Environmental Science, B.S.

First Year Seminar

• FYS 100 First-Year Seminar 3 credit hours
• FYS 102 Common Hour 0 credit hours

Foundations Requirements

Disciplinary Perspectives Requirements

Constellation Requirement

The Constellation requirement is met when a student completes four courses from a minimum of three disciplines within the Constellation requirements. Students who transfer in 60 credits or more at the time of admission to the college will be waived from the Constellation requirement, except for Education majors. The waiver applies to the requirement for graduation but does not waive the credits to graduate; students need to meet the overall bachelor’s degree credit requirement.  Environmental Science majors should select the Building a Better World: Sustainability, Science and Technology Constellation. 

See Generation Next General Education Requirements  for more information.

Required Major Courses

An overall cumulative GPA of 2.0 is needed for the required major courses.

• BIO 142 Molecules, Genes and Cells 4 credit hours
• BIO 152 Evolution, Ecology and Diversity 4 credit hours
• BIO 212 Environmental Biology 3 credit hours
• BIO 290 Biostatistics 3 credit hours
• BIO 300 Terrestrial Ecology 4 credit hours
• BIO 314 Climate Change: Science and Policy 3 credit hours
• BIO 372 Conservation Biology 4 credit hours
• BIO 392 Biology Inquiry I: Genes to Ecosystems 3 credit hours
• BIO 393 Biology Inquiry 2: Genes to Ecosystems 3 credit hours
• BIO 404 Ecological Action 4 credit hours
• CHM 134 General Chemistry I 4 credit hours
• CHM 135 General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours
• CHM 136 General Chemistry II 4 credit hours
• CHM 137 General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
• G 151 Introduction to Physical Geography 3 credit hours
• G 152 Introduction to Physical Geography Lab 0 credit hours
• G 261 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
• MAT 120 Applied Calculus 3 credit hours
• PHY 110 General Physics I 4 credit hours
• PHY 111 General Physics I Lab 0 credit hours

Science Electives

Students must complete 6-8 credits of the following: 

• BIO 224 Plant and Animal Physiology 4 credit hours
• BIO 240 Genetics 4 credit hours
• BIO 241 Genetics Lab 0 credit hours
• BIO 306 Animal Behavior 4 credit hours
• BIO 330 Microbiology 4 credit hours
• BIO 402 Biological Internship 3 credit hours
• CHM 338 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry 4 credit hours
• CHM 339 Instrumental Analytical Chemistry Lab 0 credit hours
• CHM 372 Introduction to Toxicology 3 credit hours
• CVE 210 Sustainable Infrastructure 3 credit hours
• HRT 300 Plant Taxonomy and Systematics 4 credit hours
• HRT 320 Soil Science and Fertility 4 credit hours
• 3 semesters of Biology Research (BIO 406 , BIO 407 , and BIO 408 ) 3 credit hours

Communication Elective

Students must complete 3 credits of the following:

• CM 212 Public Speaking 3 credit hours
• WRT 320 Digital Writing: Theory and Practice 3 credit hours
• WRT 321 Document Design: Theory and Practice 3 credit hours
• WRT 352 Rhetoric of Science 3 credit hours

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