Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Arts

Environmental Studies Major Requirements

Major Requirements

BIO 1001	Principles of Biology I	4
BIO 1002	Principles of Biology II	4
CHM 1001	Principles of Chemistry I	3
CHM 1002	PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY II	3
CHM 1003	Principles of Chemistry Lab I	1
CHM 1004	PRINC OF CHEMISTRY LAB II	1
BIO 3012	Biostatistics	3
	OR
PSY 2012	Statistics for the Social Sciences	4
BIO 2010	Foundations of Ecology	3
BIO 3056	Environmental Ecology	4
BIO 3996	BIOLOGY RESEARCH	4
	OR
BIO 3997	ADV BIOLOGY RESEARCH	4
BIO 3998	SENIOR EVALUATION	4

Additional Required Courses 

BIOxxx One Introductory Environmental Science course (see list) 3 credits
BIOxxx One Environmentally-relevant course* from another department (see list) 3 credits 
BIOxxx  Four additional biology electives, three of which need to be laboratory courses (see list) 15-16 credits 

Note: All students in the Senior Research Program are required to attend the senior presentations, and all majors are encouraged to attend.

Placement Exam

Prospective Environmental Studies Majors interested in enrolling in Principles of Biology I or II also need to complete the Biology Placement Exam, which is an online exam located on Blackboard at http://blackboard9.mville.edu.  Otherwise students should begin with BIO 1000: Introduction to Biology.