Environmental Studies: Concentration in Ecology and Environmental Biology

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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.

One course from:

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:

Major competency is satisfied in ENVR 480 and either 490 or 499. These courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

Concentration in Ecology and Environmental Biology—at least 28 hours distributed as follows:

Either:

BIOL 210 - Principles of Zoology (4) or
BIOL 211 - Principles of Botany (4)

One course from:

ATMS 103 - Introduction to Meteorology (3)
ENVR 105 - Physical Geology (4)
ENVR 106 - Earth History (3)
ENVR 338 - Principles of Hydrology and Hydrogeology (4)
ENVR 362 - Water Chemistry (4)
ENVR 385 - Soils (4)
CHEM 231 - Organic Chemistry I (3) (if not selected to fulfill the departmental chemistry requirement)
PHYS 131 - Introductory Physics I (4)

One 3-4 hour advanced ENVR elective

18 hours of Ecology and Biology electives chosen from:

Either (whichever is not selected above):

BIOL 210 - Principles of Zoology (4) or
BIOL 211 - Principles of Botany (4)

Note(s):

The 18 hours must include at least three 4-credit courses; and at least 11 of the 18 hours must be taken in ENVR.

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