Environmental Science - Ecoscience Concentration (BS)

College of Earth, Ocean, & Environment Breadth Requirements:

The College Breadth Requirements are taken in addition to the University Breadth Requirement. Up to three credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College Breadth Requirements. College Breadth courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C-.  Coursework in each category must represent two different disciplines. If all but one course in a group has been taken in one department or program, a course cross-listed with that program will not satisfy the distribution requirement.

*note: three credits in each category below can be used to fulfill the University Breadth requirement

• Six credits of Creative Arts and Humanities .
  • Understanding and appreciation of the visual and performing arts, of aesthetic forms, designs, or craftsmanship, or of literary, philosophical, and intellectual traditions. Courses may focus on a single aesthetic form or intellectual tradition, or cross-cultural comparisons.
• Six credits of History and Cultural Change .
  • Understanding of the sources and forces of historical changes in ideas, beliefs, institutions, and cultures. Courses may address social, cultural, intellectual, economic, technological, artistic, scientific, and political development, changes in a discipline, or globalization and its effects.
• Six credits of Social and Behavioral Sciences .
  • Understanding of the behavior of individuals and social groups in the context of their human and natural environments. Courses emphasize the empirical findings, applications, and methods of the social and behavioral sciences.

Foreign Language:

• Completion of the intermediate-level course (107,112, or 202) in an ancient or modern language with minimum grades of D-.
  • The number of credits (0-12) needed and initial placement will depend on the number of years of high school study of foreign language.
    • Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign language, or who have gained proficiency in a foreign language by other means, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination  through the Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department.

Second Writing Requirement:

A Second Writing Requirement  approved by the College of Arts and Sciences. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours, completed with a minimum grade of C-, and the section enrolled must be designated as satisfying the requirement in the academic term completed.

Core:

• ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics (3cr.)

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• APEC 150 - Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources (3cr.)

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• ENSC 101 - Introduction to the Environment (3cr.)

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• ENSC 102 - Introduction to Environmental Science (3cr.)

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• ENSC 300 - Earth Systems: Science and Policy (3cr.)
• ENWC 201 - Wildlife Conservation and Ecology (3cr.)
• GEOG 220 - Meteorology (3cr.)

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• GEOG 372 - Introduction to GIS (3cr.)

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• APEC 480 - Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resource Management (4cr.)

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• GEOG 412 - Physical Climatology (4cr.)
• GEOL 107 - Geology of Dynamic Earth (4cr.)
• MAST 382 - Introduction to Ocean Sciences (3cr.)
• PLSC 204 - Introduction to Soil Science (3cr.)
• PLSC 205 - Introduction to Soil Science Laboratory (1cr.)

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• POSC 350 - Politics and the Environment (3cr.)

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• MAST 462 - Climate Change: Policy, Equity and Mitigation (3cr.)

Supporting Math and Science:

• MATH 241 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus A (4cr.)
• MATH 242 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus B (4cr.)

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• PHYS 201 - Introductory Physics I (4cr.) *

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• PHYS 207 - Fundamentals of Physics I (4cr.) *

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• BISC 207 - Introductory Biology I (4cr.)

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• CHEM 103 - General Chemistry (4cr.)

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• CHEM 107 - General Chemistry For Life Sciences I (4cr.)

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• Choose one of the following options:

• Option I (four hours):

• CHEM 104 - General Chemistry (4cr.)

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• CHEM 108 - General Chemistry for Life Sciences II (4cr.)

• Option II (eight hours):

• BISC 208 - Introductory Biology II (4cr.) and
• CHEM 104 - General Chemistry (4cr.)

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• CHEM 108 - General Chemistry for Life Sciences II (4cr.)

Field Experience:

An approved 3-6 credit science field experience in which the student integrates the components of his or her concentration in an experiential learning environment. Experience MUST include data collection, manipulation of data sets, and weekly reports/field notes. This requirement could be fulfilled by an internship, study abroad experience, and/or a research experience so long as the above criteria are met. The following courses can be used to fulfill the field experience:

• BISC 312 - Field Ecology (3cr.)
• ENSC 425 - Environmental Field Methods (3cr.)
• ENWC 408 - Insect Field Taxonomy (3cr.)
• ENWC 415 - Wildlife Techniques (3cr.)
• GEOG 451 - Microclimatology (4cr.)
• GEOL 306 - Geoscience Field Methods (4cr.)

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• MAST 421 - Coastal Field Biology (3cr.)

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• MAST 621 - Coastal Field Biology

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• MAST 468 - Undergraduate Research (1 to 6cr.)
• Other field course approved by the faculty director of the ENSC program.

Capstone Course:

This three-credit capstone course serves as a culminating experience and is to be completed during the last semester of the senior year. This course will engage students in an exploration and discussion of the history and state of environmental studies and its connection to local, regional, national and global scale environmental issues. Students will develop and refine critical thinking skills and interdisciplinary problem-solving strategies. It serves to be a culminating experience for students on the “science-side” and the “studies-side” to collaboratively solve problems and discuss issues in the current environmental literature.

• ENSC 450 - Proseminar in Environmental Science (3cr.)