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Jul 04, 2025
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Xavier University Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Environmental Science, B.S.
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The environmental science major includes the interdisciplinary study of the impact of human systems on our natural environment and how in turn these natural systems affect the human environment.
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Requirements for the Environmental Science Major
Mathematical Perspectives
Chemistry: 8 Credit Hours
Economics: 6 Credit Hours
Mathematics: 6 Credit Hours
Science and Math/Computer Science Electives: 9 Credit Hours Minimum
Students must select a minimum of nine credit hours from the following list of courses, including at least one science laboratory and no more than one mathematics/computer science course. Non-Science Electives: 6 Credit Hours Minimum
Students must complete a minimum of six credit hours from the following list. - ECON 421 - Environment, Economics and Policy
- ENGL 205 - Literature and the Moral Imagination: Literature and the Environment (Specific environmental sections must be approved)
- ENGL 348 - Literature and the Environment
- ENGL 363 Ecocriticism
- HIST 123 - African History I
- HIST 398 - History of Agriculture
- HIST 399 - Green Urbanism
- HIST 436 - Urban Ecologies and Economies
- POLI 316 / HIST 316 - Globalization
- PHIL 200 - Philosophical Perspectives: Philosophy and Ecology (Instructor - Konopka)
- PHIL 387 - Topics in Contemporary Philosophy (Instructor - Konopka)
- PHIL 392 - Philosophy of Nature
- THEO 245 - God, Creation and Ecology
- THEO 332 - Sacred Ground and New Story/Cosmology
- THEO 360 - Consumption as a Problem
- THEO 388 - Wilderness and Religious Imagination
- THEO 389 - Theologies of Food and Farm
- THEO 396 - Native American Lifeways
- SOCI 240 - Population and Globalization
- SUST 301 Cultural Studies and Sustainability
- SUST 465 - Topics in Sustainability: Renewable Energy and Economies (Instructor - Bertaux)
- Other courses as approved by advisor
A 2.000 cumulative average must be attained in the major.
TOTAL Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120 Semester Hours
B.S. Environmental Science
First Semester
- BIOL 160 - General Biology I
- BIOL 161 - General Biology I Lab
- CHEM 160 - General Chemistry I
- CHEM 161 - General Chemistry I Lab
- CORE 100 1st Year Seminar or THEO 111
- ENGL 101 - English Composition or ENGL 115 - Rhetoric
- CORE 101 - GOA
Total (14) Second Semester
- BIOL 162 - General Biology II
- BIOL 163 - General Biology II Lab
- CHEM 162 - General Chemistry II
- CHEM 163 - General Chemistry II Lab
- CORE 100 1st Year Seminar or THEO 111
- PHIL 100 - Ethics as Intro to Philosophy
- CORE 102 - GOA
Total (14) First Semester
- BIOL 250 - Ecology
- BIOL 251 - Ecology Lab
- ENGL 205 - Literature & Moral Imagination
- MATH 140 - Calculus or MATH 146 - Biostatistics
- Historical Perspectives Elective
- Second Language I
Total (16) Second Semester
- BIOL 260 - Intro to Environmental Science
- BIOL 261 - Intro to Environ Science Lab
- ECON 200 - Microeconomic Principles
- ENVS - Non Science Elective
- Theological Perspectives
- Second Language II
Total (16) First Semester
- PHYS 160 - College Physics I
- PHYS 161 - Introductory Physics Lab I
- ENVS Non-Science Elective
- MATH 140 - Calculus or MATH 156 - General Statistics
- Math or Science Elective
- PHIL 200 - Philosophical Perspectives Elective
Total (16) Second Semester
- PHYS 162 - College Physics II
- PHYS 163 - Introductory Physics Lab II
- Humanities Elective
- Creative Perspectives Elective
- General Elective
- Social Science or General Elective
Total (16) First Semester
- BIOL 495, 497 or 498: Internship/Methods BR I
- ECON 320 - Natural Resource Economics
- Science or Math Elective (5 credit hours)
- General Elective (DCR)
- General Elective
Total (15-16) Second Semester
- BIOL 396 or 397 or 398 - Environmental Studies SEM
- BIOL 495, 496 or 499: Internship/Methods BR II
- E/RS Course
- General Elective
- Science or Math Elective
Total (13-14) Scheduling Notes:
- Consult the “Undergraduate Core Curriculum” requirements of the Catalog.
- All students must also satisfy five flags in addition to the 48 hours required by the core. No single course can count for more than two flags. Flagged courses often double-count for major and/or minor requirements. The five flagged courses are: the Diversity (DCR), Ethics/Religion and Society (E/RS) oral communications, quantitative reasoning and writing-intensive flagged courses. Many of these are available within the core or major; use “Attribute Type” when searching for courses.
- 2.00 cumulative average is required in the major courses.
- A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for the degree. 2.00 cumulative average is required in the major courses.
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