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Environmental Science Degree Requirements

Core Requirements

A.

1000-Level Course Work

  Students must pass each of the following sequences:
ARE 1150 Principles of Agriculture & Resource Economics

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Example 4-Year Schedule

BIOL

1107, 1108

or

1107, 1110

Principles of Biology

Principles of Biology or Introduction to Botany

(Botany offered fall semester only)

CHEM

1127Q, 1128Q

or

1124Q, 1125Q, 1126Q

General Chemistry I and II

Fundamentals of General Chemistry I, II, and III
MATH

1131Q, 1132Q or

or

1125Q, 1126Q, 1132Q

Calculus I and II

Introductory Calculus 1a, 1b, and II
PHYS

1401Q, 1402Q
or

1201Q, 1202Q

General Physics with Calculus

General Physics
STAT 1000QC
or
1100QC
or
3025QC
Introduction to Statistics I

Elementary Concepts of Statistics

Statistical Methods (Calculus Level)
       

B.

Introductory Environmental Science

 

Students must pass TWO of the following courses:

(Note: GSCI 1050 is a prerequisite for GSCI 3020)

  GEOG 2300  Introduction to Physical Geography
  MARN 1002 Introduction to Oceanology
  GSCI 1050 Earth & Life Through Time  (Note: previously offerred as GEOL 102)
  NRE 1000 Environmental Science  
       

C.

Upper-Level Environmental Science

  Students must pass ALL the following courses:
  AH 3175 Environmental Health (Offered fall semester only, previously offerred as ANSC 226)
  EEB 2244(W) Introduction to Ecology
  GSCI 3020 Earth Surface Processes (Offered fall semester only) *Prerequisite GSCI 1050
  MARN 3000 The Hydrosphere  (Offered spring semester only)
  NRE 3145 Meteorology (Offered fall and summer online)
       

D.

Capstone Course

  All Environmental Science students must pass the following capstone course prior to graduation:
  NRE 4000W Natural Resources Management and Planning  (Offered spring semester only)
       

E.

Concentrations

  In addition to the courses in group A-D, students must take an additional 5-6 courses in a specified concentration.  Students are encouraged to declare their concentration prior to entering their fifth semester.  The nine concentrations available through the program are listed below.
 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: College of Agriculture & Natural Resources:
  Environmental Biology   Environmental Health
  Environmental Chemistry   Natural Resources
  Environmental Geography   Resource Economics
  Environmental Geoscience   Soil Science
  Marine Sciences