Environmental Analysis Major (EA)

Environmental Analysis Science-Track

A major in Environmental Analysis (Science track) requires a minimum of 13 courses including Senior Thesis. Students interested in this major/track should discuss the eligibility of specific courses with their academic adviser and with EA science faculty.

• Introductory Core: EA 030L KS  and one of the following:
  EA 010      
  EA 020 PO  
  EA 086  
• Introductory Biology:  BIOL044L KS . 
• CHEM014L KS  or  CHEM029L KS . 
• At least one introductory Earth Science course (e.g., EA 055L KS , GEOL020  PO, or approved alternate; see Pomona College Catalog for GEOL020  PO details).
• Six upper division EA-approved science courses (or comparable courses approved by Keck Science EA faculty*); at least three of these courses must include laboratory component (e.g. at least one course in ecology and at least one in earth science).
• One statistics/quantitative course (can be double-counted).
• One course in economics, government, or environmental policy approved by an EA adviser.
• A one- or two-semester EA thesis, or summer plus one-semester EA thesis.

EA Non-Science Tracks:

EA Majors in Non-Science Tracks through Pitzer or Pomona must specify a Track and develop a course plan in close consultation with a faculty member in that Track at the chosen College (e.g., PZ or PO).

Required EA Core of all Non-Science Tracks:

• The following core courses 
• EA 010  
• EA 030  

• And one of the following:

• EA 020 PO  
• EA 086  
• ANTH 144 PO
• GWS 172 PO  
• POLI136 PO  
• RLST 166A PO

Non-Science Tracks at Pitzer College:

• Must take one (1) additional Natural Science course as part of the EA Core.
• The Environment and Society Track and the Environmental Policy Track require a minimum total of 11 courses, including the four (4) EA Core courses.
• The Sustainability and the Built Environment Track requires a minimum total of 12 courses, including the four (4) EA Core courses.
• Must enroll in the Pitzer EA Senior Thesis Seminar and complete a Senior Thesis in EA.

Non-Science Tracks at Pomona College:

• Eleven courses plus the 3-course EA Core Courses are required for the major.
• Senior Thesis or Thesis Clinic at Pomona
• All EA majors completing Senior Thesis projects must work in close consultation with their First and Second Readers, whom they should choose prior to the end of their Junior Year. First and Second Readers are faculty members in the chosen Track or faculty doing related work. For EA majors taking the Thesis Clinic course (EA190), the First Reader is the course instructor, and the Second Reader must be a Scripps faculty member.