Geoscience - Environmental Science Option (B.S.)
Administered by Department of Geography and Geosciences
Effective Fall, 2007
The option in Environmental Science requires a total 66 to 68 credits in addition to General Education requirements, depending on choices of electives. A total of 120 credits is required for a bachelor's degree. Required courses include:
51.100 Environmental Geology
51.120 Physical Geology
51.121 Physical Geology Lab
51.255 Meteorology
51.259 Oceanography
41.105 Environmental Issues and Choices
Choose at least 15 credits from the following:
51.260 Earth Materials
51.265 Geomorphology
51.320 Remote Sensing of the Earth
51.360 Paleontology
51.369 Structural Geology
51.370 Surface Hydrology
51.368 Stratification and Sedimentation
51.460 Aqueous Geochemistry
51.470 Groundwater Hydrology
51.480 Applied Geophysics
51.496 Internship in Earth Science
or up to nine credits from approved Marine Science courses
Choose two courses from the following:
41.242 Map Skills
41.301 Water Resources Management
41.302 Land Resources Management
41.304 Environmental Valuation
41.342 Geographical Information Systems
41.358 Environmental Conservation
41.462 Techniques of Geographic Measurement
Required Biology courses:
50.114 Concepts in Biology I
50.115 Concepts in Biology II
Choose one course from the following
50.212 Vertebrate Zoology
50.250 Wetlands Ecology
50.252 Field Zoology
50.253 Freshwater Biology
50.260 Marine Ecology
50.351 General Ecology
Choose two from the following three courses:
52.115 Chemistry for Sciences I
52.116 Chemical for Sciences II
52.231 Organic Chemistry I
Required Physics course:
54.111 Introductory Physics I or 54.211 General Physics I
Choose two math courses: A maximum of one of the following two courses:
53.112 Trigonometry
53.114 College Algebra
Choose a minimum of one course from (both may be chosen from this group):
53.113 Pre-Calculus
53.123 Essentials of Calculus
53.125 Analysis I
53.126 Analysis II
53.141 Introduction to Statistics