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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.  Students pursuing the General Studies degree may be able to add the Environmental Science Certificate with the coordinator's approval.  Contact a Natural Science advisor for more information.

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

 None

BIOL-L

102

Introduction to Biological Sciences II

5

C

 None

BIOL-L

211

Molecular Biology

3

C

 P:BIOL-L 101, L102, CHEM-C 101 or CHEM-C 105

CHEM-C

105

Principles of Chemistry I

3

C

 None

CHEM-C

125

Experimental Chemistry I

2

C

 C:CHEM-C 105

CHEM-C

106

Principles of Chemistry II

3

C

 P:CHEM-C 105

CHEM-C

126

Experimental Chemistry II

2

C

 P:CHEM-C 125
C:CHEM-C 106

CHEM-C

341

Organic Chemistry Lectures I

3

C

 P:CHEM-C 106

CHEM-C

343

Organic Chemistry Laboratory I

2

C

 C:CHEM-C 341

GEOL-G

100 or

107

General Geology OR

Physical Systems of the Environment

5

3

C

 None

MATH-M

122 or

125

Quantitative Reasoning: College Algebra OR

Pre-Calculus Mathematics

3

 

C

 

 R:MATH-M 102 or Placement

PHYS-P

201/202 or

221/222

General Physics I & II OR

Physics I & II

10

C

R:R: MATH-M 122 or high school equivalent

C:MATH-M215

Core Program

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs
Eight credits from the following Biology courses:
BIOL-L 473/474 Ecology & Field and Lab Ecology 3/2 C P: BIOL-L 211
MICR-M/BIOL-L 420/474 Environmental Microbiology & Field and Lab Ecology 3/2 C P: BIOL-L 211
BIOL-L 343 Applied Conservation Biology 5 C P: BIOL-L 211
BIOL-L 303 Field Biology 3 C P: One Biology course

BIOL-L

490

Independent Study (in Environmental Biology)

1-6

C

P:Permission of instructor
Eight credits of the following Chemistry courses:
CHEM-C 303 Environmental Chemistry 3 C P:CHEM-C 341/343
CHEM-C 333 Experimental Environmental Chemistry 2 C C:CHEM-C 303

CHEM-C

318

Spectrochemistry & Separations

3

C

P:CHEM-C 106/126
Six credits of the following Geoscience courses:

GEOG-G

338

Geographic Information Science AND

3

C

None

GEOL-G

451

Principles of Hydrogeology

3

C

P: GEOL-G 100 or GEOL-G 107

Choose one of the following:

PHYS-P

310

Environmental Physics OR

3

C

P:PHYS-P202 or 222

COAS-S

399

Internship (or job experience) 

0-1 

C 

P:Junior/Senior; 2.5 GPA

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