Updated 2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

Environmental Studies, B.S. major
Ecosystem Emphasis

Required Credits: 59
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)

ECOSYSTEM STUDIES EMPHASIS

Select 2 of the following courses:

• BIOL 1120 General Biology: Evolution And Ecology (3 credits)
• BIOL 1400 Cellular Principles (4 credits)
• BIOL 1500 Diversity of Life (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)
• PHYS 1101 General Physics I (4 credits)
  or PHYS 2101 Physics I (4 credits)
• PHYS 1102 General Physics II (4 credits)
  or PHYS 2102 Physics II (4 credits)

Select 34 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 3700 Natural Resource Management (3 credits)
• ENVR 3840 Wetlands Ecology (3 credits)
  or BIOL 3840 Wetlands Ecology (3 credits)
• ENVR 4110 Environmental Chemistry (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 3255 Introduction to Remote Sensing (3 credits)
• GEOG 3630 Conservation Biology (3 credits)
  or BIOL 3630 Conservation Biology (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 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3212 Hydrogeology (3 credits)
• GEOL 3700 Environmental Geophysics (3 credits)
• GEOL 4300 Global Environmental Change (3 credits)

SUGGESTED SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES MAJOR, B.S. ECOSYSTEMS 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)
• Liberal Education Requirements
• Emphasis Electives

Sophomore (with the emphasis already selected)

• ENVR 3880 Environmental Controversies (2 credits)
• GEOL 3400 Glacial and Pleistocene Geology (3 credits)
  or GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
  or BIOL 3120
• 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

• Liberal Education Requirements
• Emphasis Electives

Senior

• ENVR 4880 Senior Seminar I (1 credit)
• ENVR 4970 Internship (3 credits)
  or ENVR 4990 Thesis (3 credits)
• Liberal Education Requirements
• Emphasis Electives