REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY MAJOR

The environmental biology major was instituted during the Fall 2010 semester. Students interested in environmental biology typically will take Biol 2950 (Introduction to Environmental Biology) during fall of the freshman year, although it may be taken later. Students planning to take Biol 2960 in spring of freshman year should begin the prerequisite chemistry courses (Chem 111A and Chem 151) in fall of freshman year. A 400-level class to be required for Latin honors in Environmental Biology will be introduced at a later time.

Core Requirements

• EPSC 201 Earth and the Environment (4 credits, lecture and lab)
• Biol 2950 Introduction to Environmental Biology (3 credits)
• Biol 2960 Introduction to Biology (4 credits, lecture and lab)
• Biol 2970 Introduction to Biology (4 credits, lecture and lab)
• Chem 111A/151 General Chemistry (5 credits, lecture and lab)
• Chem 112A/152 General Chemistry (5 credits, lecture and lab)
• Math 131 Calculus 1 (3 credits)
• Math 132 Calculus 2 (3 credits)
• Phys 117A /197 Physics 1 (4 credits)
• Biol 381 Intro to Ecology (3 credits)

One of the following Chemistry courses

• Chem 261 Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits, lecture and lab)
• EPSC 323 Biogeochemistry (3 credits)
• CHE 262 Environmental Engineering (3 credits)
• CHE 443 Environmental Chemistry (3 credits)

One of the following courses in Statistics, GIS

• Math 2200 Elementary Probability and Statistics (3 credits)
• Math 3200 Biostatistics (3 credits)
• ENST 380 Applications in GIS (3 credits)

One Upper-Level Biology Lab Course

• We recommend: Biol 4193 Experimental Ecology Lab (4 credits, writing intensive)

One of the following BIOL 300+ courses (Area A and B in Biology)

• Biol 3041 Plant Biology and Genetic Engineering
• Biol 334 Cell Biology
• Biol 349 Microbiology
• Biol 4028 Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology of Plants
• Biol 451/4810 General Biochemistry
• Biol 3151 Endocrinology
• Biol 328 Principles in Human Physiology
• Biol 3411 Principles of the Nervous System
• Biol 3421 Introduction to Neuroethology
• Biol 3422 Genes, Brains and Behavior
• Biol 4023 How Plants Work: Physiology, Growth and Metabolism
• Biol 4030 Biological Clocks Biol 4580 Principles of Human Anatomy and Development
• Biol 4580 Principles of Human Anatomy and Development

One of the following BIOL 300+ (Area C in Biology)

• Biol 3501 Evolution
• Biol 372 Behavioral Ecology
• Biol 4170 Population Ecology
• Biol 4181 Population Genetics
• Biol 419 Community Ecology
• Biol 4182 Macroevolution

One additional Biol 300+ major-track course (may include Biol 500)

• Link to Biology Courses

One of the following EPSC 300+ courses

• EPSC 323 Biogeochemistry (only if not already taken for chemistry requirement)
• EPSC 352 Earth Materials
• EPSC 353 Earth Forces
• EPSC 385 Earth History
• EPSC 408 Earth's Atmosphere and Global Climate
• EPSC 409 Surface Processes
• EPSC 413 Introduction To Soil Science
• EPSC 428 Hydrology
• EPSC 422 Sedimentary Geology
• EPSC 443 Methods in Biogeochemistry
• EPSC 444 Environmental Geochemistry
• EPSC 448 Microbial Geochemistry
• EPSC 484 Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction