Major in Natural Science, Concentration in Environmental Science
Requirements: 59 credits
Mathematics and Computer Science (10 credits)
MA 150 Statistics or MA 302 Probability and Statistics 3
MA 190 or any MA course at 200 level or above 4
CS 135 Programming for Science Majors 3
One Environmental Policy course (3 credits): 3
GE 240 Energy Conservation
GE 258 Global Environmental Change
GE 359 Environmental Systems and Public Policy
Required Natural Science courses (6 credits):
NS 150 Environmental Science 3
NS 400 Natural Science Seminar 3
Required Biology courses (12 credits):
BI 140 Introduction to Organismal Biology 4
BI 141 Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology 4
BI 202 Ecology 4
Required Chemistry courses (11 credits):
CH 120 General Chemistry I 4
CH 121 General Chemistry II 4
CH 320 Environmental Chemistry 3
Required Physical Geography courses (11 credits)
GS 101 Physical Geography 3
GS 140 Physical Geology 4
GS 216 Geographic Information Systems 4
One course (4 credits) from:
CH 330 Environmental Toxicology 4
BI 334 Wildlife Investigative Techniques 4
GS 290 Environmental Planning and Landscape Analysis 4
One elective course from:
BI 331 Marine Biology 4
GS 225 Oceanography 3
GS 250 Hydrology 3
GS 335 Hydrogeology 3
GS 260 Introduction to Soil Science 3
BI 344 Soil Biology 4
GS 218 Introduction to Remote Sensing 3
GS 318 Geographic Information Systems II 3
GS 355 Geographic Information Systems: Analytical
Techniques 3
CH 220 Chemistry of Energy and the Environment 3
GE 341 Fundamentals of Renewable Energy 3
BI 340 Plant Sciences 4
GS 230 Biogeography 3
BI 380 Biodiversity and Conservation Biology 4
GS 235 Contemporary Climate Change 3
GS 315 Climate Dynamics 3
GS 470, BI 401 ,CH 455, or NS 412 Special Topics (with permission of advisor)