Environmental Sciences (BS)
To see more about what you will learn in this program, visit the Learning Outcomes website!
This area of study uses interdisciplinary approaches that link natural science and social science disciplines, and a knowledge of environmental systems and earth processes. Such interdisciplinary approaches are essential for understanding changes in a rapidly changing world, and for understanding our past, present, and future. Environmental scientists will help ensure human prospects by improving both socio-economic development and environmental quality through innovation in new technologies and policies.
Public interest about environmental issues is increasing. Protecting and improving the environment involves knowledge and systematic problem-solving skills that are essential for environmental sciences. North Carolina State University's environmental sciences degree program provides sound, individualized academic programs for students who can develop a wide range of careers. For information on entrance requirements, contact the program coordinator:
Erin Champion
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NCSU
Box 8008
Raleigh, NC 27695-8008
Phone: (919) 513-2520
E-mail: eachampi@ncsu.edu
Plan Requirements
Environmental Sciences: 120 Total Units
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| English & Communication | ||
| ENG 101 | Academic Writing and Research 1 | 4 |
| Communication Skills | 6 | |
| Mathematical Science and Physics | ||
| MA 131 | Calculus for Life and Management Sciences A | 3 |
| or MA 141 | Calculus I | |
| MA 231 | Calculus for Life and Management Sciences B | 3 |
| or MA 241 | Calculus II | |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Physics for Engineers and Scientists I and Physics for Engineers and Scientists I Laboratory | ||
| College Physics I | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Physics for Engineers and Scientists II and Physics for Engineers and Scientists II Laboratory | ||
| College Physics II | ||
| Natural Sciences | ||
| CH 101 | Chemistry - A Molecular Science | 3 |
| CH 102 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| CH 220 & CH 222 | Introductory Organic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry I Lab | 4 |
| BIO 181 | Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity | 4 |
| BIO 183 | Introductory Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology | 4 |
| SSC 200 & SSC 201 | Soil Science and Soil Science Laboratory | 4 |
| Departmental Requirements | ||
| ENV 100 | Student Success in Environmental First Year | 1 |
| ENV 101 | Exploring the Environment | 2 |
| ES 100 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences 1 | 3 |
| ES 111 | Applications of Environmental Sciences 1 | 1 |
| ES 200 | Climate Change and Sustainability 1 | 3 |
| ES 300 | Energy and Environment 1 | 3 |
| ES 400 | Analysis of Environmental Issues 1 | 3 |
| ST 311 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| ST 312 | Introduction to Statistics II | 3 |
| Economics Electives | 3 | |
| PS 320 | U.S. Environmental Law and Politics | 3 |
| or PS 336 | Global Environmental Politics | |
| External Learning Experience | 3 | |
| Focal Area | ||
| ES Focal Area (See Advisor) 2 | 15 | |
| Electives | ||
| Advised Electives (See Advisor) 2 | 9 | |
| General Education Program (GEP) Courses | ||
| GEP Humanities | 6 | |
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 2 | |
| GEP Additional Breadth (Humanities/Social Sciences/Visual and Performing Arts) | 3 | |
| GEP U.S. Diversity (Verify Requirements) | ||
| GEP Global Knowledge (Verify Requirements) | ||
| Foreign Language Proficiency GEP Global Knowledge (Verify Requirements) | ||
| Free Electives | ||
| Free Electives (12 Hr S/U Lmt) 3 | 10 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
| 1 | A grade of C- or better is required. |
| 2 | Students should consult their academic advisors to determine how to complete this requirement. |
| 3 | Students should consult their academic advisors to determine which courses fill this requirement. |
Communication Skills Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Communication Skills | ||
| AFS 248 | Survey of African-American Literature | 3 |
| AFS 349 | African Literature in English | 3 |
| AFS 375 | African American Cinema | 3 |
