B.A. in Environmental Science
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| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BA Environmental Science with a Concentration (120 Hours ) | ||
| Core Requirements (39 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 | 6 | |
| Mathematics | ||
Satisfied by MT 2303 in the courses required for this major. | ||
| Natural or Physical Sciences | ||
Satisfied by CH 1401 in the courses required for this major | ||
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| 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 | |
| Intro 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 (51 hours) | ||
| BL 1401 | General Biology for Majors I | 4 |
| BL 1402 | General Biology for Majors II | 4 |
| CH 1401 | General Chemistry I | 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 2300 | Global Change | 3 |
| ES 2320 | General Ecology | 3 |
| ES 2120 | General Ecology Lab | 1 |
| ES 2325 | Energy Resources and the Environment | 3 |
| ES 2345 | Experimental Design | 3 |
| ES 2350 | Environmental Geology | 3 |
| ES 2150 | Environmental Geology Lab | 1 |
| 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 |
| MT 2303 | Introduction to Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| Major Electives/Concentration (21 hours) 21 | 21 | |
| Ecology | ||
| Geology | ||
| Geophysics (requires PY 1404, PY 2404, ES 3325 plus an additional 10 hours) | ||
| Electives (9 hours) | 9 | |
| An elective can be any course taken from any discipline. | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
This is a recommended degree plan subject to changes. Please meet with your adviser to discuss Math requirement.
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| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| FYE 1301 | 3 | History | 3 |
| EN 1311 | 3 | ES 1173 | 1 |
| BL 1401 | 4 | ES 1373 | 3 |
| ES 1100 | 1 | MT 2303 | 3 |
| ES 1300 | 3 | BL 1402 | 4 |
| 14 | 14 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| Literature | 3 | Social Science | 3 |
| ES 2300 | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| ES 2320 | 3 | ES 2325 | 3 |
| ES 2120 | 1 | ES 2350 | 3 |
| CH 1401 | 4 | ES 2150 | 1 |
| PL 1301 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| Foreign Languages I | 3 | Major Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Foreign Language II | 3 |
| ES 3310 | 3 | Social Science | 3 |
| ES 2345 | 3 | ES 3120 | 1 |
| ES 3110 | 1 | ES 3320 | 3 |
| PL 2301 | 3 | ES 3330 | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Semester Hours | Spring | Semester Hours |
| TH 1301 | 3 | Major Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective | 3 | Major Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective | 3 | Major Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective | 3 | Fine Arts | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Advanced Theology | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Semester Hours 120 | |||