Environmental Science Major - Chemistry Concentration (BA or BS)
FACULTY COORDINATING COMMITTEE Campbell (Chemistry and Biochemistry); Morris (Biology).
The interdepartmental major in environmental science is sponsored jointly by the departments of Biology and Chemistry and Biochemistry. The objectives of the program are to provide the student with the necessary background for a professional career in the area of environmental science or entrance into a graduate program.
Requirements
Each student will be assigned an advisor from the Chemistry department and must take the following core courses:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Environmental Science | 2.0 | |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| Introduction to Biology | ||
| Introduction to Biomedical Science | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Science | ||
| BIO 151 & BIO 152 | Molecules to Cells and Molecules to Cells Laboratory | 4.0 |
| BIO 251 & BIO 252 | Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity and Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Laboratory | 4.0 |
| Population, Resources and Environment | ||
| BIO 300 | Population, Resources and Environment | 3.0 |
| or ENS 110 | Environmental Science | |
| BIO 420 | Ecosystem Ecology | 4.0 |
| CHM 110 & CHM 111 | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Lab | 4.0 |
| CHM 116 & CHM 117 | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory | 4.0 |
| CHM 252 & CHM 253 | Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I | 5.0 |
| CHM 416 | Environmental Chemistry | 3.0 |
| ENS 490 | Environmental Science Capstone | 1.0 |
| Select one of the following: | 4.0 | |
| Principles of Earth Science and Principles of Earth Science Laboratory | ||
| Principles of Historical Geology and Principles of Historical Geology Laboratory | ||
| Calculus | 7.0-8.0 | |
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3.0 | |
| Brief Calculus With Applications I and Brief Calculus With Applications II | ||
| Calculus I and Calculus II | ||
| PHY 107 & PHY 108 | General Physics I and General Physics II | 8.0 |
| Select one of the following: 1 | ||
| Introduction to Economics | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Total Hours | 56-57 | |
The student must have on average a grade of C or better in all ENS core courses.
Concentration Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CHM 256 & CHM 257 | Organic Chemistry II and Organic Chemistry Laboratory II | 4.0 |
| CHM 320 | Quantitative Analysis | 3.0 |
| CHM 321 | Quantitative Analysis Laboratory | 1.0 |
| CHM 360 | Biochemistry | 3.0 |
| CHM 420 | Instrumental Analysis | 4.0 |
| CHM 470 | Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics | 3.0 |
| Select one of the following: | 3.0 | |
| Elementary Statistics | ||
| Biological Statistics I and Biological Statistics II | ||
| Total Hours | 21 | |