Environmental Science Minor

Course Requirements

The minor requires 21 hours, of which a minimum of 12 hours must be upper-level. *MATH 1306 Elementary Statistics is a requirement for all math and science minors. It may be used to fulﬁll the additional three hours math requirement in the general education core for the B.S. degree.

Biological-Physical Science Electives

eight hours from:

BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hrs
BIOL 3407 - Ecology 4 hrs
BIOL 4400 - Plant Taxonomy 4 hrs
CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hrs
CHEM 2402 - Analytical Chemistry 4 hrs
CHEM 3403 - Organic Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 3407 - Instrumental Analysis 4 hrs
GEOL 1401 - Physical Geology 4 hrs
GEOL 3404 - Environmental Geology 4 hrs
GEOL 3408 - Geographic Information Systems 4 hrs
GEOL 4404 - Geochemistry 4 hrs
GEOL 4406 - Hydrology 4 hrs
GEOL 4407 - Oceanography 4 hrs

Environmental Science Group

ten hours from:

ENVS 3301 - Environmental Science
ENVS 4101 - Environmental Science Seminar 1 hrs
ENVS 4302 - Environmental Laws and Regulations 3 hrs
ENVS 4303 - Natural Resource Management 3 hrs
ENVS 4409 - Conservation Biology 4 hrs or
BIOL 4409 - Conservation Biology 4 hrs

Non-Science Electives

three hours from:

GEOG 3305 - Human Geography 3 hrs
GEOG 3318 - Environmental/Geographical History of the U.S. 3 hrs or
HIST 3318 - Environmental/Geographical History of the U.S. 3 hrs
ECON 3331 - Environmental Economics 3 hrs

Additional Requirements

MATH 1306 - Elementary Statistics 3 hrs
MSCI 3101 - Faith and Science Seminar 1 hrs