Environmental Science (BS)

Requirements

76 semester hours in science as follows:

1. 20 semester hours in Biology:

BIOL 1402	General Biology I for Majors and Laboratory
BIOL 1403	General Biology II for Majors and Laboratory
BIOL 3442	Ecology and Laboratory
BIOL 3471	General Microbiology
BIOL 44XX	Advanced Biology Elective

2. 8 semester hours in Chemistry:

CHEM 1301	Chemical Principles I
CHEM 1101	Chemical Principles I Lab
CHEM 1302	Chemical Principles II
CHEM 1102	Chemical Principles II Lab

3. 15 semester hours in Environmental Science:

ENSC 1410	Intro to Environmental Science
ENSC 3410	Research in Soil Conservation
ENSC 4315	Environmental Science Research
ENSC 4460	Research in Water Quality

4. 8 semester hours in Geology:

GEOL 1401	Physical Geology
	or
GEOL 1420	Oceanography
	or
METR 1430	Meteorology
	and
GEOL 3450	Environmental Geology

5. 4 semester hours in Physics:

PHYS 1301/PHYS 1101

General Physics I

6. 3 semester hours in Mathematics:

MATH 1304	College Algebra
MATH 2303	Introduction to Probability and Statistics

MATH 1304, College Algebra, should be taken as part of the Core.

7. 6 semester hours in Meteorology:

METR 4315	Air Pollution Meteorology
METR 3340	Hydrology

The pre-requisite METR 1430 should be taken as part of the Core.

8. Advanced Science Electives (12 hours):

The student must complete 12 advanced hours selected from Biology, Chemistry, Geology Meteorology, or Environmental Science.

9. UIW Core, Major and Elective hours to total 120 semester hours for the degree

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