Environmental Systems and Sustainability, B.S. - Environmental Systems

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The graduation requirements are listed below. In addition, students select free electives to reach 120 credits overall required for the degree.  The department website provides an overview of the program, admission requirements for the major (when applicable), faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/egms/programs.

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (46 Credits)

All bachelor’s degree programs include liberal education (LEP) and writing (W) course requirements. To review more detailed information, please visit General Education (LEP) Degree Requirements.   

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (40 Credits)

(*) When up to three courses in the major/cognate may also satisfy LEP requirements, they are recommended below; only two courses within Explorations (T2) may be fulfilled by courses in the same subject.  

Environmental Systems and Sustainability (25 Credits)
ENV 204 – Principles of Sustainability
ENV 220 – Global Climate Change (T2GA)*
GEO 290 – Research Methods in Geography and Environmental Sustainability
GEO 360 – Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
GEO 490 – Capstone Seminar
    or  ENV 491 – Environmental Problem Solving

Select 1 from:
ENV 200 – Systems Thinking for the Environment
MAR 140 – The World Ocean  

Select 1 from:
ENV 498 – Special Topics in Environmental Science
GEO 470 – Field Techniques
GEO 497 – Internship
MAR 499 – Independent Study

Select 1 from: 
GEO 405 – Environmental Justice
GEO 460 – GIS II
HIS 359 – American Environmental History
LIT 303 – Literature of the Sea
PHI 321 – Philosophy of Science
SOC 235 – Environmental Sociology

Environmental Systems Concentration (15 Credits)
ENV 350 – Environmental/Earth Systems Inquiry
ENV 400 – Social Science Perspectives on Environment
ENV 401 – Pollution Prevention and Control
   or MAR 250 – Coastal and Marine Pollution
GEO 201 – Physical Geography (T2PR)*

Select 1 from:
BIO 202 – Ecology
BIO 210 – Environmental Biology and Conservation
BIO 327 – Field Natural History
ENV 404 – Applied Sustainability Science
ESC 200 – Physical Geology
ESC 201 – Historical Geology
GEO 460 – GIS II
MAR 250 – Introduction to Coastal and Marine Pollution
PCH 441 – Water Supply and Water-Waste Treatment

COGNATE REQUIREMENTS (3 Credits)

MAT 107 – Elementary Statistics (T1QR)*