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Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science

Environmental Science is an applied interdisciplinary field that draws heavily upon the Natural Science disciplines with input from the Social Sciences and the Humanities to address problems that arise in the interaction between Human activity and the Environment.

Requirements for a major in Environmental Science

Environmental Core (33 Hours)

BIOL 102Environmental Biology

3
BIOL 105Introductory Biology Laboratory I

1
BIOL 106Introductory Biology Laboratory II

1
BIOL 131Introduction to Cellular Biology

3
CHEM 131General Chemistry I

3
CHEM 132General Chemistry II

3
CHEM 133General Chemistry Laboratory I

1
CHEM 134General Chemistry Laboratory II

1
ENVR 210Introduction to Environmental Science

3
ENVS 315Environmental Impact & Resource Assessment

3
GEOL 111Physical Geology

4
GEOL 304/GIS 304Introduction to GIS Mapping & Analysis

4
MATH 223Statistics for Natural & Social Sciences

3
And either
BIOL 378Field Biology Techniques

1
Or
GEOL 303Mineralogy & Optical Mineralogy

4

Electives (21-23 Hours)

Choose five of the following electives, including at least one from each prefix and at least three with labs:
BIOL 202General Microbiology

4
  
BIOL 311Flowering Plants

4
Or
BIOL 312Lower Plants

4
  
BIOL 318Ecology

3
BIOL 340Toxicology

4
CHEM 231Quantitative Analysis

4
  
CHEM 330Physical Chemistry for Biochemists

3
Or
CHEM 331Physical Chemistry I

4
  
CHEM 408Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis

4
GEOL 301Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology

4
GEOL 303Mineralogy & Optical Mineralogy

4
GEOL 335Environmental Hydrogeology

4
GEOL 336Environmental Engineering Geology

3

Capstone (4-7 Hours)

Choose one of the following capstone sequences:
BIOL 390Research Methods

3
And either
BIOL 481Biology Library Research I

1
BIOL 482Biology Library Research II

2
Or
BIOL 491Biology Research I

1
BIOL 492Biology Research II

2
  
Or
  
GEOL 411Directed Research

2
GEOL 412Directed Research Writing

2
  
Or
  
CHEM 371The Chemical Professional

3
CHEM 470Chemistry Capstone I

2
And either
CHEM 472Chemistry Capstone II: Research Proposal Track

1
Or
CHEM 474Chemistry Capstone II: Laboratory Research Track

1

Total Credit Hours: 58-63