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B.S. Environmental Science

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Climate change. Ecosystem degradation. The extinction of species. Our world is facing environmental threats unprecedented in the history of humanity – and needs professionals armed with the tools to not only understand environmental problems but 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: Environmental Science

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

Pre-Major Requirements
  • ENV 100 Introduction to Environmental Issues
  • CH 102/L Chemistry for the Concerned World Citizen with Laboratory
  • BI 104 Digital Biology
  • ENV 201/L Conservation Biology & Ecology with Laboratory
  • ENV 202/L Environmental Physics with Laboratory
  • BI 215/L Cellular & Organismal Biology I with Laboratory
  • BI 216/L Cellula & Organismal Biology II with Laboratory
Major Requirements
  • BI 300 Science Writing
  • ENV 300 Environmental Policy & Law
  • BI 311 Biostatistics
  • BI 312 Epidemiology & Public Health
  • ENV 310/L Natural Resources Management with Laboratory
  • ENV 400 Current Global Environmental Issues
  • ENV 415/L Advanced Marine Environmental Sciences with Laboratory
  • ENV 450 Earth System Science
  • BI 471/L Ecology with Laboratory
  • ENV 485 Environmental Capstone Course
  • DS 404 Geo-Tagging & GIS or BI 430/L Microbiology with Laboratory

The following courses are recommended for Environmental Sciences majors to fulfill their elective and/or UDOM degree requirements:

  • ENV 300 Environmental Policy and Law
  • ENV 315/EC 315 Environmental Economics
  • EID 384 Sustainability in Design
  • BI 450 Science, Technology and Social Entrepreneurship
  • BI 495 Research I
  • Additional sciences courses as determined by student’s particular interests

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Chaminade University of Honolulu is accredited by WASC Senior College and University Commission.