This four-year plan serves as a sample to provide students with a clear path to graduation. A student’s path may differ from this example. Students are encouraged to consult with their faculty advisor each semester to ensure appropriate course selection.
Environmental Science & Ecology Major
Aquatic & Terrestrial Ecology Concentration
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
GEP 100 Academic Planning Seminar |
1 |
Gen Ed: Written Communication |
3 |
Gen Ed: Math and Quantitative Reasoning (MTH111) |
3 |
ENV 202 Environmental Science |
4 |
GEL 201 Physical Geology |
4 |
Total |
15 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Humanities |
3 |
Gen Ed: Social Sciences |
3 |
ENV 204 Biology of Organisms |
4 |
ENV 303 Ecology |
4 |
Total |
14 |
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Arts |
3 |
CHM 205 College Chemistry I |
4 |
ENV400 Plant Diversity or ENV419 Limnology or ENV446 Wetland Ecology |
4 |
ESC371 Essentials GIS |
1 |
ENV Elective (see below) |
3 or 4 |
Total |
15-16 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: US History and Civic Engagement |
3 |
Gen Ed: World Language |
3 |
CHM206 College Chemistry II |
4 |
ENV452 Environmental Laws and Regulations |
3 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
Total |
16-17 |
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
| Gen Ed: Perspective on Gender | 3 |
| Gen Ed: History and Civic Engagement | 3 |
| ENV337 Biostatistics | 3 |
| ENV400 Plant Diversity or ENV419 Limnology or ENV446 Wetland Ecology or Elective (see below) | 3 or 4 |
| ENV484 Fisheries Science and Management or ENV440 Herpetology or ENV Elective (see below) | 3 or 4 |
Total |
15-17 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
| SOC 307 Environmental Sociology or HST 407 American Environmental History or ANT 331 Environmental Anthropology or PSL 328 Politics of Energy Policy | 3 |
| CHM313 Quantitative Chemistry Analysis | 4 |
| ENV414 Data Collection and Management | 1 |
| ENV404 Stream Ecology or ENV430 Ornithology or ENV Elective (see below) | 3 or 4 |
| ENV Elective | 3 or 4 |
Total |
13 to 15 |
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
| Gen Ed: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice | 3 |
| ENV484 Fisheries Science and Management or ENV440 Herpetology or ENV Elective (see below) | 3 or 4 |
| ENV484 Fisheries Science and Management or ENV446 Wetland Ecology or ENV Elective (see below) | 3 or 4 |
| ENV Elective | 3 or 4 |
Total |
12-15 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
| Gen Ed: Contemporary Issue | 3 |
| ENV436 Water Quality or ENV Aquatic Toxicology | 4 |
| ENV404 Stream Ecology or ENV430 Ornithology or ENV Elective (see below) | 3 or 4 |
| ENV 492 Global Environmental Issues | 3 |
Total |
13-14 |
Course |
Credits |
ENV 400 Plant Diversity |
4 |
ENV401 Water Conservation Management |
3 |
ENV 404 Stream Ecology |
4 |
ENV 406 Wildlife Ecology |
4 |
ENV 407 Invasion Ecology |
3 |
ENV408 Principles of Wildlife Management |
3 |
ENV 419 Limnology |
4 |
ENV 424 Movement and Migration Ecology |
3 |
ENV 427 Animal Behavior |
3 |
ENV 430 Ornithology |
4 |
ENV 435 Northern Wetland |
3 |
ENV 436 Water Quality Analysis |
4 |
ENV 438 Ecology Data Analysis R |
3 |
ENV 439 Conservation Biology |
3 |
ENV 440 Herpetology |
4 |
ENV 444 Plant Ecosystem Ecology |
3 |
ENV 446 Wetland Ecology |
4 |
ENV 447 Wetland Delineation |
