Environmental Biology Option
Administered by Biological and Allied Health Sciences
Effective Fall 2008
The option provides a biology major the opportunity to specialize in environmental biology while obtaining a general background in biology.
A maximum of 3 credit hours of BIOLOGY.490 may be applied as biology elective credit toward the degree. A maximum of 6 credit hours from among BIOLOGY.390, BIOLOGY.391, BIOLOGY.490, BIOLOGY.493 and BIOLOGY.494 may be applied as biology elective credit toward the degree.
BIOLOGY.114 Concepts in Biology I
BIOLOGY.115 Concepts in Biology II
BIOLOGY.242 Microbiology
BIOLOGY.271 Cell Biology
BIOLOGY.332 Genetics
BIOLOGY.351 Ecology
BIOLOGY.481 Senior Biology Seminar
CHEM.115 Chemistry for the Sciences I
CHEM.116 Chemistry for the Sciences II
GEOSCI.100 Environmental Geology
GEOSCI.101 Physical Geology
GEOSCI.111 Physical Geology Lab
MATH.141 Introduction to Statistics
PHYSICS.111 Introductory Physics 1
Choose one of the following:
- CHEM.230 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
- CHEM.321 Analytical Chemistry
Choose one of the following:
- MATH.240 Statistical Methods
- MATH.342 Design and Analysis of Experiments
- MATH.343 Applied Regression Analysis
- MATH.446 Biostatistics
Electives (21 semester hours, 12 credits must be in Biology or Marine Science). Choose from:
BIOLOGY.200 Dendrology
BIOLOGY.211 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOLOGY.212 Vertebrate Zoology
BIOLOGY.252 Field Zoology
BIOLOGY.253 Freshwater Biology
BIOLOGY.263 Field Botany
BIOLOGY.350 Plant Pathology
BIOLOGY.390 Undergraduate Research in Biology 1
BIOLOGY.391 Undergraduate Research in Biology 2
BIOLOGY.450 Mycology
BIOLOGY.451 Conservation Biology
BIOLOGY.452 Limnology
BIOLOGY.455 Environmental Microbiology
BIOLOGY.457 Entomology
BIOLOGY.459 Ornithology
BIOLOGY.460 Population Biology
BIOLOGY.480 Comparative Animal Physiology
BIOLOGY.490 Internship in Biology
BIOLOGY.493 Honors Independent Study 1
BIOLOGY.494 Honors Independent Study 2
CHEM.230 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
CHEM.321 Analytical Chemistry
GEOG.258 Environmental Conservation
GEOG.301 Water Resources Management
GEOG.302 Land Resources Management
GEOG.303 Soil Resources Management
GEOG.304 Environmental Valuation
GEOG.305 Environmental Risks and Hazards
GEOG.342 Geographic Information Systems
GEOSCI.155 Meteorology
GEOSCI.259 Oceanography
GEOSCI.260 Earth Materials
GEOSCI.320 Remote Sensing of the Earth
GEOSCI.370 Surface Hydrology
GEOSCI.460 Aqueous Geochemistry
MARSCI.221 Marine Invertebrates
MARSCI.241 Marine Biology
MARSCI.250 Wetland Ecology
MARSCI.260 Marine Ecology
MARSCI.298 Physiology of Marine Invertebrates
MARSCI.300 Behavior of Marine Organisms
MARSCI.320 Marine Microbiology
MARSCI.330 Tropical Invertebrates
MARSCI.342 Marine Botany
MARSCI.343 Marine Ichthyology
MARSCI.394 Comparative Physiology of Marine Organisms
MARSCI.431 Ecology of Marine Plankton
MARSCI.432 Marine Evolutionary Ecology
MARSCI.441 Biology of Molluscs
MARSCI.464 Biological Oceanography
MARSCI.491 Coral Reef Ecology
MARSCI.492 Marine Mammals
MARSCI.493 Behavioral Ecology
PHYSICS.112 Introductory Physics 2