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Bachelor of Science
One of the largest scientific challenges we face today is the health and well-being of our planet. The BS in Environmental Science tackles this challenge head-on by preparing students to think and act critically and creatively to address real-world environmental issues. Focused on experiential and project based learning, the major is built on a strong foundation of natural and physical sciences, while offering a flexible curriculum and opportunities to participate in internships, citizen science, research, and fieldwork. Through these experiences, students gain the communication, interpersonal, and technical skills needed to construct, evaluate, and present solutions to environmental problems. This exciting and timely field of study promotes scientific literacy and prepares students for careers with private, state, or federal agencies. Students majoring in Environmental Science have found employment opportunities in wildlife ecology and conservation, climate science, restoration ecology, natural resource management, as park and forest rangers, in land and nature preservation, environmental data analysis, and environmental ethics and activism. Finally, as the sustainability sector continues to grow, these students are well-positioned for careers as sustainability officers, health and safety inspectors, environmental law and policy advocates, as well as in jobs focused on alternative energy, sustainable food systems, and waste reduction.
The Environmental Science (BS) program contains 24 identified courses across 4 requirement categories. The prerequisite data currently includes 7 known course relationships.
Structured catalog requirement categories, credit thresholds, and nested course rules.
42 Total Credits
Complete all of the following
42 credit(s) from: GenEd
Complete 1 of the following
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Complete:
42 Total Credits
Complete all of the following
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Complete 1 of the following
12 Total Credits
12 credit(s) from BIO, CHM, ENV, GEO, or SCI within the 200 - 499 range or from the following courses:
24 Total Credits
24 credit(s).
Known courses in this degree map with credits and prerequisite links from catalog data.
| Course | Title | Credits | Prerequisites |
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| MAT 240 | Applied Statistics | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 241 | Modern Statistics with Software | 3 | None listed |
| MAT 243 | Applied Statistics for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) | 3 | None listed |
| GEO 200 | World Geography | 3 | None listed |
| PHL 363 | Environmental Ethics | 3 | None listed |
| BIO 120 | General Biology I | 3 | None listed |
| BIO 120L | General Biology I Lab | 1 | None listed |
| BIO 315 | Ecological Principles and Field Methods | 3 |
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| ENV 101 | Environmental Science | 3 | None listed |
| ENV 220 | Field Methods and Technologies | 3 | None listed |
| ENV 250 | Environmental Science Research Methods | 3 | None listed |
| ENV 280 | Hydrology and Watershed Management | 3 |
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| ENV 305 | Global Climate Change | 3 |
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| ENV 361 | Environmental Impact and Site Assessment | 3 |
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| ENV 440 | Senior Seminar | 3 | None listed |
| IT 242 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 | None listed |
| PHY 101 | Principles of Physics | 3 | None listed |
| PHY 101L | Principles of Physics Lab | 1 | None listed |
| PHY 105 | Geology | 3 | None listed |
| CHM 101 | Fundamentals of Chemistry | 3 | None listed |
| CHM 101L | Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab | 1 | None listed |
| CHM 120 | General Chemistry I | 3 | None listed |
| CHM 120L | General Chemistry I Lab | 1 | None listed |
| IT 140 | Introduction to Scripting | 3 | None listed |
| SCI 219External | Environmental Issues | — | None listed |