Environmental Studies B.A.
Coordinator: Professor Paul Wilson
Program Features
74-84 credits
Required courses:
| BIOL 114 | GE: Introductory Biology I | 4 credits |
| BIOL 115 | GE: Introductory Biology II | 4 credits |
| BIOL 210 | GE:Environmental Biology | 3 credits |
| BIOL 463 | Conservation Biology | 4 credits |
| BIOL 484 | Environmental Studies Field Experience and Internship | 3 - 15 credits |
| BIOL 497 | Environmental Studies Seminar | 1 credits |
two of the following
five additional courses in a single discipline numbered 300 or higher
Co-requisite courses:
| CHEM 108 | GE: Environmental Chemistry | 3 credits |
| | Or | |
| CHEM 121 | GE: General Chemistry I | 3 credits |
| CHEM 123 | GE: General Chemistry I Lab | 1 credits |
| | | |
| CPSC 101 | GE: Personal Computers and Their Uses in the Sciences | 3 credits |
| MATH 110 | GE: General Statistics | 3 credits |
| | | |
| PHYS 117 | GE: Energy | 3 credits |
| | Or | |
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| GEOG 120 | GE: Physical Geography | 3 credits |
| GEOG 121 | GE: Physical Geology | 3 credits |
| CMST 111 | GE: Introduction to Communication | 3 credits |
| ENGL 177 | GE: Environmental Literature | 3 credits |
| POLS 314 | GE: State and Local Government | 3 credits |
| HLTH 230 | Community Health | 3 credits |
Required quality point average:
2.25 or greater for courses in Biological Sciences.
Additional requirements:
Program Curriculum Plan
(Subject to change by the university without notice)
Freshman Year
Fall
| BIOL 114 | GE: Introductory Biology I | 4 credits |
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| CHEM 108 | GE: Environmental Chemistry | 3 credits |
| | Or | |
| CHEM 121 | GE: General Chemistry I | 3 credits |
| | And | |
| CHEM 123 | GE: General Chemistry I Lab | 1 credits |
| | | |
| ENGL 103 | English Composition | 3 credits |
| GEOG 120 | GE: Physical Geography | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13-14 |
Spring
| BIOL 115 | GE: Introductory Biology II | 4 credits |
| BIOL 210 | GE:Environmental Biology | 3 credits |
| MATH 110 | GE: General Statistics | 3 credits |
| | Fitness Elective | 1 credit |
| | | |
| PHYS 117 | GE: Energy | 3 credits |
| | Or | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 14 |
Sophomore Year
Fall
| BIOL 200 | General Ecology | 3 credits |
| | Or | |
| BIOL 221 | Field Zoology | 3 credits |
| | | |
| CMST 111 | GE: Introduction to Communication | 3 credits |
| ENGL 177 | GE: Environmental Literature | 3 credits |
| | Foreign Language | 3 credits |
| | General Education Elective - Humanities #1 | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Spring
| BIOL 200 | General Ecology | 3 credits |
| | Or | |
| BIOL 221 | Field Zoology | 3 credits |
| | | |
| | General Education Elective - Social Science | 3 credits |
| | Biology Elective (Upper-Division) | 3-4 credits |
| | General Education Elective - Humanities #1 | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15-16 |
Junior Year
Fall
| | Biology Elective (Upper-Division) | 3-4 credits |
| | General Education Elective - Humanities #1 | 3 credits |
| | General Education Elective - Social Science | 3 credits |
| POLS 314 | GE: State and Local Government | 3 credits |
| | Free Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15-16 |
Spring
| BIOL 484 | Environmental Studies Field Experience and Internship | 3 - 15 credits |
| | General Education Elective - Social Science | 3 credits |
| | Fitness Elective | 1 credit |
| Total Credit Hours: | 7-14 |
Senior Year
Fall
| | Biology Elective (Upper-Division) | 3-4 credits |
| | Biology Elective (Upper-Division) | 3-4 credits |
| BIOL 497 | Environmental Studies Seminar | 1 credits |
| | Free Elective | 3 credits |
| GEOG 121 | GE: Physical Geology | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 13-15 |
Spring
| | Biology Elective (Upper-Division) | 3-4 credits |
| BIOL 463 | Conservation Biology | 4 credits |
| HLTH 230 | Community Health | 3 credits |
| | Free Elective | 3 credits |
| | Free Elective | 3 credits |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16-17 |
Total Credit Hours: 109