Environmental Science
See also: Environmental Studies
Ohio Dominican University offers two interdisciplinary majors (Environmental Science and Environmental Studies) for motivated students that desire to know our environment, to understand the current urgent environmental dilemma, and to seek a sustainable future. Environmental problems and their solutions are a complex mix of science, ethics, economics and politics. To understand the dilemma, an environmental science major must gain a strong base of scientific knowledge as well as a foundation in other disciplines. An interdisciplinary approach will be utilized to describe, analyze, and seek scientific solutions for the problems that arise at the interface of human actions and ecological processes. Quantitative reasoning and creativity will be applied to understanding the complexity and variety of environmental problems found all around us. Study will include agriculture, water, energy production, waste management, and the incorporation of ecological cycles into human activity as a means to decrease environmental impacts. Graduates will be prepared for jobs with city, state, regional, and federal agencies; non-profit groups, environmental consulting, conservation, restoration, sustainable agriculture, sustainable development, green business, and environmental education. They will also be prepared for graduate school in environmental science/studies, law, anthropology, economics, fisheries, wildlife management, and other related fields.
Courses
See course descriptions for pre-requisites and co-requisites |
Credits |
| BIO 111 General Biology I |
4* |
| BIO 112 General Biology II |
4* |
| BIO 330 Ecology |
4* |
| CHM 109 General Chemistry I |
4* |
| CHM 110 General Chemistry II |
4* |
| CHM 229 Organic Chemistry I |
4* |
| CHM 230 Organic Chemistry II |
4* |
| ENV 110 Environmental Science |
2* |
| ENV113 Geology |
2* |
| ENV 473 Research Methods |
2* |
| ENV 497 Internship & Capstone |
4* |
| MTH 240 Calculus I |
4* |
| POL 290 Politics & Govnerment: Process & Issues |
4* |
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Select eight credits from the following:
(four credits must be in ENV courses) |
8* |
| BIO 224 Botany (4) |
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| BIO 227 Microbiology (4) |
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| BIO 348a TS: Evolution (4) |
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| BIO 366 Genetics (4) |
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| CHM 359 Analytical Chemistry (4) |
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| ENV 230 Sustainability (4) |
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| ENV 240 Understanding NEPA (4) |
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| ENV 320 Water Resource Management (4) |
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| ENV 386/486 Independent Research (1-4) |
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| MTH 140 Introduction to Statistics (4) |
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| Select six credits from the following courses: |
6 |
| ART 210 Botanical Illustration (2) |
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| PHL 242 Applied Ethics (4) |
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| PHL 348b Bioethics (4) |
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| Select four credits from the following courses: |
4 |
| ECN 101 Principles of Economics (4) |
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| ECN 225 Intermediate Microeconomics (4) |
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| GEO 125 World Geography (4) |
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| PHL 230 Principles of Justice (4) |
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| Select eight credits from the following courses not taken elsewhere: |
8 |
| PHL 230 Principles of Justice (4) |
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| PJU 230 Interpersonal Negotiation and Mediation (4) |
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| PJU 379b Reflections on Justice: Catholic Social Teaching (4) |
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| POL 279a Reflections on the Common Good: Environmental Values Policymaking (4) |
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| POL 279c Reflections on the Common Good: American Political Thought, Nature, and the Common Good (4) |
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| Total Credits Required |
72 |
| *used to calculate the Major GPA |
