Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science

This section described the major requirements starting with the academic year 2008. For student following the old requirements, see related links.

Prerequisite Courses for the B.S.

Course	Title	Semester Hours
EES 2001	Physical Geology	4 s.h.
Chemistry 1031/1032	General Chemistry (w/Lab)	8 s.h.
Chemistry 2201/2203	Organic Chemistry (w/Lab)	4 s.h.
Economics 1102	Micro Economics	3 s.h.
Math 1041/1042	Calculus I and II	8 s.h.
Total		27 s.h.

Major Requirements for the B.S.

Course	Title	Semester Hours
Envt. St. 1051/GUS 1096/1951	Environment and Society	3 s.h.
Biology 1111	Introduction to Biology (w/Lab)	4 s.h.
Biology 2112	Introduction to Biology (w/Lab)	4 s.h.
Biology 2227	Principles of Ecology (Prereq. Bio. 1111/2112)	3 s.h.
EES 3021	Introduction to Hydrology	4 s.h.
EES 3011 or GUS 3062 or CRP 2524	Remote Sensing and GIS or Fundamentals of GIS	3 or 4 s.h.
Stat 2101 or 2103 or Math 2031 or BIO 3312	Statistical Methods and Concepts (Prereq. Math 1041)	3 or 4 s.h.
Economics 3596 (W255)	Energy, Ecology, & Economy (Prereq. Econ. 1102)	3 s.h.
Environmental Studies 4198 (W)	Senior Research Seminar* (Prereq EES3021 and upper level elective)	3 s.h.
Total		30-32 s.h.
*Environmental Science Senior Seminar is only offered in the Spring semester

Electives for the B.S.

In addition to the 9 (nine) required courses and their prerequisites, B.S. majors must take five (5) courses from the list of approved electives. Three of these must be Natural Science courses with two from the same department and one of these courses must be from the social sciences (SSH).

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