Environmental Science Minor

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Requirements for a Minor

Students pursuing the undergraduate minor in environmental science must complete a minimum of 18 hours of course work. Courses used to meet minimum requirements in the core, major or another minor may not be duplicated for the environmental science minor. The following course is required:

The remaining 15 hours must be selected from among the following courses:

BSC 435 - Plant Ecology 3 hrs. AND
BSC 435L - Plant Ecology Laboratory 1 hr.
BSC 440 - Ecology 3 hrs. AND
BSC 440L - Ecology Laboratory 1 hr.
BSC 441 - Population and Community Ecology 3 hrs. AND
BSC 441L - Population and Community Ecology Laboratory 1 hr.
BSC 443 - Freshwater Biology 3 hrs. AND
BSC 443L - Freshwater Biology Laboratory 1 hr.
BSC 444 - Limnology 3 hrs. AND
BSC 444L - Limnology Laboratory 1 hr.
BSC 489 - Environmental Microbiology 3 hrs. AND
BSC 489L - Environmental Microbiology Laboratory 1 hr
CHE 311 - Analytical Chemistry 3 hrs. AND
CHE 311L - Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 2 hrs.
CHE 411 - Instrumental Analysis 3 hrs. AND
CHE 411L - Instrumental Analysis Laboratory 1 hr.
CHE 470 - Survey of Toxicology 3 hrs.
CHS 321 - Community Health 3 hrs.
CHS 440 - Introduction to Biostatistics 3 hrs.
CJ 431 - Environmental Law 3 hrs.
CJ 480 - Seminar in Criminal Justice 3 hrs.
CSS 418 - Sampling Methods 3 hrs.
ESC 302 - Environmental Improvement Project 3 hrs.
ESC 330 - Principles of Environmental Health 3 hrs.
ESC 401 - Environmental Sampling 4 hrs.
ESC 406 - Environmental Remediation 3 hrs.
ESC 450 - Pollution Control 3 hrs.
ESC 492 - Special Problems 1-3 hrs.
GHY 370 - Conservation of Natural Resources 3 hrs.
GHY 412 - Environmental Remote Sensing 3 hrs. AND
GHY 412L - Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory 1 hr.
GHY 417 - Geographic Information System 2 hrs. AND
GHY 417L - Geographic Information System Laboratory 1 hr.
GHY 418 - Spatial Analysis 2 hrs. AND
GHY 418L - Spatial Analysis Laboratory 2 hrs.
GHY 425 - Environmental Climatology 3 hrs.
GHY 427 - Meteorology 3 hrs.
GLY 306 - Environmental Geology 3 hrs.
GLY 411 - Applied Groundwater Geochemistry 3 hrs.
GLY 465 - Engineering Geology 3 hrs.
GLY 476 - Hydrology 3 hrs.
MAR 401 - Biological Oceanography 3 hrs. AND
MAR 401L - Biological Oceanography Laboratory 1 hr.
MAR 405 AND
MAR 405L
MAR 441 - Marine Chemistry 3 hrs. AND
MAR 441L - Marine Chemistry Laboratory 1 hr.
MAR 461 - Physical Oceanography 3 hrs. AND
MAR 461L - Physical Oceanography Laboratory 1 hr.
MAR 481 - Geological Oceanography 3 hrs. AND
MAR 481L - Geological Oceanography Laboratory 1 hr.
SOC 461 - Population 3 hrs.
TOX 470 - Survey of Toxicology 3 hrs.

Note:

From time to time, additional courses may be approved for inclusion among the 15 hours of electives. The Dean will act as chair of the minor.