Continuees from Emory's Oxford, Georgia, campus are among our best students and we are eager to smooth the transition from Oxford to Emory College for prospective majors. Although there is no single equivalent department at Oxford, students who have taken courses in Environmental Studies, Biology and Geology have an excellent preparation for a major or minor in ENVS.  Certain Oxford courses are "pre-approved" equivalents to Emory College ENVS courses. If you have any questions about a course not on this list, please contact Anne Hall, ENVS Director of Undergraduate Studies, ahall04@emory.edu, 404-727-2863. Note that some courses can count for a variety of requirements, but you can only use each course once. Pre-approved Oxford Courses which count towards the Environmental Sciences major are listed under the course or major requirement they satisfy.

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FOUNDATION COURSES AVAILABLE AT OXFORD for BA or BS in Environmental Sciences in Emory College

ENVS_OX 131: Introduction to Environmental Studies

           The Emory College equivalent is ENVS 130: Environmental Sciences and ENVS 131: Intro to ENVS Field Studies.

QTM_OX 100:  Introduction to Statistical Inference with Lab OR beginning in fall 2017, MATH_OX 117: Introduction to Probability & Statistics with Inference

• either of these courses will count as the required pre-requisite for the ENVS foundation course ENVS 260: Quantitative Methods in ENVS

ENVS Intermediate Breadth Area Courses—ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

BIOL_OX 135: Plants and Society with Lab

BIOL_OX 235: Field Botany with Lab

BIOL_OX 242: Zoology: Animal Diversity & Physiology

BIOL_OX 245: Freshwater Ecology with Lab

ENVS Intermediate Breadth Area Courses—EARTH & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

ENVS_OX 222: Evolution of the Earth with Lab (formerly GEOL_OX 142)

ENVS_OX 230: Fundamentals of Geology with Lab (formerly GEOL_OX 141)

GEOL_OX 115: Meteorology & Climatology w/lab

GEOL_OX 220N: Modern & Ancient Tropical Environment Field

GEOL_OX 250: Mineral Resources, Energy & Power w/Lab

ENVS Intermediate Breadth Area Courses—SOCIAL SCIENCE & POLICY

SOC_OX 215N: Social Problems

UPPER LEVEL ELECTIVES:  Any 200 level courses listed above that are NOT used to fulfill an  Intermediate Breadth Area requirement, may be used to satisfy upper level elective credits in ENVS. 

FIELD/LAB Course Requirement:  Any course listed above that includes a field or lab component, may be used to satisfy the field/lab two-course requirement.

COURSE SUBSTITUTION:  Courses not listed here, but having a relevant link to environmental sciences, may be considered as part of your degree. Please contact the ENVS undergraduate programs administrator for more information.

 ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE B.S. DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

 The B.S. in ENVS degree requires five courses in natural sciences and mathematics from the courses listed below—students must take courses in all three categories:

 Oxford courses that fulfill these B.S. degree requirements are listed in the following table: