Sustainability Science, B.S.

General Requirements (Core A - E) Credit Hours: 42

• Area A2 – Must take MATH 1112 , MATH 1113 , or MATH 1441  
• Area DII – Must take MATH 1441 - Calculus I (4 Credit Hours)  if not taken in Area A2

Additional Requirements Credit Hours: 4

Area F - Courses Appropriate to Major

• BIOL 1107 - Principles of Biology I (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 1107L - Principles of Biology I Laboratory (1 Credit Hour)
• BIOL 1108 - Principles of Biology II (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 1108L - Principles of Biology II Laboratory (1 Credit Hour)
• May substitute CHEM 1211K  and CHEM 1212K  if BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1108  are taken in Area D
• STAT 1401 - Elementary Statistics (3 Credit Hours)

Major Specific Requirements

• CHEM 1211K - Principles of Chemistry I (4 Credit Hours)
• CHEM 1212K - Principles of Chemistry II (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 1121 - Introduction to the Earth (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 1122 - General Historical Geology (4 Credit Hours)

Major Requirements

• BIOL 3133 - Evolution and Ecology (3 Credit Hours)
• CHEM 3401 - Organic Chemistry I (0-4 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 3440 - Introduction to GIS and Cartography (4 Credit Hours)
• SUST 3500 - Sustainability Research Methods (3 Credit Hours)

Major Electives Credit Hours: 21

Choose 21 credit hours from the list below. Courses chosen must be from at least three different subject areas, and at least three of those credit hours must be at 4000-level or above.

• BCHM 3100 - Bioinstrumental Chemistry (4 Credit Hours)
• BCHM 3200 - Principles of Biochemistry (3 Credit Hours) ²
• BCHM 3310 - Bioinorganic Chemistry (4 Credit Hours)
• BCHM 5201 - Biochemistry I (4 Credit Hours) ²
• BIOL 3131 - Physiology (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 3134 - Cell and Molecular Biology (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 3440 - Field Biology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 3535 - Botany (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 4320 - Environmental Microbiology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 4535 - Vertebrate Zoology (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 4540 - Principles of Ecology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 4541 - Invertebrate Zoology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 4550 - Biology of Marine Organisms (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5237 - Physiological Ecology (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5243 - Toxicology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5250 - Limnology (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5260 - Invasive Species (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5341 - Parasitology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5347 - Fisheries Biology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5400 - Barrier Island Ecology (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5442 - Entomology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5444 - Ichthyology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5445 - Herpetology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5446 - Ornithology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5448 - Mammalogy (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5460 - Phycology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5470 - Marine Pollution (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5530 - Wildlife Management (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5534 - Conservation Biology (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5542 - Aquatic Ecology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5546 - Plant Ecology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5547 - Marine Ecology (4 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5570 - Stream Ecology (3 Credit Hours)
• BIOL 5644 - Insect Ecology (4 Credit Hours)
• CHEM 2100 - Analytical Chemistry (4 Credit Hours)
• CHEM 3402 - Organic Chemistry II (0-4 Credit Hours)
• CHEM 4050 - Ethical Issues in Chemistry (3 Credit Hours)
• CHEM 4220 - Chemistry of Biofuels (3 Credit Hours)
• CHEM 4320 - Green Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 5110 - Environmental Chemistry (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 3330 - Weather and Climate (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 4542 - Intermediate GIS (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 5231 - Economic Geography (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 5330 - Population Geography (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 5435 - Nature and Society (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 5441 - Remote Sensing (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 5530 - Cultural Geography (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 5531 - Environmental Impact and Remediation (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 5532 - Tourism Geographies (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 5535 - Biogeography (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 5545 - Ecohydrology (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 3520 - Field Methods (2 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 3541 - Mineralogy (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 3542 - Petrology and Petrography (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 5130 - Geochemistry (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 5131 - Economic Mineralogy (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 5142 - Stratigraphy and Sedimentation (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 5340 - Barrier Island Environmental Geology (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 5431 - Coastal Geology (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 5530 - Geomorphology (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 5541 - Hydrogeology (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 5542 - Advanced Hydrogeology (4 Credit Hours)
• GEOL 5740 - Sea Turtle Natural History (4 Credit Hours)
• MATH 3337 - Probability (3 Credit Hours)
• PHYS 3539 - Introduction to Biophysics (3 Credit Hours)
• STAT 3130 - Applied Statistics (3 Credit Hours)

Guided Electives Credit Hours: 6

¹ (See footnote below)

May include 0-2 hours carry-over from Area F

• ANTH 4150 - Environmental Archaeology (3 Credit Hours)
• ANTH 4331 - Anthropology and Human Problems (3 Credit Hours)
• CENG 3131 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3 Credit Hours)
• CENG 5133 - Water Supply and Wastewater Collection Systems (3 Credit Hours)
• COMS 4337 - Rhetoric of Social Movements (3 Credit Hours)
• ECON 4337 - Environmental Economics (3 Credit Hours)
• ECON 4431 - Economic Development (3 Credit Hours)
• GEOG 1130 - World Regional Geography (3 Credit Hours)
• INDS 3530 - Sustainable Building Design (3 Credit Hours)
• INTS 3571 - Development and Sustainability (3 Credit Hours)
• INTS 3573 - Sustainable Ocean Policy (3 Credit Hours)
• POLS 3231 - Environmental Politics (3 Credit Hours)
• POLS 2236 - Survey in International Relations (3 Credit Hours)
• POLS 4137 - Politics of the Global South (3 Credit Hours)
• PUBH 2131 - Introduction to Community and Public Health (3 Credit Hours)
• PUBH 3136 - Principles of Environmental Health (3 Credit Hours)
• RECR 3230 - Adventure Education (3 Credit Hours)
• RECR 3235 - Outdoor Recreation Management (3 Credit Hours)
• RECR 4230 - Environmental Education and Interpretation (3 Credit Hours)
• SOCI 3435 - Environmental Sociology (3 Credit Hours)
• TCGT 1530 - Global Sustainability and Innovation (3 Credit Hours)
• TSEC 5334 - Hazardous Waste Management (3 Credit Hours)
• TSEC 5336 - Environmental Law (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 5255 - Technical and Professional Editing (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 5250 - Content Strategy in Technical Communication (3 Credit Hours)

• or other Advisor-approved coursework

Electives Credit Hours: 0-8

¹ (See footnote below)

Take additional courses as necessary to complete a total 124 credit hours

Total Credit Hours: 124

¹ Courses must be selected so-as to complete at least 39 credit hours of upper-division (3000-level and above) coursework overall.

² Students may not receive credit for both BCHM 3200 Principles of Biochemistry  and BCHM 5201 Biochemistry I .

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