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Environmental Science & Sustainability B.S. 4-Year Plan

This is a sample plan for graduating in four years with an Environmental Science & Sustainability B.S. at Ohio University.

Program: BS2109

Year 1

Fall

  • PBIO 1000 & 1000L (4 credits)
  • GEOG 1100 (4 credits) 
  • MATH 1350 (FQR) (4 credits)
  • CAS 1415 (3 credits)

TOTAL 15 credits

Spring

  • PBIO 1140 (PNS) (4 credits)
  • ENG 1510 (FWC) (3 credits)
  • GEOL 2150 (3 credits)
  • GEOL 2020 (1 credit)
  • SOC 1000 (PSBS, CAS SS) (3 credits)

TOTAL 14 credits

Year 2

Fall

  • GEOG 2400 (3 credits)
  • CHEM 1210 or 1510 (PNS, CAS NS) (4 credits)
  • FOREIGN LANGUAGE (CAS FL) (4 credits)
  • ECON 1030 (PSS, CAS SS) (3 credits)
  • Any Intercultural Explorations (IE) (2 credits)

TOTAL 16 credits

Spring

  • PBIO 2090 (CAS NS) (3 credits)
  • CHEM 1210 or 1520 (CAS NS) (4 credits)
  • FOREIGN LANGUAGE (CAS FL) (4 credits)
  • Social Equity and Justice requirement (3 credits)

TOTAL 14 credits

Year 3

Fall

  • PBIO 3350 Ethics (BER) (3 credits)
  • Experiential Learning requirement (BLD) (2 credits) 
  • Advanced Writing (FAW) (3 credits) 
  • Arches: Connected World (3 credits)
  • Statistics* (PBIO 3150 or GEOG 2170 or MATH 2500) (3 credits)

Total 14 credits

Spring

  • Environmental Policy & Planning requirement* (3 credits)
  • Environmental Economics requirement* (3 credits)
  • Arches: Constructed World (3 credits)
  • Arches: Natural World (3 credits)
  • Any Diversity and Practice (BDP) (3 credits)

Total 15 credits

Year 4

Fall

  • Major Elective* (3 credits)
  • Major Elective* (3 credits)
  • Any Speaking and Listening (BSL) (1 credit)
  • Any Humanities Art (PHA) (3 credits)
  • Any Humanities Texts (CAS HUM) (3 credits)
  • Elective 2XXX or above (3 credits)

TOTAL 16 credits

Spring

  • Major Elective* (3 credits)
  • Major Elective* (3 credits)
  • Major Capstone (CAP)* (3 credits)
  • Any Humanities Texts (PHTC, CAS HUM) (3 credits)
  • Elective 2XXX or above (3 credits)

TOTAL 15 credits

Electives – Years 2 and 3

Choose one course from each of these categories.

Year 2 – Social Equity/Justice requirement (choose one)

  • SOC 2300 Social Inequalities and Social Change 3
  • GEOG 3410 Geography of Hunger and Food Security 3
  • GEOG 4560 The Just & Sustainable City 3
  • SOC 4810 Environmental Sociology 3

Year 3 – Statistics requirement (choose one)

  • GEOG 2170 Introduction to Statistics in Geography 3
  • MATH 2500 Introduction to Statistics 3
  • PBIO 3150 Statistical Methods in Plant Biology 4

Year 3 – Experiential Learning (choose one)

  • ES 4832 Sustainability Implementation Practicum 3
  • ES 4910 Environmental Studies Leadership Experience 2
  • GEOG 4910 Internship 2
  • PBIO 4910 Internship 2

PBIO 4940 Undergraduate Research 2

  • GEOG 4942 Research Experience in Environmental Geography 2

Year 3 – Environmental Policy and Planning requirement (choose one) 

  • ES 3620 Environmental Science and Public Policy 3
  • ES 4710 Bioenergy: Science, Policy and Business 3
  • GEOG 4520 Environmental and Sustainability Planning 3
  • POLS 4250 Environmental & Natural Resource Politics and Policy 3
  • POLS 4840 Politics of Sustainability 3

Year 3 – Environmental Economics requirement (choose one)

  • ECON 3010C Economy of Altruism 2
  • ECON 3130 Economics of the Environment 3
  • ECON 3350 Energy Economics 3
  • ECON 3510 Agricultural Development 3
  • MKT 4100 Sustainability Marketing 3

Subtotal  13-16 credits

Additional suggested courses

  • ENG 3100J – Writing about Environmental Sustainability (3) would fulfill your Advanced Writing requirement (FAW) in year 2.
  • HIST 3060 – American Environmental History (3) could be taken as a (non-major) elective.

Major Electives – Year 4

Choose 4 courses from at least 2 departments, a minimum of 2 at the 3XXX or 4XXX level.

  • BIOS 2200 Conservation & Biodiversity 3
  • GEOG 2680 Introduction to GIS & Mapping 3
  • GEOL 2710 Water Resource & Sustainability 3
  • GEOL 2310 Water and Pollution 3
  • PBIO 2060 Sustainable Agriculture 3
  • BIOS or GEOG 3160 Biogeography 3
  • GEOG 3020 Climatology 3
  • GEOG 3150 or
  • GEOL 3300 Landforms and Landscapes or  Geomorphology 3
  • GEOG 3300 Geography of Europe 3
  • GEOG 3310 Geography of Africa 3
  • GEOG 3330 Appalachia: Land and People 3
  • GEOG 3350 Geography of Latin America 3
  • GEOG 3430 Global Issues in Environment 3
  • GEOG 3440 Agricultural Ecosystems 3
  • GEOG 3450 Access to Water in a Changing World 3
  • GEOG 3580 Environmental Hazards 3
  • GEOL 3060 Geodata Analysis for Geological Sciences 3
  • GEOL 3700 Groundwater Fundamentals and Practices  3
  • PBIO 3220 Tropical Ecology 3
  • PBIO 3260 Plant Ecophysiology 4
  • PBIO 3330 Restoration Ecology 3
  • REC 3550 Principles of Ecotourism 3
  • SOC 3090 Sociology of Appalachia 3
  • BIOS 4310 Aquatic Biology 3
  • ES 4250 Watershed Management 3
  • ES 4300 Field Methods in ES 3
  • ES 4610 Resilience Theory and Practice 3
  • ES 4720 Energy Systems and Policy 3
  • ES 4730 Environmental Entrepreneurship 3
  • GEOG 4170 Landscape Ecology 3
  • GEOG 4660 Remote Sensing 3
  • GEOG 4450 Gender, Environment and Development 3
  • GEOG 4470 Natural Resource Conservation 3
  • GEOL 4270 Water Geochemistry 3
  • GEOL 4750 Watershed and Stream Hydrology 3
  • GEOL 4800 Hydrogeology 3
  • PBIO 4380 Soil Properties and Ecosystems Processes 4

Year 4 – T3 or Capstone

Choose one.  

  • T3 4850 Sustainability Citizenship 3
  • T3 4080 Environmentalism in America 3
  • T3 4010 Climate Change and Public Health 3
  • ES 4500 Environmental Studies Capstone 3
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