Program: Environmental Justice Studies, B.A. - Whittier College

Apr 10, 2025

Whittier College Catalog 2023-2024

Requirements

Complete at least 10 courses from the Environmental Justice Studies (EJST). A minimum of 30 credits total required with at least 12 credits at the 300-level or above.

Introductory Courses

Social Science

ANTH 213 - Peoples & Cultures of Native America 3 credits
SOC 254 - Toxic Tours: Enironmental Justice in SoCal. 4 credits
PLSC 262 - Environmental Policy 3 credits
BSAD 360 - Sustainable Development and the Triple Bottom Line 3 credits
PLSC 363 - Water Law, Politics and Policy 3 credits
ECON 371 - Political Economy of Development 3 credits
PLSC 321 - Political Economy of Development 3 credits

Humanities

REL 230 - Green Religion 3 credits
ENGL 312 - Environmental Journalism 3 credits

Electives

Choose at least one EJST course from Social Science and one from Humanities

Breadth

One ENVS course

Quantitative Reasoning

Choose one from:

MATH 080 - Elementary Statistics 3 credits
SOC 214 - Statistics 3 credits
SOC 214L - Statistics - SPSS 1 credits
PSYC 214L - Statistics- SPSS 1 credits
PSYC 214 - Statistics 3 credits
SOC 310 - Approaches to Social Research 4 credits
PLSC 385 - Research Methods 3 credits
ECON 205 - Introduction to Quantitative Methods 3 credits
*NOTE: Students cannot apply the same course toward both the quantitative reasoning and the research methods EJST requirements.

Capstone

Any senior seminar in a discipline relevant to the student’s EJST focus.

ENGL 410 - Senior Seminar in English 3 credits
HIST 480 - Capstone Seminar 3 credits
OR PLSC 400 - Seminar in American Politics 3 credits

Off-campus

An internship, travel study course, or work experience integrated with EJST learning outcomes.

Research methods

Choose one from a major of your choice:

AFBL 344 - Black Atlantic 3 credits
ECON 305 - Introduction to Econometrics 4 credits
ENGL 210 - Critical Procedures 3 credits
ANTH 312 - Ethnographic Methods 4 credits
GEN 385 - Feminist Philosophy 3 credits or
PHIL 385 - Feminist Philosophy 3 credits
HIST 380 - Historical Methods 3 credits
PLSC 385 - Research Methods 3 credits (also an EJST quant reasoning option)
REL 361 - Ways of Understanding Religion 3 credits
SOC 310 - Approaches to Social Research 4 credits