Environmental Science B.S.

Requirements

77 semester hours in science as follows:

1. 20 semester hours in Biology:

BIOL 1402	Unity of Life and Laboratory
BIOL 1403	Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity
BIOL 3442	Ecology and Laboratory
BIOL 3471/3471L	General Microbiology and Lab
BIOL 44XX	Advanced Biology Elective

2. 8 semester hours in Chemistry:

CHEM 1301/CHEM 1302	Chemical Principles I and II
CHEM 1203L	Chemical Principles Laboratory

3. 15 semester hours in Environmental Science:

ENSC 1410	Environmental Science and Laboratory
ENSC 3410/BIOL 3410	Research in Soil Conservation and Laboratory
ENSC 4315	Environmental Science Research
ENSC 4460/BIOL 4460	Research in Water Quality

4. 8 semester hours in Geology:

GEOL 1401	Physical Geology
GEOL 3450	Environmental Geology

GEOL 1401: or GEOL 1420 or METR 1430

5. 8 semester hours in Physics:

PHYS 2305/PHYS 2105	Physics I and Lab
PHYS 2306/PHYS 2106	Physics II and Lab

*or PHYS 1301/PHYS 1101 and PHYS 1302/PHYS 1102 and take either MATH 2312 or MATH 2303

6. 3 semester hours in Mathematics:

MATH 2312

Calculus I

MATH 2312: Students who register for MATH 2312, Calculus I, must have completed the prerequisite MATH 1311, Precalculus, or equivalent course. Students who are deficient in mathematics should seek advisement from the University Advisement Center or Environmental Science Department Chairperson.

7. 6 semester hours in Meteorology:

METR 4315	Air Pollution Meteorology
METR 3340	Hydrology

8. BIOL/CHEM/GEOL/METR Advanced Elective – 9 hours

9. Elective hours to total degree hours of 120

Contact Department Chair in Environmental Science for specific Core course requirements.