2025-2026 Catalog

Environmental Science, B.S. Major

Requirements

The major consists of a minimum of 20 courses:

EVST 100Introduction to the Environment: A Systems Approach

1

 

EVST 400Capstone

1

Or

EVSC 495-496Thesis

1

 

GEOL 110Introduction to Geology: Environmental Geology

1

Or

GEOL 120Introduction to Geology: Geological Disasters-Agents of Chaos

1

 

EVST 290Climate Change: The Facts, the Issues, and the Long-Term View

1

Or

GEOL 115Introduction to Geology: Earth-Evolution of a Habitable Planet

1

 

MATH 161Calculus I

1

MATH 162Calculus II

1

MATH 186Applied Statistics

1

CHEM 107General Chemistry I

1

CHEM 108General Chemistry II

1

 

PHYS 111General Physics-Mechanics and Thermodynamics

1

Or

PHYS 131Physics I: Mechanics

1

Or

BIOL 111Unity & Diversity of Biology

1

 

CE 321Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science

1

Or

CHEM 201Environmental Chemistry

1

 

BIOL 233Environmental Problem Solving in Biology

1

Or

BIOL 234Environmental Biology

1

Or

BIOL 272Conservation Biology

1

 

Two approved Environmental Studies electives

Approved six course concentration in Hydrology and Aquatic Systems, Restoration Ecology, or Energy Resources

This page reflects the requirements for completing this major. General graduation requirements for all students can be found here