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If you are thinking one year ahead, plant rice.
If you are thinking ten years ahead, plant trees.
If you are thinking one hundred years ahead, educate the people.
Chinese Proverb
B.S. Environmental Science Curriculum
| Area | Course Number | Course Name | Cr. Hrs. |
| BIO | 150-150L-150R | Introduction to Biology I | 5 |
| BIO | 151-151L-151R | Introduction to Biology II | 5 |
| BIO | 304 | General Ecology | 3 |
| BIO | 306 | Ecology Laboratory | 2 |
| 15 | |||
| CHE | 120-120L | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHE | 121-121L | General Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHE | 310-310L | Organic Chemistry I with Laboratory | 4 |
| CHE | 311 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHE | 440 | Environmental Chemistry | 3 |
| 18 | |||
| ENV | 110 | Environmental Science and Issues | 3 |
| ENV | 240 | Information Resources in Env. Sci. | 2 |
| ENV | 340 | Principles of Environmental Research | 2 |
| a___ | __96 | Internship/Externship | b3 |
| OR | |||
| a___ | 492 | Directed Research | b3 |
| ENV | 400 | Environmental Science Seminar | 1 |
| 11 | |||
| GLY | 120 | This Dangerous Earth | 3 |
| GLY | 340 | Intro. to Environmental Geoscience | 3 |
| GLY | 450 | Hydrogeology with Laboratory | 4 |
| 10 | |||
| MAT | 120 | Calculus I | 5 |
| MAT | 314 | Design and Analysis of Experiments I | 3 |
| 8 | |||
| PHY | 211 | General Physics with Laboratory I | 5 |
| PHY | 213 | General Physics with Laboratory II | 5 |
| 10 |
Note: Due to the integrative nature of this program and the number of courses taken in several areas (BIO, CHE, GLY), majors in Environmental Science will not be required to complete the requirements for an Area of Concentration or Minor.
aCourses eligible for Internship/Externship OR Directed Research credit include: BIO 492, BIO 496, CHE 492, ENV 396, ENV 492, GLY 392, GLY 492, or GLY 496. The purpose of this requirement is to give students a practical learning experience outside the academic classroom and laboratory.
bThese courses are offered in credit hours ranging from 1-6. A total of 3 credit hours is required for completion of a B.S. in Environmental Sciences, but those hours can be completed over the course of more than one semester.
The Environmental Science Curriculum adds to 72 required semester hours
- 10 of those 72 semester hours qualify as science/math general studies requirements
- students will need only 39 additional hours to complete general studies requirements
NKU requires a minimum of 128 semester hours to graduate with a B.S. degree.
To meet the graduation requirements of 128 semester hours beyond major and general studies requirements, students are encouraged to choose courses from the following list of electives:
| Area | Course Number | Course Name | Cr. Hrs. |
| ANT | 345 | Environmental Anthropology | 3 (prereq: ANT 100) |
| BIO | 302-302L | General Microbiology with laboratory | 4 |
| BIO | 410 | Conservation Biology | 3 (BIO 352 highly recommended) |
| BIO | 422-422L | Limnology with laboratory | 4 |
| BIO | 474-474L | Microbial Ecology with laboratory | 3 |
| CHE | 340-340L | Analytical Chemistry with laboratory | 4 |
| CHE | 482 | Biochemistry | 5 |
| ENG | 347 | Technical Writing | 3 (prereq: ENG 291) |
| ENV | 350 | Environmental Toxicology | 3 |
| ENV | 380 | Field and Laboratory Methods in Environmental Science | 2 (prereq: ENV 350) |
| ENV | 494 | Topics: Environmental Science | 1-3 hrs. |
| GEO | 108 | Physical Geography | 3 |
| GEO | 306 | Environmental Resource Management | 3 |
| GEO | 318 | Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| GLY | 315 | Structural Geology with Laboratory | 4 |
| GLY | 330 | Geomorphology | 3 |
| GLY | 402 | Invertebrate Paleontology with Laboratory | 4 |
| GLY | 420 | Stratigraphy and Sedimentation with Laboratory | 4 (prereq: GLY 302 or consent of instructor) |
| PSC | 403 | Public Policy | 3 |
NOTE: only those prerequisites which are not met as part of the curriculum are listed in the above table.
