Environmental Science Bachelor of Science

Total Credit Hours: 128

Ecology Track Major Credit Hours: 68

Sustainability Track Major Credit Hours: 66

A grade of “C-” or better must be earned in a prerequisite course in order to advance to the next course in the sequence.

Environmental Science majors may take a Biology class only two times. If a student has not achieved a minimum of “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class.

It is the policy of the Environmental Science program to support with letters of recommendation for graduate schools only those students who have achieved a minimum cumulative and science GPA of 3.0 by the time they complete the first semester of their junior year. If there is a required exam for the program to which the student is applying, the student must supply an official copy of the scores to the faculty before the letters can be written. In the event that a student has his/her request for letters of recommendation denied, he/she has the right to petition for reconsideration with the understanding that there is no guarantee that the petition will be successful. Acceptance into any graduate school is solely determined by the admission committee of that school. All faculty members have the right to decline a request to write a letter of recommendation for any student.

All Environmental Science majors must take the program’s core courses (48 credit hours). Environmental Science majors enrolled in the Ecology Track must complete an additional 20 credit hours for a total of 68 credit hours as specified below. Environmental Science majors enrolled in the Sustainability Track must complete an additional 18 credit hours for a total of 66 credit hours as specified below.

Degree Requirements

I. Core Courses (48)

02-110General Biology I

4

02-111General Biology I Lab

1

02-115General Biology II

4

02-116General Biology II Lab

1

02-222Earth Science

4

02-233Principles of Environmental Science

4

02-315General Ecology

3

02-316General Ecology Lab

1

02-320Biostatistics

3

02-375Issues in Environmental Science

3

02-383Ecology Journal Club

1

02-496Biology Senior Thesis

2

03-110General Chemistry I

4

03-111General Chemistry I Lab

1

03-115General Chemistry II

4

03-116General Chemistry II Lab

1

03-120Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry

3

13-200Calculus I

4

-
OR

13-211Calculus for the Life Sciences

4

II. Ecology Track (20)

A. Required Courses

02-220Genetics

4

02-221Genetics Lab

1

02-224General Microbiology

4

02-226General Microbiology Lab

1

02-298Field Biology

2

B. Majors taking the Ecology Track chose 8 credit hours from the following:

02-312Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

3

02-322Environmental Microbiology

2

-
AND

02-323Environmental Microbiology Lab

1

02-405Invertebrate Zoology

4

02-416Conservation Biology

3

-
AND

02-417Conservation Biology Lab

1

02-418Limnology

3

-
AND

02-419Limnology Lab

1

02-420Botany

3

-
AND

02-421Botany Lab

1

III. Sustainability Track (18)

02-243Principles of Sustainability

4

02-373Renewable Energy Technologies

4

02-363Biomimicry and Whole Systems Thinking

3

02-393Green Building & LEED Rating Systems

3

02-416Conservation Biology

3

02-417Conservation Biology Lab

1

IV. The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of the following courses which contain strong writing components: 02-111 and 02-116, General Biology Labs I and II, 02-226 General Microbiology Lab, and 02-496 Biology Senior Thesis.