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B.S. Degree - Major in Environmental Science

This program is designed for students interested in environmental science, including fields such as
forestry, wildlife management, water resources, and environmental chemistry.

Thirty-seven semester hours including the following:

  1. ENV 1101 and 1301, 3314 and 43C1.
  2. At least three semester hours from each group:
    1. Social Science--three hours from ENV 2376, 3300, 3320, 4307, 4310, 4350, or 4393.
    2. Ecology--three hours from ENV 2407, 3306, or 4450.
    3. Pollution--three hours from ENV 2375, 3333, 3387, 4344, 4349, or 4370.
  3. At least four semester hours of laboratory from ENV 1103, 2137, 2175, 3106, 3133, 3187, 4287, one
    hour of 2407 (lab), one hour of 4450 ( lab), one hour of 4V13 (lab).
  4. At least 9 additional semester hours from the following: ENV 1303, 2337, 2375, 2407, 3306,
    3333, 4313, 4333, 4345, 4349, 4354, 4355, 4365, 4370, 4371, 4373, 4380, 4386, 4390, 4450,
    4485, 4487.
  5. At least three semester hours of research, internship, team project, thesis, or field studies from
    ENV 3301, 3V90, 4V90, 4V93, (4199 and 4299), 4302, 4315, 4332, 4394, 4613, 4680.
  6. Two semester hours of additional environmental science electives (for the minimum of 37
    semester hours required for the major).
  7. Note: At least fifteen semester hours of the entire environmental science major must be "3000" -
    "4000" level courses. No more than six hours total of the following research, internship, thesis
    or project courses may be applied to the major: ENV 3301, 3V90, 4V50, 4V90, 4V93, (4199
    and 4299), 4302, 4332, 4394.

Required courses in other fields:

  1. CHE 1301, 1302, and 3387.
  2. CHE 3331 or ENV 3387
  3. MTH 1321.
  4. MTH 1322 or STA 2381
  5. BIO 1305, 1105, 1306, 1106.
  6. One of the following: GEO 1401, 1402, 1403, 1405, 1408, or GEOG 1404.
  7. One of the following: PHY 1408 or 1420.
  8. At least 3 additional hours from GEO (including advanced courses at the "3000" or "4000" level),
    or an additional 4 hours from PHY 1408, 1409, 1420, or 1430.

Students completing Natural World (BIC 2437 and 2447) in the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core may
receive credit toward the major for ENV 1301 and 5 hours of lower level ENV electives.