Undergraduate Catalog 2013-2014

Environmental Sciences Minor

Degree Requirements

Seventeen hours with minimum grades of C or better in the following classes:

ENSC 1000Intro to Environmental Science

3

ENSC 1000LIntro to Environ Science Lab

1

BIOL 2800Ecology

4

A minimum of 9 hours of 3000/4000 level courses from the following list.

Independent study, internships, or research credits are not acceptable. Courses that are included in a student's major curriculum cannot be used toward the environmental science minor. For example, biology majors must select their upper division courses from approved upper level CHEM, ENSC, GEOG, GEOL courses.
BIOL 4260Environmental Toxicology

3

BIOL 4460General Entomology

4

BIOL 4490Phycology

4

BIOL 4470Herpetology

4

BIOL 4480Ichthyology

4

BIOL 4500Invertebrate Zoology

4

BIOL 4530Mammalogy

4

BIOL 4610Vertebrate Zoology

4

BIOL 4710Biogeography

4

BIOL 4725Community & Ecosystem Ecology

4

BIOL 4740Environmental Conservation

3

BIOL 4750Environmental Microbiology

3

BIOL 4760Plant Systematics

4

BIOL 4770Field Ornithology

4

BIOL 4780Freshwater Biology

4

BIOL 4860Vertebrate Field Techniques

4

BIOL 4870Wildlife Management

4

CHEM 3400Environmental Chemistry

3

CHEM 3400LEnvironmental Chemistry Lab

1

ECON 3680Nat Resource & Environment Eco

3

ENSC 4600Soil & Environmental Quality

4

ENSC 4120Natural Hazards

3

ENSC 4130Wetland Environments

3

ENSC 4400Resource Use

3

ENSC 4450Environment & Society

3

ENSC 4710Biogeography

4

ENSC 4740Environmental Conservation

3

ENSC 4760Plant Taxonomy

4

ENSC 4770Field Ornithology

4

ENSC 4780Freshwater Biology

4

ENSC 4860Vertebrate Field Techniques

4

ENSC 4950Special Topics

1 - 4

GEOG 3100Intro to Geographic Info

3

GEOG 4100Adv Geographic Information

3

GEOG 4112Advanced Weather & Climate

3

GEOG 4120Natural Hazards

3

GEOG 4130Wetland Environments

3

GEOL 4100Introductory Hydrology

4

GEOL 4200General Geomorphology

4

GEOL 4300Sedimentology & Stratigraphy

4

GEOL 4600Soil & Environmental Quality

4

GEOL 4950Special Topics

1 - 4

Please note that some of these courses have prerequisites that are not part of the Environmental Science minor.

Students earning an Environmental Science minor only need to take BIOL 1107/BIOL 1107L or BIOL 1108/BIOL 1108L as a prerequisite for BIOL 2800 (Ecology).  They should contact the instructor prior to registration.