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| Degrees/Courses |
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| This major is designed for those students wishing to pursue careers in environmental science. Among these career choices are environmental analysis and testing, environmental health and medicine, industrial environmental monitoring, and graduate programs in a variety of environmental areas.Students who opt for this major desire a program that is more interdisciplinary than degree programs in either biology or chemistry. |
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| Major Requirements |
| Course Number |
Course Name |
Credits |
| BY160 |
Introduction to Biology |
4 |
| BY161 |
Botany II |
3 |
| BY162 |
Zoology I |
3 |
| BY231 |
Microbiology |
4 |
| BY352 |
Ecology |
4 |
| Biology |
Elective |
4 |
| CY111/112 |
General Chemistry |
5/5 |
| CY211/212 |
Organic Chemistry |
5/5 |
| EV250 |
Environmental Instrumentation |
4 |
| EV399/400 |
Environmental Science Seminars |
1/1 |
GY101
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Earth Environments |
4 |
| MS121/122 |
Calculus I and II |
4/4 |
| MS252 |
Statistics |
3 |
| PC201/202 |
General Physics |
4/4 |
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| PC213/214 |
General Physics with Calculus |
4/4 |
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| Notes |
- Students may elect PC201/202 in place of PC213/214.
- EV399 and EV400 will include environmental research projects as well as seminars on environmental problems. The research will be done in collaboration with faculty members in the Biology, Chemistry, Geography, and Physics Departments.
- Faculty in this program will assist students who seek internships in environmental science.
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| Credit Hours in Major |
| Biology |
20 |
| Chemistry |
20 |
| Environmental Science |
6 |
| Geography |
4 |
| Mathematics |
11 |
| Physics/Engineering |
8 |
| Total Credit Hours |
69 |
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| Environmental Courses |
| EV250 Environmental Instrumentation (4) |
| This course is an introduction to analytical methods in environmental chemistry. The primary emphasis will be on quantitative methods, statistical analysis and reliability of results, and the application of spectroscopy, chromatography, and electrochemistry to environmental analysis. There will be two lectures and two 3-hour labs per week. This course will only be offered in the sixteen-week semester format. Students must have mathematical skills equivalent to MS114. This course may be co-listed with CY346, Instrumental Analysis. Prerequisite: CY112. |
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| EV399 Environmental Seminar I (2) |
| EV399 will involve a discussion of environmental problems and the application of environmental regulations to these problems. Students will also become familiar
with establishing a compliance strategy for industrial plants. |
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| EV400 Environmental Seminar II (1) |
| This course will be the capstone course for the major and will involve a research
problem in environmental science. Students will work 1:1 with a faculty member
in the NSM division on an original problem. |
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