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—12-16 hours:

CHEM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory (1)
CHEM 132 - General Chemistry (3)
CHEM 145 - Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory (1)
MATH 167 - Precalculus (4)
STAT 185 - Introductory Statistics (4)
Note: MATH 191 may be taken in lieu of both MATH 167 and STAT 185.

Either

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

III. Special departmental requirements—28–31 hours, depending on concentration:

Completion of the concentration outlined below. Major competency is satisfied in ENVR 330 and 490. These courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

Concentration in Earth Science—At least 29 hours distributed as follows:

At least 6 additional hours of Earth Science electives chosen from:

ENVR 282 - Environmental Geology (3) (if not selected to fulfill the departmental core requirement)
ENVR 290 - Regional Field Geology (2)
ENVR 310 - Economic Geology (3)
ENVR 311 - Fundamentals of Mineral Processing (4)
ENVR 362 - Water Chemistry (4)
ENVR 383 - Environmental Planning (3)
ENVR 384 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4)
ENVR 410 - Flotation and Surface Science (4)
ENVR 411 - Mineral Processing Plant Operation (3)

Note:

Students interested in mineral processing should take ENVR 311, 410, 411 and MATH 191 as part of their major requirements. Students wishing to seek a North Carolina Professional License in Geology should take 24 credit hours of upper-level earth science classes.

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