Dec 04, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Sustainability Sciences (Coastal System Dynamics) BS Semester Guide

Freshman

1st semester (15 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
MAT 103 - Plane Trigonometry 3 hrs.
General Electives 3 hrs.

Select 1:

PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs. or
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
MAT 128 - Precalculus Mathematics 3 hrs.
CHE 106 - General Chemistry I 3 hrs. AND
CHE 106L - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 hr.
General Electives 3 hrs.

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PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs. or
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (16 hours)

BSC 110 - Principles of Biological Science I 3 hrs. AND
BSC 110L - Principles of Biological Science I Laboratory 1 hr.
ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.

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2nd semester (16 hours)

BSC 111 - Principles of Biological Science II 3 hrs. AND
BSC 111L - Principles of Biological Science II Laboratory 1 hr.
GHY 217 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 hrs.
General Electives 3 hrs.

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CMS 111 - Public Speaking 3 hrs.
CMS 305 - Interpersonal Communication 3 hrs.
CMS 320 - Professional Communication 3 hrs.
CMS 330 - Small-Group Communication 3 hrs.

Junior

1st semester (16 hours)

BSC 340 - Introductory Ecology 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.
SUS 330 - Foundations in Society and Sustainability 3 hrs.
General Electives 6 hrs.

2nd semester (16 hours)

Laboratory Science 4 hrs.
General Electives or Minor/Certificate 3 hrs.

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PS 403 - Politics and Environment 3 hrs.
ECO 440 - Economic Development 3 hrs.

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SUS 315 - Field Methods and Data Acquisition 3 hrs.
GHY 315 - Research Methods in Geography 3 hrs.
BSC 404 - Field Biology 1-2 hrs. arr. AND
BSC 404L - Field Biology Laboratory 2-4 hrs.

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Senior

1st semester (15 hours)

General Electives or Minor/Certificate 6 hrs.

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ENG 333 - Technical Writing 3 hrs. (WI)
GHY 331 - Cultural Systems in the Environment 3 hrs. (WI)

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PHI 351 - Critical Thinking 3 hrs.
PHI 457 - Environmental Ethics 3 hrs.
PS 470 - Science, Technology and Politics 3 hrs.
PSY 450 - Social Psychology 3 hrs.
REL 324 - Religion and Animals 3 hrs.
SOC 316 - Sociology of the Environment 3 hrs.

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ENG 409 - Studies in Literature and the Environment 3 hrs.
FLM 469 - Film, Media, and the Environment 3 hrs.
GHY 362 - Urban Geography 3 hrs.
GHY 435 - Historical Geography of the American Landscape 3 hrs.
HIS 470 - Environmental History of the South 3 hrs.
HIS 472 - American Environmental History 3 hrs.
PS 402 - Urban Politics 3 hrs.
SUS 350 - Topics in Sustainability Studies 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

SUS 400 - Capstone Experience in Sustainable Project Development & Implementation 3 hrs.
General Electives or Minor/Certificate 12 hrs.