Academic Catalog 2013-2014

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Environmental Studies, B.A.S.

Students majoring in Environmental Studies for the B.A.S. degree must complete 36 hours, of which 18 must be upper-level credit. The 36-semester hour major includes alternative courses drawn from biology (4 hours); physical science (4 hours); environmental science (7 hours); non-science electives (18 hours); and communication/technology (3 hours), as follows:

Course Requirements

Four hours from:

BIOL 1400 - Life Science 4 hrs
BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hrs

Four hours from:

Six hours from:

ENVS 3401 - Environmental Science 4 hrs or
ENVS 3301 - Environmental Science without lab
ENVS 3304 - Alternative Energy Technologies 3 hrs
ENVS 4302 - Environmental Laws and Regulations 3 hrs
ENVS 4303 - Natural Resource Management 3 hrs

Eighteen hours from:

COMS 3301 - Communication in Small Groups 3 hrs
COMS 3306 - Argumentation and Debate 3 hrs
ECON 3331 - Environmental Economics 3 hrs
GEOG 1301 - Introduction to Physical Geography 3 hrs
GEOG 1302 - World and Regional Geography 3 hrs
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
GEOL 3408 - Geographic Information Systems 4 hrs
JUAD 3312 - Law and Society 3 hrs
JUAD 3319 - American Legal System 3 hrs
JUAD 4313 - Alternative Dispute Resolution 3 hrs
MGMT 3304 - Principles of Management 3 hrs
POLS 3303 - Public Administration 3 hrs
SOCI 3303 - Urban Sociology 3 hrs
SOCI 3314 - Rural Sociology 3 hrs
SOCI 3319 - Environmental Sociology 3 hrs

Communication Requirement:

ENGL 3320 - Foundations of Technical Communication 3 hrs

Required Capstone Course:

ENVS 4101 - Environmental Science Seminar 1 hrs