Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Special requirementsThe Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies requires a minimum 2.0 cumulative average in all major course work. |
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.
Degree requirements for Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Learning outcomesUpon completing this program, students will know and know how to do the following:
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| General Education requirements | Credits |
|---|---|
| University Core Education Curriculum (minimum 21 credits) | |
| UNIV 111 Focused Inquiry I | 3 |
| UNIV 112 Focused Inquiry II | 3 |
| UNIV 200 Writing and Rhetoric | 3 |
| Approved humanities/fine arts | 3 |
| Approved natural/physical sciences | 3-4 |
| Approved quantitative literacy | 3-4 |
| Approved social/behavioral sciences | 3-4 |
| General education requirements (6-14 credits) | |
|---|---|
| LFSC 301 Integrated Life Sciences Research | 3 |
| STAT 210 Basic Practice of Statistics or STAT 212 Concepts of Statistics | 3 |
| Completion of a foreign language through the 102 level or an equivalent course or by placement | 0-8 |
| Collateral requirements (3 credits) | |
| ENVS 201 Earth System Science (satisfies University Core natural/physical sciences) | |
| Major requirements (66-69 credits) | |
| BIOL 151 and BIOZ 151 Introduction to Biological Science I and Laboratory | 3 |
| BIOL 152 and BIOZ 152 Introduction to Biological Science II and Laboratory | 3 |
| BIOL 317 Ecology | 3 |
| CHEM 101 and CHEZ 101 General Chemistry and General Chemistry Laboratory I | 4 |
| CHEM 102 and CHEZ 102 General Chemistry and General Chemistry Laboratory II | 4 |
| ECON 325 Environmental Economics | 1 |
| ENVS 105/GEOG 105 and ENVZ 105/GEOZ 105 Physical Geology and Laboratory or GEOG 204 and GEOZ 204 Physical Geography and Laboratory | 3 |
| ENVS 311/POLI 311 Politics of the Environment | 6 |
| ENVS 330/BIOL 332 Environmental Pollution | 6 |
| ENVS 335/GEOG 335 and ENVZ 335/GEOZ 335 Environmental Geology and Laboratory | 6 |
| ENVS 401/GEOG 401 Meteorology and Climatology | 6 |
| ENVS 411/GEOG 411 Oceanography | 6 |
| ENVS 490 Research Seminar in Environmental Studies (capstone) | 6 |
| MATH 151 Precalculus Mathematics | 6 |
| PHYS 201 General Physics or PHYS 207 University Physics I | 6 |
| PHYS 202 General Physics or PHYS 208 University Physics II | 6 |
| SOCY 320/POLI 320 Research Methods in the Social Sciences | 6 |
| STAT 314 Applications of Statistics | 6 |
| One additional environmental studies course chosen with adviser’s approval | 6 |
| Open electives (14-27 credits) | |
| Open electives | 14-27 |
| Total | 120 |
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