Students must complete at least 15 credit hours of coursework, including:

1. An introductory course. Students must complete one of the following options:
   • GEOG-G 208 Environment and Society (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 272 Introduction to Environmental Sciences (3 cr.)
2. An additional 12 credit hours of elective courses, with at least 9 credit hours at the 300-400 level, chosen from the following list:
   • BIOL-B 300 Vascular Plants (4 cr.)
   • BIOL-B 351 Fungi (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-B 352 Fungi: Laboratory (2 cr.)
   • BIOL-B 364 Summer Flowering Plants (4-5 cr.)
   • BIOL-B 371 Ecological Plant Physiology (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 211 Molecular Biology (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 307 Biodiversity (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 311 Genetics (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 318 Evolution (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 319 Genetics Laboratory (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 350 Environmental Biology (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 376 Biology of Birds (4 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 377 Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 433 Tropical Biology (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 465 Advanced Field Biology (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 472 Microbial Ecology (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 473 Ecology (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 474 Field and Laboratory Ecology (2 cr.)
   • BIOL-L 479 Evolution and Ecology (4 cr.)
   • BIOL-M 250 Microbiology (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-M 315 Microbiology Laboratory (2 cr.)
   • BIOL-M 465 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-Z 373 Entomology (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-Z 374 Invertebrate Zoology (3 cr.)
   • BIOL-Z 406 Vertebrate Zoology (5 cr.)
   • BIOL-Z 476 Biology of Fishes (3 cr.)
   • CHEM-A 314 Biological and Environmental Chemical Analysis (2 cr.)
   • CHEM-A 315 Chemical Measurements Laboratory (2 cr.)
   • CHEM-A 316 Bioanalytical Chemistry Laboratory (2 cr.) 
   • CHEM-C 317 Equilibria and Electrochemistry (2 cr.)
   • CHEM-C 318 Spectrochemistry and Separations (2 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 304 Physical Climatology (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 305 Current Issues in Climate, Land and Environmental Change (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 307 Biogeography: The Distribution of Life (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 336 Environmental Remote Sensing (3 cr.) or SPEA-E 419 Applied Remote Sensing of the Environment (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 338 Geographic Information Science (3 cr.) or SPEA-E 418 Vector-based GIS (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 341 Ecological Restoration: Science, Politics and Ethics (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 350 Field Methods in Physical Geography (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 405 Ecological Climatology (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 407 Climate Dynamics (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 436 Advanced Remote Sensing: Digital Image Processing (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 438 Advanced Geographic Information Science (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 444 Climate Change Impacts (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 451 Physical Hydrology (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 452 Tree-Ring Science (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 477 Topics in Climatology (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 488 Applied Spatial Statistics (3 cr.)
   • GEOG-G 489 Advanced Geospatial Data Analysis (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 225 Earth Materials (4 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 316 Mineral Fuels and Materials (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 328 Energy, Resources, and the Environment (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 334 Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 339 Weather Analysis and Forecasting (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 341 Natural History of Coral Reefs (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 347 Instrumentation for Atmospheric Sciences (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 351 Elements of Hydrology (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 364 Dynamic Meteorology 1 (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 406 Introduction to Geochemistry (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 413 Introduction to Geophysics (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 415 Principles of Geomorphology (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 423 Methods in Applied Geophysics (4 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 435 Glacial and Quaternary Geology (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 437 Advanced Synoptic Meteorology and Climatology (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 438 Air Pollution Meteorology (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 444 Methods in Analytical Geochemistry (1-2 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 451 Principles of Hydrogeology (3 cr.)
   • GEOL-G 476 Climate Change Science (3 cr.)
   • PHYS-P 310 Environmental Physics (3 cr.)
   • PHYS-P 317 Signals and Information Processing in Living Systems (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 332 Introduction to Applied Ecology (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 375 Techniques of Environmental Science (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 400 Topics in Environmental Studies (Approved topics: Plants and Plant Communities; Radiological Hazard Management, or approval of specific topic by BSES Program Directors)
   • SPEA-E 401 Human Behavior and Energy Consumption (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 410 Introduction to Environmental Toxicology (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 411 Introduction to Groundwater Hydrology (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 426 Applied Math for Environmental Science (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 431 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 440 Wetland Ecology and Management (4 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 442 Habitat Analysis—Terrestrial (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 443 Habitat Analysis—Aquatic (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 451 Air Pollution and Control (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 455 Limnology (4 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 456 Lake and Watershed Management (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 457 Introduction to Conservation Biology (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 460 Fisheries and Wildlife Management (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 461 Fisheries and Wildlife Management Laboratory (3 cr.)
   • SPEA-E 464 Organic Pollutants: Environmental Chemistry and Fate (3 cr.)
   • Or other courses approved by the BSES Program Committee
3. A GPA of at least 2.000 is required, with no course grade lower than C–.