Environmental Chemistry Track

Environmental Science and Studies

The major in Environmental Science and Studies with an Environmental Chemistry track requires 78-86 units. Students select this area of specialization because of an interest in the fate and transport of various chemicals in the environment. Students graduating from this area are prepared for graduate programs, or careers in environmental consulting, environmental monitoring, water quality monitoring, wetland restoration studies, environmental compliance, watershed protection and other similar fields.

Required Courses

Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics (48-55 units)
BIOL	202	Introduction to Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (4 units)
BIOL	402	General Ecology (4 units)
or
BIOL	406	Limnology (4 units)
CHEM CHEM	110 or 131, 131L	General Chemistry I (4 units) General Chemistry I (3 units Lec, 1 unit Lab)
CHEM CHEM	111 or 132, 132L	General Chemistry II (4 units) General Chemistr II (3 units Lec, 1 unit Lab)
CHEM	210	Introduction to Analytical Chemistry (5 units)
CHEM	330	Essentials of Organic Chemistry (5 units)
or
CHEM	331-332	Organic Chemistry I and II (5 units, 5 units)
GEOL	121	Physical Geology (4 units)
GEOL	305	Environmental Geology (4 units)
or
GEOL	415	Hydrogeology
PHYS	211-212	Physics I and II (4 units, 4 units)
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 (9-10 units)
Six units from the following list and* one additional upper-level course selected from among any of the Environmental Science and Studies tracks:*
CHEM	310	Instrumentation in Analytical Chemistry (3 units)
CHEM	323	Inorganic Chemistry (4 units)
CHEM	345	Principles of Physical Chemistry (3 units)
CHEM	351	Introductory Biochemistry (3 units)
CHEM	356	Biochemistry Laboratory (2)
CHEM	361	Chemical and Bacterial Studies of Water Pollution (3 units)
CHEM	372	Intermediate Laboratory I (2 unit)
CHEM	461	Advanced Lecture Topics (1-3 units)
CHEM	462	Advanced Laboratory Techniques (1-2 units)
CHEM	480	Chemical Toxicology (3 units)

Environmental Science and Studies Program
Administration Building, Room 213
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Phone: 410-704-4920
Fax: 410-704-3959
E-mail: jwolfson@towson.edu

Human activities can impact the chemistry of the air, the water and the soil thereby impacting the organisms that live in them.

Environmental Science and Studies

Environmental Chemistry Track

Required Courses

Electives (9-10 units)