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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Environmental Geosciences BA
Sample Plan: Environmental Geosciences BA Sample Plan
Total Credits: 120.0
The sample plan below shows you one of several possible ways to complete this degree. Your academic plan may look different if you have already fulfilled some requirements, if you have multiple course options to choose from in your major, or if courses don't fit your schedule in a given term. Use Graduation Planner to make your customized plan, and work with your academic adviser to ensure that you are on track to graduate on time.
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1001 First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
MATH 1371 - CSE Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH : Preferred Course
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS : Preferred Course
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS : Preferred Course
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
CLA 1002 First Year Experience 1.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
ESCI 1001 - Earth and Its Environments : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
ESCI 2301 - Mineralogy : 3.0 cr
ESCI 3303W - Geochemical Principles : 4.0 cr : WI
PHYS 1301W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI : Preferred Course
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
ESCI 3891 - Field Methods : 2.0 cr
SOIL 2125 - Basic Soil Science : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
ESCI 4501 - Structural Geology : 3.0 cr
CLA 3002 - Career Kickstarter: Finding Internships and Other Career-Related Experiences 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Summer Semester: 4.0 cr
ESCI 3911 - Introductory Field Geology : 4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 12.0 cr
ESCI 4203 - Environmental Geophysics : 3.0 cr
ESCI 4602 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy : 3.0 cr
LE (Literature, Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
ESPM 3011W - Ethics in Natural Resources : 3.0 cr : CIV, WI
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ESCI 4801 - Geomicrobiology : 3.0 cr
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis : 4.0 cr : MATH
ESCI 4401 - Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry : 3.0 cr
FNRM 3131 - Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for Natural Resources : 4.0 cr : TS
Year 3 - Summer Semester: 4.0 cr
ESCI 4911 - Advanced Field Geology : 4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
HSCI 3401 - Ethics in Science and Technology : 3.0 cr : HIS, CIV
ESCI 4701 - Geomorphology : 4.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
ESCI 3093 - Directed Studies in Earth & Environmental Sciences: Junior : 2.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
ESCI 5805 - Standards and Practices for Professional Geoscienists : 3.0 cr
WRIT 3315 - Writing on Issues of Land and the Environment : 3.0 cr : AH, DSJ
ESPM 3261 - Economics and Natural Resources Management : 4.0 cr : SOCS, ENV
ESCI 4702 - General Hydrogeology : 4.0 cr