Plant and Wildlife Sciences
 

Environmental Science and Sustainability

Environmental Science and Sustainability
BS
Hours60 Credit Hours
MAPMajor Academic Plan

Program Requirements

Recommended
Recommended GEs
requirement 1 Complete 10 courses
Environmental Science Core
requirement 2 Complete 3 courses
Sustainability Core. Complete 8-9 hours from the following courses with at least one being PWS 375 or PWS 385.
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
Statistics
requirement 4 Complete 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
Experiential Learning. Students may enroll in PWS 494R more than once for a total of 3.0 credit hours
requirement 5 Complete 24.0 hours from the following option(s)
Complete 24 hours from the following list of general electives. This list is organized into suggested career tracks that students may find useful, but students may choose any combination of the courses listed below to fulfill their 24 hours.
Ecosystem Ecology Track
Complete the following: CHEM 285, GEOG 307, BIO 350, BIO 420, BIO 542, BIO 455, PWS 215, PWS 411, PWS 417, PWS 419, and PWS 472.
Sustainable Development Track
Complete the following: ECON 110, HLTH 480, IAS 220, IHUM 280R, MSB 375, MSB 381, and SOC 340.
Resource Conservation & Management Track
Complete the following: PWS 225, PWS 330, PWS 376, PWS 405, CE EN 414, CE EN 451, CHEM 201, GEOL 420/421, and HLTH 322.
option 5.1 Complete 24.0 hours from the following course(s)
General Major Electives:
ACC 200 - Principles of Accounting 3.0
BIO 235 - Field Botany 3.0
BIO 350 - Ecology 3.0
BIO 370 - Bioethics 2.0
BIO 420 - Evolutionary Biology 4.0
BIO 556 - Limnology 3.0
BIO 557 - Stream and Wetland Ecology 4.0
CCE 201 - Sustainable Infrastructure 2.0
CE 414 - Engineering Applications of GIS 3.0
CELL 120 - Science of Biology 3.0
CELL 444 - BIO-Innovation and -Entrepreneurship 1 2.0
CELL 445 - BIO-Innovation and -Entrepreneurship 2 2.0
CFM 460 - (Not currently offered)
CHEM 101 - Introductory General Chemistry 3.0
CHEM 105 - General College Chemistry 1 with Lab (Integrated) 4.0
CHEM 106 - General College Chemistry 2 3.0
CHEM 107 - General College Chemistry Laboratory 1.0
CHEM 223 - (Not currently offered)
CHEM 285 - Introductory Bio-organic Chemistry 4.0
CHEM 351 - Organic Chemistry 1 3.0
CHEM 352 - Organic Chemistry 2 3.0
CHEM 353 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory--Nonmajors 2.0v
CHEM 481 - Biochemistry 3.0
ECON 110 - Economic Principles and Problems 3.0
ENT 381 - Entrepreneurship Lecture Series 1.0
ENT 381 - Entrepreneurship Lecture Series 1.0
FIN 201 - Principles of Finance 3.0
GEOG 101 - Global Environment: Understanding Physical Geography 3.0
GEOG 212 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3.0
GEOG 303 - Biogeography 3.0
GEOG 306 - Global Conservation Designations 3.0
GEOG 307 - Landscape Ecology 3.0
GEOG 310 - Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning 3.0
GEOL 101 - Introduction to Geology 3.0
GEOL 111 - Physical Geology 4.0
GEOL 420 - Geological Field Methods 2.0
GEOL 421 - Geological Mapping 2.0
GEOL 435 - Groundwater 3.0
HLTH 322 - Environmental Health 3.0
HLTH 324 - Occupational Health and Safety 3.0
HLTH 480 - International Health 3.0
IAS 351R - Model United Nations Preparation 3.0v
IHUM 280R - Sophomore Seminar: Humanities and the Environment 3.0
MKTG 201 - Marketing Management 3.0
MMBIO 221 - General Microbiology 3.0
MMBIO 240 - Molecular Biology 3.0
MMBIO 241 - Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory 1.0
MSB 375 - Social Impact: Do Good Better 3.0
PHIL 205 - Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking 3.0
PHIL 413R - Topics in Ethics 3.0
PHSCS 106 - General Physics 2 3.0
PHSCS 107 - General Physics Lab 1 1.0
PHSCS 108 - General Physics Lab 2 1.0
POLI 321 - The Media in American Politics 3.0
POLI 325 - Politics of Wilderness, National Parks, and Public Land Management 3.0
PWS 100 - Plants in the Environment 3.0
PWS 150 - Environmental Biology 3.0
PWS 180 - Climate Change: Science and Solutions 3.0
PWS 215 - Principles of Range Management 3.0
PWS 225 - Principles of Wildlife and Fisheries Management 3.0
PWS 275 - Genetics and Reproduction 3.0
PWS 303 - Soils Conservation and Resources 3.0
PWS 325 - Fisheries and Wetlands Management 3.0
PWS 330 - Rangeland Plant Identification and Ecology 3.0
PWS 331 - Science of Plant Pest Control 3.0
PWS 340 - Genetics 3.0
PWS 344 - Natural History of Wildlife 3.0
PWS 350 - Rangeland Ecology 3.0
PWS 355 - Rangeland Vegetation Measurements and Analysis 3.0
PWS 402 - Soils and Water in the Urban Environment 3.0
PWS 405 - Environmental Chemistry Laboratory 2.0
PWS 411 - Watershed Management 3.0
PWS 416 - Rangeland Improvement and Restoration 3.0
PWS 417 - Rangeland Planning and GIS 3.0
PWS 419 - Forest Management and Ecology 3.0
PWS 420 - International Agricultural Development 3.0
PWS 431 - Plant Health Diagnostics 3.0
PWS 440 - Plant Physiological Ecology 3.0
PWS 472 - Conservation Genomics 3.0
PWS 505 - Aquatic and Terrestrial Biogeochemistry 3.0
PWS 511 - Environmental Biophysics: Soil and Plant Water Relations 4.0
PWS 540 - Plant Response to the Environment 3.0
PWS 551 - Quantitative Ecology 3.0
PWS 553 - Restoration Ecology 3.0
PWS 560 - Quantitative Environmental Chemistry 2.0
SOC 340 - Sociology of International Development 3.0
SOC 422 - Inequality and Society 3.0
STRAT 489 - Agribusiness Management 2 3.0
Program Outcomes: 

Scientific Foundation

Possess a fundamental and applied knowledge of the biogeochemistry, ecology, plant biology, microbiology, and laws relating to soil and water conservation, quality, and pollution.

The Scientific Method

Devise experiments with testable hypotheses addressing environmental concerns, problems, and solutions in the environment based on the interpretation of primary scientific literature and the scientific method.

Environmental Measurements, Assessments, and Statistics

Conduct and design basic environmental quality measurements, site assessments, and statistics associated with resource management and conservation.

Environmental Policy

Understand the inception, current state, and future needs of seminal environmental policies and laws.

Effective Communication

Write effectively and concisely both within and outside the environmental science discipline.

Global Environmental Awareness and Stewardship

Foster and promote an environmental awareness, stewardship, and sustainability ethic to help all understand their influence on and spiritual connection to God's creations and Earth.