| AFS 448 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| AFS 548 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| COM 321 | Survey of Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| COM 364 | History of Film to 1940 | 3 |
| COM 374 | History of Film From 1940 | 3 |
| COM 395 | Studies in Rhetoric and Digital Media | 3 |
| COM 411 | Rhetorical Criticism | 3 |
| COM 506 | Verbal Data Analysis | 3 |
| COM 514 | History Of Rhetoric | 3 |
| COM 516 | Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| COM 554 | Contemporary Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| COM 581 | Visual Rhetoric: Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| ECI 405 | Literature for Adolescents | 3 |
| ENG 202 | Disciplinary Perspectives in Writing | 3 |
| ENG 206 | Studies In Drama | 3 |
| ENG 207 | Studies in Poetry | 3 |
| ENG 208 | Studies In Fiction | 3 |
| ENG 209 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENG 210 | Introduction to Language and Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 214 | Introduction to Editing | 3 |
| ENG 216 | Technologies for Texts | 3 |
| ENG 219 | Studies in Great Works of Non-Western Literature | 3 |
| ENG 220 | Studies in Great Works of Western Literature | 3 |
| ENG 221 | Literature of the Western World I | 3 |
| ENG 222 | Literature of the Western World II | 3 |
| ENG 223 | Contemporary World Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 224 | Contemporary World Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 232 | Literature and Medicine | 3 |
| ENG 246 | Literature of the Holocaust | 3 |
| ENG 248 | Survey of African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 249 | Native American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 251 | Major British Writers | 3 |
| ENG 252 | Major American Writers | 3 |
| ENG 255 | Beyond Britain: Literature from Colonies of the British Empire | 3 |
| ENG 260 | Reading Literature and Exploring Textuality | 3 |
| ENG 261 | English Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 262 | English Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 265 | American Literature I | 3 |
| ENG 266 | American Literature II | 3 |
| ENG 267 | LGBTQI Literature in the U.S. | 3 |
| ENG 275 | Literature and War | 3 |
| ENG 281 | Introduction to Creative Nonfiction | 3 |
| ENG 282 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| ENG 287 | Explorations in Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENG 288 | Fiction Writing | 3 |
| ENG 289 | Poetry Writing | 3 |
| ENG 292 | Writing About Film | 3 |
| ENG 298 | Special Projects in English | 1-3 |
| ENG 305 | Women and Literature | 3 |
| ENG 308 | Contemporary Issues in Ecofeminism | 3 |
| ENG 314 | Technical Document Design and Editing | 3 |
| ENG 315 | Phonetics | 3 |
| ENG 316 | Introduction to News and Article Writing | 3 |
| ENG 317 | Designing Networked Communications | 3 |
| ENG 321 | Survey of Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| ENG 323 | Writing in the Rhetorical Tradition | 3 |
| ENG 324 | Modern English Syntax | 3 |
| ENG 325 | Spoken and Written Traditions of American English Dialects | 3 |
| ENG 326 | History of the English Language | 3 |
| ENG 327 | Language and Gender | 3 |
| ENG 328 | Language and Writing | 3 |
| ENG 329 | Language and Globalization | 3 |
| ENG 330 | Screenwriting | 3 |
| ENG 331 | Communication for Engineering and Technology | 3 |
| ENG 332 | Communication for Business and Management | 3 |
| ENG 333 | Communication for Science and Research | 3 |
| ENG 335 | Language Development | 3 |
| ENG 338 | Speech Science | 3 |
| ENG 339 | Literature and Technology | 3 |
| ENG 340 | Literature, Art, and Society | 3 |
| ENG 341 | Literature and Science | 3 |
| ENG 342 | Literature of Space and Place | 3 |
| ENG 349 | African Literature in English | 3 |
| ENG 350 | Professional Internships | 3 |
| ENG 359 | Topics in Film Studies | 3 |
| ENG 361 | Studies in British Poetry | 3 |
| ENG 362 | Studies in the British Novel | 3 |
| ENG 364 | History of Film to 1940 | 3 |
| ENG 369 | The American Novel of the 19th Century | 3 |
| ENG 370 | American Fiction, Twentieth Century and Beyond | 3 |
| ENG 372 | American Poetry, Twentieth Century and Beyond | 3 |
| ENG 374 | History of Film From 1940 | 3 |
| ENG 375 | African American Cinema | 3 |
| ENG 376 | Science Fiction | 3 |
| ENG 377 | Fantasy | 3 |
| ENG 378 | Women & Film | 3 |
