Major

The environmental science major consists of a minimum of 34 credits in core courses in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. The following courses are required:

BIOL 207: Organisms I

BIOL 208: Organisms II

BIOL 350: Ecology

CHEM 161: General Chemistry

CHEM 162: General Chemistry

CHEM 250: Fundamental Organic Chemistry

OR

CHEM 306: Organic Chemistry II

MATH: 130 Survey of Calculus

OR

MATH 131: Calculus I

MATH 200: Introduction to Statistics

PHYS 218: College Physics I

OR

PHYS 221: General Physics I

And a minimum of an additional 18 credit hours (at least 5 courses) from the following list.  Courses designated with an asterisk (*) are required.

ENVR 300: Prin. of Environmental Science*

ENVR 320: Environmental Chemistry*

ENVR 440: Environmental Restoration Management

BIOL/SOC 302: Socioecology in Zambia

BIOL 316: Ornithology: The Biology of Birds

BIOL 318: Biology of Insects

BIOL 352: Ecology of the African Savanna

BIOL 353: Tropical Ecology of Costa Rica

BIOL 380: Biology of Volcanic-Coral Islands

ENVR/BIOL 312: Forest and Wildlife Mangmt.

ENVR/BIOL 401: Environmental Microbiology

ENVR/BIOL 435: Freshwater Ecology

BIOL/CHEM 405: Biochemistry

ENVR//CHEM 445: Instrumental Analysis