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Requirements for Environmental Science
Fifteen credits of environmental science, 9 credits of which must be in 300-level or higher courses. Courses are selected from Category I.
Six credits of environmental policy. Courses are selected from Category II.
- Three credits spread across the following areas:
a. an independent research project (1 cr.)
b. an ES&P multidisciplinary project course (1 cr.)
c. one of the following 1-credit courses in Category III below
EV313 Biogeochemical Earth Systems Science is required for the science minor.
Category I:
Courses in Environmental Science
| BY140 General Bio. I | BY160 General Bio. II |
| BY222 General Ecology | CM221 Spectroscopy |
| BY224 General Ecology Laboratory | CM223 Spectroscopy Laboratory |
| BY314 Bioinformatics | CM371 Phys. Chem. |
| BY320 Microbiology | CM476 Atmospheric Chem. |
| BY322 Microbiology Laboratory | CM434 Air Pollution Controls |
| BY328 Conservation Biology | EHS309 Industrial Hygiene |
| BY340 Behavioral Eco. and Sociobiology | EHS310 Intro to Ind. Hygiene Laboratory |
| BY420 Evolution | EHS405 Methods and Analysis |
| BY425 Bio. Systems and Env't'l. Change | EHS416 Prin. of Toxic. and Epidem. |
| BY/EV330 Great Lakes Water Pollution | EV314 Adirondack Integrated Research Project |
| BY431 Limnology | EV/CE 435 Groundwater |
| BY/EV312 Adirondack Ecology & Env. Science | ES432 Risk Analysis |
| EV316 Adirondack Env. Science | EV314 Adirondack Integrated Res. Project |
| CE301 Eng. Measurements | CE301 ADK Geographical Info Systems |
| CE340 Intro to Env. Engineering | CE480 Env. Quality |
| ECE470 Hydraulic Eng. | CE481 Hazardous Waste Mgmt |
| CE474 Engineering Hydrology | CE482 Env. Systems |
| CE479 Water & Wastewater Trtmnt. Proc. | CE491 Senior Design Proj. |
| CE486 Industrial Eco. | |
*No more than 6 credits of the engineering classes can be applied towards an environmental science minor.
Category II:
Courses in Environmental Policy
| ANTH270 Env't., Tech. and Soc. | PHIL270 American Env. |
| PHIL405 Sustainability: Thry. and Prac. | PHIL410 Where the Wild Things Are |
| COMM428 Public Debate and Env't. | PHI371 Energy and Society |
| COMM429 Issue Analysis and Advocacy | POL220 American Politics |
| EC360 Environmental Economics | POL250 Politics in X-Nat'l. Perspective |
| ES436 Global Climate Change: Sci., Eng. & Policy | POL351 Globalization |
| LW270 Law and Society 1 | POL371 Environmental Law |
| LW466 Law of the Workplace | POL400 Constitutional Law |
| EM351 Quality Mgmt. and Lean Enterprise | POL470 Environmental Policy |
| EM361 Supply Chain Env. Mgmt. | POL471 Energy Policy |
| EV314 Adirondack Integrated Research Project | SOC330 Health, Wealth, Inequality and the Env't. |
| EV/SS320 Social & Pol. Issues in the Adirondacks | EV322 Adirondack Park |
| EC/EV315 Entrepreneurship & Economic Dev. in the Adirondacks |
Category III:
A. an independent research project (1 cr. equivalent))
B. an ES&P multidisciplinary project course (1 cr. equivalent)
C. one of the following 1-credit courses (EV100, or 305)
*Additional courses may be taken to fulfill the minor requirements with permission from the director.
