College of Natural Resources and Environment

Programs of Study

Environmental Science - BS
Environmental Science - BA
Environmental Science Major
Pre-professional Requirements
Core Requirements for Major
Electives for Environmental Science Track

Electives for Environmental Policy Track
Electives for Environmental Policy and Business Track
Electives for Natural Resource Management Track
Combined Bachelor's/Master's Degree Program
Minor in Environmental Science (for scientists)
Minor in Environmental Studies (for non-scientists)

Environmental Science - BS

To remain 'on track' for this major you must meet the following critical tracking criteria. The critical tracking courses appear in bold.

Semester 1:

  • 2.0 UF GPA required for sem 1-5
  • Complete 2 of 11 critical courses - excluding labs: (CHM2040 and CHM2041) or CHM2045, CHM2045L, CHM2046, CHM2046L, MAC2311, MAC2312, BSC2010, BSC2010L, BSC2011, BSC2011L, (ECO2013 and ECO2023) or AEB3103, PHY2004, PHY2004L, PHY2005, PHY2005L, STA2023

Semester 2:

  • Complete 2 additional courses of the 11 critical courses - excluding labs

Semester 3:

  • Complete 2 additional courses of the 11 critical courses - excluding labs

Semester 4:

  • Complete 2 additional courses of the 11 critical courses - excluding labs

Semester 5:

  • Complete all 11 critical courses - including associated labs

 

Students preparing for science modeling in graduate school should take MAP 2302 as an elective.

Semester 1

Credits

Composition, according to placement (GE-C)

3

Humanities* (GE-H, I)

3

MAC 2311 Calculus I (GE-M)2

4

CHM 2045 Chemistry (GE-P)1

3

CHM 2045L Chemistry Lab (GE-P)1

1

Total

14

Semester 2

 

Free Elective* (GE-H, I)

3

MAC 2312 Calculus II (GE-M)2

4

STA 2023 OR 3024 OR 3032 Statistics (GE-M)

3

CHM 2046 Chemistry II (GE-P)

3

CHM 2046L Chemistry II Lab (GE-P)

1

Total

14

1 If students take CHM 1025 in preparation for CHM 2045, the extra credits count as free electives.

2 If students precede this sequence by taking MAC 1114, 1140 or 1147, the extra credits count as free electives. Students may substitute MAC 2233 and 2234 for MAC 2311 and 2312 but this may preclude access to certain courses.

Semester 3

 

Humanities* (GE-H, I)

3

ECO 2013 Macroeconomics (GE-S) OR AEB 3103 Principles of Food & Resource Economics (GE-S) (4)

3-4

BSC 2010 Biology I (GE-B)

3

BSC 2010L Biology Lab (GE-B)

1

PHY 2004 OR 2053 Physics 1 (GE-P)

3-4

PHY 2004L OR 2053L Physics 1 Lab (GE-P)

1

Total

14-16

Semester 4

 

Humanities* (GE-H, I)

3

ECO 2023 Microeconomics (GE-S)

3

BSC 2011 Biology II (GE-B)

3

BSC 2011L Biology II Lab (GE-B)

1

PHY 2005 OR 2054 Physics 2 (GE-P)

3 or 4

PHY 2005L OR 2054L Physics 2 Lab (GE-P)

1

Total

14-15

Semester 5

 

Foundation Course, EES 3000, Environmental Science

3

EES 3000L, Environmental Science Lab

1

Environmental Ethics, from Master List

3

Ecology, from Master List

3 or 4

Organic Chemistry, from Master List

2 or 3

Environmental Policy, from Master List

3

Total

17

Semester 6

 

Earth/Soil Science, from Master List

3 or 4

Global Systems, from Master List

3 or 4

Hydrologic Systems, from Master List

2 or 3

Natural Resource Management, from Master List

3

Track Elective, from Master List

3

Total

17

Semester 7

 

EVS 4000 Critical Thinking

3

Track Elective, from Master List

3

Track Elective, from Master List

3

Track Elective, from Master List

3

Free Elective

3

Total

15

Semester 8

 

Human Dimensions, from Master List

3

Physical Sciences, from Master List

3

Biological Sciences, from Master List

3

Free Elective

3

Free Elective

3

Total

15

Total Hours for Degree

120

*Select courses that carry H, I and communication credit.

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Environmental Science - BA

To remain 'on track' for this major you must meet the following critical tracking criteria. The critical tracking courses appear in bold.

Semester 1:

  • 2.0 UF GPA required for sem 1-5
  • Complete 2 of 9 critical courses - excluding labs: CHM2040 and CHM2041 or CHM2045, CHM2045L, CHM2046, CHM2046L, MAC1140 or MAC1147, BSC2007, BSC2009L, BSC2008, ECO2013 and ECO2023 or AEB3103, PHY2020 or PHY2004, STA2023, POS2041

Semester 2:

  • Complete 2 additional courses of the 9 critical courses - excluding labs

Semester 3:

  • Complete 2 additional courses of the 9 critical courses - excluding labs

Semester 4:

  • Complete 2 additional courses of the 9 critical courses - excluding labs

Semester 5:

  • Complete all 9 critical courses - including associated labs

Semester 1

Credits

Composition, according to placement (GE-C)

3

Humanities* (GE-H, I)

3

MAC 1140 OR 1147 College Algebra OR Pre-calculus (GE-M)2

3 or 4

CHM 2045 Chemistry (GE-P)1

3

CHM 2045L Chemistry Lab (GE-P)

1

Total

13

1 If students take CHM 1025 in preparation for CHM 2045, the extra credits count as free electives.

2 If students add MAC 1114 or substitute MAC 1147 or MAC 3233, the extra credits count as free electives.

Semester 2

 

