Environmental Biology Major (52 credits):
The environmental biology major accommodates a wide variety of student interests and career goals. It may lead directly to employment in an environmental career, but also serves as an excellent preparation for advanced study. A core sequence of basic science and mathematics courses is followed by a series of required courses. Electives include advanced work in a number of environmental areas and students select these according to their interests. The program culminates in an original research project producing an undergraduate thesis. In some cases an internship with an environmentally related governmental agency or business may be substituted for the thesis. Such a substitution must be approved by the environmental studies committee.
This major is suited for those who desire to enter areas such as: aquatic biology, water quality, fisheries biology, wildlife ecology, environmental toxicology, environmental planning, and conservation biology.
A. Biology Core
All of the following:
B110 Botany and Zoology I
B111 Botany and Zoology I Lab
B120 Botany and Zoology II
B121 Botany and Zoology II Lab
C131 General Chemistry I
C133 General Chemistry I Lab
C321 Organic Chemistry I
M151 Calculus I
B. All of the following:
B301 Ecology
B310 Genetics
B315 GIS Theory & Application
B323 Plant Communities & Taxonomy
B340 Limnology
B392 Biometrics
B460 Sustainable Resource Management
B461 Environmental Seminar
C. One of the following:
B313 Physiology
B380 Earth Science
B434 Microbiology
D. One of the following:
B384 Pollution Ecology
B385 Freshwater Ecology
E. Section E or F
B494 Off-campus Environmental Experience
F. Section E or F
All of the following:
B492 Experimental Planning
B493 Research and Thesis
The following courses are recommended:
C142 General Chemistry II
C144 General Chemistry II Lab
C322 Organic Chemistry II
P201 Introductory Physics I
P202 Introductory Physics I Lab
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