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Environmental Science
This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take longer.
NOTES: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2017-2018 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- GEOL 106 - FUNDAMENTALS OF EARTH SCIENCE LECTURE (HRS 4)
- GEOL 106L - FUNDAMENTALS OF EARTH SCIENCE LAB (HRS 2)
- MATH 108 - ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS OR MATH 121 - CALCULUS I (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- ENSC 103 - INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: AIID 201 - READINGS IN THE HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: GE-HISTORY CATEGORY: HIST 101-110 (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: SOSC 101 - SOCIAL ISSUES (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- CHEM 116 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LECTURE (HRS 4)
- CHEM 116L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB (HRS 1)
- BIOL 111 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LECTURE (HRS 4)
- BIOL 111L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LAB (HRS 1)
- ENSC 230 - SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: GE-INTERCULTURAL NORTH AMERICA CATEGORY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- CHEM 117 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LECTURE (HRS 4)
- CHEM 117L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LAB (HRS 1)
- ENSC 220 - THEORETICAL & APPLIED ECOLOGY LECTURE (HRS 4)
- ENSC 220L - THEOR & APPLD ECOLOGY LAB (HRS 2)
- Gen Ed: GE-INTERNATIONAL ISSUES CATEGORY (ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY recommended) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 15)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- ENSC 343 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LECTURE (Fall only) (HRS 4)
- ENSC 343L - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LAB (Fall only) (HRS 2)
- GEOL 328 - PALEONTOLOGY, PALEOECOLOGY & PALEOENVIRONMENTS LECTURE (Fall only) (HRS 4) WI
- GEOL 328L - PALEONTOLOGY, PALEOECOLOGY & PALEOENVIRONMENTS LAB (Fall only) (HRS 1.5)
- Environmental Science Elective* (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 15.5)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES CATEGORY or GE-TOPICS SOCIAL SCIENCE CATEGORY (HRS 4)
- ENSC 345 - RESEARCH DESIGN & STATISTICS (Spring only) (HRS 4)
- Upper Level Elective* (HRS 4)
- Elective* (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- ENSC 417 - ECOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH LECTURE (Fall only) (HRS 4) WI
- ENSC 417L - ECOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH LAB (Fall only) (HRS 2) WI
- Major Elective* (HRS 4)
- Elective* (HRS 4)
- Elective* (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- ENSC 495 - ADV TOPICS IN ENV SCIENCE (HRS 4) WI
- Elective* (HRS 4)
- Elective* (HRS 4)
- Elective* (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
* Sequencing of Gen Eds, free electives, and upper level electives is a suggestion only. If students take MATH 108, students must take a total of 3 (three) upper level electives. If students take MATH 121, only two (2) upper level electives are required. These electives are listed below.
Expected sequencing of upper level electives (subject to change):
- Fall 2014, 2016: BIOL 320 – Field Botany
- Fall 2015: ENSC 320 – Avian Ecology
- Spring 2016: GEOL 333 – Environmental Geology
- Spring 2015, 2017: NURS 411 – Environmental & Occupational Health
- ENSC 390 may also continue to be offered approximately one time per year.
WI: Writing Intensive-3 required in the major
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