Geology and Environmental Science Major, BS - Environmental Science Concentration

The Environmental Science concentration provides sound scientific, socioeconomic, and philosophical background for understanding the Earth's environment and prepares the student for careers in science, education, law, business, public policy, and many other fields.

College Requirements

Arts and Sciences

Corequisites

Students wishing to declare their major in Geology and Environmental Science should do so at the earliest opportunity.

Concentration Requirements

A. Policy and Writing Skills

Complete:

AREC 470 - Policy Analysis for Environmental and Natural Resource Management 3 Credit Hours
or
ECON 362 - Environmental and Natural Resource Policy 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 345 - People and Environment 3 Credit Hours
or
SOCI 360* - Environment and Resources 3 Credit Hours
JMED 451* - Environmental Writing 3 Credit Hours

B. Environmental Science Core

Complete five courses:

EEPS 301 - Field and Laboratory Methods in the Geosciences 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 310* - Mineralogy 4 Credit Hours
EEPS 320 - Paleobiology 4 Credit Hours
EEPS 340 - Earth Sedimentary Processes 4 Credit Hours
EEPS 424 - GIS for Geoscientists 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 425 - Data Analysis for Geoscientists 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 440 - Field Geology 3-5 Credit Hours
EEPS 443 - Urban Ecology 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 450 - Landscapes: Earth and Elsewhere 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 452 - Cave and Karst Geology 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 453 - Modern and Ancient Soils 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 454 - Environmental Restoration 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 455 - Environmental Geology 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 456 - Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 459 - Introduction to Oceanography 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 461 - Organic Geochemistry 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 462 - Environmental Aqueous Geochemistry 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 464 - Water Sustainability and Climate 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 465 - Geomicrobiology 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 471 - Applied Geophysics 3 Credit Hours
EEPS 485 - Principles of Hydrogeology 3 Credit Hours

C. Research or Internship

Complete 3 hours:

EEPS 493 - Independent Study 1-12 Credit Hours

D. Environmental Elective Courses

Select 9 additional hours from this list

AGNR 480* - How to Feed the World 3 Credit Hours
EEB 304 - Socio-Economic Impact of Plants 3 Credit Hours
EEB 422 - Landscape Ecology 3 Credit Hours
EEB 430 - Invasion Biology 3 Credit Hours
EEB 471* - Aquatic Macroecology and Conservation 4 Credit Hours
EEB 484 - Conservation Biology 3 Credit Hours
ESS 326 - GIS/GPS Applications in Agriculture and Environmental Science 3 Credit Hours
FORS 335 - Principles of Urban Forestry 3 Credit Hours
FORS 422 - Forest and Wildland Resource Policy 3 Credit Hours
FORS 423 - Wildland Recreation Planning and Management 3 Credit Hours
FORS 433 - Urbanization and Urban Soils 1 Credit Hours
SNR 250* - Conservation 3 Credit Hours
SNR 315 - Principles of Wildlife and Fisheries Management 3 Credit Hours
SNR 320* - Human Dimensions of Natural Resources 3 Credit Hours
SNR 324 - Applied Ecosystem Restoration 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 206* - Sustainability Principles and Practices 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 311* - Geovisualization and Geographic Information Science 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 331* - Natural Hazards 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 333 - Climate Change and Human Response 3 Credit Hours
GEOG 436 - Water Resources 3 Credit Hours
HTM 484* - Critical Sustainable Tourism 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 346* - Environmental Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PLSC 280 - Fundamentals of Sustainable Landscape Design 3 Credit Hours
PLSC 321 - Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology II 3 Credit Hours
PLSC 380 - Advanced Sustainable Landscape Design 3 Credit Hours
PLSC 455 - Advanced Sustainable Landscape Construction 3 Credit Hours
POLS 410 - Special Topics in Political Science 3 Credit Hours
POLS 549 - Environmental Policy
SOCI 363* - Food, Agriculture, and Society 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 465* - Social Values and the Environment 3 Credit Hours
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirement

Environmental Science – Honors Concentration

Requirements for the honors option are:

Fulfill all requirements for a concentration of the Geology and Environmental Science degree
Maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.25
Maintain a concentration GPA of at least 3.5
9 hours of honors-by-contract coursework chosen from: approved 300- and 400-level EEPS courses, EEPS 491 Foreign Study, EEPS 492 Off Campus Study, and EEPS 493 Independent Study.
3 hours of EEPS 497 Honors Senior Thesis (with a written and oral presentation of thesis)

Undergraduates

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