Environmental Science - Requirements for the Major
Areas of Emphasis
Each area of emphasis has its own supporting and upper-level required and elective courses.
Ecology and Biological Resources Management
Supporting Courses, 32-33 credits
- BIOLOGY 202 Principles of Biology I, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 203 Principles of Biology II, 4 credits
- CHEM 211 Principles of Chemistry I, 5 credits
- CHEM 212 Principles of Chemistry II, 5 credits
- MATH 260 Introductory Statistics, 4 credits
One of these:
- EARTH SC 202 Physical Geology, 4 credits
- EARTH SC 222 Ocean of Air: Weather and Climate, 3 credits
One of these:
- ECON 203 Micro Economic Analysis, 3 credits
- POL SCI 101 American Government and Politics, 3 credits
- POL SCI 202 Introduction to Public Policy, 3 credits
One of these:
- MATH 104 Elementary Functions: Algebra and Trigonometry, 4 credits
- MATH 202 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, 4 credits
Upper-Level Courses, 32 credits
Required core courses, 17 credits:
- ENV SCI 302 Principles of Ecology, 4 credits
- ENV SCI 312 Mathematical Applications in Ecology, 2 credits
- ENV SCI 405 Aquatic Ecology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 467 Ecological Methods and Analysis, 4 credits
One of these:
- ENV SCI 468 Ecological Applications, 4 credits
- ENV SCI 469 Conservation Biology, 4 credits
Field biology courses, 6 credits:
- BIOLOGY 310 Plant Taxonomy, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 320 Field Botany, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 342 Ornithology, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 343 Mammalogy, 3 credits
- BIOLOGY 353 Invertebrate Biology, 4 credits
- BIOLOGY 355 Entomology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 363 Plants and Forest Pathology, 3 credits
Physical environment courses, 6 credits:
- CHEM 300 Bio-Organic Chemistry, 3 credits
- CHEM 301 Bio-Organic Chemistry Laboratory, 1 credit
- ENV SCI 320 The Soil Environment, 4 credits
- ENV SCI 325 Regional Climatology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 330 Hydrology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 342 Environmental Geology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 350 Meteorology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 454 Remote Sensing of the Environment, 3 credits
Economics and policy courses, 3 credits:
- ECON 402 Environmental and Resource Economics, 3 credits
- PU EN AF 301 Environmental Politics and Policy, 3 credits
- PU EN AF 378 Environmental Law, 3 credits
Students intending to pursue graduate study should include additional course work of at least one year of calculus, at least one year of physics, and upper-level courses in organic chemistry.
Physical Systems: Technology and Management
Required Supporting Courses, 41 credits
- BIOLOGY 202 Principles of Biology I, 4 credits
- CHEM 211 Principles of Chemistry I, 5 credits
- CHEM 212 Principles of Chemistry II, 5 credits
- EARTH SC 202 Physical Geology, 4 credits
- EARTH SC 222 Ocean of Air: Weather and Climate, 3 credits
- MATH 202 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I, 4 credits
- MATH 203 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II, 4 credits
- MATH 260 Introductory Statistics, 4 credits
One of these:
- PHYSICS 103 Fundamentals of Physics I, 5 credits
- PHYSICS 201 Principles of Physics I, 5 credits
One of these:
- ECON 203 Micro Economic Analysis, 3 credits
- POL SCI 101 American Government and Policy, 3 credits
- POL SCI 202 Introduction to Public Policy, 3 credits
Recommended Supporting Courses
One of these:
- PHYSICS 104 Fundamentals of Physics II, 5 credits
- PHYSICS 202 Principles of Physics II, 5 credits
Upper-Level Courses, 30 credits
Required, 16 credits:
- ENV SCI 305 Environmental Systems, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 318 Pollution Control, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 407 Modeling of Environmental Systems, 4 credits
- ENV SCI 454 Remote Sensing of the Environment, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 460 Resource Management Strategy, 3 credits
Elective courses, 11 credits minimum:
- ENV SCI 302 Principles of Ecology, 4 credits
- ENV SCI 320 The Soil Environment, 4 credits
- ENV SCI 323 Pollution Prevention, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 325 Regional Climatology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 330 Hydrology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 335 Water and Waste Water Treatment, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 342 Environmental Geology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 350 Meteorology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 363 Plants and Forest Pathology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 405 Aquatic Ecology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 415 Solar and Alternate Energy Systems, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 432 Hydrogeology, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 434 Environmental Chemistry, 3 credits
- ENV SCI 435 Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, 1 credit
- ENV SCI 467 Ecological Methods and Analysis, 4 credits
- ENV SCI 468 Ecological Applications, 4 credits
- ENV SCI 469 Conservation Biology, 4 credits
- ENV SCI 492 Practicum in Environmental Science, 1-4 credits
- ENV SCI 497 Internship, 1-3 credits
Economics and policy courses, 3 credits:
- ECON 402 Environmental and Resource Economics, 3 credits
- PU EN AF 301 Environmental Politics and Policy, 3 credits
- PU EN AF 378 Environmental Law, 3 credits