Next   Previous   Contents   Search   UA

[College of Arts and Sciences]

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PROGRAM (ES)

Professor David Shankman, Director
Office: 202 Farrah Hall

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary program leading to the bachelor of science degree. The objectives of the program are to provide students with a broad interdisciplinary science background focusing on physical geography, environmental geology, and ecology. The basic science requirements provide the necessary groundwork for advanced environmental studies and include all prerequisites for upper-division coursework. The variety of courses in both earth and biological sciences allows some choice of concentration within the program. Additional requirements include geographical techniques and statistics.

Admission requirements. A cumulative grade point average of 2.500 is required for acceptance as a major in environmental science.

Requirements for the major in environmental science. The environmental science major requires 56 hours as specified below. A minimum of 36 hours must be earned at the 300- or 400-level, including 12 hours in the major and 6 hours outside the major on this campus. No minor is required.

Basic Sciences (31 hours)
BSC 114 Principles of Biology I and lab		3/1
BSC 116 Principles of Biology II and lab		3/1
BSC 485 General Ecology		3
CH 101 General Chemistry I		4
CH 102 General Chemistry II		4
GEO 101 Introduction to Geology I		4
GEO 202 Environmental Geology		4
GY 101 Principles of Physical Geography I		4
Earth Science and Biological Science Courses
(16 hours with a minimum of 6 hours in biology     and 3 hours in both geography and geology)
Geography
GY 410 Water Resources		3
GY 467 Topics in Global Environmental Change		3
GY 483 Environmental Science Internship		3
GY 486 Drainage Basin Dynamics		3
Geology
GEO 363 Geomorphology		3
GEO 399 Undergraduate Research in Geology		3
GEO 406 Hydrogeology		3
GEO 460 Watershed Hydrology		3
GEO 470 General Geochemistry		3
Biology
BSC 360 Plant Biology		4
BSC 371 Biology of Lower Plants		4
BSC 373 Vertebrate Zoology		4
BSC 376 Invertebrate Zoology		4
BSC 408 Marine Vertebrate Zoology		4
BSC 412 Limnology		3
BSC 413 Limnology Lab		1
BSC 415 Ecology of Aquatic Plants and Wetland/Ecosystems		3
BSC 416 Aquatic Vascular Plants		4
BSC 428 Biology of Fishes		3
BSC 434 Plant Taxonomy		4
BSC 456 Microbial Ecology		3
BSC 472 Mycology		3
BSC 475 General Entomology		4
BSC 476 Aquatic Insects		4
BSC 482 Conservation Biology		3
BSC 484 Aquatic Biology Seminar		1
BSC 489 Forest Ecology (same as GY 489)		4
BSC 490 Stream Ecology		4
Environmental Management and Planning (3 hours)
GY 339 Natural Resource and Environmental Planning		3
GY 452 Environmental Decision Making		3
Geographical and Environmental Techniques (3 hours)
GY 330 Computer Mapping and Graphics		3
GY 420 Remote Sensing		4
GY 430 Geographic Information Systems		4
BSC 417 Environmental Modeling		3
Statistics (3 hours)
ST 260 Statistical Methods		3
PY 211 Elementary Statistical Methods		3

¹A maximum of 6 hours in any one department may be applied to the humanities, literature, and fine arts (HU, L, FA) and history and social and behavioral sciences (HI, SB) requirements.
²Six hours of writing courses designated W must be included in the junior or senior year. A minimum of 36 hours in 300- and 400-level courses, including at least 12 hours in the major and 6 hours outside the major, must be completed on this campus.

Next   Previous   Contents   Search   UA