| Introductory | ||
| Natural and Life Science | Social Science | Humanities |
BIOL 0190A Adaptation to the Environment |
ANTH 0110 Anthropology and Global Social Problems | |
| CHEM 0080A Energy | ANTH 0310 Human Evolution | |
| CHEM 0330 Equilibrium, Rate, and Structure | ENVS 0110 Humans, Nature, and the Environment | |
| ENGN 0930A Appropriate Technology | ||
| GEOL 0160C Global Environmental Change | ||
GEOL 0160D Living within the Landscape |
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| GEOL 0220 Physical Processes in Geology | ||
| GEOL 0230 Geochemistry | ||
| GEOL 0240 Earth: Evolution of a Habitable Planet | ||
| Intermediate | ||
| Natural Science | Social Science | Humanities |
| BIOL 0390 Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity | ENVS 0510 Problems in International Environmental Policy | AMCV 1610K British and American Environmental Literature |
| BIOL 0480 Evolutionary Biology | ENVS 0700A New England Environmental History | PHIL 0570 Environmental Ethics |
BIOL 0800 Physiology |
RISD-ID 2502-01 Product Design "101" (Winter 2008) ** | |
| CHEM 1170 Environmental Chemistry | ||
| ENVS 0490 Environmental Science in a Changing World | ||
| GEOL 0310 Fossil Record | ||
| RISD-ARCH 2156 Environmental Design I (Fall) ** | ||
| RISD-ID 24ST-10 Pocket Windpower (Fall) ** | ||
| RISD-ARCH 2158-01 Environmental Design II (Spring) ** | ||
| Upper Level | ||
| Natural Science | Social Science | Humanities |
BIOL 1470 Conservation Biology |
ENGN 1930M Industrial Design | AMCV 1530 Technology and Material Culture: Automobile in American Life |
| BIOL 1480 Terrestrial Biogeochemistry and the Functioning of Ecosystems | ENVS 1350 Environmental Economics and Policy |
AMCV 1611U History of American Technology |
| BIOL 1490 Human Impacts on Ecosystem Functioning | ENVS 1400 Sustainable Design in the Built Environment | INTL 1800W Population and Environment in China |
| ENGN 1930U - Renewable Energy Technologies | ENVS 1410 Environmental Law and Policy | RISD-ARCH 21st-02 Solar Decathalon (winter term) |
| GEOL 1120 Paleo-ceanography | ENVS 1530 From Locke to Deep Ecology: Property Rights and Environmental Policy | RISD-ARCH-2149-01 Hybrid House (Winter 2008) ** |
| GEOL 1130 Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles | ENVS 1720 Environmental Justice: The Science and Political Economy of Environmental Health and Social Justice | RISD-ID 24ST-07 Vehicles Crossing Borders (Fall) ** |
| GEOL 1240 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation | ||
GEOL 1350 Weather and Climate |
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| GEOL 1960E Late Quaternary Environmental Change | ||
| GEOL 1960F Patterns in Nature, in Society | ||
PHYS 1530 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics |
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| Methods Courses | ||
| Natural Science | Social Science | Humanities |
| APMA 0650 Essential Statistics | AMCV 1902S Qualitative Research Methods | |
| ENVS 2680 Ecosystem Modeling for Non-Programmers | ECON 1620 Introduction to Econometrics | |
GEOL 1320 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Applications |
ECON 1630 Econometrics I | |
| GEOL 1330 Remote Sensing | ECON 1640 Econometrics II | |
| PHYS1600 Computational Physics | POLS 1200 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation | |
| Applied or Community-Based Courses These courses frequently draw on skills and knowledge from natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities in developing practical solutions to environmental problems. Therefore, they are not assigned to specific categories. |
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| ENGN 1930T Vehicle Design | ||
| ENGN 1930U Renewable Energy Technologies | ||
| ENGN 1930V Engineers of the Future: Architects of Dreams | ||
| ENVS 1920 Analysis and Resolution of Environmental Problems | ||
| Capstone | ||
| Natural Science | Social Science | Humanities |
| BIOL 1950 & BIOL 1960 Directed Research/ Independent Study | ENVS 1970 & ENVS 1971 Independent Study * | |
| ENVS 1970 & ENVS 1971 Independent Study * | ENVS 1965Environmental Change | |
| GEOL 1970 Individual Study of Geologic Problems | ||
| ENVS 1965Environmental Change | ||
* The content of ENVS 1970 and ENVS 1971 may vary from natural to social sciences depending on the student's interests.
** RISD does not maintain direct links to courses. To find course descriptions for RISD classes, choose "prospective student" in web advisor and seach by term and department.