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 a Program Director 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.
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 ALE 2610 | Fundamentals 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 2100 | Environmental Communication | 3 |
| NR 2400 | Applied Environ Statistics | 3-4 |
| or STAT 1410 | Basic Statistical Methods 1 | |
| or NR 2401 | Intro Environmental Statistics | |
| 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.
Concentration Requirements
Environmental Science majors may apply up to 3 credits of internship, research, or independent study experience toward their concentration requirements if approved by the Program Director. Experiences must include learning objectives and activities directly related to the student's major concentration and include substantive deliverables that demonstrate a depth of academic knowledge and disciplinary practice.1
Agriculture and the Environment Concentration
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
| Intro to Agroecology | ||
| Entomology & Pest Mgmt | ||
| Weed Ecology & Management | ||
| Plant Pathology | ||
| Sust Veg Crops Production | ||
| Forage and Pasture Mgmnt | ||
| Permaculture | ||
| Soil Fertility & Conservation | ||
| Advanced Agroecology | ||
| Eco Frontiers in Agroecology | ||
| Biological Control | ||
| Soil Morph and Land Use | ||
| Chemistry of Soil & Water | ||
| Soil Ecology | ||
| Soil/Water Pollution/Bioremed | ||
| Comparative Food Systems | ||
| The Real Cost of Food | ||
| Agricultural Policy and Ethics | ||
| Comparative Food Systems | ||
| Human Health in the Food Syst | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Farm to Table: Food Sys | ||
| Human Health in the Food Syst | ||
| Plant Systematics | ||
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Up to 3 credits of ENSC 2991/3991, 2993/3993 or 2995/3995 can be applied towards concentration credits if a relevant experiential learning plan has been approved by the Program Director prior to the start of the experience.
Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Concentration
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 2410 | Field Herpetology | |
or WFB 4320 | Ichthyology | |
| Choose a minimum of 7 additional credits from the following courses: | 7 | |
| Soil Ecology | ||
| Zoos, Exotics & Endang Species | ||
| Wildlife Hlth & Consrvation | ||
| Ecology and Evolution | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Climate Change Genetics | ||
| Plant-Animal Interactions | ||
| Community Ecology | ||
| Behavioral Ecology | ||
| Topics in General Biology | ||
| Population Genetics | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| Forest Ecosystem Analysis | ||
| Wildland Fire | ||
| Sustain Mgmt Forest Ecosys | ||
| Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
| Morph & Evo of Vascular Plants | ||
| How Plants Can Save the World | ||
| Ecological Invasions | ||
| Global Change Ecology | ||
| Sustainability Science | ||
| Landscape Ecology | ||
| Ecosystem Ecology | ||
| Stream Ecology | ||
| Prin of Wildlife Management | ||
| Fisheries Biology & Techniques | ||
| Fisheries Management | ||
| Wildlife Behavior | ||
| Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology | ||
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Up to 3 credits of ENSC 2991/3991, 2993/3993 or 2995/3995 can be applied towards concentration credits if a relevant experiential learning plan has been approved by the Program Director prior to the start of the experience.
Ecological Design Concentration
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| SEP 3880 | Ecological Design & Living Tec | 0 or 3 |
| Choose a minimum of 12 additional credits from the following courses: | 12 | |
| Greenhouse Operations & Mgmt | ||
| Landscape Design Fundamentals | ||
| Landscape Design Studio | ||
| Soil Fertility & Conservation | ||
| Composting Ecology & Mgmt | ||
| Permaculture | ||
| Advanced Agroecology | ||
| Ecological Landscape Design | ||
| Soil Ecology | ||
| Soil/Water Pollution/Bioremed | ||
| Energy Alternatives | ||
| Sustainable Community Dev | ||
| Landscape Design Fundamentals | ||
| Sust. Development Travel Study | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Community Org & Development | ||
| Economics of Sustainability | ||
| Community Design Studio | ||
| Environmental Systems | ||
| Water Quality Engineering | ||
| Geoenvironmental Engineering | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
| Tourism Planning | ||
| Ecotourism | ||
| Outdoor Recreation Planning | ||
| Sustainability Science | ||
| Legal Aspects of Envi Planning | ||
| Advanced Ecological Design | ||
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Up to 3 credits of ENSC 2991/3991, 2993/3993 or 2995/3995 can be applied towards concentration credits if a relevant experiential learning plan has been approved by the Program Director prior to the start of the experience.
Environmental Analysis and Assessment Concentration
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
| Chemistry of Soil & Water | ||
| Fundamentals of Biochemistry | ||
| Environmental Systems | ||
| Water Quality Engineering | ||
| Environmental Quanti. Analysis | ||
| Quantitative Analysis | ||
| Inorganic Chemistry | ||
| Physical Chem for Life Science | ||
| Instrumental Analysis | ||
| Advanced Inorganic Chemistry | ||
| Advanced Physical Chemistry | ||
| Topics In: Field Studies | ||
| Nat Res Ecol and Assessment 1 | ||
| Nat Res Ecol and Assessment 2 | ||
| Global Environmental Change | ||
| Earth Materials | ||
| Environmental Geochemistry | ||
| Geochemistry of Natural Waters | ||
| Methods in Microbial Ecology | ||
| Biochemistry I | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
| Remote Sensing | ||
| Research Methods | ||
| Soil Morph and Land Use | ||
| Chemistry of Soil & Water | ||
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Up to 3 credits of ENSC 2991/3991, 2993/3993 or 2995/3995 can be applied towards concentration credits if a relevant experiential learning plan has been approved by the Program Director prior to the start of the experience.
