College of Sciences

Chemistry Department

Environmental Chemistry

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) 6
Chem 332 3
Chem 334 [M] 1
Environmental Electives* 3
Engl 301 [W] or 402 [W] (GER) 3
  16

Senior Year

First Semester

Hours
Chem 499 2
Chem 425 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
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