Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science with a Concentration in Life Science

Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science with a Concentration in Life Sciences Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS - 46 Hours Required
Minimum of “C-“ required
Fundamental Academic Skills		15
ENGL 1150	ENGLISH COMPOSITION I
ENGL 1160	ENGLISH COMPOSITION II
Writing in the Discipline Course
CMST 1110	PUBLIC SPEAKING FUNDS
or CMST 2120	ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE
MATH 1120	INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
or MATH 1100	DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION
or MATH 1130	QUANTITATIVE LITERACY
or MATH 1140	QUANTITATIVE REASONING FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
or MATH 1300	COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH SUPPORT
or STAT 1100	DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION
or STAT 1530	ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
Distribution Requirements		31
Natural Science - From two disciplines and at least one lab - 7 hrs
Social Science - From two disciplines - 9 hrs
Humanities and Fine Arts - From two disciplines- 9 hrs
Global Diversity - 3 hrs
US Diversity - 3 hrs
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Environmental Science Major with a Concentration in Life Sciences - 74-87 Hours Required
Required coursework		16-18
(Note that in the case of cross-listed courses, Environmental Science majors must enroll in the ENVN section)
ENVN 2010	ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS (^)
GEOL 1010	ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY (**)
GEOG 1050	HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHY (**)
ENVN/GEOL/BIOL 4610	ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT (^)
ENVN/BIOL 4800	INTERNSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING (^)
ENVN/GEOG 4820	INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & REGULATIONS (^)
Select one of the following Statistics courses		3-4
BIOL 4110	STATISTICS FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (^)
ENVN 2020	STATISTICS FOR LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (^)
STAT 1530	ELEMENTARY STATISTICS (** ^)
STAT 3000	STATISTICAL METHODS I (^)
PSYC 3130	STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (^)
SOC 2130	SOCIAL STATISTICS (^)
Select one of the following GIS courses		1-4
ENVN 4600	GIS APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (^)
GEOG 1090	INTRODUCTION TO GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES (** ^)
GEOG 3530	CARTOGRAPHY AND DATA VISUALIZATION (^)
GEOG 4050	GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS I (^)
Select one of the following courses on the Human Dimensions of Environmental Studies		3
ANTH 4250	ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND NATIVE PEOPLES OF THE GREAT PLAINS (^)
ECON 3320	ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY (^)
ENVN/PHIL 3180	ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS (^)
ENVN 3310	SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD (^)
ENVN/PSCI 4270	GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS (^)
ENVN 4390	THE NATURE OF THE PAST: AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, PRE-HISTORY TO THE PRESENT (^)
SOC 4760	ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY (^)
Life Sciences Concentration
All of the following:		25
BIOL 1450	BIOLOGY I (** ^)
BIOL 1750	BIOLOGY II (^)
BIOL 2140	GENETICS (^)
BIOL 3340	ECOLOGY (^)
BIOL 3530	FLORA OF THE GREAT PLAINS (^)
BIOL 4120	CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (^)
Select three additional upper division courses in Biology or Environmental Science from the approved list below). At least two courses must include a lab		10-12
BIOL 3020	MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL (^)
BIOL 3680	BIOLOGY OF AFRICA (^)
BIOL 3730	FAUNA OF THE GREAT PLAINS (^)
BIOL 4030	SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOLOGY (^)
BIOL 4040	DIRECTED READINGS IN BIOLOGY (^) ¹
BIOL 4050	SUPERVISED RESEARCH IN BIOLOGY (^) ¹
BIOL 4100	BIOGEOGRAPHY (^)
BIOL 4110	STATISTICS FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (^) ²
