Environmental Science Major

Location(s): Main Campus

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This option is designed for students with career interests in education and research (school, colleges, consulting firms), interpretive ecology (regional and national parks, nature preserves, zoos, museums), resource management (agencies and organizations concerned with forest, water, and wildlife resources), public health (state and county agencies), and environmental technology (regulatory agencies, utilities, private industry).

Students will complete ten courses plus a capstone as follows:

Required:

Core:

BIOL 103 - Environmental Issues Credit(s): 4 w/lab
BIOL 110 - Principles of Biology I Credit(s): 4 w/lab
BIOL 111 - Principles of Biology II Credit(s): 4 w/lab
BIOL 145 - Introductory Plant Biology Credit(s): 4 w/lab
BIOL 253 - Principles of Ecology Credit(s): 4 w/lab

Ecological-Organismal Emphasis

(Choose at least two)

BIOL 243 - Field Botany Credit(s): 4
BIOL 245 - General Entomology Credit(s): 4 w/lab
BIOL 251 - Microbiology Credit(s): 4
BIOL 276 - Behavioral Ecology Credit(s): 4
BIOL 350 - Mammalogy Credit(s): 4
BIOL 358 - Freshwater Ecology Credit(s): 4 w/lab
BIOL 390 - Special Topics in Biology Credit(s): 1 to 4

Social, Ethical, Policy, Historical Environmental Sciences

(Choose at least one) **

BIOL 240 - Conservation Law Credit(s): 4
HIST 261 - American Environmental History Credit(s): 4
SOC 350 - Environmental Sociology Credit(s): 4
POSC 370 - Environmental Politics Credit(s): 4

Note:

*Prerequisite of Economics 100

**Appropriate May Term courses, Special Topics courses, or new courses offered by other departments may satisfy this requirement as approved by the department.

Chemistry

(Choose at least one)

CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I Credit(s): 4 w/lab
CHEM 155 - Environmental Chemistry Credit(s): 4 w/lab

One Additional Science Class

Choose one courses from the following:

Math courses above 130
CIS 145 - Management Information Systems
PHYS 151 - Principles of Physics I Credit(s): 4
PHYS 191 - General Physics I Credit(s): 4
CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I Credit(s): 4
CHEM 155 - Environmental Chemistry Credit(s): 4
NASC 102 - Introduction to Meteorology Credit(s): 4

Capstone

BIOL 372 - Capstone Experience in Environmental Science Credit(s): 4

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