Environmental Science Major

The Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science has the following degree requirements.

Degree Requirements

Requirements for a major in environmental science:

Biology Core Curriculum

25

Total Credit Hours:25

Organismal requirement (choose two from Category II)

BIO
Category II course

4

Total Credit Hours:8

Ecology/evolution/environmental biology requirement (choose three from Category III)

BIO
Category III course

4

Total Credit Hours:12

Statistics requirement (choose one)

BIO 230Experimental Design and Biostatistics

4

or

MAT 201Introduction to Statistics

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Collateral and prerequisite courses required for the major:

CHE 310Analytical Chemistry

4

CHE 180Environmental Chemistry

3

WRI 281Technical Writing

4

Total Credit Hours:11

Electives (choose one):

COM 224Mass Media and Society

4

or

GEO 202Physical Geography

4

or

GEO 205Principles of Resource Utilization

4

or

PHL 208Business Ethics

4

or

PHL 210Environmental Ethics

4

Total Credit Hours:4