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Biology
P212 Introductory Physics II Laboratory*
*Required for admission to medical, dental, veterinary, and graduate schools.
Environmental Biology Major (52 credits):
The environmental biology major accommodates a wide variety of student interests and career goals. It
may lead directly to employment in an environmental career, but also serves as an excellent preparation
for advanced study. A core sequence of basic science and mathematics courses is followed by a series of
required courses. Electives include advanced work in a number of environmental areas and students select
these according to their interests. It can be quite helpful to develop expertise with a taxonomic group such
as birds or fish. The program culminates in an original research project producing an undergraduate thesis.
In some cases an internship with an environmentally related governmental agency or business may be
substituted for the thesis. Such a substitution must be approved by the environmental studies committee,
which is convened by the biology department chair.
This major is suited for those who desire to enter such areas as aquatic biology, water quality
management, fisheries biology, wildlife ecology, environmental toxicology, environmental planning, and
conservation biology.
A. Biology Core
B. All of the following:
B301 Ecology with Laboratory
B310 Genetics with Laboratory
B315 GIS Theory & Application with Laboratory
B323 Plant Communities & Taxonomy with Laboratory
B340 Limnology with Laboratory
B392 Biometrics
B460 Sustainable Resource Management
B461 Environmental Seminar
C. One of the following:
B313 Physiology with Laboratory
B380 Earth Science with Laboratory
B434 Microbiology with Laboratory
D. One of the following:
B384 Pollution Ecology with Laboratory
B385 Freshwater Ecology with Laboratory
E. Section E or F
B494 Environmental Experience (off campus)
F. Section E or F
All of the following:
B492 Experimental Planning
B493 Research and Thesis
Recommended elective courses:
B371 Ornithology with Laboratory
B465 Herpetology with Laboratory
B475 Ichthyology with Laboratory
B490 Fisheries Biology with Laboratory
B491 Wildlife Ecology and Management with Laboratory
C142 General Chemistry II
C144 General Chemistry II Laboratory
C322 Organic Chemistry II with Laboratory
P201 Introductory Physics I
P202 Introductory Physics I Laboratory
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