2017-2018 Residential Undergraduate Catalog

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2017-2018 Residential Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Environmental Science, B.S.

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Description and Learning Outcomes

Requirements

(Total of 52 credits)

ES 1110 - Environmental Science: A Global Concern (4 Credits)
ES 2300 - Principles of Sustainability (2 Credits)
ES 2410 - Environmental Ethics (2 Credits)
ES 2550 (EC 2550) - Environmental Economics and Management (2 Credits)
ES 3000 - Careers in Environmental Science (1 Credit)
ES 3255 - Environmental Policy (2 Credits)
ES 3300 - Environmental Research Methods (4 Credits)
ES 4000 - Research Thesis (2 Credits)
BI 1111 - General Biology ‐ Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology (2 Credits)
BI 1112 - General Biology ‐ Genetics and Plant Biology (2 Credits)
BI 4010 - Ecology (4 Credits)
CH 2110 - General Chemistry I (4 Credits)
CH 2120 - General Chemistry II (4 Credits)
MT 2310 - Statistics (4 Credits)
MT 2510 - Calculus I (4 Credits)

Take one from the following list

ES 4810 - Directed Study in Environmental Science (Variable credit 1‐4)
ES 4830 - Independent Study in Environmental Science (Variable credit 1‐4)
ES 4910 - Environmental Science and Sustainability Internship (Variable credit 1‐16)

Electives

Students must complete 3 courses from the following list of courses.

ES 1120 - Environmental Science Practicum (2 Credits)
ES 1200 - Sustainable Gardening (2 Credits)
ES 2010 (BU 2010) - Intro to Excel Programming (2 Credits)
ES 2990 - Topics in Environmental Science (Variable Credit 2‐4)
ES 3350 - Introduction to Soil Science (2 Credits)
ES 3550 - Water Resources (2 Credits)
ES 3655 - Solid Waste Management (2 Credits)
ES 3850 - Geographic Information Systems (2 Credits)
ES 4680 - Energy and the Environment (2 Credits)

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