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Jul 04, 2025
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Xavier University Catalog 2025-2026
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
Science, Flags:
- Scientific Perspectives, Natural Science Elective, and Social Science Elective, as well as writing, quantitative and Solidarity & Kinship flags included within the major.
Major Requirements
64 hours 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 in non-science courses with an Environmental Studies attribute, or as approved by the Environmental Science Director/Biology Chair. Senior Capstone
- 2 credits from BIOL 495-499
A 2.000 cumulative average must be attained in the major.
TOTAL Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120 Semester Hours
B.S. Environmental Science
This block serves as a guideline for progress toward a degree for students starting with Math placement in calculus (“ELC” or “ADV”); however, the major can be completed with lower math placements. See your academic advisor to make an individualized plan. 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 (Solidarity & Kinship)
- 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:
- 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.
Notes:
- 2.00 cumulative average is required in the major courses.
- A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for the degree. A second Bachelor’s degree requires 150 credit hours (30 additional credit hours).
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