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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Environmental Science, BS

74 credit hours

Requirements

Major Coursework

64 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

BSC 24200 - Introduction to Biodiversity Credit Hour: 3
BSC 24300 - Introduction to Biodiversity Laboratory Credit Hour: 1
BSC 24400 - Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology Credit Hour: 4
BSC 24800 - Introduction to Ecology and Evolution Credit Hour: 4
CHM 23000 - General Chemistry 1 Credit Hour: 3
CHM 23100 - General Chemistry 2 Credit Hour: 3
CHM 23200 - General Chemistry 3 Credit Hour: 3
CHM 24100 - General Chemistry 2 Laboratory Credit Hour: 1
CHM 24200 - General Chemistry 3 Laboratory Credit Hour: 1
ESC 10000 - Physical Geology with Lab Credit Hour: 4
ESC 11200 - Fundamentals of Environmental Science Credit Hour: 4
ESC 26300 - Environmental Policy Credit Hour: 3 or BSC 26300 - Environmental Policy 3 Credit Hour(s)
ESC 32000 - Hydrology Credit Hour: 3
ESC 33000 - Fundamentals of Soil Science Credit Hour: 4
ESC 34000 - Environmental Sampling and Data Management Credit Hour: 3
ESC 40000 - Hydrogeology Credit Hour: 3
ESC 41000 - Environmental Fate of Contaminants Credit Hour: 3
GEO 20000 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Credit Hour: 3
MTH 17300 - Survey of Calculus Credit Hour: 4
MTH 24100 - Statistics for Natural Science Credit Hour: 3
PHY 25100 - Introductory Physics I Credit Hour: 4

Additional CHM Coursework

4 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

CHM 35500 - Analytical Chemistry Credit Hour: 4
CHM 36100 - Organic Chemistry I Credit Hour: 4

Elective Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

BSC 32000 - Plant Biology Credit Hour: 4
BSC 36200 - Advanced Environmental Biology Credit Hour: 4
BSC 36600 - Field Biology Credit Hour: 3
BSC 46500 - General Ecology Credit Hour: 4
ENV 45000 - Environmental Internship Credit Hour: 3-9
ESC 35000 - Hazardous Waste Management Credit Hour: 3
ESC 37000 - Geospatial Methods for Environmental Sciences and Ecology Credit Hour: 4
ESC 39000-39999 - Special Topics in Environmental Science Credit Hour: 1-9
ESC 42000 - Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment Credit Hour: 3
Alternatively, other 30000-level or above courses may be accepted as electives with prior approval by the department head.