# ESPP Secondary Field

**Source**: https://espp.fas.harvard.edu/espp-secondary-field
**Parent**: https://espp.fas.harvard.edu/pages/academics

The secondary field in ESPP offers students in other concentrations an opportunity to complement their studies with courses that will provide an environmental science and policy perspective.

**Secondary Field Requirements** - Five Courses\
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**Foundational/Introductory Courses**\
**Choose one:**\
EPS/ESE 6. Introduction to Environmental Science and Engineering (fall)\
EPS/ESE 50. The Fluid Earth: Oceans, Atmosphere, Climate, and Environment (spring)\
GenEd 1158. Water and the Environment (spring)

Bracketed Courses in 25/26:\
[ GenEd 1085. Energy Resources and the Environment ]\
[ GenEd 1094. Confronting Climate Change: A Foundation in Science, Technology and Policy ]\
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**Choose at least two upper-level courses from each of the two categories** \
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**Social Sciences and Public Policy**\
API 165 Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy\
ECON 1661 Economics of Climate Change and Environmental Policy\
ESPP 77 Technology, Environment and Society \
ESPP 160. US Environmental Policy and Policymaking: The Role of Congress, EPA, Stakeholders, and Courts\
ESPP 180 Climate Change, Health and Environmental Justice-Focusing on Solutions\
Gov 1722 Politics of the Environment and Climate Change \
One ESPP junior seminar (ESPP 90) may be used in substitution for one of the social science and public policy requirements.\
*Bracketed Courses in 25/26 :*\
[ ESPP 78 Environmental Politics ]\
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**Natural Sciences and Engineering**\
EPS/ESE 101 Global Warming Science\
EPS/ESE 112 Thermodynamics\
EPS/ESE 132 Introduction to Meteorology and Climate\
EPS/ESE 133 Atmospheric Chemistry\
EPS/ESE 164 Environmental and Industrial Chemistry for Energy, Climate, and Sustainability \
EPS/ESE 169 Field and Lab-Based Seminar on Local Pollution Issues\
ESE 115  Ecosystem Patterns & Processes: Parallels in Natural & Built Environments \
ESPP 171 Solid Waste in Developing Countries\
ESPP 173 Water Resources in Developing Countries \
OEB 55 Ecology: Populations, Communities and Ecosystems\
OEB 172 Remote Sensing for Biodiversity and Ecology\
*Bracketed Courses in 25/26:*\
[ EPS/ESE 109 Earth Resources and the Environment ]\
[ EPS/ESE 161 Applied Environmental Toxicology ]\
[ EPS/ESE 162 Hydrology ]\
[ EPS/ESE 168 Human Environmental Data Science: Agriculture, Conflict, and Health ]\
[ OEB 65 Conservation Biology ]\
[ OEB 120 Plants and Climate ]\
[ OEB 157 Global Change Biology ]

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Additional Opportunities for Engagement\
There are many opportunities to enrich your studies in ESPP by getting involved in the larger environmental community at Harvard.  Please stay tuned for e-mail announcements throughout the semester for ESPP-related talks, seminars and events!

Note regarding courses while taken abroad: One course taken through a study abroad program may, with prior approval, be counted toward the SF requirement.

## Declaring a Secondary Field

To declare a Secondary Field, visit [my.harvard](https://my.harvard.edu/) and follow these [instructions](https://harvard.service-now.com/ithelp?id=kb_article&sys_id=529e5ecadb6f4f04a914fff31d96190c).  Following the declaration on my.harvard, students should complete a  and submit it by email to the ESPP Advising Team [espp@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:espp@fas.harvard.edu)