3 |
ENV 448 Restoration Ecology |
3 |
ENV 459 Mammalogy |
3 |
ENV 462 Aquatic Toxicology |
4 |
ENV 464 Aquaculture |
3 |
ENV 466 Great Lakes Issues |
3 |
ENV 476 Animal Ecophysiology |
3 |
ENV 477 Field Biology |
4 |
ENV 484 Fish Science and Management |
4 |
ENV 486 Fish Biology |
4 |
ENV 497/498/499 Internship/Collaborative Research/Independent Study |
1-3 |
ESC 313 Environmental Climatology |
3 |
ESC 318 Watershed Science |
3 |
ESC 380 Remote Sensing |
3 |
ESC 412 Hydrology |
4 |
ESC 431 GIS Applications |
3 |
ESC 455 Soils Science |
3 |
BIO 302 Genetics |
4 |
BIO 411 Evolution |
3 |
CHM 305 Organic Chemistry I |
4 |
GEL462 Groundwater |
4 |
Total |
8 |
Fisheries & Aquatic Ecology Concentration
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: GEP 100 Academic Planning Seminar |
1 |
Gen Ed: Written Communication |
3 |
Gen Ed: Math and Quantitative Reasoning (MTH111) |
3 |
ENV 202 Environmental Science |
4 |
GEL 201 Physical Geology |
4 |
Total |
15 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Humanities |
3 |
Gen Ed: Social Sciences |
3 |
ENV 204 Biology of Organisms |
4 |
ENV 303 Ecology |
4 |
Total |
14 |
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Arts |
3 |
CHM 205 College Chemistry I |
4 |
ENV419 Limnology |
4 |
ESC 371 Essentials GIS |
1 |
ENV Elective (see below) |
3 or 4 |
Total |
15-16 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: US History and Civic Engagement |
3 |
Gen Ed: World Language |
3 |
CHM206 College Chemistry II |
4 |
ENV452 Environmental Laws and Regulations |
3 |
ENV404 Stream Ecology or ENV Elective (see below) |
3 or 4 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
Total |
16-17 |
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Perspective on Gender |
3 |
Gen Ed: History and Civic Engagement |
3 |
ENV337 Biostatistics |
3 |
ENV484 Fisheries Science and Management or ENV446 Wetland Ecology or ENV Elective (see below) |
3 or 4 |
ENV Elective (see below) |
3 or 4 |
Total |
15-17 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
SOC 307 Environmental Sociology or HST 407 American Environmental History or ANT 331 Environmental Anthropology or PSL 328 Politics of Energy Policy |
3 |
CHM313 Quantitative Chemistry Analysis |
4 |
ENV414 Data Collection and Management |
1 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
Total |
15-16 |
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice |
3 |
ENV484 Fisheries Science and Management or ENV446 Wetland Ecology or ENV Elective (see below) |
3 or 4 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
Total |
12-15 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Contemporary Issue |
3 |
ENV436 Water Quality or ENV Aquatic Toxicology |
4 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
ENV 492 Global Environmental Issues |
3 |
Total |
13-14 |
Course |
Credits |
ENV401 Water Conservation Management |
3 |
ENV 404 Stream Ecology |
4 |
ENV 435 Northern Wetlands |
3 |
ENV 436 Water Quality Analysis |
4 |
ENV 446 Wetland Ecol. |
4 |
ENV 447 Wetland Delineation |
3 |
ENV 462 Aquatic Toxicology |
4 |
ENV 464 Aquaculture |
3 |
ENV 466 Great Lakes Issues |
3 |
ENV484 Fish Science and Management |
4 |
ENV 486 Fish Biology |
3 |
ENV497/498/499 Internship/Collaborative Research/Independent Study |
1-3 |
ESC 318, Watershed Sciences |
3 |
ESC 412 Hydrology |
4 |
GEL462 Groundwater |
4 |
Course |
