Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science

Environmental Science Major Requirements

Required Courses (27 credits):

BIO 1001Principles of Biology I

4

BIO 1002Principles of Biology II

4

CHM 1001Principles of Chemistry I

3

CHM 1002Principles of Chemistry II

3

CHM 1003Principles of Chemistry Lab I

1

CHM 1004Principles of Chemistry Lab II

1

BIO 2010Foundations of Ecology

3

BIO 3056Environmental Ecology

4

BIO 3063Environmental Geology

4

Co-requisites (3-4 credits):

Take one of the following:

BIO 3012Biostatistics

3

ECO 2060Economic Statistics

3

MATH 1110Introduction to Statistics

3

PSY 2012Statistics for the Social Sciences

4

Elective Courses (4 courses total - 14 credits)

Choose one of the following:

BIO 1016Endangered Earth: Understanding Environmental Pollution

3

BIO 2007Current Environmental Problems

3

BIO 2016Global Environmentalism

3

BIO 2060Introduction to Conservation Biology

3

 

Choose one of the following:

CHM 2018Environmental Chemistry

3

GINS 2050Environmental Geography

3

SOC 2000Environmental Sociology

3

SOC 3029Environmental Social Movements

3

SOC 3100CLIMATE CHANGE & SOCIETY

3

 

Choose two of the following:

BIO 3003Principles of Genetics

4

BIO 3005Developmental Biology

4

BIO 3013Microbiology

4

BIO 3046Botany Systematics & Taxonomy

4

BIO 3047Vertebrate Biology

4

BIO 3055Plant Biology

4

BIO 3057Forensic Biology

4

BIO 3058Evolutionary Biology

4

BIO 3059Marine Biology

4

BIO 3061Biochemistry I

4

BIO 3065Plant Biology II: Light, Water, Minerals

4

BIO 3080MOLECULAR BIO TECHNIQUES

4

 

Capstone Course (3 credits)

BIO 3400Research 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.