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:

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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.

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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