This BS degree in Environmental Studies provides students with the opportunity to learn about the major societal forces that influence environmental issues. These include political agreement supporting legal and regulatory requirements, economics and the marketplace, environmental values, and technology. Students gain technical background blended with a solid foundation in economics, political issues, environmental law, ethics, and communications. Technology and the environment are well supported in existing curricula and contribute to the multidisciplinary nature of the Environmental Studies degree. Technical courses focus on biological sciences, natural resources, and assessment of the environment and come from the Agricultural Economics; Bioenvironmental Sciences; Entomology; Forest Science; Rangeland Ecology and Management; Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences; Soil and Crop Sciences; and Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. It is the fusion of these courses with those from the Liberal Arts that make this a truly unique curriculum.
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.
