Gallatin/Environmental Studies Partnership

Beginning with the 2009-2010 academic year Gallatin students interested in environmental studies will have the option of participating in the Gallatin-Environmental Studies Partnership, a new agreement between the Gallatin School and the Environmental Studies (ES) Program in CAS. This agreement will allow students to complete an individualized concentration in Gallatin in the usual way while also selecting a series of environmental studies courses and becoming a part of the Environmental Studies Program community. Students who participate in the partnership will become eligible to take the capstone seminar offered by the Environmental Studies program. When they graduate, students will receive a note on their transcripts indicating that they have completed the Gallatin-Environmental Studies partnership. Students may formally sign up to join in this partnership, with their adviser's approval, beginning in the second semester of their sophomore year, and no later than the completion of their 80th credit.

Gallatin students who participate in the partnership will select 5 courses (18-20 credits) that will include:

  • V36.0100, Environmental Systems Science, a prerequisite for a number of environmental studies electives
  • V36.0101, Environment and Society, also a prerequisite for a number of environmental studies electives
  • Two 3-4 credit elective courses in environmental studies. A list of courses that will allow a student to participate in the partnership has been compiled by Gallatin and the Environmental Studies program, and it includes those Gallatin courses in the field of environmental studies broadly understood. To see the list of possible courses, please visit http://environment.as.nyu.edu/object/environment.coursedistribution.html
  • V36.0900, Environmental Studies Capstone Seminar, taken in the senior year, provided students have fulfiilled or are fulfilling the other requirements.

As part of the agreement with the ES Program, ES will reserve a small number of places in V36.0100 and V36.0101 for Gallatin students. In addition, ES will allow Gallatin students to register for V36 electives during the first week of registration (when registration is typically closed to non-ES majors). In reciprocity, Gallatin will reserve spaces for ES majors in K courses designated as Environmental Studies electives. Gallatin students should note there are limited places in Environmental Studies (V36) courses. If there are more students than available places in these courses, students will be either asked to modify their academic plan or placed on a waitlist. Note this partnership is different from taking a minor in Environmental Studies, since the Environmental Studies minor does not include the Capstone Seminar.

To participate in this partnership, students must be in academic good standing and must submit the Gallatin Environmental Studies Partnership form, outlining their academic plan for completing all 5 courses.