Environmental Science, B.S.

Requirements

(52+ credits)

• ES 1110 - Environmental Science: A Global Concern (4 Credits)
• ES 2300 - Principles of Sustainability (2 Credits)
• ES 2410 (PA 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 - Research Methods (4 Credits)
• ES 4000 - Research Thesis (2 Credits)

• Must be taken twice for a total of 4 credits.

• BI 1110 - General Biology I (4 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)

Electives

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

• ES 1120 - Environmental Science Practicum (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 3340 (BI 3340) - Conservation Biology (4 credits)
• ES 3550 - Water Resources (2 Credits)
• ES 3640 - Wetlands (4 Credits)
• ES 3655 - Solid Waste Management (2 Credits)
• ES 3850 - Geographic Information Systems (4 Credits)
• ES 4680 - Energy and the Environment (2 Credits)

Liberal Arts & Sciences Core Curriculum, Bachelor’s Degree

• LAS 1000 - Bridges to Learning (2 Credits)
• WR 1010 - Composition (4 Credits) or approved LAS Writing Course.
• MT 1100 - Quantitative Reasoning (4 Credits) or higher
• LAS 1 (LAS 1110) - The Natural Environment - Understanding Our Place in the Natural World (4 Credits)
• LAS 2 (LAS 1120) - The Civic Environment - Democratic Values (4 Credits)
• LAS 3 (LAS 2110) - Creative Arts (4 Credits)
• LAS 4 (LAS 2120) - Social Sciences (4 Credits)
• LAS 5 (LAS 2130) - Natural and Biological Sciences (4 Credits)
• LAS 6 (LAS 2140) - Humanities (4 Credits)
• LAS 7 (LAS 3110) - Global Perspectives (4 Credits)
• LAS Elective (4 Credits) One additional course that meets any LAS requirement or combination of two 2-credit approved electives.

Electives

Select additional electives to reach 120 credits for a Bachelor’s degree.