Environmental Sciences B.S.
All students must meet the Degree and University Requirements.
All students must meet the Catamount Core Curriculum Requirements.
All students must meet the Rubenstein Core Curriculum Requirements
Students in the ENSC major must choose one of the following concentrations or an advisor approved self-design concentration (14-17 credits):
Agriculture and the Environment
Conservation Biology and Biodiversity
Environmental Analysis and Assessment
Global Environment and Climate Change
Major Requirements
A total of 120 credits is required for the degree.
BCOR 1400 | Exploring Biology 1 | 4 |
or BIOL 1400 | Principles of Biology 1 | |
or BIOL 1000 | AP Biology 1 | |
BCOR 1450 | Exploring Biology 2 | 4 |
or BIOL 1450 | Principles of Biology 2 | |
or BIOL 1005 | AP Biology 2 | |
CHEM 1400 | General Chemistry 1 | 4 |
CHEM 1450 | General Chemistry 2 | 4 |
CHEM 1580 | Intro Organic Chemistry w/lab 1 | 4 |
or CHEM 2580 | Organic Chemistry 1 | |
GEOL 1400 | Environmental Geology | 4 |
or PSS 2610 | Fundmntls of Soil Science | |
MATH 1212 | Fundamentals of Calculus I | 3 |
or MATH 1234 | Calculus I | |
MATH 1224 | Fundamentals of Calculus II | 3 |
or MATH 1248 | Calculus II | |
NR 2400 | Applied Environ Statistics 2 | 3-4 |
or STAT 1410 | Basic Statistical Methods 1 | |
ENSC 1010 | Intro Environmental Sci | 3 |
ENSC 1090 | Orientation to Env Sciences 2 | 1 |
ENSC 2300 | Global Environmental Assessmnt | 3 |
ENSC 3600 | Pollutant Mvmt/Air,Land&Water | 4 |
ENSC 4010 | Recovery&Restor Altered Ecosys | 4 |
ENSC 4020 | Applied Envir Assess Analysis | 4 |
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Students interested in concentrations such as environmental analysis and assessment should consider taking more advanced courses, such as CHEM 2580/CHEM 2585.
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Internal and external transfer students to ENSC are exempt from ENSC 1090. (*Note: RSENR & CALS students only)
Concentration Requirements
Agriculture and the Environment Concentration
Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
Food Waste to Value | ||
Comparative Food Systems | ||
The Real Cost of Food | ||
Farm to Table: Food Sys | ||
Plant Systematics | ||
Intro to Agroecology | ||
Entomology & Pest Mgmt | ||
Weed Ecology & Management | ||
Plant Pathology | ||
Permaculture | ||
Forage and Pasture Mgmnt | ||
Soil Fertility & Conservation | ||
Advanced Agroecology | ||
Internship 1 | ||
Undergraduate Research 1 | ||
Environmental Microbiology | ||
Eco Frontiers in Agroecology | ||
Biological Control | ||
Soil Morph Class & Land Use | ||
Chemistry of Soil & Water | ||
Soil Ecology | ||
Soil/Water Pollution/Bioremed |
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A maximum of 3 credits of ENSC 2991 or ENSC 2995 may apply towards the concentration credits with advisor approval.
Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Concentration
WFB 3240 | Conservation Biology | 4 |
Choose ONLY one of the following : | 4 | |
Plant Systematics | ||
or BIOL 4245 | Mammalogy | |
or FOR 1210 | Dendrology | |
or WFB 1740 | Wildlife Conservation | |
or WFB 2300 | Ornithology | |
or WFB 4320 | Ichthyology | |
Choose a minimum of 7 additional credits from the following courses: | 7 | |
Zoos, Exotics & Endang Species | ||
Wildlife Hlth & Consrvation | ||
Ecology and Evolution | ||
Genetics | ||
Climate Change Genetics | ||
Plant-Animal Interactions | ||
Community Ecology | ||
Behavioral Ecology | ||
Physiological Ecology | ||
Marine Mammal Biology | ||
Population Genetics | ||
Internship 1 | ||
Undergraduate Research 1 | ||
Forest Ecosystem Analysis | ||
Sustain Mgmt Forest Ecosys | ||
Ecosystems Ecology | ||
Landscape Ecology | ||
Stream Ecology | ||
Morph & Evo of Vascular Plants | ||
Ecological Invasions | ||
Global Change Ecology | ||
Soil Ecology | ||
Prin of Wildlife Management | ||
Fisheries Biology & Techniques | ||
Wetlands Wildlife Ecology | ||
Fisheries Management | ||
Wildlife Behavior | ||
Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology |
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A maximum of 3 credits of ENSC 2991 or ENSC 2995 may apply towards the concentration credits with advisor approval.
Ecological Design Concentration
NR 3880 | Ecol Design & Living Technol | 3 |
Choose a minimum of 12 additional credits from the following courses: | 12 | |
Sustainable Community Dev | ||
Landscape Design Fundamentals | ||
Green Building Energy Systems | ||
Sust. Development Travel Study | ||
Independent Study | ||
Community Org & Development | ||
Economics of Sustainability | ||
Community Design Studio | ||
Applied Community Planning | ||
Environmental Systems | ||
Water Quality Engineering | ||
Internship 1 | ||
Undergraduate Research 1 | ||
Geography of Development | ||
Environmental Microbiology | ||
Sustainability Science | ||
Legal Aspects Envir Planning | ||
Advanced Ecological Design | ||
Greenhouse Operations & Mgmt | ||
Landscape Design Fundamentals | ||
Soil Fertility & Conservation | ||
Composting Ecology & Mgmt | ||
Permaculture | ||
Advanced Agroecology | ||
Ecological Landscape Design | ||
Soil Ecology | ||
Soil/Water Pollution/Bioremed | ||
Tourism Planning | ||
Ecotourism | ||
Outdoor Recreation Planning | ||
Sustainable Vermont |
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A maximum of 3 credits of ENSC 2991 or ENSC 2995 may apply towards the concentration credits with advisor approval.
Environmental Analysis and Assessment Concentration
Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
Fundamentals of Biochemistry | ||
Environmental Systems | ||
Water Quality Engineering | ||
Environmental Quanti. Analysis | ||
Quantitative Analysis | ||
Inorganic Chemistry | ||
Intro Physical Chemistry | ||
Instrumental Analysis | ||
Internship 1 | ||
Undergraduate Research 1 | ||
Environmental Field Studies | ||
Nat Res Ecol and Assessment 1 | ||
Nat Res Ecol and Assessment 2 | ||
Global Environmental Change | ||
Vermont Field Studies | ||
Earth Materials | ||
Environmental Geochemistry | ||
Geochemistry of Natural Waters | ||
Biochemistry I | ||
Environmental Microbiology | ||
Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
Remote Sensing | ||
Soil Morph Class & Land Use | ||
Chemistry of Soil & Water |
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A maximum of 3 credits of ENSC 2991 or ENSC 2995 may apply towards the concentration credits with advisor approval.
Environmental Biology Concentration
BCOR 2100 | Ecology and Evolution | 4 |
Choose a minimum of 12 additional credits from the following courses: | 12 | |
Climate Change Genetics | ||
Plant-Animal Interactions | ||
Community Ecology | ||
Behavioral Ecology | ||
Physiological Ecology | ||
Evolution | ||
Field Zoology of Arthropods | ||
Mammalogy | ||
Population Genetics | ||
Internship 1 | ||
Undergraduate Research 1 | ||
Landscape Ecology | ||
Ecosystems Ecology | ||
Limnology | ||
or NR 4800 | Stream Ecology | |
Ecological Invasions | ||
Global Change Ecology | ||
Soil Ecology | ||
Ornithology | ||
Field Ornithology | ||
Conservation Biology | ||
Wetlands Wildlife Ecology | ||
Ichthyology |
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A maximum of 3 credits of ENSC 2991 or ENSC 2995 may apply towards the concentration credits with advisor approval.