Free Elective (GR-E)

3

Humanities* (GE-H, I)

3

STA 2023 OR 2122 Statistics (GE-M)

3

CHM 2046 Chemistry II (GE-P)

3

CHM 2046L Chemistry II Lab (GE-P)

1

Free Elective

3

Total

16

Semester 3

 

Humanities* (GE-H, I)

3

ECO 2013 Macroeconomics (GE-S) OR AEB 3103 Principles of Food & Resource Economics (GE-S) (4)

3-4

BSC 2007 OR 2010 Biology I (GE-B)

3

BSC 2009L OR 2010L Biology Lab (GE-B)

1

PHY 2020 OR 2004 OR 2053 Physics (GE-P)

3

Free Elective

3

Total

16-17

Semester 4

 

Humanities* (GE-H, I)

3

ECO 2023 Microeconomics (3) (GE-S) OR AEB 3103 Principles of Food & Resource Economics (GE-S) (4)

3 or 4

BSC 2008 OR 2011 Biology II (GE-B)

3

BSC 2011L Biology II Lab (GE-B)1

1

POS 2041 American Fed Government (GE-S)

3

EES 3000 Environmental Science

3

EES 3000L Environmental Science Lab

1

Total

16-17

1 If students take BSC 2007 and 2008, the second semester has no laboratory requirement.

Semester 5

 

Ecology, from Master List

3 or 4

Earth/Soil Science, from Master List

3 or 4

Environmental Policy, from Master List

3

Environmental Ethics, from Master List

3

Total

14

Semester 6

 

Global Systems, from Master List

3 or 4

Hydrologic Systems, from Master List

2 or 3

Environmental Policy, from Master List

3

Environmental Law, from Master List

3

Natural Resource Management, from Master List

3

Total

15

Semester 7

 

Resource Economics, from Master List

3

Environmental Policy, from Master List

3

Public Administration, from Master List

3

Major Elective, from Master List

3

Major Elective, from Master List

3

Total

15

Semester 8

 

EVS 4000 Critical Thinking

3

Major Elective, from Master List

3

Major Elective, from Master List

3

Major Elective, from Master List

3

Free Elective

3

Total

15

Total Hours for Degree

120

* Select courses that carry H, I and communication credit.

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Environmental Science Major

The freshmen/sophomore years lay a foundation of course work for building later expertise. Students need to know the natural sciences of physics, chemistry and biology, with laboratory experience. Study of microeconomics and macroeconomics are required to understand the human economy. Introductory statistics empowers students to independently evaluate sets of numbers. College algebra and an introduction to calculus enable students to work with rates of change, the heart of ecological science.

The pre-professional courses for the B.S. tracks in environmental science and natural resource management prepare students for the science-oriented versions of the major. The requirements for the B.A. track in environmental policy include less physics and mathematics, preparing students for a major that combines science and policy.

Course work in the core of the major provides a base of common knowledge and experience in subjects essential to environmental science. Then students diverge into electives chosen according to individual interest. Senior-year students return to a common course that develops critical thinking skills by confronting conflicts of ecological and economic paradigms, synthesizing across physical, biological and social systems, and engaging diverse knowledge and views to resolve key environmental problems.

Summary of Course Work Requirements

In semester hours

B.S.

B.A.

Pre-professional Requirements*

43

34

General Education Requirements (total)

(36)

(36)

(General education minus pre-professional with greatest overlap)

12

12

Major

   

Core Requirements for Major

32

31

Electives Required for Major**

21

27

Other University Requirements and Free Electives***

12

16

Total for Degree

120

120*

* Typical number of hours; actual number depends on course selections

** 31 hours for the toxicology concentration

*** 2 hours for the toxicology concentration

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Pre-professional Requirements

Each student in the college must fulfill pre-professional requirements that differ only slightly for the B.S. and B.A. degrees. These consist of courses in chemistry, physics, biology, calculus, statistics and economics, totaling 39-46 (typically 43) credit hours for the B.S. and 31-39 (typically 34) hours for the B.A.

In addition to the pre-professional requirements, all students are responsible for completing the university's general education and the Writing and Math Requirement.

Certain pre-professional requirements simultaneously satisfy 18-21 credit hours (depending on courses selected) of the general education mathematics, physics, biology, and social and behavioral sciences. Remaining general education requirements include 15-18 credit hours (depending on college pre-professional courses taken) in composition, humanities, and social and behavioral sciences.

The 12 credit hours of writing requirements include 3-12 hours taken for general education and college pre-professional requirements, depending on selections. The six credit hours of math requirements are satisfied by college pre-professional requirements.

For efficiency, freshmen planning their course work should seek to maximize overlap of college pre-professional requirements with general education and the Writing and Math Requirement, as outlined below.

  • The college science pre-professional requirements satisfy up to 12 hours of the physical and biological sciences general education requirement (the basic 9-hour requirement plus the variable three hours from a category). Students should allocate the variable three hours to physical and biological sciences to reduce the humanities requirement from nine to six hours.
  • The economics pre-professional requirements satisfy up to six hours of the 9-hour social and behavioral sciences requirement (six if satisfied with ECO 2013 and 2023, four if satisfied with AEB 3103).
  • The policy pre-professional requirement (POS 2041) for B.A. students satisfies the remaining three hours of the 9-hour social and behavioral sciences requirement. B.S. students may satisfy the remaining three hours of the 9-hour social and behavioral sciences requirement with certain courses available in the core requirements of the major, under ethics (AEB 4126) and policy (PUP 3204, PUP 4021)
  • The college mathematics and statistics pre-professional requirements satisfy the 6-hour mathematics general education requirement and the 6-hour computation requirement.
  • Satisfying the preceding requirements leaves the following 18 hours: six hours of humanities, three hours of composition and nine hours of writing.
  • Students should seek to take humanities, composition and writing courses that also satisfy the 6-hour international studies and diversity overlap, such as LIT 2110 and 2120 or 2000-level foreign language humanities courses.

