Courses

I. Values, Culture, and History (VCH)

EVSC 4559   Special Study: Human Culture & Environmental Change 

II. Policy, Planning, and Society (PPS)

PLAP 3160: Politics of Food

III. Natural Science

EVSC 2850: Polar Environments

Study Abroad

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Core Classes

 ETP 4010: Environmental Decisions / ETP Capstone Seminar

I. Values, Culture, and History (VCH)

Requirements

RELG 2210 Religion, Ethics, & Global Environment

Electives

AAS 2500 Introduction to Race, Class, Politics & the Environment

AAS 3220 Environmental Justice: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Policy & Practice

AAS 3310 Environmental Justice in the Mid-Atlantic Region

AAS 3500/ETP 3500-1: Africulture: The African Roots of US Agriculture

MUSI 3723: Musics of Hawai’i and Puerto Rico 

AMST 3326 Latinx and Indigenous Environmentalisms

ANTH 2450 Language & Environment

ARAH 5863 East Asian Art, Landscape, and Ecology

ETP 3500: Culture and the Environment

ETP 3500-200: Nature Connection Leadership (one credit)

DANC 3460 Movement & Environment(s)

ETP 3500 Nature Connection Leadership: Nature-Based Interventions for Community Mental Wellness (1 credit)

II. Policy, Planning, and Society (PPS)

Requirements

ECON 2010 Microeconomics

Electives

ETP 3500: Citizen Science and the Politics of Environmental Data

ENCW 2500: Introduction to Environmental Writing 

ARCH 2114 Sustainability and Systems in the Built Environment

COMM 4821: Foundations of Sustainable Commerce

COMM 4822 Invest in Sustainable Future

COMM 5161 Environmental, Social, and Governance Accounting

GSGS 3330 Ecological Economics:

GSVS 3150 Sustainability Leadership from the Grounds Up

GSVS 4020: Ecosystem Services: How Nature Benefits People

GSVS 2050 Sustainable Energy Systems

PLAN 3860 Cities and Nature

Any statistics class at the 1000, 2000, or 3000 level

III. Natural Science

Requirements

EVSC 1010 Introduction to Environmental Science is offered every semester.

Electives

EVSC 2800 Fundamentals of Geology

EVSC 3559 Nature Hour!

Any EVSC class at the 3000, 4000, or 5000 level

I. Values, Culture, and History (VCH)

Requirements

RELG 2210 Religion, Ethics, & Global Environment 

Electives

AAS 3310 Environmental Justice in the Mid-Atlantic Region

RELB 2067 Buddhism and Environmental Thought and Practice

RELB 2280 Religion and the Environment in East Asia

ETP 3100 Nature Connectedness: Hope, Health, and Community

HIAF 3112 African Environmental History

PHIL 2510 Environmental Ethics

AMST 2421 Borderlands Food and Culture

AMST 3326 Latinx and Indigenous Environmentalisms

ANTH 3152 Rainforests of Flesh/Peoples of Spirit 

ANTH 3880 African Archaeology

DRAM 3330 Toxic Fashion

ENWR 3665 Writing about the Environment

ENCW 2559 Introduction to Environmental Writing

MUSI 3400 Ecoacoustics

II. Policy, Planning, and Society (PPS)

Requirements

AAS 2220 Introduction to Race, Class, Politics & the Environment

ECON 2010: Principles of Economics: Microeconomics

ARCH 2150/GSVS 2150 Global Sustainability

Electives

ECON 4430 Environmental Economics

GSVS 3310 Sustainability Policy at Home & Abroad

GSGS 4510 eGlobal: Sustainable Engagement in Rwanda

GSGS 4100 Global Activism for Social Justice

MDST 3510 Digital Media and the Environment

PLAN 3060 Law, Land and the Environment

PLAN 3840 Ethics of Cities and Environment

*Any statistics class at the 1000, 2000, or 3000 level

III. Natural Science

Requirements

EVSC 1010 Introduction to Environmental Sciences

Electives

EVSC 2800 Fundamentals of Geology

EVSC 4340 Human Biometeorology: Weather, Climate and Human Health

BIOL 3020 Evolution and Ecology

BIOL 3450 Biodiversity and Conservation

*Any EVSC class at the 3000, 4000, or 5000 level

Morven in Summer

Check out all the offerings here: https://summer.virginia.edu/morven-in-summer

Block A: May 18-30

COMM 3570/GSVS 3500: Sustainable Ventures in Working Landscapes (PPS elective)

ETP 3500/MUSI 5810: Sound and Sustainability (VCH elective)

Block B: June 1-13, 2026

DANC 3460: Movement & Environment(s) (VCH elective)

LAR 3500: Reading & Regenerating Morven’s Cultural Ecologies (PPS elective)

PLAP 3160/GSVS 3160: Politics of Food (PPS elective)

I. Values, Culture, and History (VCH)

Session 1

AMST 3326:     Latinx and Indigenous Environmentalism

DANC 3460:  Movement & Environment(s) (Morven In Summer)

