Environmental Analysis Major (EA)

EA Tracks

EA Majors Tracks at Scripps must pursue a Track through Pitzer College or Pomona College 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 Courses:

The following core courses

• EA 010 SC  or PZ
• EA 030 L KS

And one of the following

• EA 020 PO  
• EA 086 SC  or PZ

Tracks at Pitzer College:

• Must take one (1) additional Natural Science course as part of the EA Core in consultation with an EA major advisor or a DNS Environmental Science faculty member (e.g. BIOL 044L KS, CHEM 014L KS, CHEM 070L KS, EA 055LA KS, EA 055LB KS, EA 055LC KS, or other approved courses).
• 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.

Tracks at Pomona College:

• Must fulfill the relevant Track’s distribution requirements plus the 3-course required EA Core.
• Must enroll in either EA 191 (fall) Senior Thesis or EA 190 (spring) Thesis Clinic at Pomona.
• 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.