B.S. in Environmental Science
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| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BS Environmental Science with a Concentration (120 hours) | ||
| Core Requirements (40 hours) | ||
| First Year Seminar | 3 | |
| First Year Seminar | ||
| Freshmen Composition I | 3 | |
| Rhetoric and Composition | ||
or EN 1313 | Rhetoric and Composition for International Students | |
| Literature | 3 | |
Any EN 23XX literature course | ||
| History | 3 | |
Any 1000, 2000, or 3000-level HS course | ||
| Social Science | 3 | |
| Mathematics | 4 | |
| Calculus I | ||
| Natural or Physical Sciences | ||
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
Select any 3 hrs. of the following: Art (AR), Drama (DM), Music (MU) or MU 1300 | ||
| Foreign Language and International Engagement | 6 | |
This requirement is satisfied through one of four ways: (1) One 3-hour course in any language at the 3000 level or above, with a grade of B or better; (2) Two courses (1311 and 1312) in a language not previously studied; (3) Two courses (2311 and 2312) in a language previously studied at the high school or college level; (4) Qualifying scores on an AP or CLEP exam, or both the ACTFL OPI and WPT exams | ||
| Philosophy - Self | 3 | |
| Introduction to Philosophy | ||
| Philosophy - Ethics | 3 | |
| Foundations of Ethics | ||
| Theology - God | 3 | |
| Introduction to Theology | ||
| Intermediate Theology | 3 | |
Any TH 33xx course | ||
| Environmental Science Major Courses (73 hours) | ||
| EC 2301 | Introductory Macroeconomic Theory | 3 |
| or EC 2303 | Introductory Microeconomic Theory | |
| or EC 3355 | Economics of Natural Resources and Environment | |
| BL 1401 | General Biology for Majors I | 4 |
| BL 1402 | General Biology for Majors II | 4 |
| CH 1401 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| MT 2303 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| MT 2413 | Calculus II | 4 |
| ES 1100 | General Geology Laboratory | 1 |
| ES 1173 | Environmental Science Lab | 1 |
| ES 1300 | General Geology | 3 |
| ES 1373 | Introductory Environmental Science | 3 |
| ES 2120 | General Ecology Lab | 1 |
| ES 2150 | Environmental Geology Lab | 1 |
| ES 2300 | Global Change | 3 |
| ES 2320 | General Ecology | 3 |
| ES 2325 | Energy Resources and the Environment | 3 |
| ES 2345 | Experimental Design | 3 |
| ES 2350 | Environmental Geology | 3 |
| ES 3110 | Environmental Science Seminar I | 1 |
| ES 3120 | Environmental Science Seminar II | 1 |
| ES 3310 | Scientific and Technical Writing | 3 |
| ES 3320 | Environmental Policy and Regulation | 3 |
| ES 3330 | Introduction to Geographic Information System | 3 |
| ES 3340 | Physical Hydrogeology | 3 |
| Environmental Science Capstone | 3 | |
| Major Electives | 9 | |
| Electives (7 hours) | 7 | |
An elective can be any course taken from any discipline. | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
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Special Topics course numbers may be repeated only if the course titles are different.
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| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| FYE 1301 | 3 | ES 1173 | 1 |
| EN 1311 | 3 | ES 1373 | 3 |
| BL 1401 | 4 | MT 2303 | 3 |
| ES 1100 | 1 | PL 1301 | 3 |
| ES 1300 | 3 | BL 1402 | 4 |
| 14 | 14 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| ES 2300 | 3 | ES 2325 | 3 |
| ES 2320 | 3 | ES 2350 | 3 |
| ES 2120 | 1 | ES 2150 | 1 |
| CH 1401 | 4 | History | 3 |
| PL 2301 | 3 | Social Science | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | ||
| 14 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| MT 2412 | 4 | MT 2413 | 4 |
| ES 2345 | 3 | ES 3320 | 3 |
| ES 3310 | 3 | ES 3330 | 3 |
| ES 3110 | 1 | ES 3120 | 1 |
| Literature | 3 | Social Science | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 1 |
| 17 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| ES 3340 | 3 | Foreign Language II | 3 |
| TH 1301 | 3 | Fine Arts | 3 |
| Foreign Language I | 3 | Advanced Theology | 3 |
| Major Elective* | 3 | ES Capstone# | 3 |
| Major Elective* | 3 | Major Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Semester Hours 120 | |||
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Major Electives may be selected from the following courses: ES 1303, ES 1342, ES 2330, ES 3103+, ES 3203+, ES 3303+, ES 3325, ES 3335, ES 3360, ES 3365, ES 3400, ES 4325, ES 4400, PS 4363, CPH 2301, CPH 3301, BL 3440, CH 1402, CH 2411, CH 2412, PY 1401, PY 1402, PY 1404 and PY 2404.
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Environmental Science Capstone Options - ES 4300, ES 43XX (ES Research), ST 4330 (Research in Biomedical Sciences), The capstone cannot be completed before the spring semester of the student’s Junior year.