This program is designed to educate students about the scientific, human-dimension and policy aspects of environmental issues facing our state and nation as they work in regulatory agencies, industry and non-governmental organizations to resolve problems.
The increasing demands that population growth and affluence put on Earth’s natural resources and environment require greater numbers of trained professionals and informed citizens. This Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies blends an interdisciplinary understanding of Earth’s surface processes and environmental problems, along with the policy and decision-making components of human interactions with the environment. Students focus upper division coursework in one of five environmental themes: 1) urban environment, 2) occupational health and safety, 3) environmental regulation and compliance, 4) Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST), and 5) global environment.
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| BESC 201 | Introduction to Bioenvironmental Sciences | 3 |
BIOL 111
| Introductory Biology I
or Botany | 4 |
| ECCB 205 | Fundamentals of Ecology | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 14 |
| Spring |
|---|
| CHEM 119 | Fundamentals of Chemistry I | 4 |
| GEOG 201 | Introduction to Human Geography | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| BESC 367 | U.S. Environmental Regulations | 3 |
| GEOG 203 | Planet Earth | 3 |
| GEOG 213 | Planet Earth Lab | 1 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ECCB 309 | Forest Ecology | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| GEOG 304 | Economic Geography | 3 |
| RWFM 375 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| RWFM 306 | Wildlife and the Changing Environment | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
ECCB 351
| Geographic Information Systems for Resource Management
or Environmental Impact Assessment | 3 |
| SCSC 301 | Soil Science | 4 |
| 3 |
| Elementary Statistical Inference | |
| Introduction to Biometry | |
| Statistical Methods | |
| Statistical Methods | |
| 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| BESC 481 | Seminar | 1 |
| BESC 484 | Field Experience | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 13 |
| | Total Semester Credit Hours | 120 |
A minimum of 120 semester hours will be required for a BS degree.
