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Fall 2026 Environmental Studies Advising Guide

The Fall 2026 Environmental Studies course offerings are listed below. 

Contact Environmental Studies Program Director Dr. Diane Bates at bates@tcnj.edu if you have any questions.

SUMMER 2026

BIO 172 Topics in Introductory Biology: Birding Like a Biologist – Summer Session 1 (May 26-June 12)
*Not for Biology majors.                                                                             

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays in person. Class 10:30am-1pm; Lab 8:00-10:15am. Instructor: Luke Butler

PBHG 504 Environmental and Occupational Health –  Summer Special Offering (May 26-July 16)

Asynchronous Online. Instructor: Alexis Mraz

FALL 2026

Core Options

ENV 200:  Intro to Environmental Studies

Monday/Thursday 3:30pm-4:50pm. Instructor: To be announced

MAT 127 Calculus A                                                             

Multiple sections to choose from – See PAWs for sections.

STA 145 Applied Stat for Social Sciences                                       

Tuesday/Friday 11:00am-12:20pm (01) or 2:00pm-3:20pm (02). Instructor: Zachary Kline

STA 215 Inferential Statistics   

Monday/Wednesday 6pm-7:20pm (01). Instructor to be announced

Tuesday/Friday 3:30pm-4:50pm (02). Instructor: John Nardini

Monday/Wednesday 7:30pm-8:20pm (03). Instructor to be announced

ECO 231 Applied Business Statistics (has pre-reqs)

Tuesday/Friday 9:30am-10:50am (01) and 11:00am-12:20pm (02). Instructor: Trevor O’Grady

Monday/Thursday 5:30pm-6:50pm (03). Instructor: Linghui Tang

SOC 302 Quantitative Research Methods (has prereqs; ENV 200 will be accepted as a prerequisite for this class in place of SOC 101, ANT 110 for Environmental Studies majors only)

Tuesday/Friday 9:30am-10:50am (01 and 11am-12:20pm (02). Labs Tuesday 8am-9:20am (L1) or 2pm-3:20pm (L2).    Instructor: Diane Bates

The following courses count for Natural Science and Engineering Options:

ANT 111 Intro to Biological Anthropology                                                                                               

Tuesday/Friday 9:30am-10:50am; Instructor: Jared Beatrice

BIO 221 Ecology and Field Biology (has pre-reqs)

Monday/Thursday 11am-12:20pm (Class A). Labs: Monday 12:30pm-3:20pm (AO1), Thursday 12:30pm-3:20pm (A02) Instructor: Curt Elderkin

Tuesday/Friday 8:00am-9:20am (Class B). Labs: Tuesday 9:30am-12:20pm (B01), Friday 9:30am-12:20pm (B02)          Instructor: Keith Pecor

BIO 420:  Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Insect Interactions (has prereqs)

Monday/Thursday 3:30pm-4:50pm (Class A) with Recitation (A01) Monday/Thursday 5pm-5:20pm. Instructor: Wendi Clement

CIV 411:  Transportation I (Engineering only, or with special permission but needs Calc B)           

Tuesday/Friday 2pm-3:20pm (01), Design Block 1 (D1) Wednesday 10am-10:50am. Instructor: Thomas Brennan.

Tuesday/Thursday 7pm-8:20pm (02), Design Block 2 (D2) Tuesday/Thursday 8:30pm-8:50pm. Instructor: TBA

PHY 120 Intro to Geology                                                                                                                                                 

Multiple sections to choose from – See PAWs for sections.

The following courses count for Humanities, Social Science, and Interdisciplinary Options:

ANT 111:  Intro to Biological Anthropology                                                                                                                     

Tuesday/Friday 9:30am-10:50am; Instructor: Jared Beatrice

HIS 388:  Environmental History                                                                                                           

Monday/Thursday 2:00pm-3:20pm. Instructor: Matt Bender

LIT 499-04 CAPSTONE:  Ecocriticism                                                                                                           

Wednesday 5:30pm-8:20pm. Instructor: Glenn Steinberg

PBH 379 Environmental and Occupational Health         

Monday/Thursday 2:00pm-3:20pm. Instructor: Karen Allyn Gordon

WGS 379: Ecofeminism                                                                                                                         

Monday/Thursday 2:00pm-3:20pm. Instructor: Alma Khasawnih