Credit |
ENV 407 Invasion Ecology |
3 |
ENV 424 Movement and Migration Ecology |
3 |
ENV 427 Animal Behavior |
3 |
ENV 438 Ecological Data Analysis R |
3 |
ENV 439 Conservation Biology |
3 |
ENV 448 Restoration Ecology |
3 |
ENV 476 Animal Ecophysiology |
3 |
ESC 380 Remote Sensing |
3 |
ESC431 GIS Applications |
3 |
BIO 302 Genetics |
4 |
BIO 411 Evolution |
3 |
CHM 305 Organic Chemistry I |
4 |
Total |
12 |
Wildlife & Terrestrial Ecology Concentration
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
GEP 100 Academic Planning Seminar |
1 |
Gen Ed: Written Communication |
3 |
Gen Ed: Math and Quantitative Reasoning (MTH111) |
3 |
ENV 202 Environmental Science |
4 |
GEL 201 Physical Geology |
4 |
Total |
15 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Humanities |
3 |
Gen Ed: Social Sciences |
3 |
ENV 204 Biology of Organisms |
4 |
ENV 303 Ecology |
4 |
Total |
14 |
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Arts |
3 |
CHM 205 College Chemistry I |
4 |
ENV400 Plant Diversity or ENV406 Wildlife Ecology |
4 |
ESC371 Essentials GIS |
1 |
ENV Elective (see below) |
3 or 4 |
Total |
15-16 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: US History and Civic Engagement |
3 |
Gen Ed: World Language |
3 |
CHM206 College Chemistry II |
4 |
ENV452 Environmental Laws and Regulations |
3 |
ENV440 Herpetology or ENV430 Ornithology or ENV Elective (see below) |
3 or 4 |
Total |
16-17 |
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
| Gen Ed: Perspective on Gender | 3 |
| Gen Ed: History and Civic Engagement | 3 |
| ENV337 Biostatistics | 3 |
| ENV400 Plant Diversity or ENV406 Wildlife Ecology | 4 |
| ENV Elective (see below) | 3 or 4 |
Total |
16-17 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
SOC 307 Environmental Sociology or HST 407 American Environmental History or ANT 331 Environmental Anthropology or PSL 328 Politics of Energy Policy |
3 |
CHM313 Quantitative Chemistry Analysis |
4 |
ENV414 Data Collection and Management |
1 |
ENV440 Herpetology or ENV430 Ornithology or ENV Elective (see below) |
3 or 4 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
Total |
14-16 |
Fall Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice |
3 |
ENV 444 Plant Ecosystem Ecology or ENV 446 Wetland Ecology or ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
Total |
12-15 |
Spring Semester
Course |
Credits |
Gen Ed: Contemporary Issue |
3 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
ENV Elective |
3 or 4 |
ENV 492 Global Environmental Issues |
3 |
Total |
12-14 |
Course |
Credits |
ENV 407 Invasion Ecology |
3 |
ENV408 Principles of Wildlife Management |
3 |
ENV 424 Movement and Migration Ecology |
3 |
ENV 427 Animal Behavior |
3 |
ENV 430 Ornithology |
4 |
ENV 438 Ecological Data Analyses R |
3 |
ENV 439 Conservation Biology |
3 |
ENV 440 Herpetology |
4 |
ENV 444 Plant Ecosystem Ecology |
3 |
ENV 446 Wetland Ecology |
4 |
ENV 447 Wetland Delineation |
3 |
ENV 448 Restoration Ecology |
3 |
ENV 459 Mammalogy |
3 |
ENV 476 Animal Ecophysiology |
3 |
ENV 477 Field Biology |
4 |
ENV 497/498/499 Internship/Collaborative Research/Independent Study |
1-3 |
Course |
Credits |
ESC 313 Environmental Climatology |
3 |
ESC 380 Remote Sensing |
3 |
ESC 431 GIS Applications |
3 |
ESC 455 Soils Science |
3 |
BIO 302 Genetics |
4 |
BIO 411 Evolution |
3 |
CHM 305 Organic Chemistry I |
4 |
Total |
12 to 13 |