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Core Requirements for Major

Students seeking a B.S. or B.A. take a core of courses, including a general course in environmental science and courses in ethics, ecology, organic chemistry, earth science, global science, hydrologic systems, policy and natural resource management.

The core provides 31-32 credit hours of course work in physical, biological and social sciences. The B.S. and B.A. tracks are similar. The B.S. includes one course in policy and one in organic chemistry; the B.A. includes two policy courses and no organic chemistry. Beyond the core requirement, each student selects 21-27 additional credits from electives for the major. During the fourth year, all students take a capstone course where critical thinking skills are developed.

Letters in parentheses following the credit hours denote general education categories: composition (C), humanities (H), social and behavioral sciences (S), mathematical sciences (M) and physical (P) and biological (B) sciences. A +, c, or p following the credit hours denote prerequisites, co-requisites or permission of instructor required, respectively.

B.S./B.A.

 

Core Requirements for the Major

32/31

(28-34)/(29-34)

 

Foundation course (required)

4/4

EES 3000 and EES 3000L Environmental Science & Humanity and Laboratory

4

Environmental Ethics (take one) 3/3

AEB 4126 Agricultural & Natural Resource Ethics

3(H,S)

PHM 3032 Ethics & Ecology

3(H)

POT 3503 Environmental Ethics & Politics

3

REL 3492 Religion, Ethics & Nature

3(H)

Ecology (take one) 2-4/2-4

ALS 3135 Agricultural Ecology

3

BOT 4935 Plant Ecology

3

EES 4103 Applied Ecology

2(B)

PCB 3034C Introduction to Ecology

4(B)

**FOR 3153C Forest Ecology

3(B)

PCB 4044C General Ecology

4(B)

Organic Chemistry (take one for B.S.; none for B.A.; for toxicology concentration, see other requirements) 2-3/0

BCH 3023 Elementary Organic & Biological Chemistry

3

CHM 2200 Organic Chemistry

3

EES 4200 Environmental Chemistry of Carbon Compounds

2

Global Sciences (take one from each group) 9-9

Earth/Soil Science (select one)

GEO 2200 and GEO 2200L Physical Geography and Laboratory

4(P)

*GLY 1000 Exploring the Geological Sciences

3(P)

**GLY 2010C Physical Geology

4(P)

**GLY 2026C Geology for Engineers

3(P)

GLY 2030C Environmental & Engineering Geology

4(P)

**GLY 2100C Historical Geology

4(P)

SOS 3022 and 3022L Introduction to Soils in the Environment and Laboratory

4(P)

***SOS 4231C Soils & Land Use

3(P)

Global Systems/Oceanographic & Atmospheric Sciences (select one)

EES 4370 Environmental Meteorology & Oceanography

3

GEO 3250 Climatology

3(P)

*GLY 1073 Introduction to Global Change

3

GLY 3074 The Oceans & Global Climate Change

3

MET 1010 Introduction to Weather & Climate

3

OCE 1005 Introductory Oceanography

3(P)

Hydrologic Systems (select one)

AOM 4643 Principles & Issues in Environmental Hydrology

3

GEO 3280 Principles of Geographic Hydrology

3(P)

GLY 3882C Hydrogeology & Human Affairs

3

SOS 4242 Wetlands & Water Quality

3

Policy (take one for B.S., two for B.A.) 3-6

AEB 4123 Agricultural Law

3

AEB 3450 Introduction to Natural Resource & Environmental Economics

3 +

AEB 4274 Natural Resource & Environmental Policy

3

ECP 3302 Environmental Economics & Resource Policy

4

FNR 4660C Natural Resource Policy & Administration

3

INR 3034, Politics in the World Economy

3

INR 3502, International Institutions

3(I, S)

PUP 3204 Politics & Ecology

3(S)

PUP 4021 Law, Politics & Regulation

3(S)

Natural Resource Management

(take one course)

3/3

*ALS 4932 Food and the Environment

3

AGR 3001 Environment, Food & Society

3

AGR 3005 Principles of Crop Science

3

AOM 3732 Agricultural Water Management

3

EES 3008 Energy & Environment

3

FAS 4305C Introduction to Fishery Science

3

FOR 3004 Forests, Conservation & People

3

FOR 4621 Forest Management

3(P)

GLY 1801 Mineral Resources of the World

3

LAA 3530 Landscape Management

3

LEI 3546 Park Management

3

***SOS 4231C Soils & Land Use

3(P)

WIS 3401 Wildlife Ecology & Management

 

 

3 (B)

Capstone Course (required)

3

EVS 4000 Critical Thinking in Environmental Science

3

* Approved for the B.A. track only.

** Approved for the B.S. track only.

*** If taken from one group, this course does not satisfy the requirement for a course from the other group.

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Electives for Environmental Science Track

The environmental science track emphasizes the applied sciences and the basic sciences from which they derive. The track is designed by the student to prepare for a particular employment goal or for graduate or professional school. Detailed advice from the college faculty on choice of electives is available as a separate document from the college office in 103 Black Hall.

Elective courses required beyond the core requirements are distributed among four categories: physical sciences, biological sciences, human dimensions and additional skills and concepts.

