ESPP Secondary Field

The secondary field in ESPP offers students in other concentrations an opportunity to complement their studies with courses that will provide an environmental science and policy perspective.

Secondary Field Requirements - Five Courses

Foundational/Introductory Courses
Choose one:
GenEd 1094. Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy (fall)
EPS/ESE 50. The Fluid Earth: Oceans, Atmosphere, Climate, and Environment (fall)

GenEd 1137. The Challenge of Human Induced Climate Change: Transitioning to a Post Fossil Fuel Future (spring)
GenEd 1158. Water and the Environment (spring)
EPS/ESE 6. Introduction to Environmental Science and Engineering (spring)

Bracketed Courses in 23/24 -- to be offered in the future:
[ GenEd 1085. Energy Resources and the Environment ]
 

Choose at least two upper-level courses from each of the two categories (students may petition the Head Tutor to approve additional courses not on this list)

Social Sciences and Public Policy
API 165 Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy
ECON 1661 Economics of Climate Change and Environmental Policy
ESPP 77 Technology, Environment, and Society
ESPP 160. US Environmental Policy and Policymaking: The Role of Congress, EPA, Stakeholders, and Courts
ESPP 180. Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice-Focusing on Solutions
Gov 1722 Politics of the Environment and Climate Change
OneESPP junior seminar (ESPP 90) may be used in substitution for one of the social science and public policy requirements.
Bracketed Courses in 23/24 -- to be offered in the future:
[ ESPP 78 Environmental Politics ]
[ Hist 1610 East Asian Environments: China, Japan, Korea ]
[ Hist of Sci 132 History of Environmental and Earth Sciences ]


Natural Sciences and Engineering
EPS/ESE 101 Global Warming Science
EPS/ES 112 Thermodynamics by Case Study
EPS/ESE 133 Atmospheric Chemistry
EPS/ESE 164 Environmental Chemistry
EPS/ESE 169 Seminar on Global Pollution Issues: Case Study of Lead Biogeochemistry

ESE 115  Ecosystem Patterns & Processes: Parallels in Natural & Built Environments
ESPP 171 Solid Waste in Developing Countries
ESPP 173 Water Resources in Developing Countries

OEB 55 Ecology: Populations, Communities and Ecosystems
OEB 60 Fundamentals of Marine Biology
OEB 120 Plants and Climate
OEB 137 Experimental Design and Statistics for Ecology

Bracketed Courses in 23/24 -- to be offered in the future:
[ EPS/ESE 109 Earth Resources and the Environment ]
[ EPS/ESE 132. Introduction to Meteorology and Climate ]
[ EPS/ESE 168 Human Environmental Data Science: Agriculture, Conflict and Health ]

[ OEB 65. Conservation Biology]
[ OEB 157 Global Change Biology ]

 

Additional Opportunities for Engagement
We would like to create as many opportunities as possible for you to become involved in the larger environmental science and public policy community at Harvard during your time in ESPP.  In that spirit, we will be organizing several group outings to environmentally-focused events on campus each semester. These outings will involve attending a lecture or workshop, followed by a facilitated group discussion.  You are strongly encouraged to attend at least one of these events each semester.  Please stay tuned for an e-mail at the beginning of each semester announcing these events.