Environmental Science Interdisciplinary Minor, 28 hours

CIP: 030104

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Must include the following:

BIOL 04106	Principles of Biology *	3
BIOL 04107	Principles of Biology Laboratory *	1
GEOL 27114	General Earth Science *	3
GEOL 27115	General Earth Science Laboratory *	1

Electives (5 hours)

Choose at least five hours from the following:

GEOL 27340	Introduction to Hydrogeology	3
BIOL 04420	Environmental Issues	4
GEOL 27515	Environmental Regulations	2
GEOG 32401	Conservation of Natural Resources	3

Required Courses (20 hours)

BIOL 04112	General Botany	3
BIOL 04113	General Botany Laboratory	1
BIOL 04114	General Zoology	3
BIOL 04115	General Zoology Laboratory	1
BIOL 04376	Basic Ecology	4
CHEM 24114	General Chemistry I *	3
CHEM 24115	General Chemistry I Laboratory *	1
GEOL 27360	Environmental Geology	4

Advisor-approved electives (3 hours)

Choose courses from the following to total 28 hours for the minor:

AGRI 03234	Fundamentals of Soil Science	4
BIOL 04140	General Microbiology	4
BIOL 04474	Wildlife Management and Conservation	2
BIOL 04576	Methods in Plant and Animal Ecology	3
GEOG 32361	Climatology	3
GEOL 27424	Geochemistry	3
GEOL 27530	Sedimentology	4
	Other courses as approved by advisor

Internship, Undergraduate Research, Problems courses, and Special Investigations may also be taken as approved by the advisor.

No biology course in the Environmental Science Minor may also be counted toward any biology major. Therefore, biology majors who select this minor must replace all biology courses in the minor with an equal number of hours in advisor-approved electives. At least eight of these replacement hours must be in geology, geography, chemistry and/or agriculture courses.

If combined with the B.A. in Geology, the student must add an additional 4-hour course to achieve the 56-hour combined minimum number of hours required for the major plus the minor.

No systematic electives may count for both a major in geology or geography and this minor.