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BS in Environmental Studies

Curriculum

CORE CURRICULUM (30 q.h.)

MAJOR COURSES (70 q.h.)
Complete all of the following courses/labs:

BIO 1010
Biology 1 (Principles)3 q.h.
BIO 1825
Biology Today: An Issues Approach3 q.h.
CHM 1011
Chemical Principles3 q.h.
ECN 1002
Principles of Microeconomics4 q.h.
ESC 1525Energy for Today and Tomorrow3 q.h.
ESC 1535Science, Technology, and Society3 q.h.
ESC 1110Environmental Science3 q.h.
ESC 1105Physical and Historical Geology3 q.h.
ESC 1845Environmental Planning3 q.h.
GIS 5101
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems3 q.h.
GIS 5102
Fundamentals of GIS Analysis3 q.h.
  
Complete one of the following courses: 
ESC 2120
Wetlands and Coastal Ecology3 q.h.
ESC 2121
Urban Ecology3 q.h.
   
Complete all of the following courses: 
ECN 2001
Statistics 1 3 q.h.
ECN 2002
Statistics 2 3 q.h.
SOC 3631Research Methods: Generating and Investigating Research Problems3 q.h.
  
Complete three of the following courses: 
ESC 2015
Disasters, Nature's Violence, & the Human Threat3 q.h.
ESC 2435Air Quality & Human Respiratory Problems3 q.h.
HSC 2101Health Issues of Environmental Problems3 q.h.
ANT 1010
Physical Anthropology3 q.h.
 
SCIENCE SPECIALIZATION:
 
Complete all of the following courses: 
CHM 1012 Laboratory for Chemical Principles 1 1 q.h.
BIO 1011 Laboratory for Biology Principles 1 1 q.h.

Complete 3 of the following:
 
ESC 2010Introduction to Oceanography 3 q.h.
ESC 2105 Geology of the Boston Area 3 q.h.
ESC 3221 Environmental Geophysics 3 q.h.
ESC 3015 Introduction to Hydrology and Related Health Issues 3 q.h.
ESC 3009 Geochemistry of Natural Waters 3 q.h.
ESC 3241 Environmental Practices and Applications 3 q.h.
ESC 3435Water Resources Management 3 q.h.
GIS 5201Advanced Spatial Analysis3 q.h.

POLICY SPECIALIZATION:

 

Complete five of the following courses:

 

BIO 1210 Biology 2 (Diversity) 3 q.h.
CHM 1015 Chemical Principles 2 3 q.h.
ESC 2010 Introduction to Oceanography 3 q.h.
ESC 3435 Water Resources Management 3 q.h.
GIS 5201 Advanced Spatial Analysis 3 q.h.
HSC 2100Public Health3 q.h.
HSC 2200Epidemiology 3 q.h.
  

BOTH SPECIALIZATIONS COMPLETE:

 

Complete twelve credits of Social Science electives from the following prefixes:

ANT, ECN, HST, POL, PSY, SOC



12 q.h. 

OPEN ELECTIVES
(45 q.h.)
 

TOTAL QUARTER HOURS: 160

 

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