2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Environmental Science, B.S.

 

General Education 32

Foundations Requirements 13

 

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2024RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030: Requires a grade of C or better.

MATH 1054 Prerequisite: MATH 1000, which may be used as a free elective by students needing to take MATH 1000. A student with course placement records may substitute course with 3 additional credits instead of MATH*1054 to total 120 credtis.

Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 19

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
Psychology

3

Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 7

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

CHEM 1083CHEMISTRY I

4

MATH 1016: Course required by Major.

CHEM 1084: Requires a grade of C or higher to advance to CHEM 1084.

Additional Required Courses 26

Additional Required Courses 26

BIO 1300GENERAL BIOLOGY I: CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

4

BIO 1400GENERAL BIOLOGY II: EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY

4

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

SUST 1000INTRO TO SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

3

SUST 2200INTRODUCTION TO LAWS & SUSTAINABILITY

3


Take any two (2) of the below three (3) courses:

CHEM 1084CHEMISTRY II

4

MATH 2415CALCULUS I

4

PHYS 2091GENERAL PHYSICS I

4

Academic Major 54

Major Required Courses 40

All major required courses requires a grade of C or higher.

ENV 1000INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

3

ENV 2100ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE

4

ENV 3051FIELD BIOLOGY: TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS

4

ENV 3100PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL SCIENCE

4

ES 1101INTRODUCTION TO EARTH AND GEOGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS

4

ES 1300INTRODUCTION TO METEOROLOGY

4

ES 2101GEO-HYDRO SYSTEMS

4

ES 2400INTRODUCTION TO OCEANOGRAPHY

4

ES 3200GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN GEOSCIENCE

4

ES 3011DATA ANALYSIS FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH

4

Major Elective Courses 11

Course must be selected from the Approved Major Elective list on the curriculum sheet, with advisement. ES 1996 (Optional) Freshman Research. ES 3171, ES 3172 and ES 3173 (Optional) Internship may be applied as Major Electives. All Major Elective courses require a grade of C or higher.

Major Capstone Course 3

SUST 4300INDEPENDENT PRACTICUM IN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

3

SUST 4300: Course required by Major. A grade of C or higher is required.

Free Electives 8

At-least 50% must be 3000/4000 level.

Total Credit Hours: 120