Program Options 2
B.S. in Environmental Science.
Our Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science degree is organized for students who want to acquire the scientific background to help solve environmental problems from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Every student develops core knowledge in geology, biology, chemistry and mathematics early in the program. Students then select one of 4 Concentrations, in either Surficial Processes; Marine Science; Wildlife Studies; or Environmental Geology, as a program focus for their upper-level coursework. We provide an Open Option for students whose interests do not fall into one of these 4 concentration areas. Students who elect this option work with a faculty advisor to identify a group of 5 mid- to upper-level science courses that are aligned with the student's career interests.
The Program Requirements for the B.S. in Environmental Science are:
Required Courses for all students:
ENVR 1101 Environmental Science
ENVR 1200/1201 Dynamic Earth with lab
ENVR 2340/2341 Earth Landforms
ENVR 5210 Environmental Planning or ENVR 5250 Geology and Land Use Planning
ENVR 4500/4501 Hydrogeology with lab
ENVR 3300/3301 Geographic Information Systems with lab
MATH 1251 Calculus 1
MATH 1252 Calculus 2
BIOL 1101/1102 and BIOL 1103/1104 Principles of Biology 1,2 with labs or BIOL 1111/1112 and BIOL 1113/1114 General Biology 1, 2 with labs
CHEM 1211/1212 General Chemistry 1 with lab
CHEM 1214/1215 General Chemistry 2 with lab
ENVR 4900 Environmental Capstone
and
Complete 5 courses from one of the following Concentrations or Independent Option:
A. Surficial Processes Concentration
All students complete:
CHEM 2311/2312 Organic Chemistry 1 with lab
or
CHEM 1104/1105 Organic Chemistry for Health Professions with lab
and
Complete 4 courses from the following list:
ENVR 2310/2311 Earth Materials with lab
ENVR 3400 Field Geology
ENVR 3410 Environmental Geochemistry
ENVR 3418 Environmental Geophysics
ENVR 5201 Geologic Field Seminar
ENVR 5190 Soil Science
ENVR 3302 Remote Sensing
ENVR 5244/5245 Sedimentation with lab
ENVR 4106/4107 Coastal Processes with lab
ENVR 5201 Geologic Field Seminar
ENVR 4505 Wetlands
ENVR 4504 Environmental Pollution
ENVR 5270/5271 Glacial Geology
ENVR 5280 Groundwater Modeling
ENVR 5282 Groundwater Geochemistry
CIVE 2334 Environmental Engineering 1
CIVE 2340 Soil Mechanics
B. Marine Science Concentration
All students complete:
CHEM 2311/2312 Organic Chemistry 1 with lab
or
CHEM 1104/1105 Organic Chemistry for Health Professions with lab
and
Complete 4 courses from the following list (may be met via the Marine Science Center Three Seas Program):
BIOL 2301/2302 Genetics and Molecular Biology with lab
BIOL 2311/2312 Ecology with lab
BIOL 2315/2316 Invertebrate Zoology with lab
BIOL 2325/2326 Marine Biology with lab
BIOL 5501/5502 Marine Botany with lab
BIOL 5503/5504 Marine Invertebrate Zoology with lab
BIOL 5505 Biology of Corals and Coral Reefs
BIOL 5507 Biology and Ecology of Fishes
BIOL 5509/5510 Marine Birds and Mammals with lab
BIOL 5511 Adaptations of Aquatic Organisms
BIOL 5513 Tropical Terrestrial Ecology
BIOL 5515 Benthic Marine Ecology
BIOL 5517/5518 Oceanography with lab
BIOL 5519 Ocean and Coastal Processes
BIOL 5521/5522 Experimental Design Marine Ecology
BIOL 5523 Molecular Marine Biology
BIOL 5525/5526 Marine Microbial Ecology with lab
C. Wildlife Studies Concentration
All students complete:
BIOL 2301/2302 Genetics with lab
BIOL 2311/2312 Ecology with lab
CHEM 2311/2321 Organic Chemistry 1 with lab
or
CHEM 1104/1105 Organic Chemistry for Health Professions with lab
and
Complete 2 courses from the following list:
BIOL 2315/2316 Invertebrate Zoology with lab
BIOL 2317/2318 Vertebrate Zoology with lab
BIOL 3403 Animal Behavior
BIOL 5509/5510 Marine Birds and Mammals with lab
BIOL 5559/5560 Entomology with lab
BIOL 5561/5562 Herpetology with lab
BIOL 5563/5564 Ornithology with lab
BIOL 5565/5566 Mammalogy with lab
BIOL 5567/5568 Wildlife Biology with lab
D. Environmental Geology Concentration
All students complete:
ENVR 1220/1221 History of Earth and Life with lab
ENVR 2310/2311 Earth Materials and lab
and
Complete 3 electives from the following list:
ENVR 3000/3001 Igneous Petrology & Volcanology with lab
ENVR 3400 Field Geology
ENVR 3410 Environmental Geochemistry
ENVR 5201 Geologic Field Seminar
ENVR 5105 Environmental Geophysics
ENVR 5190 Soil Science
ENVR 5230/5231 Structural Geology with lab
ENVR 3302/3303 Remote Sensing with lab
ENVR 5240/5241 Sedimentary Basin Analysis
ENVR 5242/5243 Fossils and Paleontology
ENVR 5244/5245 Sedimentation
ENVR 4106/4107 Coastal Processes
ENVR 5270/5271 Glacial Geology
ENVR 5290 Engineering Geology
E. Independent Option
Students select a cluster of 5 courses approved by an Environmental Science faculty advisor.