Environmental Science Program Name ___________________
Student Checklist – Entering Fall 2012 or later Term Starting _____________
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS-see reverse of sheet
Requirements differ based on when student entered UMASS. Students should refer to the Registrar’s Office Web Site for
information on General Education Requirements: http://www.umass.edu/registrar/registration/gened_requirements.htm
General Ed. requirements are listed categorically for each student on the SPIRE Academic Requirement Report (ARR).
See reverse side of sheet for summary checklist.
REQUIRED MATH/SCIENCE FOUNDATION COURSES
BIOLOGY 100 ___(both terms) BIOL 101 ___ (Spring only, min. grade “C” needed in BIO 100)
CHEM 111 ___ CHEM 112 ___(min. grade “C-“ needed in CHEM 111) (courses offered both terms)
One term Organic Chemistry: CHEM 261 _____(offered both terms, min. grade “C-“ needed in CHEM
112) -or- CHEM 250 ______ (offered spring only; min. grade C- in CHEM 111)
GEOSCI 100 or 101 ________ PHYSICS 131 ___________
MATH 127 _____ 128 _______ Calculus I and II (courses offered both terms. No min. grade)
RES-ECON 211 _____ Statistics (alternate Stats courses accepted: STATISTC 240, RESECON 212)
RES-ECON 262 ______ Environmental Economics (Spring)
or RES-ECON 263 _______ Natural Resource Economics (Fall) –no prerequisite
REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CORE COURSES
ES191A _____ (Fall) ES194A _____(Spring) Seminar I & II ES294A ______ Career/Curr Seminar
ENVIRSCI 101 _____ Intro Envir. Biology (Fall) –OR— NRC 100 _____ Environment & Society (Fall)
ENVIRSCI 213 _____ Environmental Policy (Fall only; no prereq.)
ENVIRSCI 214 _____ Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Global Change (Spring only; BIOL 101 needed 1st)
ENVIRSCI 315 _____ Environmental Tox. and Chemistry (Spring only; Organic Chem needed 1st)
NATSCI 397A_____ Junior Year Writing (both terms) ________ Integrated Experience (IE) *
*see reverse of sheet
UPPER-LEVEL COURSES
Four upper-level courses (300-level or above) from Approved List or as approved by Faculty Advisor.
1. _________________________________ 2._________________________________
3.____________________________ 4._________________________________
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
For Students Entering UMASS as Freshmen (Fall 2010 and later)
College Writing (CW) _____________ R1 (Math 127) R2 (MATH 127)
Biological Science (BS) BIOLOGY 100 Physical Science (PS) CHEM 111
*Art or Literature (AL or AT, 4 cr.) ___________ *HISTORY (HS), 4 cr. ______________
Social/Behavioral Science (SB) RESECON 262 or 263
*Additional Social World (AL, AT, or SB) or Interdisciplinary (I or SI), 4 cr. _______________
*United States Diversity (U) ____________ *Global Diversity (G) __________________
For Students Entering UMASS as Transfer Students (Fall 2010 and later)
College Writing (CW) _____________ R1 (Math 127) R2 (MATH 127)
Biological Science (BS) BIOLOGY 100 Physical Science (PS) CHEM 111
*Art or Literature (AL or AT, 3 or 4 cr.) __________*HISTORY (HS), 3 or 4 cr. ______________
Social/Behavioral Science (SB) RESECON 262 or 263
*Additional Social World (AL, AT, or SB) or Interdisciplinary (I or SI), 3 or 4 cr. _______________
Two add’l 3-4 credit GenEd courses (R1/R2, BS, PS, AL, AT, HS, SB, I) CHEM 112 , BIOL 101
*United States Diversity (U) ____________ *Global Diversity (G) __________________
* Only requirements with asterisk (*) remain to be filled after completing ENVIRSCI major
requirements.
INTEGRATIVE EXPERIENCE (IE) REQUIREMENT
This is a major-specific General Education requirement typically completed in a student’s Junior or Senior
Year. Environmental Science majors can choose from among the following courses:
ENVIRSCI 445: Problem Solving in the Community (Spring offering)
NRC 382: Human Dimensions in Natural Resource Conservation (Fall offering)
GEO-SCI 494LI: Living on Earth: Real-world Issues in Geosciences (Fall offering)
NAT-SCI 494I: Global Issues in Applied Biology (Spring offering)
PRAXES REQUIREMENT: ENVIRSCI majors must complete TWO hands-on courses. Choose from
approved list (found on program website), or select another course within the Five-College system with
your faculty advisor’s approval. Independent Study (ENVIRSCI 396 or 496) or Internships (ENVIRSCI
398 or 498) may also satisfy this requirement.
___________________________________ __________________________________________