University Common Curriculum (44 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-Society and Culture; 8 qtr hrs; Variable
• Analytical Inquiry-Society and Culture; 8 qtr hrs; Variable
• Advanced Seminar; 4 qtr hrs; Variable

Environmental Science Core (74 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
• PHYS 1111 (1121), 1112 (1122), 1113 (1123): General Physics; 15 qtr hrs; Fall, Winter, Spring
• Statistics (GEOG 2000, PSYC 2300, STAT 1300, BIOL 2090); 4 qtr hrs; Variable
• MATH 1951 and 1952: Calculus I and II; 8 qtr hrs; Variable
• ENVI 3000: Environmental Law; 4 qtr hrs; Spring
• GEOG 2700: Contemporary Env. Issues; 4 qtr hrs; Variable

Environmental Science Electives (28+ quarter hours)

A minimum of 28 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 3044 Coral Reef Ecology (plus lab: BIOL 3045)
• BIOL 3060 Tropical Ecology
• BIOL 3070 Ecological Field Methods
• BIOL 3400 Ornithology
• BIOL 3410 Animal Behavior
• BIOL 3700 Advanced Topics in Ecology
• 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 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
• NOTE: A minor is NOT required for the BS degree.

Total hours for degree: 183

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