Department of Physical Sciences

Chemistry Program

Environmental Option

The objective of the Environmental curriculum is to bring together the disciplines of chemistry, biology, and geology as applied to the environment. Emphasis will be on interdisciplinary approaches to environmental studies.

Curriculum

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

•  Freshman

  Fall		Spring
  ENGL 1013 Composition I1	3	ENGL 1023 Composition II1	3
  MATH 2243 Calculus for Business and Economics	3	Social Sciences1	3
  PHSC 1001 Orientation to Physical Science	1	ECON 2003 Principles of Economics I	3
  BIOL/ENVS/PHSC 1004 Principles of Environmental Science	4	PHSC 1011 Orientation to Physical Science II	1
  CHEM 2124 General Chemistry I	4	CHEM 2134 General Chemistry II	4
  		CHEM 3313 Environmental Chemistry	3
  Total Hours	15	Total Hours	17

•  Sophomore

  Fall		Spring
  U.S. History/Government1	3	PHYS 2024 Algebra-Based Physics II	4
  STAT 2163 Introduction to Statistical Methods or PSY/SOC 2053 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences	3	CHEM 2111 Environmental Seminar	1
  COMS 2003 Microcomputer Applications or COMS 2803 Programming in C	3	CHEM 3245 Quantitative Analysis	5
  PHYS 2014 Algebra-Based Physics I	4	CHEM 3264 Mechanistic Organic Chemistry	4
  CHEM 3254 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry	4
  Total Hours	17	Total Hours	14

•  Junior

  Fall		Spring
  Fine Arts & Humanities1	3	Fine Arts & Humanities1	3
  ENGL 2053 Technical Writing	3	Social Sciences/Fine Arts/Humanities/Communication1	3
  BIOL 2124 Principles of Zoology	4	BIOL 2134 Principles of Botany	4
  GEOL 1014 Physical Geology	4	BIOL/ENVS 3043 Conservation	3
  BIOL/CHEM 3353 Fundamentals of Toxicology	3	BIOL/CHEM/ENVS/GEOL 3111 Environmental Seminar	1
  Total Hours	17	Total Hours	14

•  Senior

  Fall		Spring
  BIOL 3054 Microbiology	4	BIOL/CHEM/GEOL 4111 Environmental Seminar	1
  BIOL 3114 Principles of Ecology	4	CHEM 4951-4 Undergraduate Research in Chemistry or CHEM 4991-4 Special Problems in Chemistry	1-4
  GEOL 3083 Hydrogeology	3	ElectiveT	6-9
  CHEM 4414 Instrumental Analysis	4
  Total Hours	15	Total Hours	11

¹See appropriate choices, alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements". A specific general education core course does not have to be taken in the semester listed, any other part of the general education core at any time is acceptable as well.