Environmental Science: BS Degree Requirements
The Following Courses Are Required for All EES Majors Completing the Environmental Science Concentration
I. Required Foundation
- EES 104** Dynamic Earth w/Lab~ - 4 credits
~Alternatives EES 110/112 or EES 220/221
- EES 130^ Ancient Environments w/Lab - 4 credits
- EES 224****^ Landform Analysis w/Lab - 4 credits
- EES 322 Elementary Hydrology w/Lab - 4 credits
- EES 340*** Geographic Information Systems w/Lab - 4 credits
Subtotal: 20 credits
II. Required Concentration Courses
- BIO 200/201 Ecology and the Environment w/Lab - 4 credits
- CHE 210/212 General Chemistry I Lecture - 4 credits
- CHE 211/213 General Chemistry II Lecture - 4 credits
- EHS 210 Environmental Health Science - 3 credits
- Choose one course:
- EES 204 Global Climate Change - 3 credits
- EES 205 Sustainable Energy and the Environment - 3 credits
- Choose one course:
- MAT 216 Statistical Data Analysis - 4 credits
- MAT 243* Calculus I with Technology - 4 credits
- Choose one course:
- PHY 204 General Physics I w/Lab - 4 credits
- PHY 205 General Physics II w/Lab - 4 credits
Subtotal: 26 credits
III. Required Concentration Electives
- Choose three (3) courses:
- BIO 301 Microbes and Your Health - 3 credits
- CHE 216 Organic Chemistry I with Lab - 4 credits
- CHE 310 Environmental Chemistry - 3 credits
- ECO 322 Environmental Economics - 3 credits
- EES 315 Environmental Science and Society - 3 credits
- EES 321 Watershed Management - 3 credits
- EES 323 Drinking Water Management - 3 credits
- EHS 324 Environmental Toxicology - 3 credits
- EHS 410 Hydrogeology for Environmental Health Professionals - 3 credits
- GEO 306 Gender, Justice, Environment - 3 credits
- GEO 331 Geography of Food - 3 credits
- PSC 351 Environmental Politics and Policy - 3 credits
Subtotal: 9-10 credits
IV. Required EES Electives
- Choose two (2) courses:
- EES 305 Energy Resources and Conservation - 3 credits
- EES 330 Mineralogy and Rock Analysis w/Lab - 4 credits
- EES 342^^ Advanced Geographic Information Systems w/ Lab - 4 credits
- EES 344 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy with Lab - 4 credits
- EES 356 Structural Geology and Environmental Applications w/ Lab - 4 credits
- EES 402^^ Energy Issues in Geoscience - 3 credits
- EES 424 Glacial and Quaternary Geology - 3 credits
- EES 440^^ Advanced Process Geomorphology - 4 credits
- EES 444 Geospatial Applications Using Remote Sensing - 3 credits
- EES 456 Coastal Geologic Processes and Hazards - 3 credits
Subtotal: 6-8 credits
V. Capstone
- Choose one course:
- EES 320 Environmental Management - 3 credits
- EES 350 Field Methods in Earth Science - 4 credits
- EES 450 Hydrological Research Methods - 3 credits
Subtotal: 3-4 credits
Concentration total: 64-68 credits
*approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier I Mathematics
**approved reuse to meet Liberal Arts Core Tier I Natural Sciences
***approved substitution to meet the Liberal Arts Core Tier II Applied Information Technology
****approved substitution to meet the Liberal Arts core Tier II Natural Sciences
^meets Stage 2 University Writing Requirement (must complete two courses)
^^meets Stage 3 University Writing Requirement
