Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science

Environmental Science Major Requirements

Required Courses (27 credits):

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	Principles of Chemistry Lab II	1
BIO 2010	Foundations of Ecology	3
BIO 3056	Environmental Ecology	4
BIO 3063	Environmental Geology	4

Co-requisites (3-4 credits):

Take one of the following:

BIO 3012	Biostatistics	3
ECO 2060	Economic Statistics	3
MATH 1110	Introduction to Statistics	3
PSY 2012	Statistics for the Social Sciences	4

Elective Courses (4 courses total - 14 credits)

	Choose one of the following:
BIO 1016	Endangered Earth: Understanding Environmental Pollution	3
BIO 2007	Current Environmental Problems	3
BIO 2016	Global Environmentalism	3
BIO 2060	Introduction to Conservation Biology	3
	Choose one of the following:
CHM 2018	Environmental Chemistry	3
GINS 2050	Environmental Geography	3
SOC 2000	Environmental Sociology	3
SOC 3029	Environmental Social Movements	3
SOC 3100	CLIMATE CHANGE & SOCIETY	3
	Choose two of the following:
BIO 3003	Principles of Genetics	4
BIO 3005	Developmental Biology	4
BIO 3013	Microbiology	4
BIO 3046	Botany Systematics & Taxonomy	4
BIO 3047	Vertebrate Biology	4
BIO 3055	Plant Biology	4
BIO 3057	Forensic Biology	4
BIO 3058	Evolutionary Biology	4
BIO 3059	Marine Biology	4
BIO 3061	Biochemistry I	4
BIO 3065	Plant Biology II: Light, Water, Minerals	4
BIO 3080	MOLECULAR BIO TECHNIQUES	4

 

Capstone Course (3 credits)

BIO 3400

Research Methods in the Life Sciences

3

Optional active research courses:

BIO 3996: Team Biology Research (3 credits) or

BIO 3997: Independent Biology Research (3 credits)

Note: All upper-level major courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C-.

All of the biology faculty members have on-going and short-term research projects that allows for scholarship development for both faculty and students. Students often have the opportunity to present their undergraduate research projects at local, regional and national conferences, and some projects are ultimately published in peer-reviewed journals.