Environmental Chemistry B.S.
This is the same as the General Chemistry option through the first semester of the Junior year.
Junior Year
Second Semester |
Hours |
| Arts & Humanities, Intercultural or Social Science [H, G, I, S, K] (GER) | 3 |
| Chem 332 | 3 |
| Chem 333 | 1 |
| Chem 425 | 2 |
| Environmental Electives* | 3 |
| Engl 301 [W] or 402 [W] (GER) | 3 |
| 15 |
Senior Year
First Semester |
Hours |
| Chem 499 | 2 |
| Chem 334 [M] | 2 |
| Chem 426 | 2 |
| Chem 482 | 3 |
| Tier III Capstone (GER) | 3 |
| Chem 401 | |
| Social Science [H, G, I, S, K] (GER) | 3 |
| 15 | |
Second Semester |
Hours |
| Arts & Humanities, Intercultural or Social Science [H, G, I, S, K] (GER) | 3 |
| Chem 489 [M] | 3 |
| Environmental Electives* | 8 |
| Chem 495 | 1 |
| 15 | |
*Electives must be carefully chosen and may require prerequisites that are best taken in the first two years. See the Environmental Chemistry advisor for sample programs with electives that feature work in the areas of geology, microbiology, and engineering.
Approved Electives Within Chemistry
| Chem 415 | Trace Elemental Analysis | 2 |
| Chem 416 | Trace Organic Analysis | 2 |
| Chem 421 | Radio Chemistry & Tracers, C | 2 |
| Chem 422 | Radiochemistry Lab | 1 |
| Chem 424 | Activation Analysis | 1 |
| Chem 430 | Applied Spectroscopy | 2 |
| Chem 461 | Atomic & Mol. Phenomena | 3 |
| Chem 480 | Solid State Chemistry | 3 |
| Chem 481 | Environmental Chemistry I | 3 |
| Chem 514 | Mass Spectrometry | 2 |
| Chem 517 | Chromatography | 2 |
| Chem 518 | Electrochemistry | 2 |
| Chem 5XX | Graduate Level courses |
Approved Electives Outside of Chemistry
| CE 341 | Intro to Environmental Eng | 1 |
| CE 401 | Global Climate Change | 3 |
| CE 415 | Env Measurements | 3 |
| GEOL 102 | Physical Geology | 4 |
| GEOL 350 | Mineralogy & Crystallography | 4 |
| GEOL 403 | Environmental Geology | 3 |
| GEOL 475 | Groundwater | 3 |
| GEOL 480 | Intro Geochemistry | 3 |
| GEOL 483 | Radiogenic Isotopes Geochronology | 3 |
| SoilS 201 | Soil: A living System | 3 |
| SoilS 301 | Land Use and Soil Mngt | 3 |
| SoilS 414 | Environmental Biophysics | 2 |
| SoilS 415 | Env Biophysics Laboratory | 1 |
| SoilS 421 | Environmental Soil Chemistry | 3 |
| ES/RP 101 | Environment & Human Life | 4 |
| ES/RP 406 | Intro to Radiological Sciences | 2 |
| ES/RP 445 | Hazardous Waste Mngt | 3 |
| Phil 370 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| BsysE 351 | Environmental Hydrology | 3 |
| Biol 372 | General Ecology | 4 |
| MbioS 302 | General Microbiology | 4 |
| MbioS 452 | Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
| MbioS 440 | Immunology | 3 |
| MbioS 441 | Immunology Laboratory | 2 |