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Environmental Science and Studies

The major in Environmental Science and Studies with a concentration in Environmental Health requires 70-74 units. Students select this track if their primary interest relates to the impact of the environment on human health. The issues discussed can be local (the impact of sanitation on urban populations) or international (the impact of improved water sources on a rural community). Students completing this degree often work with local health departments or water/air protection agencies.

Required Courses

Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics (22-24 units)
BIOL	201	Cellular Biology and Genetics (4 units)
BIOL	202	Introduction to Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (4 units)
CHEM	104	Introduction to Environmental Chemistry (4 units)
GEOL	121	Physical Geology (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)


Advanced Writing (3 units)
One of the following:
ENGL	318	Advanced Informational Writing (3 units)
ENVS	337	The Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed (3 units)
GEOG	383	Natural Resources and Society (3 units)


Environmental Geography, Ethics and Health (12 units)
GEOG	101	Physical Geography (3 units)
GEOG	410	Environmental Geography (3 units)
HLTH	451	Introduction to Environmental Health (3 units)
PHIL	255	Environmental Ethics (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)

Economics and Political Science (12 units)
Students complete two, two-course sequences, one upper-level and one lower-level course in both Political Science and Economics.
ECON	201	Microeconomics (3 units)
ECON	375	Environmental Economics (3 units)
or
ECON	376	Natural Resource Economics (3 units)
POSC	103	American National Government (3 units)
or
POSC	207	State Government (3 units)
POSC	421	Politics and Environmental Policy (3 units)


Electives (18-19 units)
Any five course from the following and* one additional course from any Environmental Science and Studies track:*
GEOG	232	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (4 units)
GEOG	329	Medical Geography (3 units)
GEOG	385	Population Geography (3 units)
or
SOCI	329	Demography (3 units)
GEOG	411	Studies in Natural Hazards (3 units)
GEOG	470-9	Seminar: Selected Topics in Medical Geography (3 units)
HLTH	333	Food Safety Science (3 units)
HLTH	435	Epidemiological Basis of Disease and Environmental Health (3 units)
POSC	488	Seminar: Public Policy Analysis (3)
WMST	345	Women, Development and Environment (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

Fish Health Advisory for Baltimore Harbor

Students select this track if they are interested in the impact the environment has on human health.