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Minor in Environmental Sciences

Prerequisites

Depending upon the required courses selected, students will need to complete several of the following general courses.

  1. 01:119:101-102 General Biology (4,4)
  2. 01:160:161-162 General Chemistry (4, 4)
  3. 01:160:209 Elementary Organic Chemistry (3)
  4. or 01:160:307-308 Organic Chemistry (4,4)
  5. 01:640:___ Calc I and Calc II (4,4)
  6. 01:750:203-204 General Physics (3,3)
  7. or 01:750:201-202 Extended General Physics (5,5)
  8. or 01:750:111-112 Contemporary Physics (3,3)

Required courses (9)

Three of the following four courses:

  1. 11:375:101 Introduction to Environmental Sciences (2)
  2. 11:375:201 Biological Principles of Environmental Science (3)
  3. 11:375:202 Chemical Principles of Environmental Science (3)
  4. 11:375:203 Physical Principles of Environmental Science (3) or Fate & Transport (11:375:423 or 11:117:323)

Electives (12)

Elective courses cannot be used to satisfy other minor requirements
6 credits must not overlap with Major

List of approved courses:

  1. 11:375:302 Elements of Water and Water Waste Treatment (3)
  2. 11:375:303 Numerical Methods in Environmental Science (3)
  3. 11:375:307 Solid Waste Management & Treatment (3)
  4. 11:375:310 Analytical Environmental Chemistry Lab (2)
  5. 11:375:312 Environmental Microbiology Lab (2)
  6. 11:375:322 Energy Technology & Environment (3)
  7. 11:375:340 Environmental Applications of Organic Chemistry (3)
  8. 11:375:346 Intro to Atmospheric Chemistry (3)
  9. 11:375:360 Soils & Water (4)
  10. 11:375:406 Public Health Practice & Administration (3)
  11. 11:375:407 Environmental Toxicology (3)
  12. 11:375:411 Environmental Microbiology(3)
  13. 11:375:421 Air Pollution (3)
  14. 11:375:423 Environmental Fate & Transport (3)
  15. 11:375:424 Air Sampling Techniques (3)
  16. 11:375:430 Hazardous Waste Management (3)
  17. 11:375:434 Principles of Industrial Hygiene (3)
  18. 11:375:444 Water Chemistry (3)
  19. 11:375:453 Soil Ecology I (3)
  20. 11:375:474 Coastal Biogeochemical Cycles in a Changing World (3) or equivalent Environmental Science (375) course approved by the program advisor