Environmental Science / Minor
Minor Credit Hours: 19
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 minors may take a Biology class only two times. If a student has not achieved a minimum grade of a “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class.
The Biology Department will award 3 hours of credit for the General Education class 02-100 Introduction to Biology when students have received a score of 4 or 5 on AP tests. No credit is awarded for major classes based on AP scores.
To be admitted to the minor in Environmental Science, the applicant needs either a cumulative GPA of 2.75 for matriculated students or a composite ACT score of 21 for first-year students. Minors need not take Calculus I to be admitted to the minor.
Degree Requirements
I. Required Courses (7)
| 02-233 | Principles of Environmental Science | 4 |
| 02-375 | Issues in Environmental Science | 3 |
II. Electives (12)
Choose at least 12 hours from this list. At least 3 credit hours must be upper-division coursework.
| 02-222 | Earth Science | 4 |
| 02-243 | Principles of Sustainability | 4 |
| 02-298 | Field Biology | 2 |
| 02-312 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| 02-315 | General Ecology and Evolution | 3 |
| 02-316 | General Ecology Lab | 1 |
| 02-322 | Environmental Microbiology | 2 |
| 02-323 | Environmental Microbiology Lab | 1 |
| 02-363 | Biomimicry and Whole Systems Thinking | 3 |
| 02-373 | Renewable Energy Technologies | 4 |
| 02-393 | Green Building & LEED Rating Systems | 3 |
| 02-416 | Conservation Biology | 3 |
| 02-417 | Conservation Biology Lab | 1 |
| 02-418 | Limnology | 3 |
| 02-419 | Limnology Lab | 1 |