Recommended Four-Year Plan (Fall 2013)
This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take longer.
NOTES: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2013-2014 academic year.
Fall Semester
ENSC 103-Introduction to Environmental
Science
Gen Ed: INTD 101-First Year Seminar
HRS P Spring Semester
4 GEOL 105-Fundamentals of Geology lec/lab
(Spring only)
HRS P
4
4
BIOL 110-Fundamentals of Biology I lec/lab
Gen Ed: CRWT 102-Critical Reading & Writing
II
Total:
4 MATH 108-Elementary Probability &
Statistics or MATH 121-Calculus I
4 Gen Ed: History
4 Gen Ed: SOSC 101-Social Issues
16 Total:
4
4
16
Fall Semester
CHEM 110-Fundamentals of Chemistry I lec/lab
ENSC 290 Topics: Sustainable Natural
Resources
Gen Ed: Intercultural North America
Gen Ed: AIID 201 – Readings in Humanities
Total:
HRS P Spring Semester
4 CHEM 112-Fundamentals of Chemistry II lec/lab
4 ENSC 210-Theoretical & Field Ecology lec/lab (Spring only)
4 Gen Ed: International Issues (ENST 209
World Sustainability recommended)
4 Gen Ed: Topics in Arts & Humanities or
Topics in Social Science
16 Total:
HRS P
4
4
4
4
16
Fall Semester
ENSC 341-Environmental Chemistry I (Fall only)
GEOL 326-Paleontology lec/lab (Fall only)
PHYS 221-Environmental Physics (Fall only)
HRS P Spring Semester
4
4
4
ENSC 342-Environmental Chemistry II
(Spring only)
ENSC 345- Research Design & Statistics
(Spring only)
Upper level elective*
HRS P
4
4
4
Upper Level Elective*
Total:
4
16
Elective*
Total:
4
16
Fall Semester
ENSC 416-Ecological Field Research lec/lab
(Fall only)
Elective*
Elective*
HRS P Spring Semester
4 ENSC 495-Advanced Topics in
Environmental Science
4
4
Elective*
Elective*
HRS P
4
4
4

Elective*
Total:
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
4
16
Elective*
Total:
4
16
GPA: 2.0
* Sequencing of Gen Eds, free electives, and upper level electives is a suggestion only. If students take MATH 108, students must take a total of 3 (three) upper level electives. If students take MATH 121, only two (2) upper level electives are required. These electives are listed below.
Expected sequencing of upper level electives (subject to change):
Fall 2014, 2016: BIOL 320 – Field Botany
Fall 2015: ENSC 320 – Avian Ecology
Spring 2016: GEOL 333 – Environmental Geology
Spring 2015, 2017: NURS 411 – Environmental & Occupational Health
ENSC 390 may also continue to be offered approximately one time per year.