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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
    Department and Program Requirements

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAM (ES)

Professor David Shankman, Director
Office: 202 Farrah Hall

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary program leading to the bachelor of science degree. The objectives of the program are to provide students with a broad interdisciplinary science background focusing on physical geography, environmental geology, and ecology. The basic science requirements provide the necessary groundwork for advanced environmental studies and include all prerequisites for upper-division coursework. The variety of courses in both earth and biological sciences allows some choice of concentration within the program. Additional requirements include geographical techniques and statistics.

Admission requirements. A cumulative grade point average of 2.500 is required for acceptance as a major in environmental science.

Requirements for the major in environmental science. The environmental science major requires 56 hours as specified below. A minimum of 33 hours must be earned at the 300- or 400-level. A minimum of 12 hours at the 300- or 400-level must be earned in the major on this campus. No minor is required.

Basic Science Requirements

Total 31 hours
BSC 114 Principles of Biology I and Lab 3/1
BSC 116 Principles of Biology II and Lab 3/1
BSC 385 General Ecology 3
CH 101 General Chemistry I 4
CH 102 General Chemistry II 4
GEO 101 Introduction to Geology I 4
GEO 202 Environmental Geology 4
GY 101 Principles of Physical Geography I 4
 

Earth Science Requirements
Total 12 hours
(including a minimum of 3 hours from both geography and geology)       
GY 320 Freshwater Studies (same as BSC/GEO 320) 4
GY 383 Soil Science 4
GY 410 Water Resources Science 3
GY 417 Natural Hazards 3
GY 439 Natural Resources and Environmental Planning 3
GY 447 Environmental Modeling and Mapping 3
GY 467 Topics in Global Environmental Change 3
GY 486 Drainage Basin Dynamics 3
GY 490 Internship 3
GEO 363 Geomorphology 3
GEO 406 Hydrogeology 3
GEO 460 Watershed Hydrology 3
GEO 470 General Geochemistry 4
 

Biology Requirements
Total 7 hours
(including a minimum of 3 hours from both the survey and diversity and ecology sections)
 
Survey and Diversity
BSC 360 Plant Biology 3
BSC 362 Plant Biology Lab 1
BSC 371 Biology of Lower Plants 4
BSC 373 Vertebrate Zoology 4
BSC 376 Invertebrate Zoology 4
BSC 408 Marine Vertebrate Zoology 4
BSC 416 Aquatic Vascular Plants 4
BSC 428 Ichthyology 3
BSC 434 Plant Taxonomy 4
BSC 472 Mycology 3
BSC 475 General Entomology 4
BSC 476 Aquatic Insects 4
 
Ecology
BSC 412 Limnology 3
BSC 413 Limnology Lab 1
BSC 415 Ecology of Aquatic Plants and Wetlands 3
BSC 456 Microbial Ecology 3
BSC 480 Plant Ecology 4
BSC 482 Conservation Biology 3
BSC 484 Aquatic Biology Seminar 1
BSC 489 Forest Ecology (same as GY 489) 4
BSC 490 Stream Ecology 4
 

Geographical and Environmental Techniques Requirements
Total 3-4 hours
GY 330 Computer Mapping and Graphics 3
GY 420 Remote Sensing 4
GY 430 Geographic Information Systems 4
BSC 417 Quantitative Techniques in Ecology 3
 

Statistics Requirement
Total 3 hours
ST 260 Statistical Methods 3
PY 211 Elementary Statistical Methods 3

A Suggested Sequence of Courses for the Environmental Science Major
 
FRESHMAN YEAR
First Semester             Second Semester
Course Hours Course Hours
GY 101 4 GEO 101 4
EN 101 3 EN 102 3
CH 101 4 CH 102 4
Humanities1 3 History1 3
  Fine arts1 3
------ ------
14 17
 
SOPHOMORE YEAR
First Semester             Second Semester
Course Hours Course Hours
BSC 114 3 BSC 116 3
BSC 115 1 BSC 117 1
EN 225 3 EN 226 or EN 227 3
History or social and behavioral sciences1 3 Social and behavioral sciences1 3
MATH 125 4 MATH 126 3
Elective 3 Elective 3
------ ------
17 17
 
JUNIOR YEAR2
First Semester             Second Semester
Course Hours Course Hours
GEO 202 3 GY/GEO course 3-4
BSC 385 3 BSC course 3-4
GY Technique 4 GY Technique 4
ST 260 or PY 211 3 CS 114 3
Social and behavioral sciences1 3 CS 116 1
  Elective 3
------ ------
16 17-18
 
SENIOR YEAR2
First Semester             Second Semester
Course Hours Course Hours
GY/GEO course 3-4 GY/GEO course 3-4
CS 124 3 BSC course 3-5
CS 125 1 CS 226 3
300-level elective 3 GY/GEO course or elective 3
Electives 6 Elective 3
------ ------
16-17 15-18
 
Total: At least 128

1A maximum of 6 hours in any one department may be applied to the humanities, literature, and fine arts (HU, L, FA) and history and social and behavioral sciences (HI, SB) requirements.

2Six hours of writing courses designated W must be included in the junior or senior year. A minimum of 33 hours is required in 300- and 400-level courses.

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