Environmental Health Science, B.S.
Requirements for a Major in Environmental Health Science
Code | Title | Hours |
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Thirty-seven semester hours including the following: | ||
Required Courses | ||
ENV 3100 | Environmental Health Seminar | 1 |
ENV 3314 | Introduction to Environmental Health | 3 |
ENV 3316 | Introduction to Air Quality | 3 |
ENV 3387 & ENV 3187 | Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry Laboratory | 4 |
ENV 3370 | Managing Environmental Health and Safety | 3 |
ENV 4325 | Human Health Risk Assessment | 3 |
ENV 4344 | Fundamentals of Toxicology | 3 |
ENV 4345 | Water Management | 3 |
ENV 4307 | Environmental Law | 3 |
or ENV 3300 | The Environment and Political Processes | |
ENV 4V93 | Internship in Environmental Planning or Management | 3 |
Select eight semester hours of additional ENV courses from the following: | 8 | |
Ecology for a Changing World | ||
Field Techniques for Environmental Science | ||
Environmental Law | ||
World Food Problems | ||
Heavy Metals & Global Public Health | ||
Human Catastrophe and Cultural Response | ||
Sustainability and Natural Resource Management | ||
Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology and Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology Laboratory | ||
Global Soil Systems | ||
Restoration Ecology | ||
Tropical Environments: Ecology and Sustainable Management | ||
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | ||
Research (3 hours) | ||
Subtotal | 37 | |
Additional Requirements | ||
No more than four hours of variable hour courses may be applied to the major | ||
A minimum GPA of 2.0 in the first fifteen hours of ENV courses that are counted to complete requirements in the major is required. Students who do not have the required minimum GPA in ENV courses after completion of the first fifteen hours will be placed on probation for one semester in the major. | ||
A grade of “C-” or better in each ENV course used in the major and a minimum overall GPA of 2.0 or higher on ENV courses taken within the major. | ||
Required Courses in Other Fields | ||
CHE 1301 & CHE 1101 | Basic Principles of Modern Chemistry I and General Chemistry Laboratory I | 4 |
CHE 1302 & CHE 1102 | Basic Principles of Modern Chemistry II and General Chemistry Laboratory II | 4 |
CHE 3331 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
MTH 1321 | Calculus I | 3 |
STA 2381 | Introductory Statistical Methods | 3 |
BIO 1305 & BIO 1105 | Modern Concepts of Bioscience and Modern Concepts of Bioscience Laboratory | 4 |
BIO 1306 & BIO 1106 | Modern Concepts of Bioscience, continued and Modern Concepts of Bioscience Laboratory | 4 |
BIO 2306 & BIO 2106 | Genetics and Genetics Laboratory | 4 |
BIO 3322 & BIO 3122 | Human Physiology and Human Physiology Lab | 4 |
PHY 1408 | General Physics for Natural and Behavioral Sciences I | 4 |
or PHY 1420 | General Physics I | |
ENV 2376 | Environment and Society | 3 |
or REL 4393 | Environmental Ethics | |
or REL 4395 | Bioethics | |
PUBH 2331 | Health Concepts and Competencies | 3 |
PUBH 3351 | Epidemiology/Vital Statistics | 3 |
NUTR 1401 | Introduction to Food Science | 4 |
Select one of the following sequences: | 4 | |
Introductory Microbiology and Introductory Microbiology Laboratory | ||
General Microbiology and General Microbiology Lab | ||
Total Hours | 91 |