Environmental Studies: Concentration in Earth Science

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Environmental Studies majors must fulfill the following requirements:

I. Required courses in the major—16 hours:

One course from:

ENVR 234 - Energy and Society (3)
ENVR 282 - Environmental Geology (3)
ENVR 334 - Environmental Policy (3)
Note: ENVR 334 is required for students completing the Environmental Management and Policy concentration.

II. Required courses outside the major—16 hours:

Either

CHEM 231 - Organic Chemistry I (3) or
CHEM 233 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry (General Chemistry II) (3)
CHEM 233 is required for students completing the Earth Science concentration.

Two courses from:

MATH 167 - Precalculus (4)
MATH 191 - Calculus I (4)
MATH 192 - Calculus II (4)
STAT 185 - Introductory Statistics (4)
Calculus is recommended for students planning to attend graduate school.

III. Special departmental requirements—28–36 hours, depending on concentration:

Completion of the concentration outlined below. The senior demonstration of competency is satisfied by the completion of ENVR 330 and ENVR 490 with a C or better. Completion of ENVR 330 fulfills the all-university oral competency requirement.

Concentration in Earth Science—At least 31 hours distributed as follows:

At least 11 additional hours of Earth Science electives chosen from:

Note:

Students interested in mineral processing should take ENVR 282, 311, 410, 411, MATH 191, 192 and PHYS 221 as part of their major requirements.

Liberal Arts Core (LAC)

For additional information about the Liberal Arts Core and the specific courses that fulfill the requirements, visit the Office of the Registrar website, https://registrar.unca.edu/liberal-arts-core.

Liberal Arts Core Requirements

The credit hours listed are the minimum required.

Requirement	Credits
First-Year Colloquium	3
Academic Writing and Critical Inquiry	4
Humanities	12
Laboratory Science	4
Scientific Perspectives	3
Quantitative Perspectives	4
Social Science	3
Second Language (proficiency through the 2nd semester)	0-4
Arts and Ideas	3
Senior Capstone	4
Diversity Intensive	3

Information Literacy Intensive	Fulfilled within the major
Writing Intensive	Fulfilled within the major