Academic Catalog

Environmental Biology with a Sustainability Concentration (BS)

The following requirements are in addition to the Bachelor of Science core requirements, found here.  (does not require a minor)

Required Courses

Biology Core Courses
BIO-151GENERAL BIOLOGY4
BIO-225BOTANY4
BIO-233ZOOLOGY4
ECO-241ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE4
ECO-242GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS2
ECO-341ECOLOGY4
ECO-400ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY CAPSTONE3
ECO-442ADVANCED FIELD STUDIES4
SCI-262GEOLOGY4
SCI-361EVOLUTION & ORIGINS3
SCI-380INTERNSHIP3
SCI-495SENIOR RESEARCH PROJECT1
SCI-496SENIOR RESEARCH SEMINAR1
Concentration Courses
Environmental Sustainability Concentration16-17
Cognates
Required Cognates 110
Total Hours67-68
1

A cognate is a course which supports the success of completing a major program

Environmental Sustainability Concentration

Environmental Sustainability Specific Courses
Choose two of the following:6
POVERTY AND JUSTICE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ISSUES
ECN-231PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS3
or ECN-336 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Choose two AuSable courses from one of the following groups:7-8
Group 1
TROPICAL AGRICULTURE -AUSABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY - AUSABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
AGROECOLOGY
Group 2
INTERNL DEVELOP & ENVIRON SUS - AUSABLE
ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE - AUSABLE
Total Hours16-17

Required Cognates

A cognate is a course which supports the success of completing a major program

CHM-111PRIN GENERAL CHEMISTRY4
MAT-121COLLEGE ALGEBRA (or higher)3
BIO-121BIOSTATISTICS3
Total Hours10