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Graduation Requirements prior to 2025

SEBS Core Curriculum Requirements

Environmental Science major

All students must take

  1. 119:115 General Biology I and 116 General Biology II OR 119:103 Principles of Biology
  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 Biological Principles of Environmental Sciences
  5. 375:202 Chemical Principles of Environmental Sciences
  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. 160:307 Organic Chemistry I and 308 Organic Chemistry II OR 160:209 Elementary Organic Chemistry

2 of the following 3 courses:

  1. 375:303 Numerical Methods in Environmental Science
  2. 960:211 Statistics I
  3. 573:232 Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics

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. Calculus 2 (640:136 or equiv)

And 3 courses from:

  1. 375:302 Water and WW 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. 680:390 General Microbiology
  3. 374:460 Environmental Law and Policy

APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Required courses:

  1. 375:302 Water and WW Treatment
  2. 375:307 Solid waste
  3. 375:421 Air pollution
  4. 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. 680:390 General 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