Question: Hi HPA – I’m trying to calculate my science GPA and I don’t know whether ENV 303, Agriculture, Human Diets, and the Environment, should count as Biology (and be a part of my BCPM GPA) or as Environmental Science and Policy (and not be part of my BCPM GPA). What do you think?
 
Answer: With interdisciplinary classes, it’s so difficult to try to box them into one category or the other. Plus, depending on who’s teaching the course and how they present the material, the classification could change from term to term. It’s up to you to categorize it based on where you felt the majority of the course content resided – if the course was primarily biology content with some policy and environmental studies, then you would classify it as Biology. Talk it over with peers in your class and even with the professor if you’d like other opinions on the subject, but ultimately, you just want to place it where you feel it best belongs. Students have had the same question about some CBE and PSY courses, among others—it always comes down to your own judgment.

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