2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Environmental Science and Sustainability, BS

This major does not require a minor

Total number of hours required in the major:

33 hours

Total number of advanced hours required in the major:

20-25 semester hours

Required Courses

BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hour(s)
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hour(s)
BIOL 1409 - Environmental Science and Sustainability I 4 hour(s)
BIOL 1410 - Environmental Science and Sustainability II 4 hour(s)
BIOL 2455 - General Ecology 4 hour(s)
BIOL 3100 - Seminar in Environmental Science and Sustainability Careers 1 hour(s)
BIOL 4490 - Environmental Science Internship 4 hour(s)
CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hour(s)
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hour(s)

Additional Courses

ANTH 2351 - Cultural Anthropology 3 hour(s)
BIOL 3413 - Vascular Plants 4 hour(s)
BIOL 3435 - Invertebrate Zoology 4 hour(s)
BIOL 3442 - Marine Biology 4 hour(s)
BIOL 3450 - Environmental Toxicology 4 hour(s)
BIOL 3465 - Evolution 4 hour(s)
BIOL 3481 - General Microbiology 4 hour(s)
BIOL 4481 - Research and Writing 4 hour(s)
BIOL 5401 - Research in Biology 4 hour(s)
CMAS 4320 - Women, Gender and Migration 3 hour(s)
COMM 4360 - Communication Theory and Research 3 hour(s)
ECON 2302 - Principles of Economics II 3 hour(s)
ENGL 3314 - Fundamentals of Professional and Technical Writing 3 hour(s)
ENGL 3333 - Grant Writing 3 hour(s)
ENGL 3345 - Technical Editing and Writing 3 hour(s)
ENGL 3371 - Writing in STEM 3 hour(s)
HIST 5370 - Special Issues: World History 3 hour(s)
MGMT 4308 - Sustainability in Business 3 hour(s)
MKTG 3331 - Principles of Marketing 3 hour(s)
PHIL 4352 - Global Justice 3 hour(s)
POLS 4351 - Environmental Policy 3 hour(s)
SOCI 1319 - Introduction to Public Health 3 hour(s)
SOCI 3319 - Mapping the Social World 3 hour(s)
SOCI 4327 - Environmental Sociology 3 hour(s)

Required General Education Courses

BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hour(s)
CSCD 2341 - American Sign Language I 3 hour(s)
CSCD 2342 - American Sign Language II 3 hour(s)
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hour(s)
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hour(s)
MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hour(s)
MATH 1404 - College Algebra with Lab 4 hour(s)

Collateral Courses

ECON 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 hour(s)
MKTG 3331 - Principles of Marketing 3 hour(s)
POLS 1301 - U.S. Government and Politics 3 hour(s)
PHIL 2321 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hour(s)

Suggested Sequencing of Major Courses:

Fall Year 1

NATURAL SCIENCE 4 hrs

BIOL 1409 - Environmental Science and Sustainability I 4 hour(s)

ENGLISH 3 hrs

ENGL 1313 - Composition I 3 hour(s)

MATHEMATICS 3-4 hrs

MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hour(s)
MATH 1404 - College Algebra with Lab 4 hour(s)

INDS 3 hrs

INDS 1311 - Applications of Learning 3 hour(s)

Total 13-14 hrs

Spring Year 1

BIOL 1410 - Environmental Science and Sustainability II 4 hour(s)

PHILOSOPHY 3 hrs

PHIL 2321 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hour(s)

ENGLISH 3 hrs

ENGL 1314 - Composition II 3 hour(s)

THEOLOGY 3 hrs

ELECTIVE 3-4 hrs

Total 16-17 hrs

Fall Year 2

BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hour(s)
CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hour(s)

FOREIGN LANG/MULTICUL 3-4 hrs

CSCD 2341 - American Sign Language I 3 hour(s)
CSCD 2342 - American Sign Language II 3 hour(s)
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hour(s)
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hour(s)

SOCIAL SCIENCE 3 hrs

ECON 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 hour(s)
POLS 1301 - U.S. Government and Politics 3 hour(s)

Total 17-18 hrs

Spring Year 2

BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hour(s)
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hour(s)

HISTORY 3 hrs

Total 14-15 hrs

Fall Year 3

BIOL 3100 - Seminar in Environmental Science and Sustainability Careers 1 hour(s)

ELECTIVE 3 hrs

ELECTIVE 3 hrs

ELECTIVE 3 hrs

Total 13-14 hrs

Spring Year 3

BIOL 2455 - General Ecology 4 hour(s)

FINE ARTS 3 hrs

ELECTIVE 3 hrs

Total 13-14 hrs

Fall Year 4

FOREIGN LANG/MULTICUL 3-4 hrs

CSCD 2341 - American Sign Language I 3 hour(s)
CSCD 2342 - American Sign Language II 3 hour(s)
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hour(s)
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hour(s)

LITERATURE 3 hrs

ELECTIVE 3 hrs

Total 15-18 hrs

Spring Year 4

BIOL 4490 - Environmental Science Internship 4 hour(s)

ORAL COMMUNICATION 3 hrs

DRAM 2312 - Oral Communication 3 hour(s)

ELECTIVE 3 hrs

ELECTIVE 3 hrs

Total 16-17 hrs

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