Environmental Science / Minor

Minor Credit Hours: 19

A grade of “C-” or better must be earned in a prerequisite course in order to advance to the next course in the sequence.

Environmental Science minors may take a Biology class only two times. If a student has not achieved a minimum grade of a “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class.

The Biology Department will award 3 hours of credit for the General Education class 02-100 Introduction to Biology when students have received a score of 4 or 5 on AP tests. No credit is awarded for major classes based on AP scores.

To be admitted to the minor in Environmental Science, the applicant needs either a cumulative GPA of 2.75 for matriculated students or a composite ACT score of 21 for first-year students. Minors need not take Calculus I to be admitted to the minor.

Degree Requirements

I. Required Courses (7)

02-233Principles of Environmental Science

4

02-375Issues in Environmental Science

3

II. Electives (12)

Choose at least 12 hours from this list.  At least 3 credit hours must be upper-division coursework.
02-222Earth Science

4

02-243Principles of Sustainability

4

02-298Field Biology

2

02-312Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

3

02-315General Ecology and Evolution

3

02-316General Ecology Lab

1

02-322Environmental Microbiology

2

02-323Environmental Microbiology Lab

1

02-363Biomimicry and Whole Systems Thinking

3

02-373Renewable Energy Technologies

4

02-393Green Building & LEED Rating Systems

3

02-416Conservation Biology

3

02-417Conservation Biology Lab

1

02-418Limnology

3

02-419Limnology Lab

1