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Environmental Sciences - B.S. Degree

Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences
Office: 112 Jewett Hall

(716) 673-3302

Justin Conroy, Chairperson

Email: geosciences@fredonia.edu

Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/earth

 

The B.S. program in Environmental Sciences is intended primarily for students seeking a career in an environmentally related field such as conservation, climate change, wildlife, and forestry.  The interdisciplinary nature of this program prepares students for a wide variety of possible careers including: environmental consulting, resource management, conservation scientist, aquatic and fishery research/management, wildlife management, conservation officer, and environmental and community planning.

Major Requirements

Core Program:

ESCI 105Global Environmental Issues

3
ESCI 310Methods in Environmental Analysis

4
ESCI 410Environmental Assessment

3
ESCI 440Environmental Sciences Seminar

1
ESCI 441Environmental Sciences Senior Seminar

1
ESCI 490Environmental Sciences Practicum

1-3
STAT 250Statistics for Scientists

3
BIOL 131Introductory Ecology and Evolution

3
BIOL 132Introductory Ecology and Evolution Laboratory

1
BIOL 133Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology

3
BIOL 134Introductory Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory

1
BIOL 243Organismal Biology

3
BIOL 244Organismal Biology Laboratory

1
BIOL 330Ecology

3
BIOL 331Ecology Laboratory

1
GEO 165Planet Earth

3
GEO 169Planet Earth Lab

1
GEO 330Geomorphology

4
GEO 450Hydrogeology

4
GIS 201Geographic Information Systems I

3
GEO 311Global Climate

3
CHEM 115General Chemistry Lecture I

3
CHEM 125General Chemistry Laboratory I

1
CHEM 116General Chemistry Lecture II

3
CHEM 126General Chemistry Laboratory II

1
CHEM 215Organic Chemistry Lecture I

3
CHEM 225Organic Chemistry Laboratory I

1
 
CHEM 317Analytical Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis

3
or
CHEM 341Introduction to Environmental Chemistry

3
Total Credit Hours:66

NOTES: 

  • ESCI 490 must be taken for 3 credits
  • BIOL 450: Global Change Biology (typically offered in Spring semesters) can be completed to replace GEO 311

Supporting Courses:

Two Environmental Perspectives from the following:  
ANTH 342Food and Culture

3
COMM 321Environmental Communication

3
ECON 380Environmental/Natural Resource Economics

3
ENGL 333Environmental Literature

3
HIST 310World Environmental History

3
HIST 352Environmental History of North America

3
POLI 387Environmental Policy

3
WRTG 374Writing and Social Change

3
Total Credit Hours:6

Upper Level Electives:

ANTH 342Food and Culture

3
BIOL 421Biological Conservation

3
BIOL 424Aquatic Biology

3
BIOL 434Animal Behavior

3
BIOL 447Evolution

3
BIOL 450Modern Concepts in Biology

1-4
BIOL 457Biostatistics

3
BIOL 473Animal Communication

3
BIOL 441Undergraduate Research

1-3
BIOL 458Lab Supervision in Biology

1
CHEM 216Organic Chemistry Lecture II

3
CHEM 226Organic Chemistry Laboratory II

1
CHEM 314Principles of Physical Chemistry

3
CHEM 318Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis

3
CHEM 305Laboratory Supervision in Chemistry

1-2
CHEM 491Independent Laboratory Research

1-3
CHEM 492Independent Laboratory Research

1-3
CHEM 391Independent Lab Research

1-3
CHEM 490Independent Study

1-3
COMM 321Environmental Communication

3
ECON 380Environmental/Natural Resource Economics

3
ENGL 333Environmental Literature

3
ENGL 374Writing and Social Change

3
GEO 301Cartography

4
GEO 343Geochemistry

3
GEO 359Vanishing Earth Resources

3
GEO 370Structural Geology

4
GEO 400Stratigraphy

4
GEO 411Mineralogy

4
GEO 421Petrology

4
GEO 455Laboratory Supervision in Geosciences

1
GIS 350Remote Sensing/Image Processng

3
HIST 310World Environmental History

3
HIST 352Environmental History of North America

3
POLI 387Environmental Policy

3
Total Credit Hours:18

Total Credit Hours: 90