Courses taken to fulfill the core requirements cannot fulfill elective requirements.

Students may substitute graduate courses for electives, with approval of the college and permission of the instructor. To substitute a 6000-level course, the student must have senior standing and a junior-senior level GPA of at least 3.0.

 

 

Electives for Environmental Science Track B.S. (take seven courses)

* 21

* 9 courses and 31 hours for toxicology concentration.

1. Environmental Science major, No concentration

total 21

Physical Sciences (take one to five courses)

3-15

Biological Sciences (take one to five courses)

3-15

Human Dimensions (take one to three courses)

3-9

Additional Skills and Concepts (take one to four courses)

3-12

2. Environmental Science major, Toxicology concentration

total 30-32

Physical Sciences

none

Biological Sciences (take MCB 3020 and 3020L, PCB 3063, BCH 4024, BSC 3096 or PCB 4723C, VME 4611, and VME 4612)

22-24

Human Dimensions

none

Additional Skills and Concepts (take CHM 2210, CHM 2211, CHM 2211L)

8

Courses for Environmental Science Track

EVS 4949 Environmental Science Internship

1-3

Physical Sciences

Atmospheric Sciences

*EES 4370 Introduction to Environmental Meteorology & Oceanography

3

ENV 4101 Elements of Atmospheric Pollution

3

*GEO 3250 Climatology

3

Earth Sciences

EMA 3010 Materials 1

3

*GLY 2100C Historical Geology

4

GLY 3200C Principles of Mineralogy

4

GLY 3074 The Oceans & Global Climate Change

3

GLY 4155 Geology of Florida

3

GLY 4500C Sedimentary Geology

4

GLY 4610 Invertebrate Paleontology

3

*SOS 3022 and SOS 3022L Introduction to Soils in the Environment and Laboratory

4

SOS 4213C Soils and Environmental Chemistry

3

SOS 4231C Soils & Land Use

3

SOS 4715C Environmental Pedology

4

Hydrologic Sciences

ALS 3133 Agriculture & Environmental Quality

3

*AOM 3732 Agricultural Water Management

3

AOM 4643 Principles & Issues in Environmental Hydrology

3

CWR 4111 Engineering Hydrology

3

*GEO 3280 Principles of Geographic Hydrology

3

GLY 5827 Groundwater Geology

3

SOS 4602 Soil Physics

3

Macro-environmental Systems

GEO 4201C Advanced Physical Geography

3

GEO 4221 Coastal Morphology and Processes

3

GEO 4281 Fluvial Morphology & Processes

3

OCE 3016 Introduction to Coastal & Oceanographic Engineering

3

Biological Sciences

Animals

ENY 3005C Principles of Entomology

3

ENY 3030C Insect Field Biology

3

ENY 4161 Insect Classification

3

NEM 3002 Principles of Nematology

3

WIS 4443C Wetland Wildlife Resources

3

WIS 4541C Terrestrial Wildlife Resources

3

WIS 4545 Ecology & Management of Wildlife Invasions

3

ZOO 2203C Invertebrate Zoology

4

ZOO 2303C Vertebrate Zoology

4

ZOO 4473C Avian Biology

4

Ecosystem Function and Management

ALS 3135 Agricultural Ecology

3

FOR 3153C Forest Ecology

3

EES 4103 Applied Ecology

2

EES 3008 Energy & Environment

3

ENV 4612 Green Engineering Design & Sustainability

3

*FAS 4305C Introduction to Fishery Science

3

FNR 4623 Integrated Natural Resource Management

3

PLP 3002C Fundamentals of Plant Pathology

4

WIS 3401 Wildlife Ecology & Management

3

WIS 4554 Conservation Biology

3

WIS 4774 Biogeography: Ecological & Evolutionary Perspectives

3

ZOO 4403C Field Problems in Marine Biology, (counts as one or two courses)

 

 

4 or 6

ZOO 4404C Integrated Marine Biology, (counts as two courses)

