Bachelor of Science
Summary of Requirements for the Degree
- University Requirements (123 total s.h.)
- MATH 0701 (4 s.h.) and/or ENG 0701 (4 s.h.), if required by placement testing.
- All Temple students must take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses at Temple as part of their major. Following is a list of courses that can be used to satisfy the writing-intensive requirement:
Course List Code Title Credit Hours EES 2096 Climate Change: Oceans To Atmosphere (S) 4 EES 2097 Process Geomorphology (F) 4 ENVS 4198 Environmental Science Senior Seminar (S) 3 ENST 4896 Environmental Physiology 3 ENST/GUS 3097 Environment and Development 3 ENST/GUS 2096 Problems of Environmental Quality 3 HIST/ENST 4297 Social History of American Medicine 3 PHIL/ENST 2596 Philosophical Perspectives on the Environment 3 - Students must complete the General Education (GenEd) requirements.
- See the General Education section of the Undergraduate Bulletin for the GenEd curriculum.
- Students who complete CST majors typically receive a waiver for 2 Science & Technology (GS) and 1 Quantitative Literacy (GQ) GenEd courses.
- Students must satisfy general Temple University residency requirements.
- College Requirements
- 45 Upper Level (2000+) credits within the College of Science & Technology (CST) or the College of Liberal Arts (CLA).
- 90 credits within the College of Science & Technology (CST) or the College of Liberal Arts (CLA).
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First Year Seminar Requirement: All students in the College of Science & Technology (CST) are required to take a 1 credit first year seminar course, SCTC 1001 CST First Year Seminar. Other courses that fulfill this requirement may be found on the CST College Requirements page. Only one course in this category may count towards graduation.
- Major Requirements for Bachelor of Science (74-81 s.h.)
At least 10 courses required for the major must be completed at Temple.Course List Code Title Credit Hours Biology BIOL 1111 Introduction to Organismal Biology 4 or BIOL 1911 Honors Introduction to Organismal Biology BIOL 2112 Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology 4 or BIOL 2912 Honors Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology BIOL 2227 Principles of Ecology 3 Chemistry Select one of the following: 4 CHEM 1031
& CHEM 1033General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry Laboratory ICHEM 1951
& CHEM 1953Honors General Chemical Science I
and Honors Chemical Science Laboratory I (F)Select one of the following: 4 CHEM 1032
& CHEM 1034General Chemistry II
and General Chemistry Laboratory IICHEM 1952
& CHEM 1954Honors General Chemical Science II
and Honors Chemical Science Laboratory II (S)Select one of the following: 4 CHEM 2201
& CHEM 2203Organic Chemistry I
and Organic Chemistry Laboratory ICHEM 2211
& CHEM 2213Organic Chemistry for Majors I
and Organic Majors Laboratory I (F)CHEM 2921
& CHEM 2923Organic Chemistry for Honors I
and Organic Honors Laboratory I (F)Earth & Environmental Science EES 2001 Physical Geology 4 EES 3011 Remote Sensing and GIS (S) 4 Select one of the following: 1 4 EES 3021Groundwater Hydrology (S) EES 3025Physical Hydrology (F) Physics Select one of the following: 4 PHYS 1061Elementary Classical Physics I PHYS 1961Honors Elementary Classical Physics I PHYS 2021General Physics I PHYS 2921Honors General Physics I Economics ECON 1102 Microeconomic Principles 3 or ECON 1902 Honors Microeconomic Principles Environmental Science ENVS 4198 Environmental Science Senior Seminar (S) 3 Environmental Science electives Select six Environmental Science electives. 2 18-24 Mathematics MATH 1041 Calculus I 4 or MATH 1941 Honors Calculus I MATH 1044 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for the Life Sciences 4 Select one of the following: 3-4 MATH 1042Calculus II MATH 1942Honors Calculus II EES 2051Introduction to Data Visualization and Analysis for Earth and Environmental Science (F) BIOL 3312Biostatistics (F) Total Credit Hours 74-81 Course List Code Title Credit Hours (F) - Fall only course (S) - Spring only course 1 One hydrology course is a required course. The second course may be taken as an elective.
