BU Geography & Environment

Undergraduate Specialization Areas

Concentrations in the department are designed to maximize flexibility for students.  The topical areas outlined below are meant to be suggestive only. Students may, with their advisor's approval, substitute equivalent courses, including those taken during summer and semester programs abroad or through the Washington Internship Program, the Boston University Marine Program, the Tropical Ecology Program in Ecuador, or the School for Field Studies.

Environmental Modeling

CAS GE 302, 365, 440, 445, 448, 502, 505, 517, 519 (Previously EE/GG 518), 542, 550.

Economic and Policy Analysis

CAS EC 201 & EC 202 (Previously EC 303 & 304), 320, 337, 571; CAS GE 250, 304, 323, 328, 404E, 409E, 511, 519 (Previously EE/GG 518), 541; CAS IR 304; CAS PO 241, 544, 625.

Human Institutions

CAS AN 362, 382 (Previously AN 582), 538, CAS EC 320; CAS GE 201, 202, 250, 300, 304, 331, 356, 394, 404E, 409E, 594, 520, 533 (Previously EE 395) 541, 594; CAS HI 394; CAS IR 304, 594; CAS PH 257; CAS SO 277, 304, 310.

International Environmental Policy

CAS AN 362, 382 (Previously AN 582), 538; CAS EC 320; CAS GE 201, 202, 250, 300, 304, 331, 356, 394, 404E, 409E, 531, 594; CAS; CAS HI 394; CAS IR 304, 390, 395, 573, 594, 595.

Ecology and Conservation Biology

BI 305, BI 407, BI 414, BI417, BI/ES 423, BI/ES 443, BI 448, BI 508, GE/BI 525.

Environmental Earth Sciences: ES 331, ES 333, ES 351, ES 371, BI/ES 423, ES 440, BI/ES 443, ES 483, ES 533, ES 534, ES 541.

Physical Geography

GE 303, GE 503, GE 504, GE 510, GE 514, GE 517, GE/BI 525

Geospatial Technology in Environmental Science

GE 302, GE 365, GE 440, GE 448, GE 502, GE 505, GE 516, GE 550, ES 573.