BS-ENSC - Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
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General Education |
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ACAD 101 | Principles of the Learning Academy | 1 |
Shared Skills and Proficiencies |
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Writing and Critical Thinking |
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WRIT 101 | Composition | 3 |
HMXP 102 | Human Experience | 3 |
CRTW 201 | Critical Reading, Thinking & Writing | 3 |
Oral Communication | See approved list; may be met by other requirement | 0-3 |
Technology | Met in major with GEOG 305 or 308 | 0 |
Intensive Writing | Met in major with ENVS 490 | 0 |
Constitution Requirement | 3 | |
Physical Activity | 1 | |
Thinking Critically Across Disciplines* |
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Global Perspectives | See approved list; may be met in major | 0-3 |
Historical Perspectives | See approved list; may be met in major | 0-3 |
Introducing Students to Broad Disciplinary Perspectives* |
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Social Science | See approved list; must include 2 designators; may be met in major | 0-6 |
Humanities and Arts | See approved list; must include 2 designators; may be partially met in major | 3-6 |
Quantitative Skills and Natural Science* | (3 courses) |
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Quantitative Skills | Met in major with MATH 101, 151, 241 or BSAN 205 | 0 |
Natural Science | Met in major with BIOL 220/222 and CHEM 201 or CHEM 211 | 0 |
Subtotal |
| 17-35 |
Requirements in the Major |
| 65-73 |
ENVS 101 | Intro to Environmental Issues | 3 |
ENVS 220 | Environmental Career Exploration | 1 |
ENVS 301 | Environmental Field Exploration | 3 |
Two courses in ENVS numbered 302-399 | Core environmental electives | 6 |
ENVS 490 | Senior Seminar in the Environment | 3 |
BIOL 220/222 | Princ of Cell & Molecular Biology Lecture/Lab | 4 |
BIOL 221/223 | Princ of Ecology, Evolution, Biodiversity Lecture/Lab | 4 |
CHEM 201 and 202, or CHEM 211 | General Chemistry I & II or Accelerated General Chemistry | 4-7 |
CHEM 204 | General Chemistry Lab | 2 |
GEOG 305 or 308 | Intro to GIS or Intro to Geospatial Tech | 3 |
GEOL 110 and 113 | Physical Geology Lecture/Lab | 4 |
MATH 101 or 151 | Alg & Trig for Calculus or Applied College Algebra | 3-4 |
PHYS 201 or PHYS 211 | General Physics or Physics with Calculus | 4 |
MATH 241, BSAN 205, or PSYC 301 | Statistics | 3 |
Science/Math Electives Select additional courses from at least two designators in BIOL (>199), CHEM (104 or >199), GEOL, MATH (except 111 or 112), NUTR, or PHYS (except 101 or 102). | 12-16 | |
Environmental Electives Select at least 6 hours from the following: | 6 | |
ANTH 326 | Native Peoples and Environment | 3 |
ANTH 342 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
ANTH 350 | Special Topics (when titled "Food & Culture") | 3 |
ANTH/WMST 540 | Environmental Justice | 3 |
ECON 343 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
Any ENVS | ||
Any GEOG | ||
HIST/PEAC 502 | Social Movements in US Since 1960 | 3 |
PHIL 340 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
PLSC 321 | Public Policy and Policy Analysis | 3 |
PLSC 325 | Environmental Politics | 3 |
PSYC 311 | Ecological Psychology | 3 |
SOCL 310 | Sociology of the Environment | 3 |
SUST 102 | Intro to Sustainability | 3 |
SUST 300 | Topics in Applied Sustainability | 3 |
MGMT 330 | Sustainable Business Practices | 3 |
WRIT 365 | Proposal and Grant Writing | 3 |
WRIT 366 | Technical Communication | 3 |
WRIT 566 | Writing in STEM, Medicine, and Health | 3 |
Foreign Language Requirement |
| 3-8 ^ |
General Electives |
| 4-35 |
Total |
| 120 |
*Note: Because this is an interdisciplinary major, the two course rule is not in affect for these areas.
^This requirement may be met by a satisfactory score on a recognized examination or by passing any foreign language course numbered 102 or any course with 102 as a prerequisite.