Environmental Science Program
Environmental Science Bachelor of Arts
University Common Curriculum (48 quarter hours)
- First Year Seminar; 4 qtr hrs; Fall
- First Year Writing and Rhetoric; 8 qtr hrs; Winter, Spring
- Foreign Language; 12 qtr hrs; Fall, Winter, Spring
- Analytical Inquiry-Natural/Physical World (MATH 1200 or 1951); 4 qtr hrs; Variable
- Analytical Inquiry-Society and Culture; 8 qtr hrs; Variable
- Scientific Inquiry-Society and Culture; 8 qtr hrs; Variable
- Advanced Seminar; 4 qtr hrs; Variable
Environmental Science Core (43 quarter hours)
- GEOG 1201,1202,1203: Environmental Systems; 12 qtr hrs; Fall, Winter, Spring
- BIOL 1011/1021: Evolution Heredity & Biodiversity; 5 qtr hrs; Winter
- BIOL 2050/2051: Conservation Biology; 5 qtr hrs; Spring
- BIOL 2010/2011: General Ecology; 5 qtr hrs; Fall
- CHEM 1010: General Chemistry (plus lab CHEM 1040 or 1240); 4 qtr hrs; Fall
- CHEM 2451/2461: Organic Chemistry; 4 qtr hrs; Winter
- CHEM 2240/2241: Introduction to Environmental Chemistry; 4 qtr hrs; Spring
- Statistics (GEOG 2000, PSYC 2300, STAT 1300); 4 qtr hrs; Variable
Environmental Science Electives (32+ quarter hours)
A minimum of 32 quarter hours from the following list of courses, including 12 hours each in BIOL and GEOG/GEOL/ENVI. No more than 5 quarter hours may be taken as Independent Study or Independent Research may be counted toward the minimum hours required in the major.
- BIOL 2060 Ecology of the Rockies
- BIOL 2310 Biodiversity of Flowering Plants
- BIOL 2510 General Genetics
- BIOL 2610 Vertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 3020 Aquatic Ecology
- BIOL 3030 Alpine Ecology
- BIOL 3060 Tropical Ecology
- BIOL 3070 Ecological Field Methods
- BIOL 3400 Ornithology
- BIOL 3410 Animal Behavior
- BIOL 3700 Advanced Topics in Ecology
- CHEM 2240 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
- CHEM 2451 Organic Chemistry I (plus lab: CHEM 2461)
- CHEM 3210 Instrumental Analysis
- CHEM 3410 Environmental Chemistry I: Atmospheric
- CHEM 3411 Environmental Chemistry II: Aquatic
- CHEM 3412 Environmental Chemistry III: Toxicology
- ENVI 2660 Environmental History ? Sonora & Baja
- ENVI 2801 Water Quality of Western Rivers and Streams
- ENVI 3000 Environmental Law
- ENVI 3200 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
- ENVI 3270 Environmental Impact Assessment
- ENVI 3550 Environmental Issues ? Colorado
- ENVI 3660 Geography & Ecology of Costa Rica
- GEOG 2010 Map Reading: Use and Analysis
- GEOG 2020 Computer Assisted Cartography
- GEOG 2100 Introduction to GIS
- GEOG 2310 The Political Ecology of Nat. Res. In Guatemala
- GEOG 2500 Sustainability
- GEOG 2520 Current Issues in Sustainability
- GEOG 2550 Current Issues in Sustainability
- GEOG 2600 World Regional Climatology
- GEOG 2700 Contemporary Environmental Issues
- GEOG 2900 Reading the Landscape- Off-road Geography
- GEOG 3030 Field Methods
- GEOG 3040 GPS for Resource mapping
- GEOG 3130 Advanced GIS
- GEOG 3140 Advanced Computer Cartography
- GEOG 3200 Remote Sensing
- GEOG 3230 Advanced Remote Sensing
- GEOG 3310 Cult/Nature/Econ/Human Ecology
- GEOG 3400 Urban Landscapes
- GEOG 3420 Urban & Regional Planning
- GEOG 3425 Urban Sustainability
- GEOG 3440 Urban Transportation Planning
- GEOG 3500 Reconstructing Quaternary Environments
- GEOG 3510 Biogeography
- GEOG 3520 Geography of Soils
- GEOG 3560 Fluvial geomorphology
- GEOG 3600 Meteorology
- GEOG 3610 Climatology
- GEOG 3620 Applied Climatology
- GEOG 3630 Dendroclimatology
- GEOG 3720 Mountain Environments
- GEOG 3800 Geography of Colorado
- GEOG 3820 Energy Development & Community Planning
- GEOG 3830 Natural Resource Management
- GEOG 3860 GIS Applications to Natural Resources
- GEOG 3870: Water Resources and Sustainability
- GEOG 3880: Cleantech and Sustainability
- GEOG 3955 Pollen Analysis Seminar
- GEOL 2010 Landform Analysis
- GEOL 3010 Process Geomorphology
- GEOL 2020 Historical Geology
- GEOL 2380 Rocks and Minerals
- GEOL 2400 Geology and Ecology of the SW
- GEOL 2800 Geology of National Parks
- GEOL 3010 Process Geomorphology (also GEOG 3910)
- GEOL 3100 Environmental Geology
- GEOL 3200 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology
- GEOL 3300 Petroleum Geology
- GEOL 3540 Hydrology
Minor
Completion of 20 quarter hours in a minor field of study.
Total hours for degree: 183
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