Environmental Science Major

Degree Requirements

Requirements for a major in environmental science:

	Biology Core Curriculum	25
Total Credit Hours:		25

Organismal requirement (choose two from Category II)

Ecology/evolution/environmental biology requirement (choose three from Category III)

Statistics requirement (choose one)

MAT 201	Introduction to Statistics	4
BIO 230	Introduction to Experimental Design and Biostatistics	4
Total Credit Hours:		4

Collateral and prerequisite courses required for the major:

CHE 310	Analytical Chemistry	4
CHE 180	Environmental Chemistry	3
WRI 281	Technical Writing	4
	Electives (see below)
Total Credit Hours:		16

Students must take at least one of the following collateral electives in order to graduate with a B.S. degree: COM 224, GEO 202, GEO 205, PHL 208, PHL 210.

Electives (at least one of the following):

COM 224	Mass Media and Society	4
GEO 202	Physical Geography	4
GEO 205	Principles of Resource Utilization	4
PHL 208	Business Ethics	4
PHL 210	Environmental Ethics	4
Total Credit Hours:		4

Note: The math requirement and natural science component of the Baccalaureate Experience are fulfilled by courses in the above sequence (i.e., BIO 204, CHE 152, MAT 260).