Environmental Science Pathway

Biological Sciences

Environmental Science Pathway

The Environmental Science Pathway is a suggested curriculum for students interested in studying environmental biology, and which can lead to careers in the following areas (Please click on the links below which provide additional information regarding the appropriate training leading to occupational opportunities in these fields):

Students may choose to complete either a standard 36 hour major with a minor in another field, or a 50 credit hour concentration without a minor.

The following courses offered by the Department of Biological Sciences are suggested by the faculty for those students whose interests are in environmental sciences.

A course is required in each of the menu areas below for the major, but multiple suggestions are offered to reflect the diversity of appropriate courses made available to students by the department.

Biodiversity menu suggestions

  • BIOL 3460 - Invertebrate Zoology (4 credits) – spring, odd years
  • BIOL 4857 - Aquatic Biology (3 credits) – fall, even years

Population menu suggestions

  • BIOL 3350 - Ecology (4 credits) – fall and spring semester
  • BIOL 4367 - Modeling Biological Systems (3 credits) – fall semester

Organismal menu suggestions

  • BIOL 3260 - Animal Physiology (4 credits) – spring semester
  • BIOL 4767 - Plant Physiology (4 credits) – spring semester

Molecular menu suggestions

Note that in the molecular menu, both a lecture and a lab course must be completed, but the lecture and lab courses may be mixed. Example; BIOL 3150 combined with BIOL 4177.

  • BIOL 3150 - Cell Biology (3 credits) - every semester
  • BIOL 3151 - Cell Biology Lab (2 credits) - every semester
  • BIOL 4167 - Biochemistry of Metabolism (3 credits) – fall semester
  • BIOL 4177 - Biochemistry of Metabolism Lab (2 credits) – fall semester

Electives suggestions

  • BIOL 3480 - General Entomology (4 credits) – fall semester
  • BIOL 4147 - Biochemistry of Macromolecules (3 credits) – spring semester
  • BIOL 4157 - Biochemistry of Macromolecules Lab (2 credits) – spring semester
  • BIOL 4737 - Conservation Biology (4 credits) – fall, even years
  • BIOL 4900 - Independent Study (1-4 credits) - every semester
  • BIOL 4910 - Research in Biology (1-4 credits) - every semester