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	Principles of Chemistry Lab II	1
BIO 3012	Biostatistics	3
	OR
PSY 2012	Statistics for the Social Sciences	4
	OR
MATH 1110	Introduction to Statistics	3
BIO 2010	Foundations of Ecology	3
BIO 3056	Environmental Ecology	4
BIO 3400	Research Methods in the Life Sciences	3

 

Additional Required Courses

BIO 1016	Endangered Earth: Understanding Environmental Pollution	3
BIO 2016	Global Environmentalism	3
BIO 2007	Current Environmental Problems	3

One Introductory Environmental Science Course:                                                          

*courses may have prerequisites

 

One Environmentally-Relevant Course* from program outside the Natural Sciences

Must be outside of the Natural Sciences. (*course may have prerequisites)

CHM 2018	Environmental Chemistry	3
POS 3012	Environmental Politics	3
SOC 2000	Environmental Sociology	3
SOC 3029	Environmental Social Movements	3
SOC 3100	CLIMATE CHANGE & SOCIETY	3

Other classes may also be appropriate, see the Division Chair for assistance.

 

Four additional biology electives, three of which need to be laboratory courses 15-16 credits

BIO 3005	Developmental Biology	4
BIO 3007	Human Anatomy & Physiology I	4
BIO 3013	Microbiology	4
BIO 3032	Parasitology	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

Other classes may also be appropriate, see the Division Chair for assistance 

One Environmentally-Relevant Course* from program outside the Natural Sciences

Must be outside of the Natural Sciences. (*course may have prerequisites)

CHM 2018	Environmental Chemistry	3
POS 3012	Environmental Politics	3
SOC 2000	Environmental Sociology	3
SOC 3029	Environmental Social Movements	3
SOC 3100	CLIMATE CHANGE & SOCIETY	3

Other classes may also be appropriate, see the Division Chair for assistance.

 

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.