Environment, Economics, and Politics Major

Requirements for the Major

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A major in Environment, Economics, and Politics requires a minimum of 13 courses including a senior thesis (*11 courses if dual major as detailed below), in addition to the college’s general education requirements. The following courses (or equivalents) are required:

1. Core Requirements (5-7 courses)

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• ECON101 SC Intermediate Microeconomic Theory  
• ECON170 SC Environmental Economics  

Choose one of the following three tracks:

Track 1

• CHEM014L KS Basic Principles of Chemistry  
• CHEM015L KS Basic Principles of Chemistry  
• BIOL044L KS Introductory Biology  

Track 2

• CHEM029L KS Accelerated General Chemistry with Lab  
• BIOL044L KS Introductory Biology  

Track 3

• CHEM040L KS Introduction to Biological Chemistry  (cross-listed as BIOL040L KS Introduction to Biological Chemistry )
• CHEM015L KS Basic Principles of Chemistry  
• BIOL044L KS Introductory Biology  

Choose one of the following four courses:

• ECON120 SC Statistics  
• BIOL175 KS Applied Biostatistics  
• MATH052 CM Introduction to Statistics  
• PSYC103 SC Psychological Statistics  

2. Elective Courses (7 courses)

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Choose two courses from two groups below and three courses from one group. At least one course from Group 3 must include a lab. Selection of these, equivalent, or alternate elective courses should be discussed with the major advisor and faculty in the relevant discipline.

Group 1

• GOVT118 CM The Processes of Environmental Policymaking  
• GOVT120 CM Environmental Law and Policy  
• GOVT120E CM Environmental Leadership  
• GOVT132E CM Politics and Economics of Natural Resources Policy in Developing Countries  
• POLI153 SC Environmental Policy in the United States  
• EA 095 PZ U.S. Environmental Policy  
• POLI060 PO The Global Politics of Food and Agriculture  
• POLI061 PO The Global Politics of Water  
• POST114 HM Comparative Environmental Politics  
• POST140 HM Global Environmental Politics  

Group 2

• ECON125 SC Econometrics  
• Level II Economics elective courses (Upper level economics electives are ECON courses that require ECON101 SC  and/or ECON102 SC  as a prerequisite).

Group 3

• BIOL135L KS Field Biology  
• BIOL138 KS Applied Ecology and Conservation  
• BIOL146L KS Ecology  
• BIOL147 KS Biogeography   
• BIOL165 KS Advanced Topics in Environmental Biology  
• BIOL169L KS Marine Ecology  
• BIOL176 KS Tropical Ecology  
• EA 100L KS Global Climate Change w/Lab  
• EA 103 KS Soils and Society  
• EA 104 KS Oceanography  

3. Senior Thesis

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EEP majors must complete either a one- or two-semester senior thesis in a constituent EEP discipline, which includes Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Economics, and Politics. EEP majors must complete either a one- or two-semester senior thesis on an environmental topic in a constituent EEP discipline, which includes the natural sciences, economics, and government. Students who plan to complete a thesis in Economics are encouraged to take ECON125 SC Econometrics  to fulfill one of their Group 2 elective requirements.

Prerequisites for EEP Majors

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The following courses are prerequisites for major requirements (and may be counted for general education requirements):

• MATH030 SC Calculus I  
• ECON051 SC Principles of Macroeconomics  
• ECON052 SC Principles of Microeconomics  
• POLI120 SC Introduction to U.S. Politics  

Dual Majors

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*Students with a dual major in EEP must complete a minimum of 11 courses including a senior thesis, distributed as follows:

1. Core requirements (5-7 courses, see above)
2. Elective courses (5 courses, see above): Choose two courses from two groups and one course from one group. At least one course from Group 3 must include a lab.
3. Senior Thesis: Either a one- or two-semester senior thesis

Students are precluded from pursuing a dual major in Environment, Economics, and Politics (EEP) and the following disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Environmental Analysis, and Politics.

Honors Requirements

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A student who is majoring in environment, economics and politics may apply for honors if the student has a minimum grade point average in the major of 11.0 (A-). This includes all the courses counted toward the major. An A or A- must also be earned on the Senior Thesis. The student should inform the Scripps EEP advisor or Professor B. Williams in the W. M. Keck Science Department of intention, preferably by the latter part of the student’s junior year.

The honors candidate who fulfills these criteria is required further to defend the senior thesis before the thesis readers, plus two additional faculty representatives—one from the W. M. Keck Science Department, and another from either the politics or economics department at Scripps. It will be the responsibility of the student, once accepted for honors candidacy, to make all arrangements for the defense.