| ENG 380 | Modern Drama | 3 |
| ENG 381 | Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop | 3 |
| ENG 382 | Film and Literature | 3 |
| ENG 384 | Introduction to Film Theory | 3 |
| ENG 385 | Biblical Backgrounds of English Literature | 3 |
| ENG 388 | Intermediate Fiction Writing Workshop | 3 |
| ENG 389 | Intermediate Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 |
| ENG 390 | Classical Backgrounds of English Literature | 3 |
| ENG 391 | Special Topics in Modern Drama | 3 |
| ENG 392 | Major World Author | 3 |
| ENG 393 | Studies in Literary Genre | 3 |
| ENG 394 | Studies in World Literature | 3 |
| ENG 395 | Studies in Rhetoric and Digital Media | 3 |
| ENG 399 | Contemporary Literature | 3 |
| ENG 400 | Applied Criticism | 3 |
| ENG 405 | Literature for Adolescents | 3 |
| ENG 406 | Modernism | 3 |
| ENG 407 | Postmodernism | 3 |
| ENG 410 | Studies in Gender and Genre | 3 |
| ENG 411 | Rhetorical Criticism | 3 |
| ENG 416 | Advanced News and Article Writing | 3 |
| ENG 417 | Editorial and Opinion Writing | 3 |
| ENG 420 | Major American Author | 3 |
| ENG 421 | Computer Documentation Design | 3 |
| ENG 422 | Writing Theory and the Writing Process | 3 |
| ENG 425 | Analysis of Scientific and Technical Writing | 3 |
| ENG 426 | Analyzing Style | 3 |
| ENG 430 | Advanced Screenwriting | 3 |
| ENG 439 | Studies in English Renaissance Literature | 3 |
| ENG 448 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 451 | Chaucer | 3 |
| ENG 452 | Medieval British Literature | 3 |
| ENG 453 | The Romantic Period | 3 |
| ENG 455 | Literacy in the U.S. | 3 |
| ENG 460 | Major British Author | 3 |
| ENG 462 | 18th-Century English Literature | 3 |
| ENG 463 | The Victorian Period | 3 |
| ENG 464 | British Literature and the Founding of Empire | 3 |
| ENG 465 | British Literature and the Dissolution of Empire | 3 |
| ENG 466 | Transatlantic Literatures | 3 |
| ENG 467 | American Colonial Literature | 3 |
| ENG 468 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 470 | American Literature, Twentieth Century and Beyond | 3 |
| ENG 476 | Southern Literature | 3 |
| ENG 480 | Modern Drama | 3 |
| ENG 481 | History of the Book | 3 |
| ENG 482 | Reading in the Digital Age | 3 |
| ENG 483 | Literature and Media | 3 |
| ENG 486 | Shakespeare, The Earlier Plays | 3 |
| ENG 487 | Shakespeare, The Later Plays | 3 |
| ENG 488 | Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop | 3 |
| ENG 489 | Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 |
| ENG 490 | Studies in Medieval Literature | 3 |
| ENG 491 | Honors in English | 3 |
| ENG 492 | Special Topics in Film Styles and Genres | 3 |
| ENG 494 | Special Topics in Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 495 | Studies in Literature | 3 |
| ENG 496 | Seminar in Literary Criticism | 3 |
| ENG 498 | Special Topics in English | 1-6 |
| ENG 499 | Special Topics in Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENG 505 | Writing Program Administration: Theory, Practice, and Research | 3 |
| ENG 506 | Verbal Data Analysis | 3 |
| ENG 507 | Writing for Health and Environmental Sciences | 3 |
| ENG 508 | Usability Studies for Technical Communication | 3 |
| ENG 509 | Old English Literature | 3 |
| ENG 510 | Middle English Literature | 3 |
| ENG 511 | Theory and Research In Composition | 3 |
| ENG 512 | Theory and Research In Professional Writing | 3 |
| ENG 513 | Empirical Research In Composition | 3 |
| ENG 514 | History Of Rhetoric | 3 |
| ENG 515 | Rhetoric Of Science and Technology | 3 |
| ENG 516 | Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ENG 517 | Advanced Technical Writing, Editing and Document Design | 3 |
| ENG 518 | Publication Management for Technical Communicators | 3 |
| ENG 519 | Online Information Design and Evaluation | 3 |
| ENG 520 | Science Writing for the Media | 3 |
| ENG 522 | Writing in Nonacademic Settings | 3 |
| ENG 523 | Language Variation Research Seminar | 3 |
| ENG 524 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 525 | Variety In Language | 3 |
| ENG 527 | Discourse Analysis | 3 |
| ENG 528 | Sociophonetics | 3 |
| ENG 529 | 16th-Century Non-Dramatic English Literature | 3 |
| ENG 530 | 17th-Century English Literature | 3 |
| ENG 531 | American Colonial Literature | 3 |
| ENG 532 | Narrative Analysis | 3 |
| ENG 533 | Bilingualism and Language Contact | 3 |
| ENG 534 | Quantitative Analysis in Sociolinguistics | 3 |
