May 02, 2026

2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Environmental Science, BS

71 credit hours

Requirements

Major Coursework

61 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

BSC 23400 - Introduction to Organismal Biology Credit Hour: 4
BSC 24400 - Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology 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
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
ESC 48500 - Environmental Science Seminar Credit Hour: 1
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
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
ESC 43000 - Ecological Risk Assessment Credit Hour: 2
ESC 48000 - Environmental Science Internship Credit Hour: 1-6
ESC 48900 - Independent Research Credit Hour: 1-6
Alternatively, other 30000-level or above courses may be accepted as electives with prior approval by the department head.

Additional credits will be required to meet the university 42 credit minimum of 30000 or higher-level courses and may be fulfilled with Environmental Sciences or other department electives.