Program in Environmental Studies
Paths through the major

Two majors, and many possible paths through the program.

Bucknell environmental majors have many choices to make. This page is meant to give guidance about class choices for majors and potential majors. All declared -- or merely interested -- enviromental students shoudl feel free to talk to any of the environmental faculty for informal guidance about course choices

Semester /
Year

For all students

For BA students

For BS students
(a suggested path)

First semester,
First year

Almost any of your 'CLA'
distribution courses can be satisfied
within the major.

Second semester,
First year

BIOL 208
ENST 245

First semester,
Second year

Choose a study-abroad program.
Especially consider School
for Field Study or School
for International Training

Pre-register with the
BIOL department for
300-level BIOL courses
MATH 216

Second semester,
Second year

Consider applying for summer
research support through the
McKenna or the university
programs

Internship advice
is available from CDC

Declare the major.

This is a good semester
for BIOL 208.

Distribution courses shopuld
be completed by now

Plan ahead for the chance
to study abroad.

MATH 217
List 3 & 4 courses

Your choices for chemistry
courses include GEOL 205

First semester,
Junior year

Second semester,
Junior year

Consider applying for summer
research support through the
McKenna or the university
programs

Internship and job advice
is available from CDC

Upper level BIOL
List 3 & 4 courses

Summer research grants are
especially good ways to get
a start of your thesis work

First semester,
Senior year

Honor thesis is an opportunity
for those with a GPA above
3.5 to graduate with honors.

Apply to graduate school?

Check your "Academic Progress
Report" to be sure that the
courses you've taken are
credited right.

Second semester,
Senior year