2 Four of the electives must be Natural Science courses and of these two must be from the same department. One of the electives must be from the social science or policy elective courses. At least one of the electives must be a writing-intensive (WI) course.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Science Electives | ||
| BIOL 2241 | Invertebrate Biology (S) | 4 |
| BIOL 3101 | Evolution (F) | 3 |
| BIOL 3114 | Evolutionary Ecology (F) | 3 |
| BIOL 3225 | Evolutionary Genetics (S) | 3 |
| BIOL 3244 | Experimental Marine Biology (SS) | 4 |
| BIOL 3245 | Marine Ecology (F) | 4 |
| BIOL 3254 | Animal Behavior (S) | 3 |
| BIOL 3275 | Ecology of Invasive Species (F) | 3 |
| BIOL 3307 | Conservation Biology (F) | 3 |
| BIOL 3311 | Herpetology (S) | 4 |
| BIOL 3316 | Tropical Marine Biology (Fall of odd years) | 4 |
| BIOL 3321 | Plant Community Ecology (F) | 3 |
| BIOL 3336 | Freshwater Ecology (Fall of even years) | 4 |
| BIOL 4327 | Biological Impacts of Global Climate Change (F) | 3 |
| EES 2021 | Sedimentary Environments | 4 |
| EES 2097 | Process Geomorphology (F) | 4 |
| EES 2061 | Introduction to Geochemistry (S) | 4 |
| EES 2096 | Climate Change: Oceans To Atmosphere (S) | 4 |
| EES 3021 | Groundwater Hydrology (S) 1 | 4 |
| EES 3025 | Physical Hydrology (F) 1 | 4 |
| EES 3042 | Coastal Processes and Geomorphology (S) | 4 |
| EES 3065 | Nanoscience & the Environment (F) | 4 |
| HORT 2114 | Soils (S) | 3 |
| LARC 2758 | Summer Field Ecology (SSI) | 3 |
| Social Science/Policy Electives | ||
| CTRP 2114 | Urban Form and Design | 3 |
| CTRP 2213 | Environmental Planning | 3 |
| CTRP 2251 | Sustainable Food Systems Planning | 3 |
| CTRP 3255 | Sustainability in Suburban Communities | 3 |
| CTRP 3256 | Sustainable Community Design and Development | 3 |
| ECON 1101 | Macroeconomic Principles | 3 |
| or ECON 1901 | Honors Macroeconomic Principles | |
| ECON 3512 | Public Finance | 3 |
| ECON 3513 | Economics of State and Local Governments | 3 |
| ECON 3596 | Energy, Ecology, and Economy | 3 |
| ENVT 4761 | Environmental Regulations | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 2025 | Environmental Law and Regulation | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 2096 | Problems of Environmental Quality | 3 |
| ASST/ENST/GUS 3052 | Environmental Problems in Asia | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 2051 | The Urban Environment | 3 |
| ENST 3004 | Geography of Natural Resources | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 3051 | Environmental Policy Issues | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 3054 | Energy, Resources, and Conservation | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 3097 | Environment and Development | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 3314 | Food Studies: A Geographical Perspective | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 3015 | The Geographic Basis of Land Use Planning | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 3055 | Geography of Hazards | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 3056 | Political Ecology | 3 |
| ENST/GUS 3071 | Medical Geography | 3 |
| HIST/ENST 3214 | North American Environmental History | 3 |
| HIST/ENST 4297 | Social History of American Medicine | 3 |
| PHIL/ENST 2157 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL/ENST 2596 | Philosophical Perspectives on the Environment | 3 |
| POLS/ENST 3152 | U.S. Environmental Policy | 3 |
| POLS/ENST 3265 | International Environmental Policy | 3 |
| ENVH 2102 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| REL/ENST 3001 | Earth Ethics | 3 |
| REL/ASST/ENST 3904 | Honors Earth Ethics | 3 |
| SOC/ENST 3511 | Environmental Sociology: The End of the World as We Know It? | 3 |
| Topic Electives | ||
| ENVS 3000 | Special Topics in Environmental Science | 3 to 4 |
| ENVS 4082 | Independent Study: Environmental Science | 1 to 3 |
| ENVS 4085 | Internship: Environmental Science | 3 |
| ENST 3000 | Special Topics in Environmental Studies | 3 |
| ENST 4896 | Environmental Physiology | 3 |
| HORT 2334 | Food Crops I | 3 |
| HORT 2353 | Food Crops II | 3 |
| HORT 3514 | Landscape Restoration | 3 |
Note: EES 3091 is not available for major credit.
| 1 | One hydrology course is a required course. The second course may be taken as an elective. |
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| (F) - Fall only course | ||
| (S) - Spring only course | ||
| (SS) - Summer session only | ||
Note: Grades of C or higher in CHEM 1031 and CHEM 1032 or their Honors versions are required to take BIOL 2112. Grades of C or higher in BIOL 1111 and BIOL 2112 or their Honors versions are required to take upper-level Biology courses, and a C- or higher is required unless otherwise specified in all other courses for the major, including course prerequisites.
Calculation of Major GPA
Courses listed under the major requirements for the degree will be included in the calculation of the major GPA. Courses that could not apply toward the major as an elective or required course would not be counted in the calculation of the major GPA. This would include CHEM 1027, for example.
Distinction in Major
To graduate with Distinction in Major, students are required to achieve a 3.5 GPA for courses required for the major. If the difficulty of courses chosen as electives is high, then a 3.3 GPA will earn Distinction in Major. This determination will be made by the appropriate faculty. In addition, a student graduating with distinction has no grade below C in the remaining courses required for the major.