) 
    • Oral exam in economics 
    • Those not writing a suitably interdisciplinary honors thesis, are required to complete an oral exam in environmental studies.
  • Honors
  • Students submit a Honors in Major Study Application to their department
  • Students must submit a proposal for their thesis or project
    • Must be submitted within the first six weeks of the two-semester period in which student is eligible
  • Accumulated at least 87 credits
  • Completed two semesters of residency at Whitman
  • Cumulative GPA of at least 3.300 on all credits earned at Whitman College
  • Major GPA of at least 3.500
  • Complete a written thesis or research project prepared exclusively for the satisfaction of this program
  • Earn a grade of at least A- on the honors thesis or project and the honors thesis course.
  • Pass the senior assessment with distinction
  • The department will submit the Honors applications to the Registrar’s Office of students pursuing Honors by the specified deadline
  • The department submit “Senior Assessment/Major Study Certificate” to the Registrar’s Office no later the Reading Day
  • An acceptable digital copy of the Honors Thesis must be submitted to Penrose Library no later than Reading Day

 

Required Courses 

Item #
Title
Credits
4
4
Sub-Total Credits
31-32

Environmental Studies Major Requirements

Sub-Total Credits
25

Other notes

 

  • Mathematics 124 or 125 is a prerequisite to 307 & 308 
  •  A minimum requirement of C is required in Economics 307 and 308. 
  • No courses taken PDF (including Economics 493 and 494) may count toward major requirements

Senior Requirements

  • Major Field Test (MFT) 
  • Oral exam in economics 
  • Those not writing a suitably interdisciplinary honors thesis, are required to complete an oral exam in environmental studies.

Honors

  • Students submit a Honors in Major Study Application to their department
  • Students must submit a proposal for their thesis or project
    • Must be submitted within the first six weeks of the two-semester period in which student is eligible
  • Accumulated at least 87 credits
  • Completed two semesters of residency at Whitman.
  • Cumulative GPA of at least 3.300 on all credits earned at Whitman College
  • Major GPA of at least 3.500
  • Complete a written thesis or research project prepared exclusively for the satisfaction of this program
  • Earn a grade of at least A- on the honors thesis or project and the honors thesis course.
  • Pass the senior assessment with distinction
  • The department will submit the Honors applications to the Registrar’s Office of students pursuing Honors by the specified deadline
  • The department submit “Senior Assessment/Major Study Certificate” to the Registrar’s Office no later the Reading Day
  • An acceptable digital copy of the Honors Thesis must be submitted to Penrose Library no later than Reading Day
  • For details
Total Credits
52