Environmental Science (BS)

 

Bachelor of Science Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (11 hours)
IA: Rhetoric		ENGL 1101							Rhetoric and Composition	3
IB: Mathematical Reasoning		MATH 2450							Calculus I	4
		MATH 2450L							Calculus I Lab	0
IC: Critical Thinking									Choose course from approved list	3
ID: Scientific Method		CHEM 1101L							General Chemistry I Lab	1
Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)
IIA: Freshman Composition		ENGL 1102							Literature and Composition	3
IIB: Speaking									Choose course from approved list	3
IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences									Choose course from approved list	3
IID: Humanities									Choose course from approved list	3
IIE: Government									Choose course from approved list	3
Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)
IIIA: Modern Language									Choose sequence from approved list	6
IIIB: History of Other Cultures									Choose course from approved list	3
IIIC: Fine Arts									Choose course from approved list	3
Category IV: The Natural World (7 hours)
IVA: Natural Science		CHEM 1101							General Chemistry I	3
		CHEM 1102							General Chemistry II	3
		CHEM 1102L							General Chemistry II Lab	1
Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)
VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics		ENVS 2070							Environmental Science	3
Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
VIA: First-Year Experience		PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

49

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Environmental Science Major

BIOL 1101	General Biology I	3
BIOL 1101L	General Biology I Lab	1
BIOL 1102	General Biology II	3
BIOL 1102L	General Biology II Lab	1
BIOL 3200	General Microbiology	4
BIOL 4700	Ecology	4
CHEM 2351	Organic Chemistry I	4
CHEM 3050	Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology	3
CHEM 3321	Quantitative Inorganic Analysis	4
	OR
CHEM 3322	Instrumental Analysis	4
ENVS 2200	Introduction to Geographical Information Systems	2
ENVS 3300	Geographical Information Systems Applications	2
ENVS 3400	Sustainability	3
ENVS 4930	Internship in Natural Sciences	1-3
GEOL 1101	Physical Geology	3
GEOL 1101L	Physical Geology Lab	1
GEOL 3100	Hydrology	3
NASC 3990	Philosophy and Methodology of Science	3
PHYS 1110	College Physics I	3
	AND
PHYS 1110L	College Physics I Lab	1
	OR
PHYS 2110	University Physics I	4
	AND
PHYS 2110L	University Physics I Lab	0
Total Credit Hours:		49-51

Research and Seminar

Environmental Science majors must complete the following seminar/research courses:

 

NASC 4950	Science Seminar	1
NASC 4980	Senior Research	3
	OR
NASC 4981	Senior Library Research	2

Students in the Environmental Science Honors program must complete the following senior research/thesis courses:

 

NASC 4989	Honors Senior Research	3
NASC 4999	Honors Thesis	2

General Electives

	General Electives	6-12
Total Credit Hours:		6-12

Environmental Science Electives

Students must choose two courses from the following list:

BIOL 2240	Genetics	4
BIOL 3500	Vertebrate Natural History	4
BIOL 4200	Invertebrate Zoology	4
BIOL 4500	Organic Evolution	4
CHEM 2352	Organic Chemistry II	4
PHYS 1120	College Physics II	3
	AND
PHYS 1120L	College Physics II Lab	1
	OR
PHYS 2120	University Physics II	4
	AND
PHYS 2120L	University Physics II Lab	0
Total Credit Hours:		8

Total Credit Hours: 121