Environmental Science & Sustainability B.S. 4-Year Plan
This is a sample plan for graduating in four years with an Environmental Science & Sustainability B.S. at Ohio University.
Program: BS2109
Year 1
Fall
- PBIO 1000 & 1000L (4 credits)
- GEOG 1100 (4 credits)
- MATH 1350 (FQR) (4 credits)
- CAS 1415 (3 credits)
TOTAL 15 credits
Spring
- PBIO 1140 (PNS) (4 credits)
- ENG 1510 (FWC) (3 credits)
- GEOL 2150 (3 credits)
- GEOL 2020 (1 credit)
- SOC 1000 (PSBS, CAS SS) (3 credits)
TOTAL 14 credits
Year 2
Fall
- GEOG 2400 (3 credits)
- CHEM 1210 or 1510 (PNS, CAS NS) (4 credits)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE (CAS FL) (4 credits)
- ECON 1030 (PSS, CAS SS) (3 credits)
- Any Intercultural Explorations (IE) (2 credits)
TOTAL 16 credits
Spring
- PBIO 2090 (CAS NS) (3 credits)
- CHEM 1210 or 1520 (CAS NS) (4 credits)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE (CAS FL) (4 credits)
- Social Equity and Justice requirement (3 credits)
TOTAL 14 credits
Year 3
Fall
- PBIO 3350 Ethics (BER) (3 credits)
- Experiential Learning requirement (BLD) (2 credits)
- Advanced Writing (FAW) (3 credits)
- Arches: Connected World (3 credits)
- Statistics* (PBIO 3150 or GEOG 2170 or MATH 2500) (3 credits)
Total 14 credits
Spring
- Environmental Policy & Planning requirement* (3 credits)
- Environmental Economics requirement* (3 credits)
- Arches: Constructed World (3 credits)
- Arches: Natural World (3 credits)
- Any Diversity and Practice (BDP) (3 credits)
Total 15 credits
Year 4
Fall
- Major Elective* (3 credits)
- Major Elective* (3 credits)
- Any Speaking and Listening (BSL) (1 credit)
- Any Humanities Art (PHA) (3 credits)
- Any Humanities Texts (CAS HUM) (3 credits)
- Elective 2XXX or above (3 credits)
TOTAL 16 credits
Spring
- Major Elective* (3 credits)
- Major Elective* (3 credits)
- Major Capstone (CAP)* (3 credits)
- Any Humanities Texts (PHTC, CAS HUM) (3 credits)
- Elective 2XXX or above (3 credits)
TOTAL 15 credits
Electives – Years 2 and 3
Choose one course from each of these categories.
Year 2 – Social Equity/Justice requirement (choose one)
- SOC 2300 Social Inequalities and Social Change 3
- GEOG 3410 Geography of Hunger and Food Security 3
- GEOG 4560 The Just & Sustainable City 3
- SOC 4810 Environmental Sociology 3
Year 3 – Statistics requirement (choose one)
- GEOG 2170 Introduction to Statistics in Geography 3
- MATH 2500 Introduction to Statistics 3
- PBIO 3150 Statistical Methods in Plant Biology 4
Year 3 – Experiential Learning (choose one)
- ES 4832 Sustainability Implementation Practicum 3
- ES 4910 Environmental Studies Leadership Experience 2
- GEOG 4910 Internship 2
- PBIO 4910 Internship 2
PBIO 4940 Undergraduate Research 2
- GEOG 4942 Research Experience in Environmental Geography 2
Year 3 – Environmental Policy and Planning requirement (choose one)
- ES 3620 Environmental Science and Public Policy 3
- ES 4710 Bioenergy: Science, Policy and Business 3
- GEOG 4520 Environmental and Sustainability Planning 3
- POLS 4250 Environmental & Natural Resource Politics and Policy 3
- POLS 4840 Politics of Sustainability 3
Year 3 – Environmental Economics requirement (choose one)
- ECON 3010C Economy of Altruism 2
- ECON 3130 Economics of the Environment 3
- ECON 3350 Energy Economics 3
- ECON 3510 Agricultural Development 3
- MKT 4100 Sustainability Marketing 3
Subtotal 13-16 credits
Additional suggested courses
- ENG 3100J – Writing about Environmental Sustainability (3) would fulfill your Advanced Writing requirement (FAW) in year 2.
- HIST 3060 – American Environmental History (3) could be taken as a (non-major) elective.
Major Electives – Year 4
Choose 4 courses from at least 2 departments, a minimum of 2 at the 3XXX or 4XXX level.
- BIOS 2200 Conservation & Biodiversity 3
- GEOG 2680 Introduction to GIS & Mapping 3
- GEOL 2710 Water Resource & Sustainability 3
- GEOL 2310 Water and Pollution 3
- PBIO 2060 Sustainable Agriculture 3
- BIOS or GEOG 3160 Biogeography 3
- GEOG 3020 Climatology 3
- GEOG 3150 or
- GEOL 3300 Landforms and Landscapes or Geomorphology 3
- GEOG 3300 Geography of Europe 3
- GEOG 3310 Geography of Africa 3
- GEOG 3330 Appalachia: Land and People 3
- GEOG 3350 Geography of Latin America 3
- GEOG 3430 Global Issues in Environment 3
- GEOG 3440 Agricultural Ecosystems 3
- GEOG 3450 Access to Water in a Changing World 3
- GEOG 3580 Environmental Hazards 3
- GEOL 3060 Geodata Analysis for Geological Sciences 3
- GEOL 3700 Groundwater Fundamentals and Practices 3
- PBIO 3220 Tropical Ecology 3
- PBIO 3260 Plant Ecophysiology 4
- PBIO 3330 Restoration Ecology 3
- REC 3550 Principles of Ecotourism 3
- SOC 3090 Sociology of Appalachia 3
- BIOS 4310 Aquatic Biology 3
- ES 4250 Watershed Management 3
- ES 4300 Field Methods in ES 3
- ES 4610 Resilience Theory and Practice 3
- ES 4720 Energy Systems and Policy 3
- ES 4730 Environmental Entrepreneurship 3
- GEOG 4170 Landscape Ecology 3
- GEOG 4660 Remote Sensing 3
- GEOG 4450 Gender, Environment and Development 3
- GEOG 4470 Natural Resource Conservation 3
- GEOL 4270 Water Geochemistry 3
- GEOL 4750 Watershed and Stream Hydrology 3
- GEOL 4800 Hydrogeology 3
- PBIO 4380 Soil Properties and Ecosystems Processes 4
Year 4 – T3 or Capstone
Choose one.
- T3 4850 Sustainability Citizenship 3
- T3 4080 Environmentalism in America 3
- T3 4010 Climate Change and Public Health 3
- ES 4500 Environmental Studies Capstone 3