Requirements for a Major in Environmental Science

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Thirty-eight semester hours including the following:
Required Courses
ENV 1301	Exploring Environmental Issues	3
ENV 2307	Ecology for a Changing World	3
ENV 3310	Field Techniques for Environmental Science	3
ENV 3387	Environmental Chemistry	3
ENV 3187	Environmental Chemistry Laboratory	1
or ENV 3188	Laboratory Methods in Environmental Assessment and Monitoring
ENV 4102	Seminar on Environmental Topics	1
ENV 4370	Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology	3
or ENV 3314	Introduction to Environmental Health
ENV 43C2	Environmental Capstone	3
Law and Policy		3
ENV 3300	The Environment and Political Processes
or ENV 4307	Environmental Law
or ENV 4323	The Environment and Economic Analysis
Environmental Management
Select at least six semester hours from Environmental Management:		6
ENV 3333	Watershed Assessment
ENV 3337	Principles of Wildlife Management
ENV 3370	Managing Environmental Health and Safety
ENV 4333	Coastal Zone Management
ENV 4345	Water Management
ENV 4355	Sustainability and Natural Resource Management
ENV 4365	The Environment and Energy
ENV 4379	Ecosystem Planning and Management
or ENV 4380	Restoration Ecology
ENV 4485	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
ENV 4487	Advanced GIS Analysis
Environmental Quality and Health
Select at least three semester hours from Environmental Quality and Health:		3
ENV 3314	Introduction to Environmental Health
ENV 3316	Introduction to Air Quality
ENV 3333	Watershed Assessment
ENV 4325	Human Health Risk Assessment
ENV 4344	Fundamentals of Toxicology
ENV 4370 & ENV 4170	Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology and Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology Laboratory
Environmental Science
Select an additional six semester hours of 3000-4000 level ENV courses		6
Subtotal		38
Required Courses in Other Fields
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
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
MTH 1322	Calculus II	3
or STA 2381	Introductory Statistical Methods
GEO 1401	Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters	4
or GEO 1402	World Oceans
or GEO 1403	Environmental Geology
or GEO 1405	The Dynamic Earth
or GEO 1408	Earth Science
PHY 1408	General Physics for Natural and Behavioral Sciences I	4
or PHY 1420	General Physics I
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 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.
Total Hours		71