BIOL/ENVN 4180	FRESHWATER ECOLOGY (^)
BIOL 4210	FIRE ECOLOGY (^)
BIOL 4220	POPULATION BIOLOGY (^)
BIOL 4230	EVOLUTION (^)
BIOL 4240	MARINE BIOLOGY (^)
BIOL 4260	BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY (^)
BIOL/ENVN 4410	WETLAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (^)
BIOL 4420	RESTORATION ECOLOGY (^)
BIOL 4490	MEDICINAL USES OF PLANTS (^)
BIOL 4540	PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMATICS (^)
BIOL 4710	TOXICOLOGY (^)
BIOL 4780	VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY (^)
BIOL 4790	MAMMALOGY (^)
BIOL 4840	HERPETOLOGY (^)
BIOL 4940	ENTOMOLOGY (^)
BIOL/ENVN 4970	ADVANCED BOTANY (^)
BIOL 4980	ORNITHOLOGY (^)
ENVN 3030	MICROBIAL ECOLOGY (^)
ENVN 4320	ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN HEALTH (^)
1 With approval from the Environmental Studies Program
2 May be used to satisfy the statistics requirement or can count towards the required biology and environmental Science courses, but not both
Required chemistry courses:		3
CHEM 1010	CHEMISTRY IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY (** ^)
or CHEM 3030	ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
In addition, select one of the following chemistry sequences		10-13
Sequence One:
CHEM 1140 & CHEM 1144	FUNDAMENTALS OF COLLEGE CHEMISTRY and FUNDAMENTALS OF COLLEGE CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (** ^)
CHEM 2210 & CHEM 2214	FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY and FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (^)
Sequence Two:
CHEM 1180 & CHEM 1184	GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LABORATORY (** ^)
CHEM 1190 & CHEM 1194	GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LABORATORY (^)
CHEM 2210 & CHEM 2214	FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY and FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (^)
Complete one additional approved physical science course in Chemistry, Geology, Physical Geography, or Physics		3-5
CHEM 3650 & CHEM 3654	FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOCHEMISTRY and FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY (^)
PHYS 1050 & PHYS 1054	INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS and INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS LABORATORY (** ^)
PHYS 1110	GENERAL PHYSICS I (** ^)
GEOL 1170	INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL GEOLOGY (**)
GEOL 2300	GEOSCIENCE DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELING (^)
GEOL 4200	WATER QUALITY (^)
GEOL 4260	PROCESS GEOMORPHOLOGY (^)
GEOL 4330	SOIL GENESIS, MORPHOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION (^)
GEOL 4540	GEOCHEMISTRY (^)
GEOL 4640	CRITICAL ZONE SCIENCE (^)
GEOG 4010	CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES (^)
GEOG 4320	CLIMATOLOGY (^)
GEOG 4340	WATER RESOURCES (^)
GEOG 4350	GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (^)
GEOG 4630	ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING (^)
Writing in the Discipline
All students are required to take a writing in the discipline course within their major. For the environmental science major with a concentration in life sciences, the writing in the discipline requirement can be fulfilled through one of the two options for biology majors:
Option I
Complete two courses from each of the three tiers below. All courses used to meet the writing requirement must be taken at UNO. Only courses completed in 2010 or later qualify.
Tier I
BIOL 1450	BIOLOGY I (** ^)
BIOL 1750	BIOLOGY II (^)
Tier II
BIOL 2140	GENETICS (^)
BIOL 3020	MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL (^)
BIOL 3340	ECOLOGY (^)
Tier III two writing in the discipline 3000 or 4000 level biology courses designated as Tier III courses.
Option II
BIOL 3150	WRITING AND COMMUNICATION IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (^)
or ENGL 3980	TECHNICAL WRITING ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES
College Breadth		0
College of Arts and Sciences' breadth requirement satisfied by this major
Bachelor of Science Cognate Requirement		0
See major.
ELECTIVES
Elective hours as required to reach a total of 120 hours

Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science with a Concentration in Life Sciences Four Year Plan

Plan of Study Grid
Freshman
Fall		Credits
BIOL 1450	BIOLOGY I	5
ENGL 1150	ENGLISH COMPOSITION I (*)	3
GEOG 1050	HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHY	4
MATH 1220 or MATH 1300	COLLEGE ALGEBRA (**) or COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH SUPPORT	3-4
*ENGL 1150: requires placement via EPPE, ACT, or AP score
**MATH : Refer to the catalog for the most up-to-date prerequisites.
	Credits	15-16
Spring
BIOL 1750	BIOLOGY II (*)	5
CMST 1110 or CMST 2120	PUBLIC SPEAKING FUNDS or ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE	3
ENGL 1160	ENGLISH COMPOSITION II (**)	3
ENVN 2010	ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS (***)	2
CHEM 1010	CHEMISTRY IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY (^)	3
*BIOL 1750: requires BIOL 1450
**ENGL 1160: requires ENGL 1150 or EPPE score of 6, or AP Score of 4
***ENVN 2010: requires BIOL 1330 or GEOG 1050 GEOL 1010 or concurrent enrollment
^CHEM 1010: See the catalog for the most up-to-date prerequisites
	Credits	16
Sophomore
Fall
CHEM 1140 & CHEM 1144	FUNDAMENTALS OF COLLEGE CHEMISTRY and FUNDAMENTALS OF COLLEGE CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (*)	5
GEOG 1090	INTRODUCTION TO GEOSPATIAL SCIENCES	4
Humanities and Fine Arts/US Diversity		3
Social Science/Global Diversity		3
*CHEM 1140: See the catalog for the most up-to-date prerequisites. CHEM 1144 concurrent or prior with C- or better.
Note: CHEM 1180/1184 and 1190/1194 together can substitute for CHEM 1140/1144.
	Credits	15
Spring
BIOL 2140	GENETICS (*)	4
CHEM 2210 & CHEM 2214	FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY and FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY (,*)	5
GEOL 1010	ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY	3
Social Science		3
*BIOL 2140: Requires BIOL 1450, BIOL 1750, and CHEM 1140 or 1180.
**CHEM 2210: requires CHEM 1140/1144 or CHEM 1190/1194 with a C- or better. CHEM 2214 must be taken concurrently.
***CHEM 2250 and 2260/2274 together can substitute for CHEM 2210/2214.
	Credits	15
Junior
Fall
BIOL 4110	STATISTICS FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES	4
Approved BIOL/ENVN 3000/4000 Level elective with lab		4
Social Science*		3
Humanities and Fine Arts		3
*SS: must be in a 2nd discipline
	Credits	14
Spring
BIOL 3340	ECOLOGY (*)	4
BIOL 4120	CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (**)	3
Humanities and Fine Arts***		3
Elective		3
Elective		3
*BIOL 3340: Requires BIOL 1450, 1750, and junior status
**BIOL 4120: requires BIOL 1750
***HFA: must be in a 2nd discipline
	Credits	16
Summer
ENVN 4800	INTERNSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING (*)	1
*ENVN 4800: requires permission of instructor.
	Credits	1
Senior
Fall
BIOL 3530	FLORA OF THE GREAT PLAINS (*)	4
Approved BIOL/ENVN 3000/4000 Level elective		3
Approved physcial science course		3
ENVN 4610	ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT (**)	3
ENVN 4820	INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & REGULATIONS	3
*BIOL 3530: requires BIOL 1450 and BIOL 1750
**ENVN 4610: requires permission of instructor.
	Credits	16
Spring
Approved BIOL/ENVN 3000/4000 Level elective		4
An approved course focusing on the human dimensions of environmental studies		3
Elective		3
Elective if needed to reach 120 hours*		2
*120 total credits are required for a degree, with a minimum of 18 upper level (3000-4000) credits in the major and 27 upper level credits throughout the degree. Selecting 3000-4000 level electives or options (when given) can help you reach these minimums.
	Credits	12
	Total Credits	120-121

This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.

This plan is not a contract and curriculum is subject to change

Additional Information About this Plan:
University Degree Requirements: The minimum number of hours for a UNO undergraduate degree is 120 credit hours. Please review the requirements for your specific program to determine all requirements for the program. In order to graduate on-time (four years for an undergraduate degree), you need to take 30 hours each year.

Placement Exams: For Math, English, Foreign Language, a placement exam may be required. More information on these exams can be found at https://www.unomaha.edu/enrollment-management/testing-center/placement-exams/information.php

**Transfer credit or placement exam scores may change suggested plan of study