Environmental Science, B.S.

Requirements

(52+ credits)

• ES 1110 - Environmental Science: A Global Concern Credits: 4
• ES 2300 - Principles of Sustainability Credits: 2
• ES 2410 (PA 2410) - Environmental Ethics Credits: 2
• ES 2550 (EC 2550) - Environmental Economics and Management Credits: 2
• ES 3000 - Careers in Environmental Science Credits: 1
• ES 3255 - Environmental Policy Credits: 2
• ES 3300 - Research Methods Credits: 4
• ES 4000 - Research Thesis Credits: 2 Must be taken twice for a total of 4 credits.
• BI 1110 - General Biology I Credits: 4
• BI 4010 - Ecology Credits: 4
• CH 2110 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
• CH 2120 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4
• MT 2310 - Statistics Credits: 4
• MT 2510 - Calculus I Credits: 4

Electives

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

• ES 1120 - Environmental Science Practicum Credits: 2
• ES 2010 (BU 2010) - Intro to Excel Programming Credits: 2
• ES 2990 - Topics in Environmental Science Credits: 2 to 4
• ES 3350 - Introduction to Soil Science Credits: 2
• ES 3340 (BI 3340) - Conservation Biology Credits: 4
• ES 3550 - Water Resources Credits: 2
• ES 3640 - Wetlands Credits: 4
• ES 3655 - Solid Waste Management Credits: 2
• ES 3850 - Geographic Information Systems Credits: 4
• ES 4680 - Energy and the Environment Credits: 2

Liberal Arts & Sciences Core Curriculum, Bachelor’s Degree

• LAS 1000 - Bridges to Learning Credits: 2
• WR 1010 - Composition Credits: 4 or approved LAS Writing Course.
• MT 1100 - Quantitative Reasoning Credits: 4 (MT courses numbered higher than 1100 are acceptable)
• LAS 1 (LAS 1110) - The Natural Environment - Understanding Our Place in the Natural World Credits: 4
• LAS 2 (LAS 1120) - The Civic Environment - Democratic Values Credits: 4
• LAS 3 (LAS 2110) - Creative Arts Credits: 4
• LAS 4 (LAS 2120) - Social Sciences Credits: 4
• LAS 5 (LAS 2130) - Natural and Biological Sciences Credits: 4
• LAS 6 (LAS 2140) - Humanities Credits: 4
• LAS 7 (LAS 3110) - Global Perspectives Credits: 4
• LAS Elective Credits: 4 (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.