Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Arts

Environmental Studies Major Requirements

Major Requirements

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 3012Biostatistics

3

OR

PSY 2012Statistics for the Social Sciences

4

OR

MATH 1110Introduction to Statistics

3

 

BIO 2010Foundations of Ecology

3

BIO 3056Environmental Ecology

4

BIO 3400Research Methods in the Life Sciences

3

 

Additional Required Courses

BIO 1016Endangered Earth: Understanding Environmental Pollution

3

BIO 2016Global Environmentalism

3

BIO 2007Current 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 2018Environmental Chemistry

3

POS 3012Environmental Politics

3

SOC 2000Environmental Sociology

3

SOC 3029Environmental Social Movements

3

SOC 3100CLIMATE 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 3005Developmental Biology

4

BIO 3007Human Anatomy & Physiology I

4

BIO 3013Microbiology

4

BIO 3032Parasitology

4

BIO 3047Vertebrate Biology

4

BIO 3055Plant Biology

4

BIO 3057Forensic Biology

4

BIO 3058Evolutionary Biology

4

BIO 3059Marine 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 2018Environmental Chemistry

3

POS 3012Environmental Politics

3

SOC 2000Environmental Sociology

3

SOC 3029Environmental Social Movements

3

SOC 3100CLIMATE 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.