Environmental Geology Concentration
Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
Earth Materials | ||
or GEOL 3105 | Earth Materials w/lab | |
Environmental Geochemistry | ||
or GEOL 3405 | Environmental Geochem w/lab | |
Geocomputing | ||
Geomorphology | ||
Field Geology | ||
Structural Geology | ||
Geochemistry of Natural Waters | ||
Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
Internship 1 | ||
Undergraduate Research 1 |
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A maximum of 3 credits of ENSC 2991 or ENSC 2995 may apply towards the concentration credits with advisor approval.
Environmental Health Concentration
NR 2070 | Human Health & the Envirnmt | 3 |
Choose a minimum of 12 additional credits from the following courses: | 12 | |
Foundations of Global Health | ||
Anthro Research Global Health | ||
Genetics | ||
Fundamentals of Biochemistry | ||
Adv Biochem of Human Disease | ||
Neurobiology | ||
Organic Chemistry 2 | ||
Internship 1 | ||
Undergraduate Research 1 | ||
Human Health in the Food Syst | ||
Issues in Women's Health | ||
Introduction to Public Health | ||
Fndns of Global Health | ||
Rsrch Methods in Public Health | ||
Microbiol & Infectious Disease | ||
Human Health in the Food Syst | ||
Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
Women, Health and Environment | ||
Human Ecology & Health-Arctic | ||
Health and Sustainability | ||
Pharmacology and Therapeutics | ||
Molecules & Medicine | ||
Toxicology | ||
Population Health Research | ||
Med Biostat&Epidemiology |
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A maximum of 3 credits of ENSC 2991 or ENSC 2995 may apply towards concentration credits with advisor approval.
Global Environment and Climate Change Concentration
Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
Climate Change Genetics | ||
Environmental Systems | ||
Economics of Climate Change | ||
Climate Change I | ||
or ENSC 2490 | Climate Change II | |
Internship 1 | ||
Global Environmental Change | ||
Undergraduate Research 1 | ||
Climate Chg: Sci & Percept | ||
Weather, Climate & Landscapes | ||
Biogeography | ||
Climatology: Concepts & Tools | ||
The Circumpolar Arctic | ||
Topics in Climate & Water (Climatology and Natural Hazards) | ||
Topics in Climate & Water (Paleoclimatology) | ||
Topics In Global Change | ||
Topics in Human Env Interact (The Anthropocene) | ||
Geomorphology | ||
Water as a Natural Resource | ||
or GEOG 2235 | Geography of Water | |
Landscape Ecology | ||
Energy and Climate Law | ||
Global Change Ecology | ||
Soil Morph Class & Land Use |
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A maximum of 3 credits of ENSC 2991 or ENSC 2995 may apply towards the concentration credits with advisor approval.
Water Resources Concentration
Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
Environmental Systems | ||
Introduction to Marine Science | ||
Marine Mammal Biology | ||
Internship 1 | ||
Undergraduate Research 1 | ||
Topics in Climate & Water (Snow Hydrology) | ||
Environmental Geochemistry | ||
Geochemistry of Natural Waters | ||
Water as a Natural Resource | ||
or GEOG 2235 | Geography of Water | |
Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
Ecol Design & Living Technol | ||
Limnology | ||
Stream Ecology | ||
Global Change Ecology | ||
Chemistry of Soil & Water | ||
Soil/Water Pollution/Bioremed | ||
Field Herpetology | ||
Fisheries Biology & Techniques | ||
Wetlands Wildlife Ecology | ||
Ichthyology | ||
Fisheries Management |
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A maximum of 3 credits of ENSC 2991 or ENSC 2995 may apply towards the concentration credits with advisor approval.
Self-Designed concentration
Students may develop learning objectives and a concentration curriculum in consultation with the ENSC Program Director to focus on their specific area of interest. Students must complete a minimum of 15 credits of pre-approved coursework.