Environmental Geology Track

Environmental Science and Studies

The major in Environmental Science and Studies with an Environmental Geology track requires 74-78 units. Students select this area of specialization if their primary interests are in the substrates, the water, soil and minerals, that control various processes of natural world. Students graduating from this area are prepared for graduate programs, or careers in environmental consulting, hydrological modeling, environmental compliance, watershed protection, and with environmental monitoring and protection agencies and other such fields.

Required Courses

Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics (47-49 units)
BIOL	202	Introduction to Ecology, Evolution & Behavior (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)
GEOL	121	Physical Geology (4 units)
GEOL	305	Environmental Geology (4 units)
GEOL	331	Mineralogy (4 units)
GEOL	415	Hydrogeology (4 units)
GEOL	321	Structural Geology (4units)
or
GEOL	443	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (4 units)
PHYS	211	Physics I (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:
ENVS	337	The Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed (3 units)
ENGL	318	Advanced Informational Writing (3 units)
One of the following:
PHIL	255	Environmental Ethics (3 units)
HLTH	451	Introduction to Environmental Health (3 units)
Two, two courses 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)

Elective (6-8 units)
One of the following courses and* one additional course selected from among any of the Environmental Science and Studies tracks:*
GEOL	323	Geomorphology (4 units)
or
GEOG	315	Geomorphology (4 units)
GEOL	333	Petrology of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks (4 units)
GEOL	357	Physical Oceanography (3 units)
GEOL	451	Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks (3 units)

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 student in a stream

All of the fresh water we depend upon is impacted by hydrogeological processes studied by environmental geologists.

Environmental Science and Studies

Environmental Geology Track

Required Courses

Elective (6-8 units)