2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

Environmental Studies, B.S. major
Geohydrology Emphasis

Required Credits: 65
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:

• GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
  or BIOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
• GEOL 3400 Glacial and Pleistocene Geology (3 credits)

GEOHYDROLOGY EMPHASIS

Complete the following courses:

• GEOG 3231 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOL 1110 Physical Geology (4 credits)
• GEOL 2110 Mineralogy and Petrology (4 credits)
• GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3212 Hydrogeology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3600 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (3 credits)
• GEOL 3700 Environmental Geophysics (3 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses:

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

Select 1 of the following courses:

• PHYS 1101 General Physics I (4 credits)
• PHYS 2101 Physics I (4 credits)

Select 15 semester credits from the following courses
that have not been completed in the core above, or any
other related courses (3000/4000)approved in advance by
a Center for Sustainability Studies advisor:

• ENVR 3040 Environmental Economics (3 credits)
  or 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 4050 Geochemistry (3 credits)
• ENVR 4210 Environmental Law and Policy (3 credits)
• ENVR 4220 Sampling and Analysis (4 credits)
• ENVR 4400 Environmental Microbiology (3 credits)
• GEOG 3232 Intermediate Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOG 3255 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3 credits)
• GEOG 4130 Biogeography (3 credits)
• GEOG 4140 Landscape Ecology (3 credits)
• GEOG 4265 Spatial Analysis (3 credits)
• GEOG 4275 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
  or BIOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
• GEOL 4300 Global Environmental Change (3 credits)

SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAJOR, B.S. GEOHYDROLOGY 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

• ENVR 2000 Introduction to Environmental Science (3 credits)
• MATH 1470 Precalculus (5 credits)
  or MATH 2471 Calculus I (5 credits)
• PHYS 1101 General Physics I (4 credits)
  or PHYS 2101 Physics I (4 credits)
• Liberal Education Requirements
• Emphasis Electives

Sophomore (with the emphasis already selected)

• 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 3880 Environmental Controversies (2 credits)
• GEOL 1110 Physical Geology (4 credits)
• GEOL 2110 Mineralogy and Petrology (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

• GEOG 3231 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3 credits)
• GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3700 Environmental Geophysics (3 credits)
• Liberal Education Requirements
• Emphasis Electives

Senior

• ENVR 4880 Senior Seminar I (1 credit)
• ENVR 4970 Internship (3 credits)
  or ENVR 4990 Thesis (3 credits)
• GEOL 3212 Hydrogeology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3400 Glacial and Pleistocene Geology (3 credits)
  or GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
  or BIOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
• GEOL 3600 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (3 credits)
• Liberal Education Requirements
• Emphasis Electives