Environmental Science, B.S. (Day)

General Education Requirements (38-41 sem. hrs)

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Ethics Course Requirement (3 sem. hrs)

• ENVS 332 - Environmental Ethics 3 hours or
• PHIL 332 - Environmental Ethics 3 hours or
• PHIL 330 - Ethics 3 hours

Multicultural Requirement (3 sem. hrs)

All courses that meet this requirement can be found here .

Core Requirements (54 sem. hrs)

All must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Courses in the major cannot be taken Pass/Fail.

• BIOL 110 - Principles of Biology I 3 hours
• BIOL 110L - Principles of Biology I Laboratory 2 hours
• BIOL 112 - Principles of Biology II 3 hours
• BIOL 112L - Principles of Biology II Laboratory 2 hours

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• BIOL 324 - Statistics for the Behavioral and Natural Sciences 3 hours or
• PSYC 324 - Statistics for the Behavioral and Natural Sciences 3 hours or
• SOCI 324 - Statistics for the Behavioral and Natural Sciences 3 hours

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• BIOL 343 - Botany 5 hours
• BIOL 353 - Zoology 5 hours

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• ENVS 222 - Conservation Biology 3 hours or
• BIOL 222 - Conservation Biology 3 hours

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• ENVS 251 - Resource Management 3 hours * or
• GEOG 251 - Resource Management 3 hours *

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• ENVS 320 - Ecology 3 hours or
• BIOL 320 - Ecology 3 hours

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• ENVS 320L - Ecology Laboratory 2 hours or
• BIOL 320L - Ecology Laboratory 2 hours

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• ENVS 395 - Research Design in the Sciences 3 hours or
• BIOL 395 - Research Design in the Sciences 3 hours or
• CHEM 395 - Research Design in the Sciences 3 hours

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• ENVS 490 - Senior Seminar 1 hour or
• BIOL 490 - Senior Seminar 1 hour

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• ENVS 399 - Science Internship 1-3 hours or
• ENVS 499 - Advanced Science Internship 1-3 hours

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• CHEM 110 - Chemistry I 3 hours
• CHEM 111L - Introductory Chemistry Laboratory Experience 2 hours
• CHEM 112 - Chemistry II 3 hours
• CHEM 112L - Chemistry II Laboratory 2 hours

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• GEOG 101 - Introduction to Geography 3 hours * or
• ANTH 101 - Introduction to Geography 3 hours *

Environmental Science Electives (18 sem. hrs)

Eighteen semester hours of courses with a BIOL, ENVS, CHEM, GEOL prefix. A minimum of 12 of these hours must be in upper-level coursework. A maximum of three of these hours may be obtained from internships (ENVS 399 /ENVS 499 ) All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

Electives (4-7 sem. hrs)

Total Semester Hours: 120

ENVS 490 - Senior Seminar 1 hour  is the culminating evaluative experience course that assesses the outcomes of the major. Students (majors) must pass the course with a grade of C or higher prior to graduation.

* Course meets Multicultural graduation requirement