Environmental Science Major

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Requirements for the major in Environmental Science (74 credits).

Required Courses

BIOL 151 - Foundations Modern Biology I (4)
BIOL 152 - Foundations Modern Biology II (4)
BIOL 360 - Ecology (4)
CHEM 171 - Chemical Principles I (3)
CHEM 173 - Chemical Principles I - Lab (1)
CHEM 172 - Chemical Principles II (3)
CHEM 174 - Chemical Principles II - Lab (1)
CHEM 221 - Chem Analysis I (4)
CHEM 231 - Organic Chemistry I (3) and CHEM 233 Organic Chemistry I Lab
CHEM 232 - Organic Chemistry II (3) and CHEM 234 Organic Chemistry II Lab
CSAC 245 - Computational Science I (3) (CS 245 )
ENGL 310 - Writing in the Professions (4)
ENVS 250 - Environmental Science (4)
ENVS 315 - Research Methods in Environmental and Biological Sciences (3)
ENVS 400 - Environmental Science Seminar (1)
ENVS 491 - Individual Study (1-6)
GEOL 250 - Physical Geology (4)
MATH 215 - Elementary Statistics (3) or SOSCI 210 Social Science Statistics
Math through
MATH 230 - Calculus I (4)
PHYS 220 - General Physics I (4)
PHYS 221 - General Physics II (4)
POLS 205 - Intro to Public Policy (3)
Required Modern Language: Students in this major must take two semesters of a single foreign language or demonstrate competency by placing out of the requirement.

Signature Learning for Biology Majors

First Year Seminar
Reading and Writing
Oral Communication
Ethics
Cultural Pluralism
Quantitative Reasoning **
Religion
Fine Arts *
Social Science *
Natural Science **
Humanities
Global Systems

* See Signature Learning for a complete listing of applicable cognate courses.

** Note: Signature Learning Quantitative Reasoning and Natural Science are met by the major.

Notes:

In order to study at least one topic in more detail than is shown above, it is strongly recommended that each student also complete a minor in one or more of these areas (biology, chemistry, computational science). It is important to discuss this as early as possible with the coordinator or academic adviser.