Dec 06, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [FINAL EDITION]

Environmental Health and Sustainability Management, BA

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Engage with and protect the health and the sustainability of the environment with an environmental health and sustainability management degree. Through field work, research experiences, internships, and international travel, you’ll become a leader in addressing today’s most pressing environmental and sustainability issues. With management skills you will be ready to help create green solutions that address important environmental issues. The EHSM degree leads to a variety of professional opportunities in environmental science, health and safety, environmental protection, and sustainability.

Curriculum

Required Courses (75-80 Credits)

Elective Courses (12 Credits)

Choose Three

BIOL 345 - Biodiversity: Evolutionary Ecology, Bioinformatics, and Conservation Biology 4 Credit(s)
EHSM 302 - Sustainable Cities 3 Credit(s)
ENVR Elective 300-Level or Higher 3-4 Credit(s)
MKT 300 - Marketing Principles 3 Credit(s)
SCM 352 - Operations Management 3 Credit(s)

Capstone (3-5 Credits)

EHSM 498 - Undergraduate Research Experience 3 Credit(s)
or
EHSM 408 - Senior Thesis Proposal 1 Credit(s)
EHSM 409 - Senior Thesis in Environmental Health and Sustainability Management 2 Credit(s)
EHSM 410 - Senior Thesis in Environmental Health and Sustainability Management 2 Credit(s)
or
Internship 3 Credit(s)

Total Credits: 75-80

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.

Curriculum Sequence

Environmental Health and Sustainability Management Curriculum Sequence

First Year

Fall Semester (14.5 Credits)

ASC 101 - Thinking Through 3 Credit(s)
EHSM 151 - Principles of Environmental Health and Sustainability I 3 Credit(s)
EHSM 153 - Principles of Environmental Health and Sustainability I Laboratory 1 Credit(s)
CHEM 105 - General, Organic, and Biochemistry 3 Credit(s)
CHEM 106 - General, Organic, and Biochemistry Laboratory 1 Credit(s)
or
CHEM 101 - Introduction to Chemistry I 3 Credit(s)
CHEM 103 - Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory I 1 Credit(s)
ENGL 101 - Reading, Thinking and Writing 3 Credit(s)
Physical Education .5 Credit(s)

Spring Semester (17 Credits)

EHSM 152 - Principles of Environmental Health II 3 Credit(s)
EHSM 154 - Principles of Environmental Health II, Lab 1 Credit(s)
ENVR 172 - Principles of Sustainability Science 3 Credit(s)
BIOL 121 - Anatomy and Physiology I 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 123 - Anatomy and Physiology I Lab 0 Credit(s)
MATH 117 - Elementary Functions (Q) 3 Credit(s)
Foundations and Transformations Course 3 Credit(s)

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester (14.5 Credits)

ENVR 261 - Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 122 - Anatomy and Physiology II 4 Credit(s)
BIOL 124 - Anatomy and Physiology II Lab 0 Credit(s)
EC 101 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit(s)
Foundations and Transformations Course 3 Credit(s) (POLS 101 Recommended)
Physical Education .5 Credit(s)

Spring Semester (17 Credits)

ENVR 299 - Research Methods and Analysis 3 Credit(s)
EC 202 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit(s)
CHEM 120 - Sustainable Chemistry 3 Credit(s)
BIOL 219 - Microbiology 3 Credit(s)
BIOL 220 - Microbiology Laboratory 1 Credit(s)
Free Elective 3 Credit(s)

Junior Year

Fall Semester (16 Credits)

BLAW 250 - Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (D) 3 Credit(s)
MGT 210 - Foundations of Management 3 Credit(s)
POLS 215 - Environmental Politics and Policy 3 Credit(s)
EHSM Elective 4 Credit(s)*
Foundations and Transformations Course 3 Credit(s)

Spring Semester (19 Credits)

EHSM 351 - Models in Environmental and Public Health 4 Credit(s)
EHSM 408 - Senior Thesis Proposal 1 Credit(s) **
EHSM Elective 4 Credit(s)*
Two Foundation and Transformations Electives 6 Credit(s)
Free Elective 3 Credit(s)

Senior Year

Fall Semester (15 Credits)

EHSM 409 - Senior Thesis in Environmental Health and Sustainability Management 2 Credit(s) **
MGT 335 - Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s)
EHSM Elective 4 Credit(s)*
Two Foundation and Transformations Electives 6 Credit(s)

Spring Semester (14 Credits)

EHSM 410 - Senior Thesis in Environmental Health and Sustainability Management 2 Credit(s)
Four Free Electives 12 Credit(s)

Total Credits: 123

* Select Three ESHM Electives from the Following:

EHSM 302 Sustainable Cities 4 Credit(s)

BIOL 345 Biodiversity: Evolutionary Ecology, Bioinformatics, and Conservation Biology 4 Credit(s)

ENVR Elective 300-Level or Higher 3-4 Credit(s)

SCM 352 Operations Management 3 Credit(s)

MKT 300 Marketing Principles 3 Credit(s)

** Students may replace the 5 credit senior thesis sequence (EHSM 408/409/410) with 3 credits of EHSM 498 Research Experience or 3 credits of EHSM 490 Environmental Science Internship

Environmental Health and Sustainability Management, BA

Curriculum

Required Courses (75-80 Credits)

EHSM Foundations (29 Credits)

Biology Foundations (12 Credits)

Business Foundations (15 Credits)

Chemistry Foundations (4 Credits)

Math Foundations (3 Credits)

Elective Courses (12 Credits)

Capstone (3-5 Credits)

Total Credits: 75-80

Curriculum Sequence

Environmental Health and Sustainability Management Curriculum Sequence

First Year

Fall Semester (14.5 Credits)

Spring Semester (17 Credits)

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester (14.5 Credits)

Spring Semester (17 Credits)

Junior Year

Fall Semester (16 Credits)

Spring Semester (19 Credits)

Senior Year

Fall Semester (15 Credits)

Spring Semester (14 Credits)

Total Credits: 123