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 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 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
| Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
| Intro to Agroecology | ||
| Entomology & Pest Mgmt | ||
| Weed Ecology & Management | ||
| Plant Pathology | ||
| 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 | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Farm to Table: Food Sys | ||
| Plant Systematics | ||
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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 | |
| Soil Ecology | ||
| Zoos, Exotics & Endang Species | ||
| Wildlife Hlth & Consrvation | ||
| Ecology and Evolution | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Climate Change Genetics | ||
| Plant-Animal Interactions | ||
| Community Ecology | ||
| Behavioral Ecology | ||
| Population Genetics | ||
| Forest Ecosystem Analysis | ||
| Sustain Mgmt Forest Ecosys | ||
| Landscape Ecology | ||
| Morph & Evo of Vascular Plants | ||
| Ecological Invasions | ||
| Global Change Ecology | ||
| Ecosystem Ecology | ||
| Stream Ecology | ||
| Prin of Wildlife Management | ||
| Fisheries Biology & Techniques | ||
| 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
| 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 | ||
| Soil Fertility & Conservation | ||
| Composting Ecology & Mgmt | ||
| Permaculture | ||
| Advanced Agroecology | ||
| Ecological Landscape Design | ||
| Soil Ecology | ||
| Soil/Water Pollution/Bioremed | ||
| 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 | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Tourism Planning | ||
| Ecotourism | ||
| Outdoor Recreation Planning | ||
| Sustainability Science | ||
| Legal Aspects of Envi Planning | ||
| Advanced Ecological Design | ||
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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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Biochemistry I | ||
| Environmental Microbiology | ||
| Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
| Remote Sensing | ||
| Soil Morph and 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 | |
| Soil Ecology | ||
| Climate Change Genetics | ||
| Plant-Animal Interactions | ||
| Community Ecology | ||
| Behavioral Ecology | ||
| Evolution | ||
| Field Zoology of Arthropods | ||
| Mammalogy | ||
| Population Genetics | ||
| Landscape Ecology | ||
| Ecosystem Ecology | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Ecological Invasions | ||
| Global Change Ecology | ||
| Ornithology | ||
| Field Ornithology | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| 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
| Earth Materials | ||
or GEOL 3105 | Earth Materials w/lab | |
| Choose a minimum of 12 additional credits from the following courses: | 12 | |
| Topics in Envt & Surface Geo | ||
| Environmental Geochemistry | ||
or GEOL 3405 | Environmental Geochem w/lab | |
| Geohealth | ||
| Geocomputing | ||
| Geomorphology | ||
| Field Geology | ||
| Structural Geology | ||
| Rock Chronicles | ||
| Geochemistry of Natural Waters | ||
| Geomaterial Analysis | ||
| Topics In Global Change | ||
| Intro to Geog Info Systems | ||
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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
| SEP 2070 | Human Health & the Environment | 0 or 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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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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 | |
| Soil Morph and Land Use | ||
| Climate Change Genetics | ||
| Environmental Systems | ||
| Economics of Climate Change | ||
| Climate Change I | ||
or ENSC 2490 | Climate Change II | |
| Global Environmental Change | ||
| 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 | ||
| Global Change Ecology | ||
| Water as a Natural Resource | ||
| Energy and Climate Law | ||
| Landscape 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.
Water Resources Concentration
| Choose a minimum of 15 credits from the following courses: | 15 | |
| Chemistry of Soil & Water | ||
| Soil/Water Pollution/Bioremed | ||
| Environmental Systems | ||
| 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 | ||
| Limnology | ||
| Advanced Ecological Design | ||
| Global Change Ecology | ||
| Field Herpetology | ||
| Fisheries Biology & Techniques | ||
| 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.