Three undergraduate curricula are offered in environmental studies: Bachelor
of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and a Minor.
(Check the published catalogue for latest version of these requirements.)
Bachelor
of Arts in Environmental Studies
An
interdisciplinary bachelor of arts major in environmental studies is
offered for the student with an abiding interest in the general environmental
problems faced by humans, and with special concern for the social and
policy aspects of their solution. Environmental studies is a strong,
broad, liberal arts degree. It also is a preparation for one of the
growing numbers of environmental careers in planning, business, non-profits,
law, enforcement, or education.The bachelor of arts in environmental
studies major requires 10 courses distributed as follows:
- Life
science core course: BIOL 208 Population and Community Biology
- One
earth science core course (List 1)
- One
social science core course (List 2)
- Three
science and technical courses (List
3)
- Two
social science and humanities courses (List
4) in addition to the social science core course
- ENST
200 Environmental studies research methods or MATH 216 Statistics
I
- One synthesizing senior course from a list ofsuitable CAPS courses
provided each year -- or ENST 349 or 350 Senior Thesis (preferably
taken as one-half credit in each of junior and senior year).
Bachelor
of Science in Environmental Studies
A
bachelor of science in environmental studies with a concentration in
life sciences is offered for the student interested in the living environment
of human and natural systems. As a bachelor of science major, it is
meant to provide substantial depth in ecology, the life sciences, and
related fields within the context of a liberal education. This major
provides students with a rigorous background in environmental biology,
focusing on topics such as biodiversity, conservation biology,aquatic
biology, and behavioral ecology. The bachelor of science major
in environmental studies comprises 17 courses distributed as follows:
- Two introductory
biology courses BIOL 207 Genetics and BIOL 208 Population and Community
Biology to be taken during the first and sophomore years. BIOL 206
Organismal Biology may be substituted for BIOL 207 with adviser consent.
- Four advanced
biology courses from:
- BIOL 321
Behavioral Ecology
- BIOL 354
Tropical Biology
- BIOL 355
Social Insects
- BIOL 356
Plant-Animal Interactions
- BIOL 370
Primate Behavior and Ecology
- BIOL 415
Conservation Biology
- BIOL 311
Vertebrate Diversity
- BIOL 330
Plant Systematics
- BIOL 334
Limnology
- BIOL 341
Organic Evolution
- BIOL 344
Marine Biology
- BIOL 353
Community/Ecosystem Ecology
- BIOL 358
Invertebrate Zoology
- One
earth science core course (List 1)
- One
social science core course (List 2)
- Two
science and technical courses (List
3) that are not biology courses
- Two
social science and humanities courses (List
4), in addition to the social science core course
- Two courses
in statistics MATH 216 Introduction to Statistics and MATH 217 Statistics
for the Biological Sciences to be taken first or sophomore years
- Any two of the
following chemistry or geochemistry courses: CHEM 206 Introduction
to Environmental Chemistry CHEM 360 Advanced Environmental Chemistry
GEOL 205 Introduction to Geochemistry GEOL 305 Aqueous and Environmental
Geochemistry.
- Senior thesis:
ENST 349 and 350 preferably taken as one-half credit in each of junior
and senior years.
Minor
in Environmental Studies
The minor in environmental studies requires five courses distributed
as follows:
- Two
courses from List 3 (Science and
technical courses)
- Two
courses from List 4 (Social science
and humanities courses); ENST 100 may count for one of these courses.
- BIOL
208, GEOG 110, GEOG 113, or GEOL 106.
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