DRAM 3330:   Toxic in Fashion

ENGL 2599-001: American Environmental Fiction

ETP 3500/MUSI 5810: Sound and Sustainability (Morven In Summer)

HIEA 3283: Industrial Pollution and Society in East Asia

LAR 3500: Reading & Regenerating Morven’s Cultural Ecologies (Morven In Summer)

Session 2

ETP 3500: From Hemings to Holland: Black French-Trained Virginia Chefs

II. Policy, Planning, and Society (PPS)

Session 1

COMM 3570/GSVS 3500: Sustainable Ventures in Working Landscapes 

PLAP 3160/GSVS 3160: Politics of Food (Morven In Summer)

PLPT 2500-001: The Earth: Ethics, Politics & Politics

No Session 2 Classes

III. Natural Science

Session 1

EVSC 1010: Introduction to Environmental Science (NS core)

EVSC 1300: Earth’s Weather and Climate (NS core)

EVSC 3810: Earth Processes as Natural Hazards

Session 2

EVSC 2200: Conservation Ecology: Biodiversity and Beyond (NS core)

EVSC 2900: Beaches, Coasts, and Rivers

Session 3

EVSC 2050-001: Introduction to Oceanography

EVSC 3020: GIS Methods

I. Values, Culture, and History (VCH)

Requirements

ANTH 2160: Culture and the Environment 

RELG 2210: Religion, Ethics, & Global Environment

Electives

ETP 3500 Nature Connectedness: Hope, Health, and Community

DANC 3460 Movement & Environment(s)

ENWR 3665 Writing about the Environment

PLPT 3500 The Earth: Ethics, Politics and Economics

SPAN 4040-3: Translation from Spanish to English

RELB 2067 Buddhism and Environmental Thought and Practice

RELC 3155 Christianity and Ecology

RELH 3105 Hinduism and Ecology

MDST 3510 Digital Media and the Environment

MDST 4210 Global Environmental Media

MDST 5559: Telling the Story Behind Environmental Science

HIAF 3112 African Environmental History

ANTH 3152 Rainforests of Flesh/Peoples of Spirit 

ANTH 2450 Language and Environment

AMST 3325 Latinx and Indigenous Environmentalisms

II. Policy, Planning, and Society (PPS)

Requirements

AAS 2220 Introduction to Race, Class & the Environment

ECON 2010 Microeconomics

GSVS 2150 Global Sustainability (cross-listed as ARCH 2150)

Electives

PLAD 2500 Politics, Poverty, and Health

PLAN 1010 Introduction to Urban and Environmental Planning

PLAN 3815 Global Environmental Issues

PLAN 3040 Ethics of Cities and Environment

SOC 4540 The Political Economy of Climate Change

PLPT 3500 The Earth: Ethics, Politics and Economics

PHS 3620 Built Environment and Health Impact

AAS 3310 Environmental Justice in the Mid-Atlantic

ECON 3430 Economics of Sustainability and the Environment

EVSC 3020 GIS Methods

GSVS 3310 Sustainability Policy at Home & Abroad

GSGS 4100: Global Activism for Social Justice

GSVS 4500 Foundations of Sustainable Commerce

PHS 5050 Environmental & Public Health Policy

PHS 3620 Built Environment & Health Impact

LPPP 3559: Designing Environmental Policy

LPPP 5500: Commenting for Environment Advocacy

COMM 4821: Foundations of Sustainable Commerce

Any statistics class at the 1000, 2000, or 3000 level

III. Natural Science

Requirements

EVSC 1010 Introduction to Environmental Science

EVSC 1080 Resources and the Environment

EVSC 1600 Water on Earth

Electives

BIOL 3450 Biodiversity and Conservation

BIOL 3020 Evolution and Ecology

EVSC 2800 Fundamentals of Geology

Any EVSC class at the 3000, 4000, or 5000 level

Morven In Summer (ten days, three credits)

ETP 3500 Sound and Sustainability at Morven (VCH)

PLAP 3160/GSVS 3160: Politics of Food, May 20-31 at Morven (PPS)

COMM 3570/GSVS 3559 Sustainable Ventures in Working Landscapes at Morven (PPS)

I. Values, Culture, and History (VCH)

Electives

ETP 3500 Sound and Sustainability (Morven In Summer)

II. Policy, Planning, and Society (PPS)

Electives

PLPT 3500 The Earth: Ethics, Politics and Economics

PLAP 3160/GSVS 3160: Politics of Food, May 20-31 at Morven 

COMM 3570/GSVS 3559 Sustainable Ventures in Working Landscapes at Morven

Any statistics class at the 1000, 2000, or 3000 level

III. Natural Science

Requirements

EVSC 1010 Introduction to Environmental Science

Electives

EVSC 1600 Water on Earth

EVSC 2050 Introduction to Oceanography

EVSC 2900 Beaches, Coasts, and Rivers

Any EVSC class at the 3000, 4000, or 5000 level