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Graduation Requirements

NOTE: These are the new graduation requirements adopted in 2025. For the older requirements (2016-2024), clcik here.

SEBS Core Curriculum Requirements

Students who entered the environmental science major prior to 2025 can choose to graduate under the previous requirements

Environmental Science major

All students must take

  1. 119:103 Principles of Biology OR 119:115 General Biology I and 116 General Biology II
  2. 750:193 Physics for the Sciences I and 194 Physics for the Sciences II OR
    750:203 General Physics I and 204 General Physics II
  3. 160:161 General Chemistry I and 162 General Chemistry II and 171 Introduction to Experimentation
  4. 375:201 Environmental Biology
  5. 375:202 Environmental Chemistry
  6. 375:203 Physical Principles of Environmental Sciences
  7. 375:310 Analytical Environmental Chemistry Laboratory
  8. Calculus 1 (640:135 or equiv)
  9. 216:351 Principles of Ecology
  10. 160:209 Elementary Organic Chemistry OR 160:307 Organic Chemistry I and 308 Organic Chemistry II
  11. 375:390 Careers in Environmental Science

Quantitative Courses:
Required courses:

  1. 573:232 Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics
  2. 573:233 Fundamentals of Geomatics Lab

Choose 1:

  1. 375:303 Numerical Methods in Environmental Science
  2. 960:211 Statistics I OR 960:401 Basics Statistics for Research

One lab course from:

  1. 375:312 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory
  2. 375:360 Soils and Water
  3. 375:424 Air Sampling Techniques

Experience based education: 3 credits from the following

  1. 375:487
  2. 375:488
  3. 375:497
  4. 375:498
  5. 375:455 Internship in Environmental Health
  6. 375:456 Internship in Environmental Health
  7. 015:497 George H. Cook Scholars Program
  8. 015:498 George H. Cook Scholars Program
  9. 902:300 SEBS Internship I
  10. 902:301 SEBS Internship II
  11. 902:400 SEBS Coop
  12. 374:481 Raritan Scholars
  13. 117:488–489 Bioresources Engineering Design I – Bioresources Engineering Design II

Students must select from one of three options:

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Required courses:

  1. 375:423 Fate and Transport
  2. 640:152 Calculus 2

And 3 courses from:

  1. 375:302 Water and Wastewater Treatment
  2. 375:453 Soil Ecology
  3. 375:411 Environmental Microbiology
  4. 375:340 Environmental Organic Chem
  5. 375:346 Atmospheric Chem
  6. 375:444 Water Chem

Plus 9 credits of electives from the list below (if not already used above)

  1. Any 375:xxx course at the 300 level or above
  2. 680:201 Introduction to Microbiology
  3. 680:390 General Microbiology
  4. 374:460 Environmental Law and Policy

APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Required courses:

  1. 375:302 Water and Wastewater Treatment
  2. 375:307 Solid waste

Choose 2 of the following courses:

  1. 375:322 Energy Technology and the Environment
  2. 375:421 Air pollution
  3. 375:430 Haz waste

And 12 credits of electives from this list (if not already used above):

  1. Any 375:xxx course at the 300 level or above
  2. Calculus 2
  3. 680:201 Introduction to Microbiology
  4. 374:460 Environmental Law and Policy

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Required courses:

  1. 375:302 Water and Wastewater Treatment
  2. 375:307 Solid Waste
  3. 10:832:335 Epidemiology
  4. 375:407 Environmental Toxicology

One of the following three courses:

  1. 375:312 Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (cannot be counted here as well as for the lab requirement above)
  2. 680:201 Introduction to Microbiology
  3. 680:390 General Microbiology

And 9 credits of electives from this list (if not already used above):

  1. Any 375:xxx course at the 300 level or above
  2. Calculus 2
  3. 680:390 General Microbiology
  4. 374:460 Environmental Law and Policy
  5. School of Public Health Courses: email UPD for more information