| ENG 536 | Research Methods in Phonology | 3 |
| ENG 539 | Seminar In World Literature | 3 |
| ENG 540 | History Of Literary Criticism | 3 |
| ENG 541 | Literary and Cultural Theory | 3 |
| ENG 543 | Introduction to Digital Humanities | 3 |
| ENG 548 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENG 549 | Modern African Literature | 3 |
| ENG 550 | English Romantic Period | 3 |
| ENG 551 | Chaucer | 3 |
| ENG 554 | Contemporary Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| ENG 555 | American Romantic Period | 3 |
| ENG 558 | Studies In Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENG 560 | Victorian Poetry and Critical Prose | 3 |
| ENG 561 | Milton | 3 |
| ENG 562 | 18TH-Century English Literature | 3 |
| ENG 563 | 18TH-Century English Novel | 3 |
| ENG 564 | Victorian Novel | 3 |
| ENG 565 | American Realism and Naturalism | 3 |
| ENG 570 | 20TH-Century British Prose | 3 |
| ENG 571 | 20TH-Century British Poetry | 3 |
| ENG 572 | Modern British Drama | 3 |
| ENG 573 | Modern American Drama | 3 |
| ENG 575 | Southern Writers | 3 |
| ENG 576 | 20TH-Century American Poetry | 3 |
| ENG 577 | 20th-Century American Prose | 3 |
| ENG 578 | English Drama To 1642 | 3 |
| ENG 579 | Restoration and 18th-Century Drama | 3 |
| ENG 580 | Literary Postmodernism | 3 |
| ENG 581 | Visual Rhetoric: Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| ENG 582 | Studies in Literature | 3 |
| ENG 583 | Studies In Rhetoric and Writing | 3 |
| ENG 584 | Studies In Linguistics | 3 |
| ENG 585 | Studies In Film | 3 |
| ENG 586 | Studies In Theory | 3 |
| ENG 587 | Interdisciplinary Studies in English | 3 |
| ENG 588 | Fiction Writing Workshop | 3 |
| ENG 589 | Poetry Writing Workshop | 3 |
| ENG 590 | Studies In Creative Writing | 3 |
| ENG 591 | Studies in National Cinemas | 3 |
| ENG 592 | Special Topics in Film Styles and Genres | 1-6 |
| ENG 722 | Linguistics and Literacy | 3 |
| ENG 727 | Discourse Analysis | 3 |
| FL 219 | Studies in Great Works of Non-Western Literature | 3 |
| FL 220 | Studies in Great Works of Western Literature | 3 |
| FL 221 | Literature of the Western World I | 3 |
| FL 222 | Literature of the Western World II | 3 |
| FL 223 | Contemporary World Literature I | 3 |
| FL 224 | Contemporary World Literature II | 3 |
| FL 246 | Literature of the Holocaust | 3 |
| FL 275 | Literature and War | 3 |
| FL 392 | Major World Author | 3 |
| FL 393 | Studies in Literary Genre | 3 |
| FL 394 | Studies in World Literature | 3 |
| FL 406 | Modernism | 3 |
| FL 407 | Postmodernism | 3 |
| FL 539 | Seminar In World Literature | 3 |
| FL 541 | Literary and Cultural Theory | 3 |
| WGS 305 | Women and Literature | 3 |
| WGS 308 | Contemporary Issues in Ecofeminism | 3 |
| WGS 327 | Language and Gender | 3 |
| WGS 410 | Studies in Gender and Genre | 3 |
| COM | ||
| Maximum of 3 credits | ||
| COM 110 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| COM 112 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| COM 200 | Communication Media in a Changing World | 3 |
| COM 201 | Introduction to Persuasion Theory | 3 |
| COM 202 | Small Group Communication | 3 |
| COM 211 | Argumentation and Advocacy | 3 |
| COM 226 | Introduction to Public Relations | 3 |
| COM 230 | Introduction to Communication Theory | 3 |
| COM 240 | Communication Inquiry | 3 |
| COM 250 | Communication and Technology | 3 |
| COM 257 | Media History and Theory | 3 |
| COM 267 | Electronic Media Writing: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| COM 289 | Science Communication and Public Engagement | 3 |
| COM 292 | Language, Communication, and Culture | 3 |
| COM 296 | Communication Internship-Non-Local | 1 |
| COM 298 | Special Projects in Communication | 1-3 |
| COM 301 | Presentational Speaking | 3 |
| COM 307 | Digital Audio Production | 3 |
| COM 316 | Public Relations Writing | 3 |
| COM 317 | Television Production | 3 |
| COM 321 | Survey of Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| COM 322 | Nonverbal Communication | 3 |
| COM 327 | Critical Analysis of Communication Media | 3 |
| COM 332 | Relational Communication | 3 |
| COM 336 | Newsletter Writing and Production | 3 |
| COM 342 | Qualitative Research Methods in Communication | 3 |
| COM 346 | Case Studies in Public Relations | 3 |
| COM 357 | Digital Video Production | 3 |
| COM 362 | Communication and Gender | 3 |
