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Certificate in Environmental Science

The Certificate in Environmental Science provides an opportunity for students to supplement their major in another discipline with acknowledged course work in the environmental sciences.  Prerequisite requirements are usually applicable for upper level course work and must be fulfilled before the courses can be taken.  Biology major courses may be repeated only a limited number of times including late withdrawals. Required to be a major in Biology, Chemistry, Geoscience or Physics, or having completed a BA or BS degree.

Degree/Certificate Requirements

Degree Program Admission Requirement

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

BIOL-L

101

Introduction to Biological Sciences I

5

C


BIOL-L

102

Introduction to Biological Sciences II

5

C


BIOL-L

211

Molecular Biology

3

C


CHEM-C

105

Principles of Chemistry I

3

C


CHEM-C

125

Experimental Chemistry I

2

C


CHEM-C

106

Principles of Chemistry II

3

C


CHEM-C

126

Experimental Chemistry II

2

C


CHEM-C

341

Organic Chemistry Lectures I

3

C


CHEM-C

343

Organic Chemistry Laboratory I

2

C


GEOL-G

100

General Geology

5

C


MATH-M

122 or

125

Quantitative Reasoning: College Algebra or Pre-Calculus Mathematics

3

 

C

 


PHYS-P

100 or 201 or 221

Physics in the Modern World or

General Physics or

Physics I

5

C


CSCI-C

106

Introduction to Computers and their Uses (can place out)

3

C


Core Program

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs



Eight credits from the following Biology courses:


BIOL-L

MICR-M

BIOL-L

BIOL-L

BIOL-L



473

420

474

343

303

Ecology OR

Environmental Microbiology AND

Field & Laboratory Ecology for either L473 or M420 OR

Applied Conservation Biology OR

Field Biology

3

3

2

5

3

C

C

C

C

C

BIOL-L 211

BIOL-L 211

BIOL-L 211

BIOL-L 211

BIOL-L 211



Eight credits of the following Chemistry courses:

CHEM-C

CHEM-C

CHEM-C

303

333

318

Environmental Chemistry AND

Experimental Environmental Chemistry (2 cr.) AND

Spechtrochemistry & Separations

3

2

3

C

C

C

CHEM-C 341/343

CHEM-C 341/343

CHEM-C 341/343

Six credits of the following Geoscience courses:

GEOG-G

GEOL-G  

338

451

Geographic Information Science

Principles of Hydrogeology

3

3

C

C


PHYS-P

310

Environmental Physics

3

C


COAS-S 

399

Internship (or Job experience)

0-1

C


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