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Environmental Studies

Advisors

The goal of the Bachelor of Science degree in environmental studies is to provide the education and training necessary to understand the increasing complexity of natural resource management issues so students can make policy decisions that are ecologically credible, socially acceptable, and economically viable.

The degree responds to student demand and employment opportunities in environmentally related careers and will remain a key program in curricular offerings aligned with current national, state, and local priorities.

The environmental studies degree, with its four options (biology, chemistry, geography, and geology), is designed to provide its majors with the broad background necessary for understanding environmental systems. The program is intended to develop reasonable comprehensive approaches to environmental thought, issues, and problems.

Requirements for Major

I. Complete general education requirements as stated beginning on printed catalog page 31.

II. Complete environmental studies (ES) core requirements.

A. Lower Division

1. Complete the introductory sequence in the option area selected:

• Principles of Biology (Bi 211, 212, 213) 12
• General Chemistry (Ch 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206) 15
• Introductory Geography (Geog 101, 107, 111, or 112) 12
• Geology (G 101, 102, 103 and 104, 105, 106) 12

2. In addition to the major introductory sequence in the student's option area, the student must take at least one course and associated labs from each of the following groups:

• Principles of Biology (Bi 101, 102, 103; or 211, 212, 213)
• Chemistry (Ch 100, 104, or 201, 204)
• Geography (Geog 101, 107, 111, or 112)
• Geology (G 100; 101, 104L; or 102, 105L or 111 with lab)

  Note: All ES majors must complete at least one quarter of chemistry.

3. Complete the following:

• Environmental Resources with Lab (Sc/SSc 210) 4

B. Upper Division. Complete three of the following courses in at least two different areas. All courses have prerequisites Note: Students taking the biology option cannot use biology courses to satisfy this requirement.

(11-12 credits)

1) Vertebrate Natural History (Bi 317) 4
  Plant Systematics (Bi 334) 4
  Introductory Ecology (Bi 340)) 4

2) Conservation in the United States (Geog 437) 4

3) Advanced Environmental Geology (G 360) 4

4) Energy and the Environment (Ph 308) 3

5) Environmental Resources (Geog 310) 4

III. Complete one of the following degree options:

Biology Option

(36 credits)

Students complete 12 upper division credits of required courses and choose 24 additional upper division credits from a list of specified courses.

Required Courses

• Vertebrate Natural History (Bi 317) 4
• Plant Systematics (Bi 334) 4
• Introductory Ecology (Bi 340) 4

Select 24 credits from:

• Nonvascular Plant Morphology (Bi 332) 4
• Vascular Plant Morphology (Bi 333) 4
• Environmental Ethics (Bi 410) 3
• Mammalogy (Bi 415) 4
• Biological Illustration (Bi 430) 3
• Origins and Diversity of Land Plants (Bi 432) 3
• Plant Anatomy (Bi 434) 4
• Conservation Biology (Bi 438) 3
• Conservation of Natural Resources (Bi 445) 3
• Evolution (Bi 446) 3
• Fishery Biology (Bi 450) 4
• Community and Population Ecology (Bi 453) 4
• Plant Ecology (Bi 454) 4
• Invertebrate Zoology I (Bi 461) 4
• Invertebrate Zoology II (Bi 462) 4
• Entomology (Bi 466) 4
• Herpetology (Bi 470) 4
• Ornithology (Bi 471) 4
• Aquatic Ecology (Bi 475) 4
• Animal Behavior (Bi 480) 4

Chemistry Option

(36 credits)

Complete 23 to 28 credits of upper division chemistry courses in the chemistry option. In addition to the courses listed below, 11 to 16 upper division credits shall be taken from a list of recommended courses. Those additional credits must be approved by the chemistry advisor.