| COM 364 | History of Film to 1940 | 3 |
| COM 367 | Multimedia Production and Digital Culture | 3 |
| COM 374 | History of Film From 1940 | 3 |
| COM 386 | Quantitative Communication Research Methods | 3 |
| COM 392 | International and Crosscultural Communication | 3 |
| COM 395 | Studies in Rhetoric and Digital Media | 3 |
| COM 402 | Advanced Group Communication | 3 |
| COM 407 | Advanced Digital Audio | 3 |
| COM 411 | Rhetorical Criticism | 3 |
| COM 417 | Advanced Topics in Communication and Race | 3 |
| COM 421 | Communication Law | 3 |
| COM 427 | Game Studies | 3 |
| COM 431 | Communication in Political Campaigns | 3 |
| COM 436 | Environmental Communication | 3 |
| COM 437 | Advanced Digital Video | 3 |
| COM 441 | Ethical Issues in Communication | 3 |
| COM 442 | Communication and Conflict Management | 3 |
| COM 444 | Film Production | 3 |
| COM 447 | Communication and Globalization | 3 |
| COM 451 | Visual Rhetoric | 3 |
| COM 456 | Organizational Communication | 3 |
| COM 457 | Media and the Family | 3 |
| COM 466 | Nonprofit Leadership & Development | 3 |
| COM 467 | Advanced Topics in Gender and Communication | 3 |
| COM 476 | Public Relations Campaigns | 3 |
| COM 477 | Mobile Communication | 3 |
| COM 479 | Climate Change Communication | 3 |
| COM 484 | Advanced Television Production | 3 |
| COM 487 | Internet and Society | 3 |
| COM 493 | Advanced Topics in Public Relations | 3 |
| COM 496 | Communication Internship | 3 |
| COM 497 | Advanced Topics in Media Studies | 3 |
| COM 498 | Advanced Topic in Communication | 1-3 |
| COM 499 | Advanced Independent Research | 1-3 |
| COM 506 | Verbal Data Analysis | 3 |
| COM 508 | Emerging Technologies and Society | 3 |
| COM 514 | History Of Rhetoric | 3 |
| COM 516 | Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| COM 521 | Communication and Globalization | 3 |
| COM 522 | Critical Approaches to Organizational Communication | 3 |
| COM 523 | International and Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COM 525 | Group/Team Communication | 3 |
| COM 526 | Media Economics | 3 |
| COM 527 | Seminar in Organizational Conflict Management | 3 |
| COM 528 | Communication Culture and Technology | 3 |
| COM 529 | Communication Campaigns | 3 |
| COM 530 | Interpersonal Communication in Science and Technology Organizations | 3 |
| COM 532 | Communication Consulting | 3 |
| COM 536 | Environmental Communication | 3 |
| COM 537 | Gaming and Social Networks | 3 |
| COM 538 | Risk Communication | 3 |
| COM 539 | Fund Development | 3 |
| COM 540 | Critical and Interpretive Inquiry in Communication | 3 |
| COM 541 | Quantitative Research Methods in Applied Communication | 3 |
| COM 542 | Qualitative Research Methods in Applied Communication | 3 |
| COM 543 | Visual Content Analysis | 3 |
| COM 546 | Nonprofit Marketing and Public Relations | 3 |
| COM 547 | Mobile Media and Communication | 3 |
| COM 554 | Contemporary Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| COM 556 | Seminar In Organizational Communication | 3 |
| COM 561 | Human Communication Theory | 3 |
| COM 562 | Communication and Social Change | 3 |
| COM 563 | Public Relations Theory | 3 |
| COM 566 | Seminar In Crisis Communication | 3 |
| COM 579 | Climate Change Communication | 3 |
| COM 581 | Visual Rhetoric: Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| COM 585 | Teaching College Communication | 3 |
| COM 587 | Internet & Society | 3 |
| COM 598 | Special Topics In Communication | 1-6 |
| ENG 320 | Anatomy and Physiology of Speech | 3 |
| ENG 321 | Survey of Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| ENG 338 | Speech Science | 3 |
| ENG 364 | History of Film to 1940 | 3 |
| ENG 374 | History of Film From 1940 | 3 |
| ENG 395 | Studies in Rhetoric and Digital Media | 3 |
| ENG 411 | Rhetorical Criticism | 3 |
| ENG 506 | Verbal Data Analysis | 3 |
| ENG 514 | History Of Rhetoric | 3 |
| ENG 516 | Rhetorical Criticism: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ENG 554 | Contemporary Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| ENG 581 | Visual Rhetoric: Theory and Criticism | 3 |
| GES 508 | Emerging Technologies and Society | 3 |
| HSS 392 | International and Crosscultural Communication | 3 |
| PA 539 | Fund Development | 3 |
| THE 103 | Introduction to the Theater | 3 |
| THE 203 | Theory and Practice of Acting | 3 |
