Environmental Biology Track

Environmental Science and Studies

The major in Environmental Science and Studies with an Environmental Biology track requires 72-83 units. Students select this track if their primary interest is in the ecological components of natural systems. Students graduating from this area are prepared for graduate programs, or careers in environmental consulting, environmental monitoring, restoration ecology, conservation biology, environmental compliance, watershed protection and other similar fields.

Required Courses

Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics (39-46 units)
BIOL		201	Cellular Biology and Genetics (4 units)
BIOL		202	Introduction to Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (4 units)
CHEM CHEM		110 or 131, 131L	General Chemistry I (4 units) General Chemistry (3 units Lec, 1 unit Lab)
CHEM CHEM		111 or 132, 132L	General Chemistry II (4 units) General Chemistry (3 units Lec, 1 unit Lab
GEOL		121	Physical Geology (4 units)
*One of the following:*
BIOL		205	General Botany (4 units)
BIOL		207	General Zoology (4 units)
*One of the following:*
BIOL		310	Conservation Biology (4 units)
BIOL		402	General Ecology (4 units)
BIOL		435	Plant Ecology (4 units)
*One of the following:*
CHEM		330	Essentials of Organic Chemistry (5)
CHEM		331-332	Organic Chemistry I, II (5,5)
*One of the following:*
MATH		119	Pre-Calculus (4 units)
MATH		211	Calculus for Applications (3 units)
One of the following:
MATH		231	Basic Statistics (3 units)
MATH		237	Elementary Biostatistics (4 units)
GEOG		375	Quantitative Methods in Geography (3 units)
ECON		205	Statistics for Business and Economics (3 units)


Social Sciences/Humanities (18 units)
*One of the following Advanced Writing Courses:*
ENGL		318	Advanced Informational Writing (3 units)
ENVS		337	The Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed (3 units)
One of the following:
HLTH		451	Introduction to Environmental Health (3 units)
PHIL	255		Environmental Ethics (3 units)
*Two, two-course sequences:* [2, 6-unit sequences—an upper-level and a lower-level course in the same discipline—from two disciplines]
ECON		201	Microeconomic Principles (3 units)
ECON		375	Environmental Economics (3 units)
or
ECON		376	Natural Resource Economics (3 units)
GEOG		101	Physical Geography (3 units)
GEOG		410	Environmental Geography (3 units)
POSC		103	American National Government (3 units)
or
POSC		207	State Government (3 units)
POSC		421	Politics and Environmental Policy (3 units)


Applications (3 units)
One of the following:
ENVS		482	Environmental Research (3 units)
ENVS		485	Environmental Internship (3 units)
ENVS		491	Senior Seminar (3 units)

Electives (13-16 units)
Three courses from the following list and one additional upper-level course from any of the Environmental Science and Studies tracks:
BIOL		309	Genetics (4 units)
BIOL		310**	Conservation Biology (4 units)
BIOL		315	Medical Microbiology (4 units)
BIOL		325	Environmental Animal Physiology (4 units)
BIOL		341	Fresh Water Algae (4 units)
BIOL		347	Marine Biology (3 units)
BIOL		353	Invertebrate Zoology (4 units)
BIOL		402**	General Ecology (4 units)
BIOL		406	Limnology (4 units)
BIOL		432	Vascular Plant Taxonomy (4 units)
BIOL		435**	Plant Ecology (4 units)
BIOL		436	Plant Physiology (4 units)
BIOL		446	Tropical Ecology and Conservation (3 units)
or
BIOL		447	Tropical Field Ecology (4 units)
BIOL		452	Wetlands Ecology (4 units)
BIOL		455	Fish Biology (4 units)
BIOL		456	Ornithology (4 units)
BIOL		458	Mammology (4 units)
BIOL		461	Entomology (4 units)
BIOL		467	Herpetology (4 units)
CHEM		480	Chemical Toxicology (3 units)
**One of the two ecology courses, not taken as "required," can be used as an elective.

Environmental Science and Studies Program
Psychology Building, Room 210
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Phone: 410-704-4920
E-mail: Dr. Ryan Casey at racasey@towson.edu

Environmental Science and Studies

Environmental Biology Track

Required Courses

Electives (13-16 units)