Required Courses

• Organic Chemistry (Ch 334, 335, 336, 337, 340, 341) 16
  or Organic Chemistry (Ch 331, 332, 337, 338) 11
• Computer Applications in Chemistry (Ch 371) 3
• Analytical Chemistry/Instrumental Analysis (Ch 421, 422; 425, 427) 9

Recommended Courses

• Introductory Biochemistry (Ch 350) 4
• Inorganic Chemistry with Lab (Ch 411, 412, 414) 7
• Physical Chemistry with Lab (Ch 441, 442, 443, 444, 445) 13
• Biochemistry with Lab (Ch 451, 452, 453, 454, 455) 11
• Advanced Topics (Ch 485) 3

Geography Option

(36 credits)

With the approval of the geography option advisor, select 36 credits, of which at least 21 are upper division, from the following:

• Weather and Climate (Geog 209) 4
• Maps: Analysis and Interpretation (Geog 280) 4
• Cartography (Geog 340) 5
• Quantitative Methods (Geog 386) 4
• Advanced Economic Geography (Geog 416) 4
• Geography of Tourism (Geog 417) 4
• Topics in Physical Geography (Geog 419) 2
• Land Use Planning (Geog 439/SSc 439) 4
• Planning Issues (Geog 440) 4
• Geomorphology (Geog 481) 4
• Climatology (Geog 482) 4
• Remote Sensing (Geog 487) 4
• Geographic Information Systems (Geog 489) 5

Geology Option

(36 credits)

Complete the required 26 credits in the geology option. In addition, 10 upper division credits must be selected from a list of recommended courses. Those additional credits must be approved by the geology advisor. Note that G 312 has a prerequisite of a year of General Geology and a corequisite of General Chemistry. Successful completion of two terms of General Chemistry (Ch 201, 204; 202, 205; 203, 206) is required for the environmental studies geology option.

Required Courses

• Advanced General Geology (G 210) 3
• Environmental Geology (G 260) 4
• Mineralogy (G 312) 3
• Lithology (G 313) 3
• Hydrogeology I (G 314) 3
• Structural Geology: Brittle Deformation (G 321) 3
• Principles of Stratigraphy I (G 341) 3
• Geologic Field Methods (G 380) 4

Recommended Courses

• Hydrogeology II (G 315) 3
• Hydrogeology III (G 316) 3
• Structural Geology (G 322) 3
• Remote Sensing (G 323) 4
• Global Positioning System (G 326) 3
• Principles of Stratigraphy II (G 342) 3
• Oceanography (G 353) 3
• Optical/Igneous Petrology (G 426) 4
• Metamorphic Petrology and Petrography (G 427) 4
• Sedimentary Petrology and Petrography (G 428) 4
• Geology of the Wild Rogue River (G 455) 3

IV. Complete environmental studies Capstone Project (requires junior standing).

• ES Project Seminar (Sc/SSc 494) 2
• ES Project (Sc/SSc 495) 2
• ES Project Report (Sc/SSc 496) 2

V. Complete other requirements

(30 credits)

A. Mathematics (8 credits)

Required Courses

• Elementary Functions (Mth 112) 4
• Calculus I (Mth 251) or
• Elementary Statistics (Mth 243) (see option area advisor) 4

Recommended Courses

• Calculus II (Mth 252) 4
• Quantitative Methods in Geography (Geog 386) 4

B. Government. Choose at least one course from the following:

• State and Local Government (PS 210) 3
• Politics of Salmon (PS 419) 3
• Environmental Law (PS 441) 3

C. Other Courses

(19 credits)

• Physical Anthropology and Archaeology: Perspectives on Humanity's Past (Anth 211) 4
• Cultural Resource Management (Anth 462) 4
• Principles of Microeconomics (Ec 201) 4
• Environmental Economics (Ec 315) 4
• Ethics: Moral Issues (Phl 205) 3

VI. Recommended Courses

In addition to the above requirements, the following courses are recommended to complement the goals of the environmental studies major:

• Environmental Chemistry (Ch 101) 4
• Ecology and Small Scale Societies (Anth 451) 4
• Environmental Geology (G 260) 4
• Finite Probability (Mth 150) 4
• Organizational Behavior and Management (BA 374) 4
• Operations Management (BA 380) 4
• Fundamentals of Physics (Ph 100, 104) 4
• General Physics (Ph 201, 202, 203) 9
• General Physics Lab (Ph 224, 225, 226) 3
• Topics in Geology (G 115) 2
• Environmental Sociology (Soc 420) 3
• Quantitative Methods in Geography (Geog 386) 4
• Technical Research Writing (Wr 227) 4
• Energy and the Environment (Ph 308) 3
• Introduction to Economic Geography (Geog 206) 4

This material is from the 2000-2001 Southern Oregon University Catalog. Page revised August 14, 2000 Copyright 2000, Southern Oregon University. 1250 Siskiyou Blvd. Ashland, Oregon 97520 541/552-7672