Geoscience: Environmental Analysis Option, B.S.

Required

• GEOG 101 - The Physical Environment 5 cr.
• GEOG 276 - Introduction to Cartography: Map Conceptualization and Development 3 cr.

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• GEOG 335 - Climate: Past, Present, and Future 3 cr. or
• GEOL 335 - Climate: Past, Present, and Future 3 cr.

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• GEOG 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr. or
• NRES 377 - Remote Sensing I 3 cr.

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• GEOG 379 - Remote Sensing II 3 cr.
• GEOG 476 - Geographic Information Systems I 3 cr.
• GEOG 479 - Geographic Information Systems II 3 cr.

Take 6 additional credits from

• GEOL 352 - Geomorphology 3 cr. or
• GEOG 352 - Geomorphology 3 cr.

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• GEOL 330 - Environmental Geology 3 cr.
• GEOL 370 - Glacial Geology 3 cr.
• GEOL 383 - Hydrogeology 3 cr.
• GEOL 393 - Field Trip in Geology 1-3 cr. (if different topic from core course)
• GEOG 340 - Processes of Environmental Degradation 3 cr.
• GEOG 344 - Environmental Hazards 3 cr.
• GEOG 354 - Climatology 3 cr.
• GEOG 376 - Statistical and Multimedia Cartography 3 cr.
• GEOG 382 - Dynamic Cartography 3 cr.
• GEOG 386 - Map Design and Production 3 cr.
• GEOG 390 - Applied Statistics in Geography 3 cr.
• SOIL 364 - Soil and Plant Analysis 3 cr.
• SOIL 365 - Soil Survey Interpretations for Land Use Planning 3 cr.
• SOIL 366 - Wetland Soils 1 cr.
• SOIL 367 - Wetland Delineation 1 cr.
• NRES 373 - Agronomy, Agriculture and Environment 3 cr.
• WSTE 350 - Selected Topics in Soil and Waste Management 1-3 cr.

Statistics

• MATH 355 - Elementary Statistical Methods 4 cr.

Collateral courses, 5 credits

Take a minimum of five credits of natural science selected from the following:

• ASTR 311 - Introduction to Astronomy 3 cr.
• BIOL 101 - General Biology 5 cr.
• BIOL 305 - General Ecology 3 cr.

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• CHEM 101 - Basic Chemistry 5 cr. or
• CHEM 105 - Fundamental Chemistry 5 cr. or
• CHEM 117 - General Chemistry Principles 5 cr.

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• PHYS 201 - Applied Principles of Physics I 4 cr. or
• PHYS 203 - College Physics I 5 cr.