School of Environmental Studies

Environmental & Sustainability Studies

Environmental Science: Biology | 120 Hours

General Education Curriculum Applies to all ESS Undergraduate Degree Concentrations

General Curriculum (41-42 hours)

• ENGL 1010 English Composition I (3)
• ENGL 1020 English Composition II (3)
• COMM 2025 Fundamentals of Communication or PC 2500 Communicating in the Professions (3)
• MATH 1710 Pre-Calculus Algebra; MATH 1830 Applied Calculus; or MATH 1910 Calculus I (3 or 4)
• HIST 2010 Early United States History (3)
• HIST 2020 Modern United States History (3)
• ENGL 2130, 2235, or 2330 Literature (3)
• ECON 2010 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• CHEM 1010 Introductory Chemistry I or CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I (4)
• ESS 1100 Intro. to Environmental Studies (3)
• BIOL 1113 General Biology I (4)
• Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)
• Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)

Major Field Core Curriculum (37-38 hours)

• AGBE 4120 or ECON 4120 Natural Resource Economics (3)
• BIOL 3120/3130 General Ecology (with lab or non-lab) (3-4)
• ESS 3710 Chemistry and the Environment (3)
• ESS 3000 Intro. to Environmental Law (3)
• ESS 4001/4002 Society and the Environment: Capstone Experience Part I and II (6)
• GEOL 1045 Earth Environment, Resources and Society or GEOL 1040 Physical Geology (4)
• HIST 3900 Environmental History or ESS 3200 Nonprofit Organizations and the Environment (3)
• MATH 3070 Statistical Methods I or BIOL 4220 Biostatistics (3)
• SOC 3600 Environmental Sociology or ESS 4110 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (3)
• ESS 2100 Environment and Ethics (3)
• ESS 3100 Global Sustainability Issues & Initiatives (3)

Concentration Core (12 hours)

• BIOL 1123 General Biology II (4)
• BIOL 2310 General Botany (4)
• BIOL 3140 Cell Biology, BIOL 3200 General Microbiology or BIOL 3810 General Genetics (4)

Science Electives (6-8 hours)

Choose two of the following:

• AGRN 3000 Soils (4)
• GEOG/GEOL 3200 Water Resources (3)
• GEOG 4510 Theory of GIS I (3)
• PHYS 2010 Algebra-based Physics I (4)

Directed Electives (12 hours)

Choose four of the following:

• AHGT 3450 Dendrology (3)
• BIOL 3240 Field Botany (3)
• BIOL 3330 Entomology (3)
• BIOL 4130 Environmental Microbiology (3)
• BIOL 4170 Population and Conservation Genetics (3)
• BIOL 4230 Animal Behavior (3)
• BIOL 4330 Plant Ecology (3)
• BIOL 4610 Invertebrate Zoology (3)
• BIOL 4630 Ornithology (3)
• BIOL 4650 Marine Biology (3)
• BIOL 4810 Ichthyology (3)
• BIOL 4820 Mammalogy (3)
• BIOL 4830 Herpetology (3)
• BIOL 4840 Limnology (3)
• BIOL 4850 Applied Microbiology (3)
• WFS 4730 Conservation Biology (3)

Free Electives (8-12 hours)
 

Environmental Science Biology: Year by Year Flow Chart (PDF)
Environmental Science Biology Checklist (PDF)

For questions, please contact your advisor:

Dr. Samantha Allen — saallen@tntech.edu
Dr. Tammy Boles — tboles@tntech.edu
Lisa Brown — lbrown@tntech.edu
David Hajdik — dhajdik@tntech.edu
Dr. Hayden Mattingly — hmattingly@tntech.edu
Dr. Steve Sharp — ssharp@tntech.edu