Updated 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog | 20265
Environmental Studies
Programs
- Environmental Communication, B.S. major
-
Environmental Studies, B.S.
major
Geohydrology Emphasis -
Environmental Studies, B.S.
major
Environmental Health and Toxicology Emphasis -
Environmental Studies, B.S.
major
Ecosystem Emphasis - Indigenous Sustainability Studies, B.S. major
-
Policy and Planning, B.S.
major
Natural Resources Planning Emphasis - Sustainability and Resource Management, B.A.S. major
- Environmental Communication minor
- Environmental Science minor
- Indigenous Sustainability Studies minor
- Sustainability minor
- Water Science minor
Water Science minor
Multiple Credentials
Any additional major, minor or certificate in a degree must have at least 6 credits of course work not used to meet the requirements of another major, minor or certificate in the degree.
Required Credits: 18
Required GPA: 2.00
I REQUIRED COURSES
Note: The Water Science minor is not available to students pursuing the Environmental Studies major with the Geohydrology or Environmental Health and Toxicology emphasis.
Choose one of the following couress:
- GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
- GEOL 3212 Hydrogeology (3 credits)
Choose one of the following courses:
- ENVR 4110 Environmental Chemistry (3 credits)
- ENVR 4220 Sampling and Analysis (4 credits)
- ENVR 4500 Environmental Toxicology (4 credits)
II REQUIRED ELECTIVES
Complete additional credits from the following courses
not taken above for an overall total of 18 credits:
- BIOL 3361 Limnology (4 credits)
- BIOL 3362 Streams and Rivers (4 credits)
- ENVR 3710 Indigenous Environmental Knowledge: Global Perspective (3 credits)
or INST 3710 Indigenous Environmental Knowledge: Global Perspective (3 credits) - BIOL 3840 Wetlands Ecology (3 credits)
or ENVR 3840 Wetlands Ecology (3 credits) - BIOL 3844 Wetlands Ecology Lab (1 credit)
- ENVR 4110 Environmental Chemistry (3 credits)
- ENVR 4200 Wastewater Treatment (3 credits)
- ENVR 4220 Sampling and Analysis (4 credits)
- ENVR 4500 Environmental Toxicology (4 credits)
- GEOG 3125 Weather and Climate (3 credits)
- GEOL 1110 Physical Geology (4 credits)
- GEOL 1120 Intro to Fossils and History of Planet Earth (4 credits)
- GEOL 3120 Soils (4 credits)
- GEOL 3211 Environmental Hydrology (3 credits)
- GEOL 3212 Hydrogeology (3 credits)
- GEOL 3400 Glacial and Pleistocene Geology (3 credits)
- GEOL 3600 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (3 credits)
- GEOL 3700 Environmental Geophysics (3 credits)
- GEOL 4300 Global Environmental Change (3 credits)
- GEOL 4910 Directed Independent Study (3 credits)
- GEOL 4970 Internship (3 credits)
or ENVR 4970 Internship (3 credits)