Updated 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

Environmental Studies, B.S. major
Environmental Health and Toxicology Emphasis

Required Credits: 66
Required GPA: 2.25

I REQUIRED CORE COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• ENVR 2000 Introduction to Environmental Science (3 credits)
• ENVR 3880 Environmental Controversies (2 credits)
• ENVR 4880 Senior Seminar I (1 credit)

Select 1 of the following courses for 3 credits:

• ENVR 4970 Internship (3 credits)
• ENVR 4990 Thesis (3 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses:

• ENVR 3800 Environmental Data Analysis (3 credits)
• PSY 3401 Basic Statistics for Research (4 credits)
• SOC 3001 Social Statistics (3 credits)
• STAT 2610 Applied Statistics (4 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses:

• ENVR 3600 Environmental Justice and Sustainability (3 credits)
• ENVR 4210 Environmental Law and Policy (3 credits)
• ENVR 4610 Sustainability: Theory and Practice (4 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses:

• ENVR 4220 Sampling and Analysis (4 credits)
• GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
  or BIOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
• GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND TOXICOLOGY EMPHASIS

Select 2 of the following:

• BIOL 1120 General Biology: Evolution And Ecology (3 credits)
• BIOL 1211 Introductory Biology I (4 credits)
• BIOL 1212 Introductory Biology II (4 credits)
• CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I (4 credits)
  or CHEM 2211 Principles of Chemistry I (4 credits)
• CHEM 1112 General Chemistry II (4 credits)
  or CHEM 2212 Principles of Chemistry II (4 credits)
• GEOL 1110 Physical Geology (4 credits)
• GEOL 1120 Historical Geology (4 credits)

Complete the following courses:

• ENVR 4110 Environmental Chemistry (3 credits)
• ENVR 4220 Sampling and Analysis (4 credits)
• ENVR 4500 Environmental Toxicology (4 credits)
• GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses:

• MATH 1470 Precalculus (5 credits)
• MATH 2471 Calculus I (5 credits)

Select 19 credits from the following courses:

• CHEM 3311 Organic Chemistry I (3 credits)
• CHEM 3312 Organic Chemistry II (3 credits)
• CHEM 3371 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (1 credit)
• CHEM 3372 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (1 credit)
• CHEM 3507 Analytical Chemistry (3 credits)
• CHEM 3570 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (1 credit)
• CHEM 4411 Biochemistry I (3 credits)
• CHEM 4412 Biochemistry II (3 credits)
• CHEM 4471 Biochemistry Laboratory I (1 credit)
• CHEM 4472 Biochemistry Laboratory II (1 credit)
• ENVR 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)
• ECON 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)
• ENVR 3300 Environmental Management and Safety (3 credits)
• ENVR 3600 Environmental Justice and Sustainability (3 credits)
• ENVR 3840 Wetlands Ecology (3 credits)
  or BIOL 3840 Wetlands Ecology (3 credits)
• ENVR 4200 Wastewater Treatment (3 credits)
• ENVR 4210 Environmental Law and Policy (3 credits)
• ENVR 4400 Environmental Microbiology (3 credits)
• GEOG 2100 Introduction to Physical Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 3231 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOG 3232 Intermediate Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOG 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
  orBIOL 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
• GEOG 4130 Biogeography (3 credits)
• GEOG 4140 Landscape Ecology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
  or BIOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
• GEOL 3700 Environmental Geophysics (3 credits)
• GEOL 4300 Global Environmental Change (3 credits)

Select 3 semester credits of upper division (3000/4000)
electives approved in advance by a Center for
Sustainability Studies advisor.

 

SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAJOR, B.S. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND TOXICOLOGY EMPHASIS

The following is a list of Environmental Studies Major Courses arranged by year.  This schedule is intended to help students plan their courses in an orderly fashion; however, these are only suggestions and this schedule is flexible.

Freshman

• CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I (4 credits)
  or CHEM 2211 Principles of Chemistry I (4 credits)
• ENVR 2000 Introduction to Environmental Science (3 credits)
• GEOL 1110 Physical Geology (4 credits)
• MATH 1470 Precalculus (5 credits)
  or MATH 2471 Calculus I (5 credits)
• Liberal Education Requirements
• Emphasis Electives

Sophomore (with the emphasis already selected)

• ENVR 3880 Environmental Controversies (2 credits)
• GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
  or GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
  or BIOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
  or ENVR 4220 Sampling and Analysis (4 credits)
• ENVR 3600 Environmental Justice and Sustainability (3 credits)
  or ENVR 4210 Environmental Law and Policy (3 credits)
  or ENVR 4610 Sustainability: Theory and Practice (4 credits)
• ENVR 3800 Environmental Data Analysis (3 credits)
  or SOC 3001 Social Statistics (3 credits)
  or STAT 2610 Applied Statistics (4 credits)
  or PSY 3401 Basic Statistics for Research (4 credits)
• Liberal Education Requirements
• Emphasis Electives

Junior

• ENVR 4110 Environmental Chemistry (3 credits)
• ENVR 4220 Sampling and Analysis (4 credits)
• Liberal Education Requirements
• Emphasis Electives

Senior

• ENVR 4500 Environmental Toxicology (4 credits)
• ENVR 4880 Senior Seminar I (1 credit)
• ENVR 4970 Internship (3 credits)
  or ENVR 4990 Thesis (3 credits)
• GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
• Liberal Education Requirements
• Emphasis Electives