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UNCA - General Requirements ENVR- General Requirements for Majors
Course Credits
ILS 179 Freshman Colloquium 3
Humanities 124 4
Humanities 214 4
Humanities 324 4
ILS 479 Senior Colloquium or Humanities 414 4
Language 120 4
Health & Wellness 152/153/154/155 (choose one) 2-3
Lab Science 
     (met by dept requirements)
4
Foreign Language I 3
Foreign Language II 3
Arts 310 or equivalent      3
Math (met by dept requirements) 4
Cluster Courses:  Three courses in a cluster, including one Natural Science course and one Social Science course. 9-12
Cluster themes are located on ILS web page  
   
 
   
Course Credits
Required courses in the major:
ENVR 130 Introduction to
                  Environmental Science
3
ENVR 241 Principals of Ecology
                  and Field Biology
4
ENVR 330 Seminar on 
                   Environmental Issues
3
ENVR 490 Internship 3-6
 
Select two from:
ENVR 234 Energy and Society 3
ENVR 334 Environmental Policy 3
ECON 337 Environmental Economics and Policy 3

 

Required courses outside the major:
CHEM 132 General Chemistry 3
CHEM 111 General Chemistry Lab                1
CHEM 145 Quantitative Chemistry Lab 1
CHEM 236 General Chemistry II 3
Select two from:
MATH 167 Precalculus 4
MATH 191 Calculus I 4
MATH 192 Calculus II 4
STAT 185 Introductory Statistics 4
Click on a concentration to see additional major requirements
Ecology and Environmental Biology
Earth Science
Environmental Management and Policy
Pollution Control

Concentration in Ecology and Environmental Biology                                        back to top
Course Credits
BIOL 123/124 Principles of Biology (or equivalent) 4
   
BIOL 210 Principles of Animal Biology  4
-----AND/OR-----
BIOL 211 Principles of Plant Biology 4
 

One course from:

ATMS 103, ENVR 105, 338, 385, CHEM 234, or PHYS 131 

 3-5
 

Choose one advanced ENVR elective

3-4



Course Credits
Choose 19 hours from: (at least 11 hours must be in ENVR)
BIOL 331 Entomology 4
BIOL 332 Invertebrate Zoology 4
BIOL 333 Vertebrate Zoology 4
BIOL 334 Biology of the Lower Plants 4
BIOL 335 Biology of the Seed Plants 4
BIOL 337 Mammalogy 4
BIOL 340 Ornithology 4
BIOL 350 Vertebrate Field Zoology 4
BIOL 351 Plant Identification 3
ENVR 321 Limnology 4
ENVR 348 Avian Ecology 4
ENVR 341 Wetland Ecology 4
ENVR 346 Plant Ecology 4
ENVR 348 Avian Ecology and Conservation 4
ENVR 350 Dendrology 4
ENVR 360 Environmental Restoration 4
ENVR 364 Ecosystem Ecology 4
ENVR 390 Wildlife Ecology
                   and Management
4
ENVR 442 Forest Ecology 4
ENVR 443 Tropical Ecosystems 3
ENVR 444 Tropical Ecosystem
                   Field Experience
1-4
Concentration in Earth Science                                                                             back to top
Course Credits
ENVR 105 Physical Geology 5
ENVR 320 Mineralogy and Petrology 4
ENVR 385 Soils  4
   
PHYS 131 Introductory Physics I 4
-----OR BOTH-----
CHEM 222 Organic Chemistry Lab 2
CHEM 231 Organic Chemistry I 3


Course Credits
Select two from:
ENVR 338 Principles of Hydrology
                   & Ground  Water Pollution
3
ENVR 381 Structural and Field Geology 4
ENVR 382 Environmental Geology 4
   
Select one from:
ENVR 354 Management of Hazardous,
                  Municipal and Solid Wastes
3
ENVR 383 Environmental Planning 3
ENVR 384 Introduction to Geographic
                  Information Systems
4
Concentration in Environmental Management and Policy                                               back to top
Course Credits
ENVR 332 Environmental Management 3
ENVR 334 Environmental Policy 3
   
One additional course in ENVR (recommended) 3-4
-----OR-----
ACCT 215 Principles of Accounting I 3
   
Two ENVR courses 
at 300 level or above
6-8
Course Credits
ECON 101 Principles of
                   Macroeconomics
3
ECON 102 Principles of
                   Microeconomics
3
ECON 337 Environmental Economics
                   and Policy
3
ECON 345 Economics of 
                   Natural Resources
3
Six additional hours of environmental policy and management-relevant coursework as approved by the department advisor 6
Concentration in Pollution Control                                                                        back to top
Course Credits
CHEM 222 Organic Chemistry Lab 2
CHEM 231 Organic Chemistry I 3
MATH 191 Calculus I 4
MATH 192 Calculus II 4
   
Select three from:
ENVR 331 Principles of Air Pollution 3
ENVR 338 Principles of Hydrology
                  & Ground Water Pollution
3
ENVR 354 Management of
                   Hazardous, Municipal
                   and Solid Wastes
3
ENVR 362 Principles of Water
                  Pollution Control and
                  Watershed Management
4
Course Credits
PHYS 131 Introductory Physics I 4
PHYS 231 Introductory Physics II 4
-----OR-----
PHYS 221 Physics I (calculus based) 4
PHYS 222 Physics II (calculus based) 4
   
Select two from:  
CHEM 232 Organic Chemistry II 3
CHEM 332 Instrumental Analysis 3
CHEM 337 Analytical Chemistry 2
ENVR 321 Limnology 4
Requirements for a minor in Environmental Studies                                           back to top
Course Credits
ENVR 130 Introduction to
                   Environmental Science
3
ENVR 241 Principals of Ecology and
                   Field Biology
4
ENVR 330 Seminar on
                   Environmental Issues
3
Course Credits
Select two from:  
ENVR 234 Energy and Society 3
ENVR 334 Environmental Policy 3
ECON 337 Environmental
                   Economics and Policy
3
   
One advance elective in ENVR 3-4
 
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