Environmental Studies B.S.

Coordinator: Professor Paul Wilson

Program Features

48-54 credits

Required courses:

BIOL 114GN: Introductory Biology I

4 credits

BIOL 115Introductory Biology II

4 credits

BIOL 210Environmental Biology

3 credits

BIOL 322Plant Responses to Environmental Stress

4 credits

BIOL 330Microbiology

4 credits

BIOL 463Conservation Biology

4 credits

 

BIOL 484Field Experience in Environmental Studies

Semester Hours Arranged

OR

BIOL 494Research In Biology

3 credits

 

BIOL 497Environmental Studies Seminar

1 credit

one field ecology course

BIOL 200General Ecology

3 credits

BIOL 220Field Botany

3 credits

BIOL 221Field Zoology

3 credits

one plant course

BIOL 320Plant Morphology

3 credits

BIOL 422/BIOL 522Plant Physiology

4 credits

BIOL 423Plant Ecology

3 credits

BIOM 461Marine Botany

3 credits

one aquatic course

BIOL 440General Aquatic Ecology

3 credits

BIOL 443Stream Ecology

3 credits

BIOL 446Limnology

3 credits

BIOL 460Marine Ecology

3 credits

one animal course

BIOL 325Ornithology

4 credits

BIOL 333Invertebrate Zoology

4 credits

BIOL 425/BIOL 525Herpetology

3 credits

BIOL 451General Entomology

3 credits

BIOL 462Mammalogy

4 credits

BIOL 466Marine Ichthyology

3 credits

and one additional Biology course at the 300+ level

approved by the adviser.

Co-requisite courses:

CHEM 121GN: General Chemistry I

3 credits

CHEM 123GN: General Chemistry I Laboratory

1 credit

CHEM 124GE: General Chemistry II

3 credits

CHEM 126GE: General Chemistry II Laboratory

1 credit

CHEM 373Environmental Quality: The Chemical Approach

4 credits

MATH 110/MATH 111GN: General Statistics

3 credits

PHYS 117GN: Energy

3 credits

GEOG 120GN: Physical Geography

3 credits

GEOG 121GN: Physical Geology

3 credits

GEOG 341Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

3 credits

CMST 111GN: Introduction to Communication

3 credits

POLS 120GN: American Government

3 credits

Required quality point average:

2.25 or greater for courses in Biological Sciences.

Additional requirements:

Note: Students planning to attend graduate school in this field should also take CHEM 233, CHEM 234, CHEM 235, CHEM 236; PHYS 131, PHYS 132. These programs offer a unique opportunity to select individualized programs from a wide variety of electives in several disciplines. Each student is required to complete a field experience or internship in the senior year. Credits for internships are arranged individually with one credit earned for each full time (40 hour) work week. Interns have served with park departments, state and federal wildlife agencies, water and sewer treatment plants, and a variety of government conservation agencies both in the United States and abroad.

4 Year Curriculum Program Plan

(Subject to change by the university without notice)

Freshman Year

Fall

BIOL 114GN: Introductory Biology I

4 credits

CHEM 121GN: General Chemistry I

3 credits

CHEM 123GN: General Chemistry I Laboratory

1 credit

ENGL 103English Composition

3 credits

CPSC 101GN: Personal Computers and Their Uses in the Sciences

3 credits

Fitness Elective

1 credit

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring

BIOL 115Introductory Biology II

4 credits

CHEM 124GE: General Chemistry II

3 credits

CHEM 126GE: General Chemistry II Laboratory

1 credit

BIOL 210Environmental Biology

3 credits

MATH 110/MATH 111GN: General Statistics

3 credits

GN ____General Education Elective (Group A)

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:17

Sophomore Year

Fall

BIOL 200General Ecology

3 credits

OR

BIOL 220Field Botany

3 credits

OR

BIOL 221Field Zoology

3 credits

 

CMST 111GN: Introduction to Communication

3 credits

GEOG 120GN: Physical Geography

3 credits

GN ____General Education Elective (Group A)

3 credits

GN ____General Education Elective (Group C)

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15

Spring

GEOG 121GN: Physical Geology

3 credits

GN:____ General Education Elective - Social Science

3 credits

BIOL ___Biology Elective (plant, aquatic, animal, or field)

3-4 credits

GN ____General Education Elective (Group A)

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15-16

Junior Year

Fall

BIOL ___Biology Elective (plant, aquatic, animal, or field)

3-4 credits

 

PHYS 117GN: Energy

3 credits

OR

XXXX ___Free Elective

3 credits

 

GN ____General Education Elective (Group A)

3 credits

GN ____General Education Elective (Group C)

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:15-16

Spring

BIOL 484Field Experience in Environmental Studies

Semester Hours Arranged

And/Or

BIOL 494Research In Biology

3 credits

 

BIOL 322Plant Responses to Environmental Stress

4 credits

Fitness Elective

1 credit

GEOG 341Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

3 credits

XXXX ___Free Elective

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:11-16

Senior Year

Fall

BIOL ___Biology Elective (plant, aquatic, animal, or field)

3-4 credits

BIOL 330Microbiology

4 credits

BIOL 497Environmental Studies Seminar

1 credit

XXXX ___Free Elective

3 credits

XXXX ___Free Elective

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:14-15

Spring

BIOL ___Biology Elective (Upper-Division)

3-4 credits

BIOL 463Conservation Biology

4 credits

CHEM 373Environmental Quality: The Chemical Approach

4 credits

XXXX ___Free Elective

3 credits

Total Credit Hours:14-15

Total Credit Hours: 116

For more information, contact the department at 570-422-3725 or visit our website www.esu.edu/biol

116 is the Minimum Total Credits.