Environmental Science & Stewardship
Program Structure
Below is a sample ESS program overview. For a more specific program overview, consult the Academic Catalog for your year.
Patrick Henry College structures its academic program around its distinctive, classical liberal arts Core Curriculum consisting of 63 credits plus foreign language. Building on the foundation of PHC’s exceptional Core, Environmental Science & Stewardship (ESS) students will take:
6 credits of apprenticeship courses
Major Courses (50 credits)
ESS Courses
(29 credits)
Statistics I: Parametric Statistics
Calculus I: Single Variable Calculus Theory
General Chemistry I Laboratory
General Chemistry I
General Chemistry II Laboratory
General Chemistry II
Biology II Laboratory
Biology II
Physics II Laboratory
Physics II
Earth Science Laboratory
Earth Science
Environmental Science
ApprenticeshipCourses
(6 credits)
Clinical or Research Internship
Directed Research in Science & Stewardship
Major Electives
(15 credits)
Statistics II: Econometrics
Calculus II: Applied Single Variable Calculus
Discrete Math
Linear Algebra
Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
Organic Chemistry I
Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
Organic Chemistry II
Ecology
Origins
Ethics
Topics in Environmental Science & Stewardship
Directed Research in Science & Stewardship
Open Electives
(12 credits)
Credit earned in the attainment of foreign language ability may be applied to Open Electives.
