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Environmental Science (Major)

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College
College of Arts & Sciences

Degree Type
Bachelor of Science (BS)

Program Type
Major

Program Delivery
On Campus

Time to Completion
4 Years

Climate change. Ecosystem degradation. The extinction of species. Our world faces environmental threats unprecedented in the history of humanity—and needs professionals armed with the tools to not only understand environmental problems but also how to address them.

The multi-disciplinary approach in Chaminade’s Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Sciences offers just that. Building on a foundation of knowledge and using observation and research, students are challenged to consider environmental problems and their solutions from different perspectives, from a scientific lens to a legal, social or cultural one.

Upon completion of the undergraduate B.S. program in Environmental Science, students will be able to:

  1. Authenticate their commitment to service, justice and peace through experiential project-based activities that enhance the condition of the integral ecology, care for creation and value all voices.
  2. Apply scientific reasoning and methodology to environmental problems.
  3. Identify the major physical, chemical and biological components, interactions and cycles of earth systems and ecosystems.
  4. Propose, design and participate in scientific research projects that document, describe and/or help solve environmental problems and foster sustainability.
  5. Pursue throughout their education new scientific knowledge and techniques that prepare them for the adaptation and change essential to environmental problem solving.

View a sample 4-year plan

In addition to the general education requirements, these are the pre-major and major requirements below:

Pre-Major Requirements

  • BI 104 Digital Science
  • BI 215/L Cellular and Organismal Biology I & Lab
  • BI-216/L Cellular and Organismal Biology II & Lab
  • CH-102/L Chemistry for the Concerned World Citizen & Lab
  • ENV 100 Introduction to Environmental Issues
  • ENV 201/L Conservation Biology & Ecology & Lab
  • ENV 202/L Environmental Physics & Lab
  • MA 110 Pre-Calculus
  • MA 210 Calculus I OR MA 331 Intro to Probability & Stats

Major Requirements

  • BI 300 Science Writing
  • BI 311 Biostatistics
  • BI 312 Epidemiology and Public Health
  • BI 471/L Ecology & Lab
  • ENV 300 Environmental Policy & Law
  • ENV 310/L Natural Resource Management & Lab
  • ENV 400 Current Global Environmental Issues
  • ENV 415/L Advanced Marine Environmental Sciences & Lab
  • ENV 450 Earth System Science
  • ENV 485 Environmental Capstone Course
  • Any 300–400 level course in the College of Arts & Sciences

The following elective courses are recommended for Environmental Sciences majors:

  • BI 450 Science Technology and Social Entrepreneurship
  • BI 495 Research I
  • EID 384 Sustainability in Design
  • ENV/EC 315 Environmental Economics
  • Additional science courses as determined by student’s particular interests
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