Environmental Science and Studies Major Requirements
Students must complete all core requirements and major cognate courses, as well as 12 approved electives with a grade of “C” or better.
Major Core Courses
- ES 211:
Introduction to Environmental Sciences and Lab (4)
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ES 403:
Environmental Science Seminar (2)
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BIO/ES 225: Ecology (Includes Group Projects) (4)
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ES 435 :
Research in Environmental Science (3)
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CHEM/ES 453:
Environmental Chemistry (3)
Major Cognate Courses
- BIO 115 & 120:
Organismal Form & Function & Biology of the Cell (8)
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MATH 211 & 212 OR
Applied Calculus (8)
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CHEM 111 & 112:
General Chemistry and Labs (10)
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MATH 231 & 232:
Calculus I & II
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CHEM 231 & 232:
Organic Chemistry and I & II and Labs (10)
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MATH 205 OR 355:
General Statistics (4) OR Biostatistics
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CIS 121:
Computer Science (4)
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PHY 111 & 112 OR PHY 151 & 241: General Physics I & II (8)
- Physics I & II (8)
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CHEM/ES 411:
Toxicology (3)
Electives
Students must select at least 12 credit hours from those listed below:
- BIO/ES 314:
Environmental Biology (4)
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ES 251: Soil and Atmospheric Sciences (4)
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BIO 233:
Microbiology (4)
- ES 252:
Introduction to Geosciences
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BIO 312:
Genetics (4)
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ES 384:
Industrial Ecology (4)
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BIO 471: Cell and Molecular Biology (4)
- MATH 353:
Decision Sciences (4)
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CHEM 311: Biochemistry (4)
- MATH 358: Mathematical Models (4)
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CHEM 301: Analytical Chemistry and Lab (4)
- MATH 455: Probability and Statistics (4)
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CIS/ES 437: Computer Simulation (4)
- MATH 470:
Special Topic: Environmental Statistics Practicum (2)
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ES 200: Introduction to Environmental Health (4)
- PSC 320: Environmental Policy and Politics (3)
Free Electives
Free Electives may be chosen in order to complete the 120 hours required for graduation