6

Human Health and Environment

EES 4102 Wastewater Microbiology

2

EES 4401 Public Health Engineering

3

ENV 4351 Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

4

FOS 3042 Introductory Food Science

3

FOS 4204 Food Safety & Sanitation

3

VME 4611 Environmental Tox & Public Health

3

VME 4612 Principles of Envir/Human Tox 2

3

Microorganisms

MCB 2000 & MCB 2000L Microbiology & Laboratory

4

EES 4102 Wastewater Microbiology

2

MCB 3020 Basic Biology of Microorganisms

3

MCB 3020L Lab for Basic Biological Microorganisms

2

SOS 4303C Soil Microbial Ecology

3

Plants

AGR 3005 Principles of Crop Science

3

AGR 4231 Forage Science & Range Management

4

BOT 2710 Practical Plant Taxonomy

3

BOT 3143C Local Flora

3

FNR 3131C Dendrology/Forest Plants

4

FNR 3342 Tree Biology

3

ORH 3513C Environmental Plant Identification I

3

ORH 3514C, Ornamental Plant Identification II

3

PLS 4343C Identification & Ecology of Aquatic Plants

3

Human Dimensions

AEB 4123 Agricultural Law

3

AEB 3450 Introduction to Natural Resource & Environmental Economics

3

AEB 4274 Natural Resource & Environmental Policy

3

AEB 4125 Risk Management & the Law

2

AML 4453 Eco-criticism & American Nature Writing

3

ANT 3514 Biological Anthropology

4

ANT 4255 Rural People in the Modern World

3

ANT 4403 Environment & Cultural Behavior

3

APB 2341 Biotechnology & Human Affairs

3

ECP 3113 Population Economics

4

ECP 3302 Environmental Economics & Resource Policy

4

ENV 4612 Green Engineering Design & Sustainability

3

FNR 4545 Forests, Plants and Pollution

3

FOR 4664 Sustainable Ecotourism Development

3

FOS 4731 Government Regulations & the Food Industry

2

FYC 3401 Introduction to Social & Economic Perspectives on the Community

3

GEO 2500 Global/Regional Economies

3

GEO 3370 Conservation of Resources

3

GEO 3430 Population Geography

3

GEO 4554 Regional Development

3

INR 4035 Rich & Poor Nations in the International System

3

INR 4350 International Environmental Relations

3

LAA 3530 Landscape Management

3

LEI 3250 Introduction to Outdoor Recreation & Parks

3

LEI 3546 Park Management

3

MAN 3025 Principles of Management

4

PAD 4604 Administrative Law & Regulatory Policy

3

PLP 2000 Plants, Plagues & People

3

POS 4931 Comparative Environmental Politics

3

POT 3503 Environmental Ethics & Politics

3

PUP 3204 Politics & Ecology

3

PUP 4021 Law, Politics & Regulation

3

SYD 4140 Population Policy

3

URP 4000 Preview to Urban & Regional Planning

3

WIS 4523 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Conservation

3

Additional Skills and Concepts

Biology

APB 2162 Genetics & Society

3

AGR 3303 Genetics

3

BCH 4411 Mammalian Molecular Biology & Genetics

3

BSC 3096 Human Physiology

3

PCB 3063 Genetics

4

PCB 4674 Evolution

4

PCB 4723C Animal Physiology

5

Business Administration

ACG 2021C Introduction to Financial Accounting

4

AEB 3133 Principles of Agribusiness Management

3

AEB 3144 Introduction to Agricultural Finance

3

AEB 3300 Agricultural & Food Marketing

3

AEB 4343 International Agribusiness Marketing

3

FIN 3403 Business Finance

4

MAN 3025 Principles of Management

4

MAR 3023 Principles of Marketing

4

Chemistry

BCH 3025 Fundamentals of Biochemistry

4

BCH 4024 Introduction to Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

4

CHM 3120 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry

3

CHM 2200L Organic Chemistry Laboratory

1

CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry

3

CHM 2211 Organic Chemistry

3

CHM 2211L Organic Chemistry Laboratory

2

CHM 3400 Physical Chemistry

3

EES 4201 Water Chemistry

3

EES 4241C Water Analysis

3

Communication

AEE 3030C Effective Oral Communication

3

AEE 3033C Writing for Agricultural & Natural Resources

3

FNR 4040C Natural Resource Communication

3

Mathematics

EGM 3311 Introduction to Engineering Analysis

3

MAC 2313 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 3

4

MAP 2302 Elementary Differential Equations

3

MAS 3114 Computational Linear Algebra

3

MAS 4105 Linear Algebra 1

4

Pest Management

AOM 3333 Pesticide Application

3

FOR 4624C Forest Health Management

4

PMA 3010 Fundamentals of Pest Management

3

Social Sciences

AEB 3103 Principles of Food & Resource Economics

4

Spatial Analysis

ENV 4932 Spatial Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems

3

GEO 3151C Foundations of Geographic Information Systems

4

GEO 3162C Introduction to Quantitative Analysis for Geographers

4

GEO 4124C Air Photo Interpretation

4

SUR 3101 Basic Surveying & Mapping

3

SUR 4381 Remote Sensing

3

URP 4273 Survey of Spatial Information Systems for Urban Planning & Environmental Sciences

3

* If this course was taken to fulfill the core requirement, it cannot fulfill the elective requirement.

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Electives for Environmental Policy Track

The environmental policy track focuses on the social sciences that connect the natural sciences and engineering to society. Electives in the areas of policy, law, public administration and resource economics make this the preferred track for students interested in advancing to law school or in policy aspects of environmental consulting or public agency work.

Students may substitute appropriate graduate courses for listed electives, with approval of the college and permission of the instructor. To substitute a 6000-level course, the student must have senior standing and a junior-senior level GPA of at least 3.0

Electives for Environmental Policy Track

B.A.

(take nine courses)

27

EVS 4949 Environmental Science Internship

1-3

Environmental Law (take one)

AEB 4123 Agricultural Law

3

AEB 4125 Risk Management & the Law

2

*PUP 4021 Law, Politics & Regulation

3

Environmental Policy (take one) 3

*AEB 4274 Natural Resource & Environmental Policy

3

*AEB 4283 International Development Policy

3

*PUP 3204 Politics & Ecology

3

*PUP 4021 Law, Politics & Regulation

3

Public Administration (take one) 3

PAD 3003 Introduction to Public Administration

3

PAD 4034 Problems in Public Administration

3

*PAD 4604 Administrative Law & Regulatory Policy

3

Resource Economics (take one) 3

*AEB 3450 Introduction to Natural Resource & Environmental Economics

3

*ECP 3302 Environmental Economics & Resource Policy

4

Major Electives (take five) 15

AEB 4123 Agricultural Law

3

AEB 4242 International Trade Policy in Agriculture

3

AEB 4283 International Development Policy

3

AEB 4452 Advanced Natural Resource & Environmental Economics

3

AEE 3030C Effective Oral Communication

3

AEE 3033C Writing for Agricultural & Natural Resources

3

AEB 4125 Risk Management & the Law

3

AML 4453 Eco-criticism & American Nature Writing

3

ANT 4255 Rural People in the Modern World

3

ANT 4403 Environment & Cultural Behavior

3

ECO 3101 Intermediate Microeconomics

4(S)

ECO 3203 Intermediate Macroeconomics

4(S)

ECO 3530 Public Choice

4

ECP 3113 Population Economics

4

EVS 4949 Environmental Science Internship

1-3

FNR 4623 Integrated Natural Resource Management

3

FNR 4040C Natural Resource Communication

2

FYC 3401 Introduction to Social & Economic Perspectives on the Community

3

FOR 4664 Sustainable Ecotourism Development

3

FOS 4731 Government Regulation & the Food Industry

2

INR 4035 Rich & Poor Nations in the International System

3

INR 4350 International Environmental Relations

3

LEI 4833 Ecotourism

3

MAN 3025 Principles of Management

4

PAD 4034 Problems in Public Administration

3

PAD 4604 Administrative Law & Regulatory Policy

3

POS 2112 American State & Local Government

3

POS 4674 Political Change & Legal Development

3

POS 4931 Comparative Environmental Politics

3

POT 3503 Environmental Ethics & Politics

3

*PUP 3204 Politics & Ecology

3

*PUP 4021 Law, Politics & Regulation

3

SYD 3410 Urban Sociology

3

SYD 3600 Community Growth & Change

3

SYD 4020 Population

3

SYD 4140 Population Policy

3

URP 4000 Preview to Urban & Regional Planning

3

URP 4273 Survey of Spatial Information Systems for Urban Planning & Environmental Sciences

3

* If this course was taken to fulfill the core requirement, it cannot fulfill this elective requirement and the student must select a substitution from the major elective category.

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Electives for Environmental Policy and Business Track

The environmental policy and business track combines a general overview of business (courses in the major functional areas of business administration) with courses in environmental policy.

Along with the prerequisite ECO 2013 Microeconomics, the listed courses in the Warrington College of Business Administration would make students eligible for a minor in business administration. Similarly, combining the prerequisite AEB 3103, ACG 2021C and three of the listed AEB courses would make students eligible for a minor in food and resource economics. This track benefits employment in environmental consulting, corporate/agency environmental management or environmental law.

Students may substitute appropriate graduate courses for electives, with approval of the college and permission of the instructor. To substitute a 6000-level course, the student must have senior standing and a junior-senior level GPA of at least 3.0.

Electives for Environmental Policy and

B.A.

Business Track (take nine courses)

27

Required Electives (take four) including ACG 2021C, AEB 3144 or FIN 3403, AEB 3133 or MAN 3025, and MAR 3023 or (either) AEB 3300 or AEB 4343

13-16

ACG 2021C Introduction to Financial Accounting

4

AEB 3133 Principles of Agribusiness Management

3

AEB 3144 Introduction to Agricultural Finance

3

AEB 3300 Agricultural & Food Marketing

3

AEB 4343 International Agribusiness Marketing

3

FIN 3403 Business Finance

4

MAN 3025 Principles of Management

4

MAR 3023 Principles of Marketing

4

Major Electives (take four-five courses from the Environmental Policy track electives)

11-14

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Electives for Environmental Education Track

The environmental education track prepares students for work in nature education centers, environmental organizations, public agency environmental interpretation programs or as a nature tour guide in the private sector.

It is a suitable degree for entry into graduate school in education, but it does not lead directly to public school teacher certification nor toward efficient completion of the five-year professional teacher education program in the College of Education.

Students may substitute appropriate graduate courses for listed electives, with approval of the college and permission of the instructor. To substitute a 6000-level course, the student must have senior standing and a junior-senior level GPA of at least 3.0.

Electives for Environmental

.B.A.

Education Track (take nine courses)

27

Learning (take one)

EDF 3214 Learning & Cognition in Education

2

Measurement and Evaluation (take one)

EDF 4430 Measurement & Evaluation in Education

3

Environmental Education (take two)

SCE 4342 Environmental Education Methods & Materials

3

FOR 4640C Environmental Education Program Development

3

WIS 4523 Human Dimensions on Natural Resource Conservation

3

Leadership Development (take one)

AEE 3414 Leadership Development in Agriculture & Natural Resources

3

Major Electives (take four-five)

EVS 4949 Environmental Science Internship

1-3

Biology

BOT 2011C Plant Diversity

4

BOT 3143C Local Flora

3

ENY 3030C Insect Field Biology

3

FNR 3131C Dendrology/Forest Plants

4

ZOO 2203C Invertebrate Zoology

4

ZOO 2303C Vertebrate Zoology

4

ZOO 4473C Avian Biology

4

ZOO 4403C Field Problems in Marine Biology (counts as one or two courses)

