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Appendix: Personnel & Enrollment

 

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undergrad
 Environmental Science
 

Department of Biology
School of Sciences and Engineering

Coordinated by F. Hassan (Chemistry),  J. Ragai (Chemistry), J. Miller (Biology), M. Hassan (Biology)

Minor

The minor in Environmental Sciences is an interdisciplinary degree program open to students in any major. The curriculum was designed with enough flexibility to allow students of all majors to enroll in the minor with ease. The elective courses are designed to satisfy individual field of interests. Students will participate in interdepartmental seminars and become involved in the study of environmentally related problems at both the national, regional and international levels. The minor will enhance the students' career marketability.


 Requirements (18-19 credits):
Concentration Requirements (9-10 credits):

BIOL
or
BIOL
or
BIOL

102

302

305

Essentials of Environmental Biology, 3 cr..

Environmental Biology for Engineers, 2 + 1 cr.

Environmental Biology, 3 + 1 cr.

CHEM
or
CHEM
or
CHEM

104

205

311

Man and the Environment, 3 cr.

Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 3 cr.

Analytical Chemistry II, 2 + 1 cr.

BIOL/CHEM

399

Guided Studies in Environmental Sciences, 3 cr.

 

 


Electives (9 credits)

ANTH/
SOC

370

Environmental Issues in Development, 3 cr.

CENG

471

Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, 3 cr..

MATH
or
MATH

112

312

Statistical Reasoning, 3 cr.

Mathematical Modelling, 3 cr.

POLS

442

Environmental Politics, 3 cr.

SCI

260

Environmental Geology, 3 cr.

 

302

Science, Technology and the Environment, 3 cr.

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Students must finish their concentration requirements in biology and chemistry before taking BIOL/CHEM 399.

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