2003-05 Catalog
Environmental Science Requirements

Environmental Science Major (17 courses, 6 in Biology): The major is expected to satisfy all the requirements for each of the areas below. (See Biology, Natural Science and Chemistry.)

Biology courses:
BIOL 120 General Biology I
BIOL 121 General Biology II
BIOL 228 Ecology
BIOL 338 Limnology
BIOL 428 Environmental Biology Research or
GEOL 428 Environmental Geology Research or
ENVS 428 Environmental Science Research
ENVS 300 Environmental Science

Biological Electives (minimum of one of the following):
BIOL 225 Vertebrate Natural History
BIOL 350 Microbiology
BIOL 355 Invertebrate Biology
BIOL 380 Plant Ecology
BIOL 390 Ichthyology
BIOL 450 Special Topics

Geology Courses:
Either GEOL 105 Geology or GEOL 107 Environmental Geology
GEOL 225 Hydrogeology

Chemistry Courses:
CHEM 105 General Chemistry I
CHEM 107 General Chemistry II
Either CHEM 216 Organic Chemistry or CHEM 220 Organic Chemistry I
ENVS 310 Environmental Chemistry

Required Cognates:
Either MATH 124 Survey of Calculus or MATH 131 Calculus and Analytical Geometry
Either CSCI 110 Introduction to Computer Programming or BUAD 140 Business Information Systems
Either BUAD 284 Statistics for Business and Economics or SSCI 224 Basic Statistics

It is recommended that the student select courses as electives in the physical and earth sciences, such as PHYS 121, PHYS 122, and GEOL 307. For students interested in graduate study, we also recommend course work in biology at the suborganismal level (e.g., BIOL 244).

Environmental Science Academic Minor (6 courses):
BIOL 120 or 180, BIOL 228, ENVS 300, and three electives above the BIOL 200 level chosen from the core or elective listing of the environmental science major program.

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