B.S. Biology: Specialization in Environmental Science (non teaching)
 

The B.S. Biology: Specialization in Environmental Science degree program provides students with a strong biology core curriculum with added multidisciplinary strengths in environmental science, particularly aquatic (freshwater and estuarine) ecology and plant and animal organismal biology. The program prepares students for careers in environmental science and natural resources management with government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the environmental industry, or for graduate study in these areas. Course requirements for the program include:

Thirty-one to thirty-five (31-35) credits in Biology as follows:

• BIO 121, General Biology I

• BIO 122, General Biology II

• BIO 200, General Biology III

• BIO 290, Biology Research Experience I

• BIO 390, Biology Research Experience II, or BIO 391, Internship in Biology

• BIO 436, Environmental Resources and Management, or BIO 438, Aquatic Pollution

• BIO 405, Ecology, or BIO 434, Ecology of Inland Waters and Estuaries

One course (3 or 4 credits) from the Biodiversity course group:

• BIO 315, Microbial Ecology

• BIO 322, Vertebrate Zoology

• BIO 326, Non-Vascular Plants and Fungi

• BIO 327, Vascular Plants

• BIO 420, Ornithology

• BIO 421, Invertebrate Zoology

• BIO 425, Aquatic Plant Biology

• BIO 444, Plant Taxonomy

One course (with laboratory, 4 credits) from the Physiology course group:

• BIO 331, Neurobiology

• BIO 410, Ecological Physiology

• BIO 412, Human Physiology and BIO 413, Human Physiology Laboratory

• BIO 449, Plant Physiology and BIO 450, Investigations in Plant Physiology

In addition, the student must take the following 37-38 credits of related requirements:

• CHEM 121, General Chemistry I

• CHEM 122, General Chemistry II

• CHEM 301, Analytical Chemistry

• CHEM 210 & 211, Organic Chemistry I and Laboratory

• CHEM 212 & 213, Organic Chemistry II and Laboratory

• CHEM 406, Environmental Chemistry

• PHYS 121, General Physics I

• PHYS 122, General Physics II

• ESCI 121, Physical Geology and ESCI 123, Geology Laboratory, or ESCI

• 450, Environmental Geology

• Math 124, Applied Calculus with Trigonometry, or Math 125, Applied Calculus, and Math 115, Trigonometry

Students in the B.S. Biology, Specialization in Environmental Science program are not required to have a Minor. However, the completion of the requirements for a B.S. Biology, Specialization in Environmental Science also completes the requirements for a Minor in Chemistry.

Last Modified: Wednesday, 31. October 2007