Environmental Biology Concentration
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| BCOR 2100 | Ecology and Evolution | 4 |
| Choose a minimum of 12 additional credits from the following courses: | 12 | |
| Soil Ecology | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Climate Change Genetics | ||
| Vertebrate Zoology | ||
| Plant-Animal Interactions | ||
| Community Ecology | ||
| Behavioral Ecology | ||
| Evolution | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| Population Genetics | ||
| Forest Ecosystem Health | ||
| Methods in Microbial Ecology | ||
| Plant Physiology | ||
| Plant Systematics | ||
| Biology of Fungi | ||
| Ecological Invasions | ||
| Global Change Ecology | ||
| Landscape Ecology | ||
| Ecosystem Ecology | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Advanced Ecological Design | ||
| Ornithology | ||
| Field Ornithology | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Ichthyology | ||
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Up to 3 credits of ENSC 2991/3991, 2993/3993 or 2995/3995 can be applied towards concentration credits if a relevant experiential learning plan has been approved by the Program Director prior to the start of the experience.
Environmental Geology Concentration
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Materials | ||
or GEOL 3105 | Earth Materials w/lab | |
| Choose a minimum of 12 additional credits from the following courses: | 12 | |
| Geoenvironmental Engineering | ||
| Earth Through Time | ||
| Topics in Envt & Surface Geo | ||
| Environmental Geochemistry | ||
or GEOL 3405 | Environmental Geochem w/lab | |
| Geohealth | ||
| Geocomputing | ||
| Geomorphology | ||
| Field Geology | ||
| Rock Chronicles | ||
| Geochemistry of Natural Waters | ||
| Geomaterial Analysis | ||
| Topics In Global Change | ||
| Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
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Up to 3 credits of ENSC 2991/3991, 2993/3993 or 2995/3995 can be applied towards concentration credits if a relevant experiential learning plan has been approved by the Program Director prior to the start of the experience.
Environmental Health Concentration
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| SEP 2070 | Human Health & the Environment | 0 or 3 |
| Choose a minimum of 12 additional credits from the following courses: | 12 | |
| Global Health Devel & Diversit | ||
| Foundations of Global Health | ||
| Anthro Research Global Health | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Fundamentals of Biochemistry | ||
| Adv Biochem of Human Disease | ||
| Neurobiology | ||
| Environmental Systems | ||
| Organic Chemistry 2 | ||
| Human Health in the Food Syst | ||
| Issues in Women's Health | ||
| Introduction to Public Health | ||
| Epidemics: Dynam of Inf Diseas | ||
| Fndns of Global Health | ||
| Rsrch Methods in Public Health | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Epi, Pub Hlth & Emerg Disease | ||
| Microbiol & Infectious Disease | ||
| Human Health in the Food Syst | ||
| Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
| Human Ecology & Health-Arctic | ||
| Health and Sustainability | ||
| Pharmacology and Therapeutics | ||
| Molecules & Medicine | ||
| Toxicology | ||
| Special Topics (Women, Health and Environment) | ||
| Population Health Research | ||
| Med Biostat&Epidemiology | ||
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Up to 3 credits of ENSC 2991/3991, 2993/3993 or 2995/3995 can be applied towards concentration credits if a relevant experiential learning plan has been approved by the Program Director prior to the start of the experience.
Global Environment and Climate Change Concentration
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
| Soil Morph and Land Use | ||
| Climate Change Genetics | ||
| Physiology of Global Change | ||
| Energy Alternatives | ||
| Environmental Systems | ||
| Economics of Climate Change | ||
| Climate Change I | ||
or ENSC 2490 | Climate Change II | |
| Global Environmental Change | ||
| Topics in Environmental Ethics | ||
| Wildland Fire | ||
| Forest Ecosystem Health | ||
| Weather, Climate & Landscapes | ||
| 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 | ||
| Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
| Global Change Ecology | ||
| Water as a Natural Resource | ||
| Sustainability Science | ||
| Energy and Climate Law | ||
| Landscape Ecology | ||
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Up to 3 credits of ENSC 2991/3991, 2993/3993 or 2995/3995 can be applied towards concentration credits if a relevant experiential learning plan has been approved by the Program Director prior to the start of the experience.
Water Resources Concentration
| Requirement Description | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
| Chemistry of Soil & Water | ||
| Soil/Water Pollution/Bioremed | ||
| Environmental Systems | ||
| Water Quality Engineering | ||
| Introduction to Marine Science | ||
| Topics in Climate & Water (Snow Hydrology) | ||
| Environmental Geochemistry | ||
| Geochemistry of Natural Waters | ||
| Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
| Water as a Natural Resource | ||
| Ecological Design & Living Tec | ||
| Stream Ecology | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Advanced Ecological Design | ||
| Global Change Ecology | ||
| Field Herpetology | ||
| Fisheries Biology & Techniques | ||
| Ichthyology | ||
| Fisheries Management | ||
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Up to 3 credits of ENSC 2991/3991, 2993/3993 or 2995/3995 can be applied towards concentration credits if a relevant experiential learning plan has been approved by the Program Director prior to the start of the experience.
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.