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Earth Sciences (120 Credits)
First Year | |
First Term | Credits |
CHEM 101[PSCI] or 105 [PSCI] | 4 |
GEOLOGY 101 or 102 | 4 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
MATH 106 or electives1 | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
CHEM 102 or 106 | 4 |
ECONS 101 [SSCI] | 3 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
GEOLOGY 210 | 4 |
MATH 108 or electives1 | 2 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
BIOLOGY 106 [BSCI] | 4 |
ENVR SCI 101 | 4 |
GEOLOGY 350 | 4 |
PHYSICS 101 or 201 | 4 |
Second Term | Credits |
GEOLOGY 315 or NATRS 460 | 3 |
Humanities [HUM] | 3 |
MATH 140 [QUAN] or 171 [QUAN]1 | 4 |
PHYSICS 102 or 202 | 4 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Third Term | Credits |
Summer Session: GEOLOGY 307 2 | 3 |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
GEOLOGY 320 | 3 |
SOIL SCI 368 | 3 |
STAT 360, 370, or 412 | 3 |
Foreign Language, if needed3 | 0-4 |
Second Term | Credits |
COM 102 [COMM] or H D 205 [COMM] | 3 or 4 |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS], Humanities [HUM], or Social Sciences [SSCI] | 3 |
GEOLOGY 340 [M] | 4 |
GEOLOGY 356 | 4 |
Foreign Language, if needed3 | 0-4 |
Third Term | Credits |
Summer Session: GEOLOGY 408 [CAPS] [M] | 3 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ENGLISH 402 [M] or Advisor Approved Writing in the Major [M]4 | 3 |
NATRS 300 or BIOLOGY 372 | 3 or 4 |
Professional Electives5 | 8 |
Second Term | Credits |
NATRS 312 [DIVR] | 3 |
Professional Electives5 | 11 |
Exit Survey6 |
Footnotes
1 | MATH 106 and 108 are required courses. However, if students have tested into or taken MATH 140, 171, 172, STAT 212, or ALEKS with an 80% or better, MATH 106 and 108 will be waived. If waived, students may need to take additional credits to meet the University minimum requirement of 120 credits. |
2 | GEOLOGY 307 is the approved Experiential Elective for Earth Science majors. |
3 | Two years of high school foreign language or at least two semesters of college-level foreign language are required by the College of Arts and Sciences for graduation. |
4 | The School of the Environment requires students to take three [M] courses. |
5 | Within the School of the Environment, professional electives (19 credits) are courses selected by the student in concert with their advisor that pertain to their major and/or to a specific sub-discipline of interest. Professional electives may also include courses from outside of their major as needed to complete a minor in another field of study. Approved courses include but are not limited to any 300-400-level BIOLOGY, CHEM, ENVR SCI, GEOLOGY, NATRS, PHYSICS, or SOIL SCI course and one 200-300-level MATH or STAT course. |
6 | Students must complete a School of the Environment exit survey, administered during the final semester. |
- Environment
Courses
- School Of The Environment
Schedules of Studies
- Earth Sciences
- Environmental and Ecosystem Sciences
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Sciences – Basic Option
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Sciences - Honors Accelerated Pre-Vet Program
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Sciences - Pre-Veterinary Option
Minors
- Earth Sciences
- Environmental Science
- Forestry
- Natural Resources
- Wildlife Ecology
Certificates
- Water Resources Science and Management