Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies requires a minimum of 120 credits.
Along with the general education requirements of VCU Life Sciences, this curriculum requires 32-33 credits in core science and mathematics courses and 37-38 credits in environmental studies core courses.
| Core science and mathematics requirements | Total credits: 32 to 33 |
| BIOL 151 Introduction to Biological Science I | 3 |
| BIOZ 151L Introduction to Biological Science Laboratory I | 1 |
| CHEM 101 General Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEZ/FRSZ 101L General Chemistry Laboratory I | 1 |
| ENVS/GEOG 401 Meteorology and Climatology | 3 |
| ENVS/GEOG 411 Oceanography | 3 |
| GEOG/ENVS 105 Physical Geology and GEOZ/ENVZ 105L Physical Geology Laboratory or GEOG 204 Physical Geography and GEOZ 204L Physical Geography Laboratory | 3 and 1 |
| MATH 151 Precalculus Mathematics | 4 |
| PHYS 201 General Physics or PHYS 207 University Physics I | 4 or 5 |
| STAT 210 Basic Practice of Statistics | 3 |
| STAT 314 Applications of Statistics | 3 |
| Core environmental studies requirements | (37 to 38 credits) |
| BIOL 152 Introduction to Biological Science II | 3 |
| BIOZ 152L Introduction to Biological Science Laboratory II | 1 |
| BIOL 317 Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 332/ENVS 330 Environmental Pollution or BIOL 432 Biology of Polluted Waters | 3 |
| CHEM 102 General Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEZ/FRSZ 102L General Chemistry Laboratory II | 1 |
| ECON 325 Environmental Economics | 3 |
| ENVS/GEOG 335 Environmental Geology | 3 |
| ENVZ/GEOZ 335L Environmental Geology Laboratory | 1 |
| ENVS 490 Research Seminar in Environmental Studies | 3 |
| PHYS 202 General Physics or PHYS 208 University Physics II | 4 or 5 |
| POLI/ENVS 311 Politics of the Environment | 3 |
| SOCY/POLI 320 Research Methods in the Social Sciences | 3 |
| One additional environmental studies course chosen with adviser’s approval |