Environmental Studies B.S.

Coordinator: Professor Paul Wilson

Program Features

48-54 semester hours

Required courses:

BIOL 114	GE: Introductory Biology I	0 - 4 credits
BIOL 115	GE: Introductory Biology II	0 - 4 credits
BIOL 210	GE:Environmental Biology	3 credits
BIOL 322	Plant Res Envir Stress	0 - 4 credits
BIOL 330	Microbiology	0 - 4 credits
BIOL 463	Conservation Biology	4 credits
BIOL 484	Environmental Studies Field Experience and Internship	3 - 15 credits
	Or
BIOL 494	Research In Biology	3 credits
BIOL 497	Environmental Studies Seminar	1 credits

two of the following

BIOL 200	General Ecology	0 - 3 credits
BIOL 220	Field Botany	3 credits
BIOL 221	Field Zoology	3 credits

five additional courses in a single discipline numbered 300 or higher

approved by the adviser.

one field ecology course

BIOL 200	General Ecology	0 - 3 credits
BIOL 220	Field Botany	3 credits
BIOL 221	Field Zoology	3 credits

one plant course

BIOL 320	Plant Morphology	3 credits
BIOL 422	Plant Physiology	4 credits
BIOL 423	Plant Ecology	3 credits
BIOM 461	Marine Botany	3 credits

one aquatic course

BIOL 440	General Aquatic Ecology	3 credits
BIOL 443	Stream Ecology	3 credits
BIOL 446	Limnology	3 credits
BIOL 460	Marine Ecology	3 credits

one animal course

BIOL 325	Ornithology	4 credits
BIOL 333	Invertebrate Zoology	4 credits
BIOL 425	Herpetology	3 credits
BIOL 448	Biology of Aquatic Insects	3 credits
BIOL 451	General Entomology	3 credits
BIOL 462	Mammalogy	4 credits
BIOL 466	Marine Ichthyology	3 credits

and one additional Biology course at the 300+ level

approved by the adviser.

Co-requisite courses:

CHEM 121	GE: General Chemistry I	3 credits
CHEM 123	GE: General Chemistry I Lab	1 credits
CHEM 124	GE: General Chemistry II	3 credits
CHEM 126	GE: General Chemistry II Lab	1 credits
CHEM 373	Environmental Quality: The Chemical Approach	4 credits
MATH 110	GE: General Statistics	3 credits
PHYS 117	GE: Energy	3 credits
	Or
PHYS 118	GE: Solar Energy	3 credits
GEOG 120	GE: Physical Geography	3 credits
GEOG 121	GE: Physical Geology	3 credits
GEOG 341	Geographic Information Systems	3 credits
CMST 111	GE: Speech Communication	3 credits
POLS 211	GE: American Government	3 credits
BIOL 484	Environmental Studies Field Experience and Internship	3 - 15 credits

Required quality point average:

2.25 or greater for courses in Biological Sciences.

Additional requirements:

• A maximum of 6 hours of internship credit (BIOL 484) will be applied to the degree.
• At least one half (14) of the credit hours in biology must be completed at East Stroudsburg University.
• Please see the Foreign Language Competency Requirement.
• Please see the university requirements in this catalog.

Note: Students planning to attend graduate school in this field should also take CHEM 233, CHEM 234, CHEM 235, CHEM 236; PHYS 131, PHYS 132. These programs offer a unique opportunity to select individualized programs from a wide variety of electives in several disciplines. Each student is required to complete a field experience or internship in the senior year. Credits for internships are arranged individually with one credit earned for each full time (40 hour) work week. Interns have served with park departments, state and federal wildlife agencies, water and sewer treatment plants, and a variety of government conservation agencies both in the United States and abroad.

Program Curriculum Plan

(Subject to change by the university without notice)

Freshman Year

Fall

BIOL 114	GE: Introductory Biology I	0 - 4 credits
CHEM 121	GE: General Chemistry I	3 credits
CHEM 123	GE: General Chemistry I Lab	1 credits
ENGL 103	English Composition	3 credits
CPSC 101	GE: Personal Computers and Their Uses in the Sciences	3 credits
	Fitness Elective	1 credit
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Spring

BIOL 115	GE: Introductory Biology II	0 - 4 credits
CHEM 124	GE: General Chemistry II	3 credits
CHEM 126	GE: General Chemistry II Lab	1 credits
BIOL 210	GE:Environmental Biology	3 credits
MATH 110	GE: General Statistics	3 credits
	General Education Elective - Humanities	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	17

Sophomore Year

Fall

BIOL 200	General Ecology	0 - 3 credits
BIOL 220	Field Botany	3 credits
	Or
BIOL 221	Field Zoology	3 credits
CMST 111	GE: Speech Communication	3 credits
GEOG 120	GE: Physical Geography	3 credits
	General Education Elective - Social Science	3 credits
	General Education Elective - Humanities	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	15

Spring

GEOG 121	GE: Physical Geology	3 credits
	General Education Elective - Social Science	3 credits
	Biology Elective (plant, aquatic, animal, or field)	3-4 credits
POLS 211	GE: American Government	3 credits
	General Education Elective - Humanities	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	15-16

Junior Year

Fall

	Biology Elective (plant, aquatic, animal, or field)	3-4 credits
	General Education Elective - Humanities	3 credits
	General Education Elective - Social Science	3 credits
PHYS 117	GE: Energy	3 credits
	Or
PHYS 118	GE: Solar Energy	3 credits
	Free Elective	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	15-16

Spring

BIOL 484	Environmental Studies Field Experience and Internship	3 - 15 credits
	And/Or
BIOL 494	Research In Biology	3 credits
BIOL 322	Plant Res Envir Stress	0 - 4 credits
	Fitness Elective	1 credit
GEOG 341	Geographic Information Systems	3 credits
	Free Elective	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	11-16

Senior Year

Fall

	Biology Elective (plant, aquatic, animal, or field)	3-4 credits
BIOL 330	Microbiology	0 - 4 credits
BIOL 497	Environmental Studies Seminar	1 credits
	Free Elective	3 credits
	Free Elective	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	14-15

Spring

	Biology Elective (Upper-Division)	3-4 credits
BIOL 463	Conservation Biology	4 credits
CHEM 373	Environmental Quality: The Chemical Approach	4 credits
	Free Elective	3 credits
	Total Credit Hours:	14-15

Total Credit Hours: 116

For more information, contact the department at 570-422-3725 or visit our website www.esu.edu/biol

116 is the Minimum Total Credits.