Program: Environmental Humanities - Stony Brook University

May 16, 2025

Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS)

Director: David Taylor
Email: david.j.taylor@stonybrook.edu
Undergraduate Advisor: Nancy Black

Program Office: E2361 Melville Library
Phone: (631) 632-9404
Website: https://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/

The Environmental Humanities minor is intended for students who seek to complement their chosen major with a foundation in the humanistic aspects of environmental studies and develop skills in one of Environmental Humanities core areas of study.

Minor Requirements

At least 12 credits applied to the minor may not be applied to any major or other minor. No more than one three-credit course in the minor may be taken under the Pass/No Credit option. All upper-division courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. Completion of the minor requires 21 credits.

Declaration of the Minor

Students should declare the Environmental Humanities minor no later than the middle of their junior year, at which time they should consult with the minor coordinator or undergraduate director and plan their course of study for fulfillment of the requirements.

Required courses (12 credits)

SUS 111 - Introduction to Sustainability 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 111)
OR
ENS 101 - Prospects for Planet Earth 3 credits
SUS 202 - Introduction to Environmental Humanities 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 202)
SUS 203 - Interpretation and Critical Analysis 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 203)

One of the following courses:

ATM 201 - Introduction to Climate and Climate Change 3 credits
BIO 113 - General Ecology 3 credits
BIO 115 - Evolution and Society 3 credits
ENV 115 - Chemistry, Life, and Environment 3 credits (Note: CHE 129 , CHE 131 , or CHE 152 may be substituted for CHE 115 /ENV 115 )
MAR 101 - Long Island Sound: Science and Use 3 credits
MAR 104 - Oceanography 3 credits
SUS 118 - Intro to the Natural History of Long Island (formerly offered as EHM 118)

Electives (9 credits)

Choose one of the following courses:

GSS 317 - Geospatial Narratives: Deep Mapping for Humanities and Social Sciences 3 credits
SUS 117 - Design Drawing 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC)
SUS 329 - Environmental Film, Media, Arts 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 325)

Choose two of the following courses:

AFS 374 - Environment and Development in African History 3 credits
SUS 374 - Environment and Development in African History 3 credits
ENS 333 - Environmental Law 3 credits
SUS 309 - Global Environmental Politics (formerly offered as SBC 309)
SUS 314 - Civilizations and Collapse 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 314)
SUS 315 - Ethnographic Field Methods (formerly offered as EHM 315)
SUS 317 - American Environmental History 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 307)
SUS 318 - American Environmental Politics 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 308)
SUS 320 - Utopia and Dystopia and the Environment in Literature and Culture 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 321)
SUS 321 - Ecology and Evolution in American Literature 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 321)
SUS 323 - Environmental Justice 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 323)
SUS 325 - Environmental Writing and the Media 3 credits (formerly offered as SBC 325)
SUS 328 - Ecofeminism, Literature & Film 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 322)
SUS 343 - Age of the Anthropocene 3 credits
SUS 350 - Contemporary Topics in Sustainability 3 credits
SUS 386 - The Maya 3 credits (formerly offered as EHM 386)

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Minor Requirements

Declaration of the Minor

Required courses (12 credits)

One of the following courses:

Electives (9 credits)

Choose one of the following courses:

Choose two of the following courses: