Environmental Science, B.S.

The Environmental Science Major consists 58-64 credits, depending on advising and the interests of the student. Courses denoted with an asterisk ( * ) also satisfy the university’s Common CORE. All students must take at least 21 credit hours from the list below at Westfield State University.

Required Fundamental Lab Science Classes (20 credits)

BIOL 0128 - Introduction to Organismal, Ecological, and Evolutionary Biology Credits: 4 *
CHEM 0109 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4 *
CHEM 0111 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4 *
GARP 0102 - Physical Geography Credits: 4 *
GEOL 0101 - Physical Geology with Laboratory Credits: 4 *

Required Environmental Science Courses (23-25 credits)

ENVS 0105 - Natural History and Field Techniques Credits: 3
ENVS 0180 - Introductory Environmental Science Seminar Credits: 1
MATH 0123 - Mathematical Methods in the Natural Sciences Credits: 3 *
choose one
ENVS 0106 - Introduction to Environmental Analysis Credits: 3
or
BIOL 0102 - Environmental Biology Credits: 4 *
choose one
ENVS 0225 - Natural Resource Conservation and Management Credits: 4
or
BIOL 0202 - Conservation Biology Credits: 4
choose one
BIOL 0233 - Environmental Legislation Credits: 3
or
GARP 0225 - Legal Issues in Zoning and Planning Credits: 3
choose one
ENVS 0330 - Enviornmental Data Analysis Credits: 4
or
GARP 0246 - Quantitative Methodsfor Social and Physical Science Credits: 3 *
choose one
ENVS 0240 - Writing for Environmental Science Credits: 3
or
ENGL 0392 - Business and Technical Writing Credits: 3

Areas of Study - Dimensions

12-16 credits, by advisement; must choose one from each of the three dimensions, plus one addtional course from any of the three areas.

Upper-Level Course Requirements

Pick at least 2 courses from the following list. Please note that these may also be used to satisfy other requirements in the major.

ENVS 0300 - Wetlands Assessment and Planning Credits: 4
ENVS 0309 - Wildlife Ecology and Management Credits: 4
ENVS 0330 - Enviornmental Data Analysis Credits: 4
ENVS 0350 - Environmental Science Internship Credits: 3-9
ENVS 0352 - Planning Green Sustainable Cities Credits: 3
ENVS 0399 - Independent Reasearch Credits: 1-3
GARP 0344 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems Credits: 3
BIOL 0325 - Ecosystems Credits: 4

Capstone Senior Thesis/Seminar

Senior status is required.

ENVS 0390 - Environmental Science Senior Seminar Credits: 3

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in the Common Core .