College of Geosciences

Curriculum in Environmental Geoscience

The increasing demands that population growth puts on the natural resources and the Earth’s environment require greater numbers of trained professionals and an informed citizenry. The B.S. degree in Environmental Geoscience embraces all the disciplines of geosciences to give the student a rigorous interdisciplinary education including issues associated with environmental policy. The degree technically trains students for employment by industry, environmental and engineering consulting firms, non-governmental organizations, and governmental regulatory agencies, among other entities. Students focus course work in a particular environmental theme: coastal studies, water in the environment, human interaction with the land or climate change.

FRESHMAN YEAR

First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric (3-0) 3   MATH 152 Engineering Math. II (3-2) 4
GEOG 203 Planet Earth System Science
or
GEOL 101 Principles of Geology 		(3-3) 4   OCNG 251 Oceanography (3-0) 3
GEOS 105 Intro. to Environ. Geoscience (3-0) 3   OCNG 252 Oceanography Laboratory (0-2) 1
MATH 151 Engineering Math. I (3-2) 4   POLS 206 American Natl. Govt. (3-0) 3
    14   U.S. history elective 1   3
        * KINE 198 Health and Fitness Activity (0-2) 1
            15

SOPHOMORE YEAR

First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
CHEM 101 Fund. of Chemistry I (3-3) 4   ATMO 201 Atmospheric Science (3-0) 3
GEOG 201 Intro. to Human Geography
or
GEOG 330 Resources and the Environment 		(3-0) 3   ATMO 202 Atmospheric Science Laboratory (0-2) 1
Science elective 2   4   CHEM 102 Fund. of Chemistry II (3-3) 4
Social and behavioral sciences elective3   3   POLS 207 State and Local Govt. (3-0) 3
Visual and performing arts elective4   3   Science elective 2   4
    17   * KINE 199 Required Physical Activity (0-2) 1
            16

JUNIOR YEAR

First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
STAT 303 Statistical Methods (3-0) 3   GEOL 420 Environmental Geology (2-2) 3
Environmental policy elective 5   3   Communication elective 8   3
Environmental theme elective 6   3   Environmental policy elective 5   3
Technical electives 7   6   Environmental theme electives 6   6
U.S. history elective 1   3       15
    18        

SENIOR YEAR

First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
Environmental policy elective5   3   GEOS 405 Environmental Geosciences (2-2) 3
Environmental theme elective6   3   Environmental policy elective5   3
Humanities elective9   3   Environmental theme electives6   6
Technical electives 7   6   Technical electives 7   6
    15       18
             
Total Hours
128
NOTES:
  1. U.S. history electives to be selected from the University Core Curriculum.
  2. Select either PHYS 201 and 202 or BIOL 111 and BOTN 101. PHYS 201 and 202 are the appropriate science electives for the climate change theme.
  3. Social and behavioral sciences electives to be selected from the University Core Curriculum.
  4. Visual and performing arts electives to be selected from the University Core Curriculum.
  5. To be selected in consultation with faculty academic advisor from AGEC 350; ECON 203, 323, 412, 435; GEOG 406; PLAN 365, 414; POLS 329, 331, 340, 342, 347, 440, 456; RENR 420, 470; RPTS 420; SOCI 312, 328.
  6. Select from list in consultation with faculty academic advisor. 18 hours of course work are taken in one of the thematic areas. Thematic areas include: coastal studies (ATMO 463; GEOG 331, 370; GEOL 321, 440; OCNG 410, 430, 451), water in the environment (ATMO 463, 475; GEOG 324, 400, 434; GEOL 410, 451; GEOP 413; OCNG 410, 420), human interaction with the land (ATMO 463; GEOG 301, 305, 311, 320, 321, 323, 325, 326, 330, 331, 360, 400, 430; GEOL 320, 321, 400), and climate change (ATMO 324, 363, 463; GEOG 324; GEOS 410, 411; OCNG 410, 451).
  7. Select in consultation with faculty academic advisor.
  8. Communication electives to be selected from the University Core Curriculum.
  9. Humanities electives to be selected from the University Core Curriculum.

* See University Core Curriculum, item 7.