Undergraduate Degree

Environmental Sciences and Management Major

Program:
Environmental Sciences and Management Major
Plan Code:
LBENVS_BS1
Program Level:
Undergraduate
Award Type:
Bachelor of Science
College:
Lyman Briggs College
Relevant Excerpt(s) from Academic Programs:
Department:
Lyman Briggs Dean


Excerpt from the official Academic Programs Catalog:

Listed below are the approved requirements for the program from the official Academic Programs Catalog.
Students must consult their advisors to learn which specific requirements apply to their degree programs.


Lyman Briggs College

Undergraduate Program

Environmental Sciences and Management Major

                 
3. Environmental Sciences and Management
a. A minimum of 41 credits from the courses listed below including:
(1) One of the following groups of courses (8 or 10 credits):
(a) LB 118 Calculus I 5
STT 231 Statistics for Scientists 3
(b) MTH 132 Calculus I 3
MTH 133 Calculus II 4
STT 231 Statistics for Scientists 3
(2) One course from each of the following 7 areas (24 to 26 credits):
(a) Ecology:
ZOL 355 Ecology 3
ZOL 355L Ecology Laboratory 1
(b) Geology:
GLG 201 The Dynamic Earth 4
(c) Taxonomy or Phylogenetic Biology:
ENT 404 Fundamentals of Entomology 4
PLB 418 Plant Systematics 3
ZOL 306 Invertebrate Biology 4
(d) Biochemistry:
BMB 401 Basic Biochemistry 4
(e) Aquatic Systems:
FW 420 Stream Ecology 3
(f) Microbiology:
MMG 301 Introductory Microbiology 3
(g) EC 201 Introduction to Microeconomics 3
(3) One course from each of the following three groups (9 to 11 credits):
(a) FOR 464 Forest Resource Economics (W)  3
SOC 452 Environment and Society 3
(b) FW 424 Population Analysis and Management 4
FW 444 Conservation Biology 3
(c) FW 410 Upland Ecosystem Management 3
FW 417 Wetland Ecology and Management 3
Students who elect Sociology 452 must also complete Sociology 452L to meet
requirement 4. a. (3) (a).