A Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science requires 122 credit hours and the Environmental Science degree is designed for a four-year program of study. Students in the baccalaureate degree programs are required to complete a minimum of 30 credit hours in the upper division courses, i.e., 300 and 400 level courses before they can graduate.
- General Science Requirements - 32 Credits
- General Education Requirements - 34 Credits
- Core Environmental Courses - 56 Credits
A student needs to complete general courses and general education electives within the first two years of study with a grade point average of 2.0 or better before taking the upper level core courses (300 and 400-level courses).
Degree Checklist (PDF) Enrollment Data
Environmental Science and Natural Resources (123 Credits)
| General Education Requirements | Credits | Prerequisites | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English/Communication: | |||
| ENGL 1110 | Composition I | 3 | ENGL 098 or satisfactory placement scores |
| ENGL 2120 | Intermediate Composition | 3 | ENGL 1110 |
| Mathematics: | |||
| MATH 1220 | College Algebra | 4 | MATH 1215 or satifactory placement scores |
| MATH 1230 | Trigonometry | 4 | MATH 1220 |
| Diné Studies: NAVA 1110, 2210, or 2230 | 3 | ||
| HIST 1120 | United States History II | 3 | ENGL 098 |
| Humanities/Social Sciences: HUMN 1180 | 3 | ||
| Creative & Fine Arts course: | 3 | ||
| Natural or Physical Science: CHEM 1217C or BIOL 1110 | 4 | SEE CATALOG | |
| Information Tech/Applied Computers: BCIS 1115 | 3 | ||
| SSC 100 | College Success | 1 | |
| ENV SCI & NAT RES CORE REQUIREMENTS | |||
| Semester ONE | Credits | Prerequisites | |
| ENVS 1110C | Environmental Science I | 4 | |
| GIT 105 | Fundamentals of Cartography | 3 | |
| ENVS 1130C | The Blue Planet | 4 | |
| Semester TWO | |||
| ENVS 1120C | Environmental Science II | 4 | ENV 102 |
| ENV 245 | Natural Resources I | 4 | |
| CHM 286 or SUST 1134C | Inorganic Chemistry with Lab or Introduction to Sustainability Studies | 4 | |
| Semester THREE | |||
| ENV 289 | Natural Resources II | 4 | ENVS 1110C |
| GIT 110 | Geographic Information Systems I | 3 | MATH 1220 |
| CHEM 2130C or ENVS 2111C | Organic Chemistry I or Environmental Engineering and Science | 4 | SEE CATALOG |
| Semester FOUR | |||
| GEOL 1120C | Environmental Geology | 4 | |
| ENV 255 | Introduction to Hydrology | 4 | MATH 1220, ENGL 1110 |
| GIT 111 | Geographic Information Systems II | 3 | GIT 110 |
| Semester FIVE | |||
| ENV 216 | Fundamentals of Ecology with Lab | 4 | |
| CHEM 2325C | Environmental Chemistry | 4 | CHEM 1217C |
| ENGR 234 | Engineering Statistics | 3 | MATH 1520 |
| Semester SIX | |||
| ENV 350 | Environmental Law I | 3 | |
| ENV 365 | Natural Resources Management with Lab | 4 | |
| MATH 1240 | Pre-Calculus | 4 | MATH 1220 |
| Summer Session | |||
| ENV 312 | Summer Internship | 3 | |
| Semester SEVEN | |||
| ENV 425 | Advanced Environmental Law | 3 | |
| GIT 202 | Remote Sensing | 4 | MATH 1220 |
| ENV 485 | Environmental Regulation Enforcement | 3 | |
| Semester EIGHT | |||
| GIT 220 | Database Query | 3 | GIT 111 |
| ENV 464 | Capstone | 4 | |
| GIT 210 | Service Learning Project | 1 | GIT 111 |
| TOTAL REQUIRED CREDITS | 122 | ||
Program Advisors
Steven Chischilly, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 505.786.4147
M.S., Biological Science EPO, University of Colorado
B.S., Biological Science, Fort Lewis College
A.S., Agriculture, Fort Lewis College
Dr. Abhishek RoyChowdhury, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 505.387.7434
Ph.D., Environmental Management, Montclair State University, NJ
M.S., Environmental Science, University of Calcutta, India
B.S., Zoology (with Honors), University of Calcutta, India