Environmental Science Track

Environmental Science and Studies

The major in Environmental Science and Studies major with an Environmental Science track requires 73-78 units. Students select this track if they are unsure of which area, geology, chemistry or biology they wish to focus in or if they want a broad exposure to the discipline with the expectation of continuing on to graduate study in one of these areas. Students graduating from this area are prepared for graduate programs or careers in environmental consulting, environmental monitoring, environmental compliance and other similar fields.

Required Courses

Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics ( 39-41 units)
BIOL	201	Cellular Biology and Genetics (4 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)
GEOL	121	Physical Geology (4 units)
PHYS	211-212	Physics I and II (4 units, 4 units)
One of the following:
CHEM	210	Introduction to Analytical Chemistry (5 units)
CHEM	330	Essentials of Organic Chemistry (5 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-course sequences: [2, 6-unit sequences—an upper-level and lower-level course in the same discipline—from two disciplines]
GEOG	101	Physical Geography (3 units)
GEOG	410	Environmental Geography (3 units)
ECON	201	Microeconomic Principles (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)

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)
One of the following, plus two additional upper-level environmental electives in one discipline from biology, chemistry, geology or geography and one additional elective from any Environmental Science and Studies track.
BIOL	402	General Ecology (4 units)
BIOL	310	Conservation Biology (4 units)
BIOL	406	Limnology (4 units)
GEOL	415	Hydrogeology (4 units)
GEOL	305	Environmental Geology (4 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

environmental science student in a stream

Many classes focus on local environmental problems from the adjacent urban/suburban area and their impact on the surrounding region and the Chesapeake Bay.

Environmental Science and Studies

Environmental Science Track

Required Courses

Electives (13-16 units)