BARNARD COLLEGE
Major Requirements for Environmental Biology
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Part A, Biology
Course Number
Introduction to Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
BIOL BC1500x
Introductory Lab in Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
BIOL BC1501x
Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
BIOL BC1502y
Introductory Lab in Cell and Molecular Biology
BIOL BC1503y
A lecture course in Ecology: Ecology, BC2272 or Applied Ecology
and Evolution, BC3380, or another Ecology course.
Laboratory in Ecology (was BC3373y)
BIOL BC2873y
An Upper Level Course in Organismal Biology:
Plant Evolution and Diversity (was BC3240x)
BIOL BC2240
or Vertebrate Biology (was Vertebrate Zoology, was BC3260)
BIOL BC2262y
or Microbiology
BIOL BC3320x
Intended
One additional lecture course in Biology (not listed above), for example,
Molecular and Mendelian Genetics, BC3200. Other Organismal
courses may be substituted with the prior permission of the advisor.
Part B, Environmental Science
Earth's Environmental Systems: Climate + lab
Earth's Environmental Systems: Solid Earth + lab
One of the following courses in methodology:
Field Methods
or Environmental Measurements
or Global Assessment Remote Sensing
or GIS-Remote Sensing, Environmental Infrastructure Mgt.
or Hydrology
or GIS for Sustainable Development
or Spatial Analysis and Modeling for Sustainable Development
EESC W2100x,y
EESC W2200x,y
EESC BC3014x
EESC BC3016y
EESC W4050x
EAEE E4009x,y
EESC BC3025y
SDEV W3390
SDEV W3450
One additional lecture course in Environmental Science, for example Water,
Sanitation and Health, BC3043, Ecotoxicology EESC BC3200x, Case
Studies in Land-use Dynamics EESC BC3026y, Agricultural and Urban
Land Use EESC BC3032y, Forests and Environmental Change EESC
BC3021x, Hydrology, Ecological and Social Systems for Sustainable
Development SDEV W3330, Fundamentals of Global Health PUBH W3100
Part C, Chemistry (2 semesters with lab)
Preferred: General Chemistry I + lab
Preferred: Organic Chemistry I + Organic laboratory
Part D, Data Handling
Statistics and Research Design (was Research Design and Analysis,
BC3386)
or Data Analysis
or Introduction to Statistics for Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
CHEM BC2001x
CHEM BC3230y
CHEM BC3328y
BIOL BC2286
EESC BC3017
EEEB W3005
Part E, Senior Thesis (completed with one-year Biology or Environmental Science seminar course)
Senior Thesis Topic:
Senior Seminars in Biology
BIOL BC3590
or Senior Thesis Research and Seminar (fall and spring)
BIOL BC3593/94
or Senior Research Seminar (fall and spring)
EESC BC3800/01
Last updated: Monday, February 15, 2016
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