4 or 6

Communication Skills

AEE 3030C Effective Oral Communication

3

AEE 3033C Writing for Agricultural & Natural Resources

3

AEE 3073 Intercultural Communications

3

AEE 3939 Agriculture & Natural Resources Communication Seminar

1

ENC 3250 Professional Communication

3

ENC 3310 Advanced Exposition

3

ENC 3312 Advanced Argumentative Writing

3

FNR 4040C Natural Resource Communication

2

JOU 3101 Reporting

3

JOU 4300 Magazine and Feature Writing

3

MMC 2100 Writing for Mass Communication

3

Education

AEE 4034 Campaign Strategies for Agriculture & Natural Resources

3

AEE 4500 Program Development & Evaluation in Human Resource Programs

3

DEP 3053 Developmental Psychology

3

EDF 3110 Human Growth & Development

3

EDF 4542 Philosophy of Education

3

FNR 4040C Natural Resource Communication

2

Human Dimensions

AEB 4283 International Development Policy

2

AML 4453 Eco-criticism & American Nature Writing

3

ANT 4403 Environment & Cultural Behavior

3

FOR 4664 Sustainable Ecotourism Development

3

FYC 3401 Introduction to Social & Economic Perspectives on the Community

3

INR 4035, Rich & Poor Nations in the International System

3

LEI 3250 Introduction to Outdoor Recreation & Parks

3

LEI 4833 Ecotourism

3

POS 4674 Political Change & Legal Development

3

URP 4000 Preview to Urban & Regional Planning

3

Policy

AEB 3450 Introduction to Natural Resource & Environmental Economics

3

AEB 4274 Natural Resource & Environmental Policy

3

ECP 3302 Environmental Economics & Resource Policy

4

FNR 4660C Natural Resource Policy & Administration

3

INR 4035 Rich & Poor Nations in the International System

3

INR 4350 International Environmental Relations

3

PAD 4034 Problems in Public Administration

3

PAD 4604 Administrative Law & Regulatory Policy

3

POS 4931 Comparative Environmental Politics

3

PUP 3204 Politics & Ecology

3

PUP 4021 Law, Politics & Regulation

3

Electives for Natural Resource Management Track

This track focuses on the applied sciences enabling sustainable use of natural resources

Students may substitute appropriate graduate courses for electives, with approval of the college and permission of the instructor. To substitute a 6000-level course, the student must have senior standing and a junior-senior level GPA of at least 3.0.

EVS 4949 Environmental Science Internship

1-3

American Federal Government (required)

 

POS 2041 American Federal Government

3

*Environmental Policy (take one)

3

AEB 4242 International Trade Policy in Agriculture

3

**AEB 4274 Natural Resource & Environmental Policy

3

AEB 4125 Risk Management & the Law

3

**INR 4035 Rich & Poor Nations in the International System

3

**INR 4350 International Environmental Relations

3

**PUP 3204Policy & Ecology

3

**PUP 4021 Law, Politics, & Regulation

3

POS 4931 Comparative Environmental Politics

3

Resource Economics (take one)

3

**AEB 3450 Introduction to Natural Resource & Environmental Economics

3

**ECP 3302 Environmental Economics & Resource Policy

4

GEO 2500 Geography of World Economics

3

Human Effects on the Environment (take one)

3

ALS 3133 Agriculture & Environmental Quality

3

AML 4453 Eco-criticism & American Nature Writing

3

ANT 4255 Rural People in the Modern World

3

ANT 4403 Environment & Cultural Behavior

3

FNR 4545 Forests, Plants and Pollution

3

**FOR 3004 Forests, Conservation & People

3

GEO 3370 Conservation of Resources

3

LEI 3250 Introduction to Outdoor Recreation & Parks

3

WIS 2040 Wildlife Issues in a Changing World

3

WIS 4523 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Conservation

3

URP 4000 Preview to Urban & Regional Planning

3

Resource Management (take two)

6

AEB 4283 International Development Policy

3

AEB 4452 Advanced Natural Resource & Environmental Economics

3

ALS 3133 Agriculture & Environmental Quality

3

ALS 3135 Agricultural Ecology

3

AGR 3005 Principles of Crop Science

3

AGR 4231 Forage Science & Range Management

4

**EES 3008 Energy & Environment

3

EES 4103 Applied Ecology

2

EES 4050Environmental Planning & Design

3

ENV 4612 Green Engineering Design & Sustainability

3

**FAS 4305C Introduction to Fishery Science

3

FNR 4623 Integrated Natural Resource Management

3

FOR 3153C Forest Ecology

3

**FOR 4621 Quantitative Forest Management

3

FOR 4664 Sustainable Ecotourism Development

3

**LAA 3530 Landscape Management

3

LEI 4833 Ecotourism

3

MAN 3025 Principles of Management

4

**SOS 4231C Soils & Land Use

3

**WIS 3401 Wildlife Ecology & Management

3

WIS 4443C Wetland Wildlife Resources

3

WIS 4541C Terrestrial Wildlife Resources

3

WIS 4545 Ecology & Management of Wildlife Invasions

3

WIS 4554 Conservation Biology

3

Skills for Resource Management (take one)

3

AEE 3030C Effective Oral Communication

3

AEE 3033C Writing for Agricultural & Natural Resources

3

EES 4021 Modeling Environmental System Dynamics

3

EES 5307 Ecological Engineering

3

ENV 3040 Computational Methods in Environmental Engineering Sciences

3

ENV 4601 Environmental Resources Management

2

ENV 4932 Spatial Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems

3

FNR 3131C Dendrology/Forest Plants

4

FNR 3410C Natural Resource Sampling

4

FNR 4040C Natural Resource Communication

2

FYC 3401 Introduction to Social & Economic Perspectives on the Community

3

**GEO 3280 Principles of Geographic Hydrology

3

GEO 4124C Air Photo Interpretation

4

SUR 2101C Geomatics

3

SUR 3620 Geographic Information Systems

2

SUR 3620L Geographic Information Systems Laboratory

1

SUR 4381 Remote Sensing

3

URP 4273 Survey of Spatial Information Systems for Urban Planning & Environmental Sciences

3

* Note: POS 2041 is a prerequisite for all courses in the environmental policy category.

** If this course was taken to fulfill the core requirement, it cannot fulfill this elective requirement, and the student must select a substitution from the categories of human effects, resource management, or quantitative methods.

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Combined Bachelor's/Master's Degree Program

Eligible seniors in this college can participate in a 4-years-plus-1-year Bachelor's/Master's degree program sequence combining a Bachelor's degree in environmental science with a Master of Science in interdisciplinary ecology.

