Environmental Biology Curriculum
The Environmental Biology program consists of a series of biology, chemistry, physical science and general education core requirements, which include a field internship. Students choose additional elective courses to design a major based on their academic goals. These courses include biology, chemistry, earth sciences, geology/geography, journalism, recreation, and psychology.
We also encourage students who are interested in natural resource management and conservation biology to consider participating in the interdisciplinary minor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- Advisement checklist and suggested course sequence. (PDF) - Revised Fall, 2012
- Tentative course offerings from Spring 2010 through Spring 2015. (PDF) - Revised March 9, 2010
Note: requirements are based on catalog year.
| I. Common Core (74-75 Semester Hours) | ||
|---|---|---|
| BIO 1100 | 4 SH | General Biology |
| BIO 1150 | 1 SH | Biology Forum |
| BIO 1200G | 4 SH | General Botany |
| BIO 1300G | 4 SH | Animal Diversity |
| BIO 3100 | 3 SH | Cell and Molecular Biology |
| BIO 3101 | 1 SH | Cell and Molecular Biology Lab |
| BIO 3200 | 4 SH | Genetics |
| BIO 3510 or BIO 3520 | 4 SH | Animal or Plant Physiology |
| BIO 3850 | 3 SH | Environmental Biology |
| BIO 3800 | 4 SH | Ecology |
| BIO 4275 | 12 SH | Internship |
| BIO 4984 | 3 SH | Organic Evolution |
| CHM 1310G | 3 SH | General Chemistry I |
| CHM 1315G | 1 SH | General Chemistry I Lab |
| CHM 1410 | 3 SH | General Chemistry II |
| CHM 1415 | 1 SH | General Chemistry II Lab |
| CHM 2430 | 3 SH | Organic Chemistry |
| CHM 2435 | 1 SH | Organic Chemistry Lab |
| MAT 1441G | 5 SH | Calculus and Analytical Geometry I |
| BIO 4650 or MAT 2250G | 3 or 4 SH | Biometrics or Elementary Statistics |
| ECN 2800G | 3 SH | Economics of Social Issues |
| PLS 3763 | 3 SH | Environmental Policy and Politics |
| II. Elective Coursework (15 Semester Hours) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BIO 3300 | General Microbiology | BIO 3322 | Dendrology |
| BIO 3450 | Independent Study | BIO 3451 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 3700 | Parasitology | BIO 3710 | Plant-Animal Interactions |
| BIO 3720 | Entomology | BIO 3810 | Freshwater Ecology |
| BIO 3950 | Vertebrate Natural History | BIO 3952 | Invertebrate Natural History |
| BIO 4400 | Teaching in the Lab | BIO 4810 | Plant Ecology |
| BIO 4812 | Fisheries Ecology and Management | BIO 4814 | Conservation Biology |
| BIO 4816 | Studies of Biotic Communities | BIO 4818 | Environmental Microbiology |
| BIO 4820 | Spacial Analysis | BIO 4840 | Resource Management and Environmental Assessment |
| BIO 4940 | Phycology | BIO 4942 | Mycology |
| BIO 4944 | Lichens | BIO 4946 | Bryology |
| BIO 4948 | Plant Taxonomy | BIO 4950 | Ichthyology |
| BIO 4952 | Herpetology | BIO 4954 | Ornithology |
| BIO 4956 | Mammalogy | BIO 4960 | Wetland and Aquatic Plants |
| BIO 5150 | Graduate Seminar | BIO 5200 | Stream Ecology |
| BIO 5202 | Behavioral Ecology | BIO 5204 | Ecotoxicology |
| BIO 5206 | Advanced Liminology | BIO 5208 | Population Ecology |
| BIO 5210 | Insect Morphology and Physiology | BIO 5225 | Systematics |
| BIO 5232 | Plant Cell and Tissue Culture | BIO 5340 | Population Genetics |
| BIO 5360 | Field Mycology | BIO 5366 | Plant Geography |
| BIO 5370 | Wildlife Ecology and Management | BIO 5372 | Wildlife Techniques |
| BIO 5380 | Landscape Ecology | BIO 5381 | Advanced Biostatistics |
| BIO 5485 | Experimental Design | BIO 5400 | Cell Physiology |
| BIO 5402 | Advanced Plant Physiology I | BIO 5404 | Advanced Plant Physiology II |
| BIO 5406 | Endocrinology | BIO 5452 | Ethnobotany |
| ECN 3810 | Economics of Natural Resources | ||
| ESC 3300 | Soils | ||
| ESC 3550 | Surface Water Processing and Resources | ||
| GEG 3780 | Land Use Planning | ||
| GEG 3810 | GIS I | ||
| GEG 3820 | Remote Sensing I | ||
| GEG 3860 | GIS II | ||
| GEG 3870 | Remote Sensing II | ||
