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Environmental Science BS
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & STUDIES
Environmental Science BS
Environmental Science and Studies (32 credit hours total)
Formation Courses in Integral Environmentalism (6 ENVR, 3 THEO, 3 CS credit hrs):
ENGL 3319/ENVR 3319 – Nature and the Environment in Literature
THEOL 3301  – Theology of Creation
ENVR 2346 – Authentic Development and Sustainability
CS 3320 – Catholicism and the Natural and Social Sciences

Environmental Science/Studies – (20 credit hours):
ENSC 1344/1144 – Introduction to the Earth Environment and laboratory or GEOL 1341 and 1141 – Physical Geology
ENVR 4353 – Environmental Policy & Law 
ENSC 3300  – Field Studies in Ecology and Environmental Science
ENSC 4191 – Internship in Environmental Science
ENSC 4398 – Capstone Seminar in Environmental Science and Studies
Choose two of the following methods courses:
ENSC 3351 – Urban Environmental Investigations
ENVR 3355 – Introduction to GIS
ENVR 4356 – Advanced Topics in GIS

*Note: In addition, 40 hours of environmental service needed to graduate.

Chemistry (24 credit hours):
CHEM 1341/1141 – General Chemistry I and laboratory
CHEM 1342/1142 – General Chemistry II and laboratory
CHEM 2343/2143 – Organic Chemistry I and laboratory
CHEM 2344/2144 – Organic Chemistry II and laboratory
CHEM 3343/3143 – Quantitative Analysis and laboratory
CHEM 4354/4154 – Environmental Chemistry and laboratory

Biology – (14 credit hours):
BIOL 1341/1141 – General Biology I with Lab
BIOL 1342/1142 – General Biology II with Lab
BIOL 3321 – Genetics
BIOL 3331 – Ecology

Mathematics (4 credit hours):*
MATH 1431 – Calculus I
(Also recommended) MATH 1432 – Calculus II

Physics (4 credit hours):*
PHYS 2331/2111 – University Physics I and lab
(Also recommended) PHYS 2332/2112 – University Physics II and lab 
NOTE: Physics II requires Calculus II as a pre or co-requisite

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