Suggested Plan of Study for a B.S. Degree in Environmental Science
with a
Concentration in Soil Science

Below is our suggested Plan of Study that will fulfill all the requirements for a B.S. degree in Environmental Science with a Soil Science concentration. You should visit our General Catalog Env. Sci. Page for a general explanation of this major and its degree requirements. The plan of study below assumes that the student has already met the foreign language requirements (Group 1).

1st Semester Soil Science (Env. Sci. Major): Fall, Year 1
Credits Requirements
  • CHEM 127Q
    		• General Chemistry 4 cr. Major, Group 8
  • BIOL 107
    		• Princ. of Biology 4 cr. Major, Group 8
  • ENGL 105
    		• English Composition 3 cr. Group 2
  • MATH 112Q
    		• Intro. Calculus 1 4 cr. Major, Group 3, & Q
    15 cr. = Total
    2nd Semester Soil Science (Env. Sci. Major): Spring, Year 1
    Credits Requirements
  • CHEM 128Q
    		• General Chemistry 4 cr. Major
  • BIOL 108
    		• Princ. of Biology 3 cr. Major
  • ENGL 109
    		• Lit. & Composition 3 cr. Group 2
  • MATH 113Q
    		• Intro. Calculus 2 4 cr. Major, Group 3, & Q
  • ART 191
    		• Architecture I 3 cr. Group 4
    17 cr. = Total
    3rd Semester Soil Science (Env. Sci. Major): Fall, Year 2
    Credits Requirements
  • PHYS 121Q
    		• General Physics 4 cr. Major
  • CHEM 141
    		• Organic Chemistry 3 cr. Department
  • HIST 101
    		• Modern History 3 cr. Group 5
  • MATH 114Q
    		• Intro. Calculus 3 4 cr. Major
    14 cr. = Total
    4th Semester Soil Science (Env. Sci. Major): Spring, Year 2
    Credits Requirements
  • ARE 150
    		• Princ. Agric. & Res. Econ. 3 cr. Major, & Group 7
  • GEOL 102
    		• Intro. Geology 3 cr. Major
  • PLSC 250
    		• Soils 3 cr. Soil Conc.
  • PHYS 122Q
    		• General Physics 4 cr. Major
  • PHYS 123Q
    		• General Physics Problems 3 cr. Major
    16 cr. = Total
    5th Semester Soil Science (Env. Sci. Major): Fall, Year 3
    Credits Requirements
  • PLSC 259C
    		• Soil Chemistry 3 cr. Soil Conc., & C
  • PLSC 205W
    		• Soil Morph., Gen. & Tax. 4 cr. Soil Conc., & W
  • MCB 229
    		• Fundamentals of Microbiology 4 cr. Major
  • STAT 110V
    		• Elem. Concepts of Statistics 4 cr. Major, Q & C
    15 cr. = Total
    6th Semester Soil Science (Env. Sci. Major): Spring, Year 3
    Credits Requirements
  • PLSC 252W
    		• Soils, Land Use, & Env. 3 cr. Soil Conc., & W
  • GEOL 251
    		• Earth Surface Processes 3 cr.
  • PLSC 258
    PLSC 212
    PLSC 290W
    		• Soil Fertility, or
    Vegetable Crops & Their Env., or
    Env. Planning & Landscape Design     		3 cr.
    ..3
    ..3     		Soil Conc.
    ... Soil Conc.
    ... Soil Conc.
  • MARN 170
    		• Intro. to Oceanography 3 cr. Major
  • EEB 244(W)
    		• General Ecology 3 cr. Major, & W
    15 cr. = Total
    7th Semester Soil Science (Env. Sci. Major): Fall, Year 4
    Credits Requirements
  • NRME 240
    		• Environmental Law 3 cr. Major
  • NRME 241
    		• Meteorology 3 cr. Major
  • GEOL 234C
    		• Intro. to Ground-Water Hydrology 4 cr. Major
  • GEOL 220
    		• Princ. of Geomorphology 3 cr. Major
  • ANSC 226
    		• Environmental Health 3 cr. Major
    16 cr. = Total
    8th Semester Soil Science (Env. Sci. Major): Spring, Year 4
    Credits Requirements
  • Elective in
    		• Philosophy/Ethics 3 cr. Group 6
  • Elective in
    		• Non-West./Latin category 3 cr. Group 5
  • Elective in
    		• Literature 3 cr. Group 4
  • ARE 235
    		• Env. & Res. Economics 3 cr. Major
  • GEOG 236
    		• Human Modif. of Nat. Env. 3 cr. Major
    15 cr. = Total

    Last updated: 18 April 1997

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