Environmental Science: Concentration in Ecology

Print Degree Planner (opens a new window) |

Environmental Science majors must fulfill the following requirements:

I. Required courses in the major—16 hours:

One course from:

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

At least three hours 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.

One course from:

CHEM 231 - Organic Chemistry I (3)
CHEM 233 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry (3)
CHEM 236 - General Chemistry II (3)
Note: CHEM 233 or 236 is required for students completing the Geoscience concentration or Earth Science Teacher Licensure.

III. Departmental Competency

Major competency is satisfied in ENVS 480, which must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

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

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

One course from:

ATMS 103 - Introduction to Meteorology (3)
ATMS 326 - Air Pollution Formation and Impacts (ENVS 326) (3)
CHEM 231 - Organic Chemistry I (3) (if not selected to fulfill the departmental chemistry requirement)
ENVS 105 - Physical Geology (4)
ENVS 106 - Earth History (3)
ENVS 326 - Air Pollution Formation and Impacts (ATMS 326) (3)
ENVS 338 - Principles of Hydrology and Hydrogeology (4)
ENVS 363 - Environmental Geochemistry (3)
ENVS 385 - Soils (4)
PHYS 131 - Introductory Physics I (4)

One 3-4 hour advanced ENVS elective

18 hours of Ecology and Biology electives chosen from:

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

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

Courses that satisfy some of the following LAC requirements can be found throughout the curriculum and may be used to fulfill multiple requirements.

Requirement	Credits
First-Year Seminar	3-4
Academic Writing and Critical Inquiry	4
Humanities	12
Laboratory Science	4
Scientific Perspectives	3-4
Quantitative Perspectives	4
Social Science	3-4
Second Language (proficiency through the 2nd semester)	0-8
Arts and Ideas	3-4
Senior Capstone	4
Diversity Intensive (DI and DI-R)	6-8