Academic Catalog 2013-2014

Nov 21, 2024

Academic Catalog 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Environmental Studies, B.S.

Course Requirements

The major requires 39 hours, of which 31 hours are upper-level. Courses must be selected from the groupings listed below. Students are encouraged to carefully select applicable electives in the groups shown below to complement their minor and avoid course overlap between their major and minor. *Up to 4 hours from the Biology Group and up to 4 hours from the Physical Science Group may be used to fulfill 8 hours of the physical science and science elective requirements in the general education core of the B.S. degree.

Four hours from:

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

Four hours from:

Seven hours from:

Twenty one hours from:

GEOG 3305 - Human Geography 3 hrs
GEOG 3318 - Environmental/Geographical History of the U.S. 3 hrs and
HIST 3318 - Environmental/Geographical History of the U.S. 3 hrs
POLS 3303 - Public Administration 3 hrs
ECON 3331 - Environmental Economics 3 hrs
JUAD 3312 - Law and Society 3 hrs
JUAD 3319 - American Legal System 3 hrs
JUAD 4313 - Alternative Dispute Resolution 3 hrs
SOCI 3303 - Urban Sociology 3 hrs
SOCI 3314 - Rural Sociology 3 hrs
MGMT 3304 - Principles of Management 3 hrs

Three hours from:

Recommended Course Sequence

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies Recommended Sequence of Courses - listed is the recommended rotation based on a B.S. degree program. For complete information on the general education and graduation requirements for the B.S. degree program, please refer to the undergraduate programs section of the catalog.

Freshman Year Fall Semester:

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric 3 hrs
EXSS 1112 - Concepts of Fitness 1 hrs
MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hrs
UNIV 1100 - Foundations of University Life 1 hrs

Four hours from:

Three hours from:

COSC 2311 - Computer Applications 3 hrs
EDIT 2310 - Technology in the Classroom 3 hrs
MSCI 2311 - Scientific Computing 3 hrs

Total: 15 Hours

Freshman Year Spring Semester:

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Reading 3 hrs
EXSS activity course 1 hr
MATH 1306 - Elementary Statistics 3 hrs
Course in major 3-4 hrs

Four hours from:

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

Total: 15-16 Hours

Sophomore Year Fall Semester:

Fine Arts course 3 hrs
ENGL Literature course 3 hrs
Social Sciences Core course 3 hrs
RLGN 1301 - Old Testament History 3 hrs
Course in major 3-4 hrs

Total: 15-16 Hours

Sophomore Year Spring Semester:

POLS 2301 - American Government 3 hrs
COMS course 3 hrs
RLGN 1302 - New Testament History 3 hrs
Course in minor 4 hrs
Course in major 3 hrs

Total: 16 Hours

Junior Year Fall Semester:

Course in minor 4 hrs
Course in major 3 hrs
Course in minor 3 hrs
Course in minor 3 hrs

Three hours from:

Total: 16 Hours

Junior Year Spring Semester:

Course in major 3-4 hrs
Course in major 3-4 hrs
Course in minor 3 hrs
Course in minor 3 hrs

Three hours from:

Total: 15-17 Hours

Senior Year Fall Semester:

Course in major 3-4 hrs
Course in major 3-4 hrs
Course in major 3 hrs
Course in minor 3 hrs
Course in minor 3 hrs

Total: 15-17 Hours

Senior Year Spring Semester:

ENVS 4101 - Environmental Science Seminar 1 hrs
GRAD 0001 - Senior Seminar 0 hrs
Course in major 3-4 hrs
Course in major 3-4 hrs
Elective 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs
Elective 3 hrs

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Environmental Studies, B.S.

Course Requirements

Four hours from:

Four hours from:

Seven hours from:

Twenty one hours from:

Three hours from:

Recommended Course Sequence

Freshman Year Fall Semester:

Four hours from:

Three hours from:

Total: 15 Hours

Freshman Year Spring Semester:

Four hours from:

Total: 15-16 Hours

Sophomore Year Fall Semester:

Total: 15-16 Hours

Sophomore Year Spring Semester:

Total: 16 Hours

Junior Year Fall Semester:

Three hours from:

Total: 16 Hours

Junior Year Spring Semester:

Three hours from:

Total: 15-17 Hours

Senior Year Fall Semester:

Total: 15-17 Hours

Senior Year Spring Semester:

Total: 16-18 Hours