The combined degree program leaves the existing Bachelor's degree program intact, except that students can substitute up to nine hours of graduate courses for undergraduate electives, as approved by the college. These graduate courses are double-counted toward the 38 credits required for the Master of Science, which can be completed in a year (3-4 semesters) after the Bachelor's degree.

Courses available to students seeking the combined degree, to be taken for graduate credit during the senior year, include courses identified, in the graduate degree curriculum in Interdisciplinary Ecology as meeting the requirements for Principles of Ecology and for Particular Systems and courses in the subject areas of Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Sustainability Studies (web.cnre.ufl.edu/curriculum.htm).

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Eligibility:

  • Completion of all pre-professional requirements and 15 hours of the environmental science core courses
  • Senior status (4NE)
  • Minimum junior-senior level GPA of 3.3
  • Minimum total combined GRE score of 1100.

Minor in Environmental Science (for scientists)

Students outside the College of Natural Resources and Environment may apply for admission to the minor in environmental science.

The minor is intended for students in liberal sciences, agricultural sciences, engineering or business. It requires exposure to the major subject areas of environmental science included in the core of the college major. It requires five courses (15-17 hours), selected as follows:

EES 3000 and EES 3000L Environmental Science and Humanity and Laboratory

4

Take one course in principles of ecology:

 

ALS 3135 Agricultural Ecology

3

BOT 4935 Plant Ecology

3

EES 4103 Applied Ecology (GE-B)

2

PCB 3034C Introduction to Ecology (GE-B)

4

or PCB 4044C General Ecology (GE-B)

4

or FOR 3153C Forest Ecology (GE-B)

3

Take one course each from three of the five following subject areas as detailed in the Core Requirements for the Major.

 

Environmental Ethics

3

Organic Chemistry

2-3

Global Sciences

3

Policy

3

Natural Resource Management

3

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Minor in Environmental Studies (for non-scientists)

The minor in environmental studies (for non-scientists) is distinct from the minor in environmental science (for science-oriented students). It provides course work with high environmental relevance but only an introductory scientific foundation for students in fields such as architecture, humanities or fine arts who want to gain useful knowledge of the environment without having access blocked by course prerequisites in the biophysical sciences. The minor requires exposure to a combination of basic environmental science, issues, applications and policy. It requires five courses (15-17 hours), selected as follows:

Principles of Ecology (take one course):

 

ALS 3135 Agricultural Ecology

3

EES 3000 and EES 3000L Environmental Science and Humanity and Laboratory

4

EES 4103 Applied Ecology (GE-B)

2

PCB 3034C Introduction to Ecology (GE-B)

4

@crs_YEAR = Environmental Issues and Application (take two or three courses):

 

ALS 3133 Agriculture and Environmental Quality

3

AGR 3001 Environment, Food and Society

3

AMH 3460 U.S. Urban History

3

ANT 2700 Introduction to Applied Anthropology

3

ANT 4266 Economic Anthropology

3

APB 2162 Genetics and Society

3

ARC 3610 Environmental Technology 1

3

FAS 2024 Global and Regional Perspectives in Fisheries

3

FOR 2662 Ecotourism: Linking People and the Environment

3

FOR 3004 Forests, Conservation and People

3

GEO 3370 Conservation of Resources

3

GEO 3430 Population Geography

3

GLY 1801 Mineral Resources of the World

3

LAA 2710 History and Theory of Landscape Architecture

4

LAA 3530 Landscape Management

3

LEI 3250 Introduction to Outdoor Recreation and Parks

3

OCE 3016 Introduction to Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering

3

PLP 2000 Plants, Plagues and People

3

SOS 4213 Soils and Environmental Quality

3

SYD 3410 Urban Sociology

3

SYD 3600 Community Growth and Change

3

SYD 4020 Population

3

URP 3001 Cities of the World

3

WIS 2040 Wildlife Issues in a Changing World

3

WIS 2552 Biodiversity Conservation

3

Take one course each from one or two of these categories:

 

Environmental Ethics

AEB 4126 Agricultural & Natural Resource Ethics (GE-H, S)

3

PHM 3032 Ethics and Ecology (GE-H)

3

POT 3503 Environmental Ethics and Politics

3

REL 3492 Religion, Ethics and Nature (GE-H)

3

Earth Systems

GEO 2200 and GEO 2200L Physical Geography and Laboratory (GE-P)

4

GLY 1000 Exploring the Geological Sciences (GE-P)

3

GLY 1033 Introduction to Global Change

3

GLY 2030C Environmental & Engineering Geology (GE-P)

4

GLY 2080C Introduction to Marine Sciences

3

MET 1010 Introduction to Weather and Climate

3

OCE 1005 Introductory Oceanography (GE-P)

3

Policy

AEB 3103 Principles of Food and Resource Economics

4

AEB 4123 Agricultural Law

3

AEB 3450 Introduction to Natural Resource and Environmental Economics

3

ECP 3113 Population Economics

4

ECP 3302 Environmental Economics and Resource Policy

4

PUP 3204 Politics and Ecology (GE-S)

3

PUP 4021 Law, Politics and Public Interest (GE-S)

3

 

Students must earn 45 credits before they can apply for the minor in environmental science. The application is available in 103 Black Hall. Students must first obtain the signature of the dean or authorized representative of their major college before submitting the completed form to 103 Black Hall for processing.

Transfer work will be accepted only for PCB 3034C, PCB 4044C and an earth systems course. To be considered for admission to the minor, students must have a minimum 2.00 overall GPA on all UF course work attempted.

The minor will be listed on the transcript at graduation.

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