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Bachelor of Science - Environmental Science

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Degree Requirements

Total Credits: 45 (18 credits upper division)

Required Courses

  • BIOL 120: Introduction to Ecology and Populations

  • BIOL 123L: Intro Biol Experimentation I

  • EES 152: Introduction to Environmental Science

  • Select One of the Following

    • CHEM 111/111L: Chemistry and the Environment and Chemistry and the Environment Lab

    • CHEM 151/151L: General Chemistry and General Chemistry Lab

  • Select One of the Following

    • EES 111/111L: Physical Geology and Physical Geology Lab

    • EES 151/151L: Physical Geography and Physical Geography Lab

  • ENVS 485: Environmental Science Capstone

Statistics Requirement

  • MATH 131: Essential Statistics

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Complete Six Courses, 22 Credits Minimum (At Least Four Courses from EES):

  • EES 111: Physical Geology (If not counted above)

  • EES 151: Physical Geography

Any upper division EES course numbered 300 or above

  • BIOL 311: Evolution

  • BIOL 313: Climate Change

  • BIOL 325/325L: Environmental Ecology and Environmental Ecology Lab

  • BIOL 333/333L: Ecology and Ecology Lab

  • BIOL 343/343L: Invertebrate Zoology and Invertebrate Zoology Lab

  • BIOL 345/345L: Marine Biology and Marine Biology Lab

  • BIOL 352/352L: Oceanography and Oceanography Lab

  • BIOL 437/437L: Herpetology and Herpetology Lab

  • BIOL 440/440L: Primate Ecology and Primate Ecology Lab

  • BIOL 450/450L: Animal Behavior and Animal Behavior Lab

  • CHEM 301: Environmental Chemistry

  • CHEM 305/305L: Quantitative Analysis and Quantitative Analysis Lab

  • MATH 331: Data Analysis with R

Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Select Two of the Following:

    • BUS 330: Fundamentals of Sustainable Business

    • ECON 414: Economics of the Environment

    • ENGL 216: Environmental Literature

    • POLS 414: Environmental Law and Policy

    • RLTH 381: Religion, Food, and the Environment

    • RLTH 384: Religion and Ecological Ethics

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