Mar 28, 2023

2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Environmental Science Concentration, Biology Option, B.S.

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Curriculum

Freshman Year

First Semester

BIOL 1113 - General Biology I Credit: 4.
CHEM 1010 - Introductory Chemistry I Credit: 4. or
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I Credit: 4.
ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credit: 3.
ESS 1020 - Connections to Environmental and Sustainability Studies Credit: 1.
MATH 1130 - College Algebra Credit: 3. or
MATH 1830 - Applied Calculus Credit: 3. or
MATH 1910 - Calculus I Credit: 4.

Total: 15-16

Second Semester

Elective Credit: 3
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credit: 3.
ESS 1100 - Introduction to Environmental Studies Credit: 3.
GEOL 1045 - Earth Environment, Resources and Society Credit: 4.

Total: 13

Sophomore Year

First Semester

ENGL 2130 - Topics in American Literature Credit: 3. or
ENGL 2235 - Topics in British Literature Credit: 3. or
ENGL 2330 - Topics in World Literature Credit: 3.
HIST 2010 - Early United States History Credit: 3.
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective Credit: 3.
PHIL 1030 - Introduction to Philosophy Credit: 3.
SOC 1010 - Introduction to Sociology Credit: 3.

Total: 15

Second Semester

BIOL 1123 - General Biology II Credit: 4.
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credit: 3. or
PC 2500 - Communicating in the Professions Credit: 3.
ECON 2010 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit: 3.
ESS 3710 - Chemistry and the Environment Credit: 3.
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History Credit: 3.

Total: 16

Junior Year

First Semester

BIOL 3120 - General Ecology Credit: 3. or
BIOL 3130 - General Ecology Credit: 4.
Elective Credit: 1.
ESS 3000 - Introduction to Environmental Law Credit: 3.
MATH 3070 - Statistical Methods I Credit: 3. or
BIOL 4220 (5220) - Biostatistics Credit: 3.
PHYS 2010 - Algebra-based Physics I Credit: 4.

Total: 14-15

Second Semester

AGRN 3000 - Soils Credit: 4.
BIOL 2310 - General Botany Credit: 4.
GEOG 3200 - Water Resources Credit: 3.
HIST 3900 - Environmental History Credit: 3.
SOC 3600 - Environmental Sociology Credit: 3.

Total: 17

Senior Year

First Semester

AGBE 4120 (5120) - Natural Resource Economics Credit: 3.
BIOL 3140 - Cellular Biology Credit: 4. or
BIOL 3200 - General Microbiology Credit: 4. or
BIOL 3810 - General Genetics Credit: 4.
Biology Option Elective Credit: 6-7¹.
ESS 4001 - Society and the Environment: Capstone Experience Part 1. Credit: 3.

Total: 16-17

Second Semester

Biology Option Electives Credit: 6¹.
Electives Credit: 3-4.
ESS 4002 - Society and the Environment: Capstone Experience Part 2. Credit: 3.

Total: 12-13

Note:

¹	Biology Option Elective
	One of the following:
	AGHT 3450 Dendrology
	BIOL 3240 Field Botany
	BIOL 4330 (5330) Plant Ecology
	ESS 4900 Internship
	One of the following:
	ESS 4300 Environmental Management System
	WFS 4500 (5500) National Wildlife Policy
	WFS 4730 (5730) Conservation Biology
	One of the following:
	BIOL 4650 (5650) Marine Biology
	BIOL 4840 (5840) Limnology
	BIOL 4130 (5130) Environmental Microbiology
	One of the following:
	BIOL 3330 Entomology
	BIOL 4230 (5230) Animal Behavior
	BIOL 4610 (5610) Invertebrate Zoology
	BIOL 4630 (5630) Ornithology
	BIOL 4810 (5810) Ichthyology
	BIOL 4820 (5820) Mammalogy
	BIOL 4830 (5830) Herpetology

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