Degree Programs: Environmental Science
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(courses in bold are required; numbers in parentheses are semester hours)
I. All students must take the following courses:
- BIO 1010 Principles of Biology (3)
- BIO 1011 Principles of Biology Laboratory (1)
- BIO 1020 Introduction to Biological Diversity (3)
- BIO 1021 Introduction to Biological Diversity Laboratory (1)
- CHM 1010 College Chemistry I (3)
- CHM 1011 College Chemistry I Laboratory (1)
- CHM 1020 College Chemistry II (3)
- CHM 1021 College Chemistry II Laboratory (1)
- ENV 2010 Environmental Health (3)
- ENV 2020 Ecology and Evolutionary Processes (3)
- ENV 3020 Environmental Geology (3)
- ENV 3030 Environmental Chemistry (4)
- ENV 4980 Environmental Science Seminar I (2)
- ENV 4990 Environmental Science Seminar II (2)
- GLG 1010 Physical Geology (4)
- PHY 1010 Introduction to Physics I (4)
- PHY 2010 General Physics Laboratory I (1)
- MTH 1180 Elementary Probability and Statistics (3)
- MTH 2040 Calculus I (4)
II. All students must complete one of the following three areas of concentration:
BIOLOGY TRACK
- BIO 2025 Biostatistics (3)
- BIO 3330 Conservation Biology (3)
- One of the following:
- BIO 3210 Microbiology (5)
- BIO 3500 Environmental Microbiology (5)
- One of the following:
- BIO 3310 Symbiosis (3)
- BIO 3320 Advanced Ecology (5)
- Three of the following:
- BIO 3240 Evolutionary Morphology of Plants (5)
- BIO 3250 Local Flora (4)
- BIO 3260 Vertebrate Zoology (5)
- BIO 3270 Invertebrate Zoology (5)
- BIO 4210 Mycology (3)
- BIO 4220 Microbial Diversity (3)
- One of the following:
- CHM 3010/3011 Organic Chemistry I and Laboratory (6)
- GLG 3010 Historical Geology (4)
TOTAL BIOLOGY TRACK = 75-86 semester hours
CHEMISTRY TRACK
- CHM 3010 Organic Chemistry I (3)
- CHM 3011 Organic Chemistry Laboratory (3)
- CHM 3210 Quantitative Analytical Chemistry (7)
- PHY 1020 Introduction to Physics II (4)
- PHY 2020 General Physics Laboratory II (1)
- MTH 2050 Calculus II (4)
- Two of the following:
- CHM 3020/3021 Organic Chemistry II and Laboratory (6)
- CHM 3220 Instrumental Methods of Analysis (7)
- CHM 3310 Introduction to Physical Chemistry (5)
- BCH 3010 Biochemistry I (3)
- ENV 3010 Land Restoration (4)
TOTAL CHEMISTRY TRACK = 78-84 semester hours
EARTH SCIENCE TRACK
- GLG 3010 Historical Geology (4)
- GLG 3030 Rocks and Rock-forming Minerals (5)
- GLG 4010 Hydrogeology (4)
- Complete two of the following three groups:
- Group 1 (take both):
- ENV 3010 Land Restoration (4)
- GLG 3050 Geology of Natural Resources (3)
- Group 2 (take two of the following):
- GLG 3040 Low Temperature Geochemistry (3)
- CHM 3210 Quantitative Analytical Chemistry (7)
- CHM 3310 Introduction to Physical Chemistry (5)
- PHY 1020/2020 Introduction to Physics II and Lab (5)
- MTH 2050 Calculus II (4)
TOTAL EARTH SCIENCE TRACK = 77-83 semester hours
- Group 1 (take both):
BACHELOR OF ARTS - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(requires the following courses plus an approved minor or second major in consultation with an advisor)
- BIO 1010 Principles of Biology (3)
- BIO 1011 Principles of Biology Laboratory (1)
- BIO 1020 Introduction to Biological Diversity (3)
- BIO 1021 Introduction to Biological Diversity Laboratory (1)
- BIO 3330 Conservation Biology (3)
- CHM 1010 College Chemistry I (3)
- CHM 1011 College Chemistry I Laboratory (1)
- CHM 1020 College Chemistry II (3)
- CHM 1021 College Chemistry II Laboratory (1)
- ENV 2010 Environmental Health (3)
- ENV 2020 Ecology and Evolutionary Processes (3)
- ENV 3020 Environmental Geology (3)
- ENV 3030 Environmental Chemistry (4)
- ENV 4980 Environmental Science Seminar I (2)
- ENV 4990 Environmental Science Seminar II (2)
- GLG 1010 Physical Geology (4)
- PHY 1010 Introduction to Physics I (4)
- PHY 2010 General Physics Laboratory I (1)
- MTH 1180 Elementary Probability and Statistics (3)
- MTH 2040 Calculus I (4)
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TOTAL = 70-74 semester hours
