Science Focus Requirements

In addition to the core courses, Science Focus majors are required to take the following:

Required Science Courses

• BIOL 285 Principles of Ecology (5)
• BIOL 210/211 Principles of Biology (4/4)
• Either CHEM 210/211 General Chemistry or PHYS 201/211 Intro to Mechanics/ Electromag. (4/4)

Social Science Electives – must take one 3-credit course from:

• ANTH/BIOL: 105 Human Biology and Evolution
• ANTH/ BIOL: 290 Plants and Society
• ANTH 111 Cultural Anthropology
• ANTH: 112 Archaeology and World Prehistory
• ECON 341 Environmental Economics (4)
• ECON 342 Natural Resource Economics (4)
• ECON 351 Public Sector Economics (4)
• ENVS 230 Intro to GIS (4)
• SOAN/ENVS 250 Environmental Sociology
• SOAN 350 Global Political Economy – 4 credits
• SOCL 101 Fundamentals of Sociology
• SOCL 370 Society, State and Social Policy

Science Electives – must take 8 credits each from:

Anthropology/Biology

• 290 (Plants and Society- 4)

Biology

• 204 Introduction to Ecology – DCE (3)
• 225 Tropical Ecology of Costa Rica (3)
• 235 Field Methods in Bio. and Env. Sci. (4)
• 250 Plant Growth and Development (5)
• 260 Plant Diversity and Ecology (4)
• 270 Genetics (5)
• 280 Marine Ecology (4)
• 300 Topics in Biology (3)
• 330 Insect Biology (4)
• 350 Woody Plants (4)
• 361 General Microbiology (4)
• 385 Plant Systematics (5)
• 400 Molecular Cell Biology (5)
• 410 Animal Behavior (4)
• 450 Evolution (5)
• 480 Independent Study (1-5)

Chemistry

• 210/211 General Chemistry
• 321/322 Organic Chemistry (4/4)
• 330 Writing in Chemistry (4)
• 335 Quantitative Analysis (4)
• 350/351 Inorganic Chemistry (4)

Environmental Studies

• 302 Shoreline Ecology – DCE (3)
• 303 Human Ecosystems – DCE (3)
• 305 Environmental Issues & the Physical Sciences – DCE (3)
• 306 Fire History of the Cascades – DCE (3)
• 307 Issues in Science: Georesources – DCE (3)
• 308 Water Resources – DCE (3)
• 360 Forest Ecology and Management (4)
• 380 Conservation Biology (4)
• 440 Epidemiology (3)
• 450 Environmental Health (3)
• 480 Independent Study (1-5)
• 487 Internship (2-5)
• 490 Independent Research or Thesis (2-5)

Physics

• 210/211 Intro to Mechanics / Electromag. (5)
• 220 Thermal and Statistical Physics (3)
• 252 Engineering Statics and Dynamics (3)
• 253 Strength of Materials (3)
• 303 Introduction to Materials Science (3)
• 325 Computational Physics (3)

* Some substitutions allowed by permission of the ENVS Coordinator