Curriculum
Bachelor of Science - Environmental Sciences

Major Requirements:    33-33 hours

• BIO 121   Principles of Biology
• BIO 131   General Botany
• BIO 316   Ecology
• BIO 320   Principles of Microbiology


• CHE 111   Introductory Chemistry I
• CHE 112   Introductory Chemistry II


• GLY 108   Introductory Geology
• GLY 109   Earth History
• GLY 415   Sedimentary Geology OR GLY 504   Earth Processes

Supporting Course Requirements   18 hours

• CSC 104   Computer Literacy with Software Applications OR CIS 212   Introduction to Computer Information Systems
• EHS 280   Introduction to Environmental Economics
• ENG 300   Technical/Professional Writing
• PHI 130   Beginning Ethics
• POL 374   Introduction to Public Policy
• STA 215   Elementary Probability and Statistics OR STA 270   Applied Statistics I

Students Majoring in Environmental Studies must select one of the following Program Options:

• Land Resources Option   12-13 hours
• BIO 490   Biology Seminar
• BIO 558   Freshwater Ecology OR GLY 535   Hydrogeology
• GEO 355   Cartography OR GEO 556   Remote Sensing
• BIO 521   Plant Ecology OR BIO 536   Dendrology
• Must choose 2 of the following:
  + AGR 315   Technical Soils Laboratory OR AGR 318   Soil/Water Conservation Technology
  + ECO 580   Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
  + EHS 300   Water Supplies and Waste Disposal
  + EHS 335   Hazardous and Solid Waste Management
• Natural History Option   16 hours
• BIO 514 Evolution
• BIO 553 Mammalogy
• BIO 554 Ornithology
• BIO 335 Plant Systematics OR BIO 536   Dendrology
• BIO 542 Freshwater Invertebrates OR BIO 556   Herpetology OR BIO 557   Ichthyology
• BIO 490 Biology Seminar

Supporting Course Requirements in the Options   18 - 21 hours

Land Resources   22 - 23 hours

• AGR 215   Principles of Soils
• CHE 325   Qantitative Analytical Chemistry
• GEO 353   Geographic Information Systems
• MAT 107   College Algebra AND MAT 108   Trigonometry OR MAT 109   Precalculus Mathematics
• Must choose one of the following:
  •BIO 489   Field Studies in Wildlife
  •CHE 495   Introduction to Research
  •GEO 498   Independent Study
  •GLY 398   Independent Studies in Geology

Natural History   19 - 21 hours

• BIO 131   General Botany OR BIO 141   General Zoology (must take course not taken as Major Requirement)
• BIO 315   Genetics
• MAT 107   College Algebra AND MAT 108   Trigonometry OR MAT 109   Precalculus Mathematics
• Must choose two of the following:
  •ANT 350   Introduction to Archeology
  •BIO 328   Plant Physiology OR BIO 348 Animal Physiology
  •BIO 335   Plant Systematics
  •BIO 524   Phycology
  •BIO 525   Aquatic and Wetland Plants
  •BIO 536   Dendrology
  •BIO 542   Freshwater Invertebrates
  •BIO 556   Herpetology
  •BIO 557   Ichthyology
  •GEO 353   Geographic Information Systems
  •HIS 516   Kentucky History

General Education and University Requirements   31 hours

Free Electives   8 - 10 hours

Total Curriculum Requirements   128 hours