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Environmental Science (B.S.)

Requirements

77 semester hours in science as follows:

1. 20 semester hours in Biology:

BIOL 1402Unity of Life and Laboratory

BIOL 1403Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity

BIOL 3442Ecology and Laboratory

BIOL 3471/3471LGeneral Microbiology and Lab

BIOL 44XX
Advanced Biology Elective

2. 8 semester hours in Chemistry:

CHEM 1301Chemical Principles I

CHEM 1302Chemical Principles II

CHEM 1203LChemical Principles Laboratory

3. 15 semester hours in Environmental Science:

ENSC 1410Environmental Science and Laboratory

ENSC 3410/BIOL 3410Research in Soil Conservation and Laboratory

ENSC 4315Environmental Science Research

ENSC 4460/BIOL 4460Research in Water Quality

4. 8 semester hours in Geology:

GEOL 1401Physical Geology

GEOL 3450Environmental Geology

geol-1401'>GEOL 1401: or geol-1420'>GEOL 1420 or metr-1430'>METR 1430

5. 8 semester hours in Physics:

PHYS 2305/PHYS 2105Physics I and Lab

PHYS 2306/PHYS 2106Physics II and Lab

*or phys-1301'>PHYS 1301/phys-1101'>PHYS 1101 and phys-1302'>PHYS 1302/phys-1102'>PHYS 1102 and take either math-2312'>MATH 2312 or math-2303'>MATH 2303

6. 3 semester hours in Mathematics:

MATH 2312Calculus I

math-2312'>MATH 2312: Students who register for math-2312'>MATH 2312, Calculus I, must have completed the prerequisite math-1311'>MATH 1311, Precalculus, or equivalent course. Students who are deficient in mathematics should seek advisement from the University Advisement Center or Environmental Science Department Chairperson.

7. 6 semester hours in Meteorology:

METR 4315Air Pollution Meteorology

METR 3340Hydrology

8. BIOL/CHEM/GEOL/METR Advanced Elective – 9 hours

9. Elective hours to total degree hours of 120

Contact Department Chair in Environmental Science for specific Core course requirements.