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School of Natural Sciences
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 |