| THE 223 | Stagecraft | 3 |
| THE 293 | Theater Practicum | 1-6 |
| THE 303 | Stage Directing | 3 |
| THE 334 | Advanced Acting | 3 |
| THE 340 | African American Theatre | 3 |
| WGS 362 | Communication and Gender | 3 |
Economics Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARE 201 | Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | 3 |
| ARE 201A | Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | 3 |
| EC 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| EC 205 | Fundamentals of Economics | 3 |
External Learning Experience Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ES 496 | Environmental Science Internship | 1-3 |
| ES 497 | Professional Development in Environmental Science | 1-3 |
| ES 498 | Research in Environmental Science | 1-3 |
| ES 499 | Thesis in Environmental Science | 3 |
Semester Sequence
This is a sample.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Hours | |
| ENG 101 | Academic Writing and Research 1 | 4 |
| ENV 100 | Student Success in Environmental First Year | 1 |
| ENV 101 | Exploring the Environment | 2 |
| BIO 181 | Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity | 4 |
| MA 131 | Calculus for Life and Management Sciences A | 3 |
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 1 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| CH 101 | Chemistry - A Molecular Science | 3 |
| CH 102 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| ES 111 | Applications of Environmental Sciences 1 | 1 |
| MA 231 | Calculus for Life and Management Sciences B | 3 |
| ES 100 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences 1 | 3 |
| GEP Humanities | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| PY 211 | College Physics I | 4 |
| CH 220 & CH 222 |
Introductory Organic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry I Lab |
4 |
| Communications Requirement | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 1 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| PY 212 | College Physics II | 4 |
| ES 200 | Climate Change and Sustainability 1 | 3 |
| ST 311 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| BIO 183 | Introductory Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology | 4 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ES 300 | Energy and Environment 1 | 3 |
| ARE 201 | Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | 3 |
| Advised Elective I 3 | 3 | |
| Communications Requirement | 3 | |
| Focal Area I 2 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Focal Area II 2 | 3 | |
| Advised Elective II 3 | 3 | |
| SSC 200 & SSC 201 |
Soil Science and Soil Science Laboratory |
4 |
| GEP Additional Breadth (Humanities/Social Sciences/Visual and Performing Arts) | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| PS 320 | U.S. Environmental Law and Politics | 3 |
| External Learning Experience | 3 | |
| Focal Area III 2 | 3 | |
| Advised Elective III 3 | 3 | |
| GEP Humanities | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| ES 400 | Analysis of Environmental Issues 1 | 3 |
| Analytical Skills Requirement | 3 | |
| Focal Area IV 2 | 3 | |
| Focal Area V 2 | 3 | |
| Free Elective 2 | 1 | |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
| 1 | Must be completed with a grade of C- or higher. |
| 2 | See adviser to determine a relevant focal area and related course selections. |
| 3 | Advised Electives (9 credit hours) are to be selected in consultation with your adviser and need to focus on Environmental Science. At least 6 hours must be at the 400-level or above. |
Career Opportunities
The Environmental Sciences program provides opportunities for students to rigorously explore complex, interdisciplinary environmental issues by combining courses from a number of NC State colleges to create a thorough interdisciplinary grounding. All degree options encourage students to pursue original research and gain field experience tackling real-world challenges — leaving them well prepared to take advantage of career opportunities once they graduate. Some graduates find jobs in the environmental industry, including careers as environmental consultants, working in large corporations, or starting their own businesses. Others find careers working in federal, state, and local agencies with environmental mandates. Still others continue their educations in professional and graduate schools.