BA in Environmental Studies
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| UToledo Core Curriculum | 36 | |
| UToledo Multicultural | 6 | |
| College of NSM Degree Requirements | ||
| NSM 1000 | Foundations of Academic Success for Science and Math Majors | 1 |
| NSM 1500 | Building a Career in Science and Math | 1 |
| One WAC course within the Program (3 cr hrs) | ||
| Course Requirements for the BA Environmental Studies | ||
| Required Environmental Science courses: | ||
| EEES 2020 | Introduction to the Environment: Energy and Climate | 3 |
| EEES 2030 | Introduction to the Environment Land-Use and Water | 3 |
| EEES 2100 | Fundamentals Of Geology | 4 |
| EEES 1020 | Introductory Geology Laboratory | 1 |
| EEES 2150 | Biodiversity | 4 |
| EEES 2160 | Biodiversity Laboratory | 1 |
| EEES 2500 | Computer Applications In Environmental Sciences | 1 |
| EEES 3050 | General Ecology | 3 |
| EEES 3060 | General Ecology Laboratory | 1 |
| EEES 3900 | Literature And Communications In The Environmental Sciences (WAC course) | 3 |
| EEES 4960 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| EEES 4970 | Senior Environmental Capstone (OR EEES 4980 Special Topics: BioDesign Challenge) | 3 |
| One of the following Earth science courses: | ||
| EEES 3100 | Surficial Processes | 3 |
| or EEES 3600 | Oceanography | |
| An Internship approved by the Internship Advisor | ||
| EEES 4940 | Internship | 1 |
| Required Related courses: | ||
| ENGL 2950 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| MATH 2640 | Statistics for Applied Science | 3 |
| CHEM 1090 | Elementary Chemistry | 3 |
| or CHEM 1100 | Chemistry And Society | |
| PSC 4340 | Environmental Policy | 3 |
| ECON 3240 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| or ECON 3270 | Natural Resource Economics - WAC | |
| GEPL 3900 | Environmental Planning | 3 |
| or PJS 2500 | Peace Education Facilitating Learning for Change in Schools and Beyond | |
| One of the following courses related to communication: | 3 | |
| COMM 2600 Public Presentations | ||
| ENGL 3050 Persuasive Writing | ||
| ART 2800 Visual Literacy-Data Visualization | ||
| HON 3010 Community Engagement | ||
| The BA Environmental Studies requires a related minor approved by your advisor. | ||
| Common minors include Geography and Planning, and Communications. | ||
| 18 hours of courses within the Minor | 18 | |
| Elective Courses | 5 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Combined bachelor's to master's- Geography pipeline program
Undergraduate students accepted to the Combined bachelor's-environmental studies to master's- Geography pipeline program option will be admitted to the MA Geography program and allowed to complete up to three graduate level classes (nine credit hours) during their final academic year of undergraduate studies. Students admitted into the pipeline program must apply for admission to the College of Graduate Studies for the semester that they intend to matriculate. Students must have a cumulative higher education GPA of 3.0 to be accepted into this pipeline program. They will then continue into the graduate program upon completion of the undergraduate degree requirements. The graduate coursework (up to nine hours) may be applied to completion of both undergraduate and graduate degree requirements. It will be the joint responsibility of the faculty and administrators in the undergraduate and graduate programs to supervise students admitted to the combined program option, to ensure that the limit of nine hours taken as an undergraduate is strictly enforced, and to request that the College of Graduate Studies change their matriculation from Undergraduate to Graduate when they meet all undergraduate degree requirements.
The following provisions apply for classes taken for graduate credit: 1) graduate classes taken at The University of Toledo only after the student is accepted in the program, 2) GEPL 5110, GEPL 5180, GEPL 5490, GEPL 5500, GEPL 5530, GEPL 5650, GEPL 5700, GEPL 5750 may be included in the approved nine semester hours of graduate credit taken as an undergraduate. Students interested in the combined program must submit a graduate admission application to the College of Graduate Studies.
Students also are required to complete a 100-hr environment-related internship (EEES 4940) in an agency, corporation, university laboratory or other approved location.
With the exception of EEES 4940 students may not take any courses required in the major as P/NC.
Below is a sample plan of study. Consult your degree audit for your program requirements.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Term | Hours | |
| EEES 2020 | Introduction to the Environment: Energy and Climate | 3 |
| NSM 1000 | Foundations of Academic Success for Science and Math Majors | 1 |
| ENGL 1110 | College Composition I | 3 |
| Cultural Experience | 4 | |
| Arts/Humanities Core | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Second Term | ||
| EEES 1020 | Introductory Geology Laboratory | 1 |
| EEES 2100 | Fundamentals Of Geology | 4 |
| EEES 2030 | Introduction to the Environment Land-Use and Water | 3 |
| ENGL 2950 | Technical Writing | 3 |
| Cultural Experience | 4 | |
| NSM 1500 | Building a Career in Science and Math | 1 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Third Term | ||
| EEES 3100 or EEES 3600 | Surficial Processes or Oceanography | 3 |
| GEPL 3900 | Environmental Planning | 3 |
| EEES 2500 | Computer Applications In Environmental Sciences | 1 |
| CHEM 1100 | Chemistry And Society | 3 |
| Social Science Core | 3 | |
| Art/Humanities Core | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Term | ||
| EEES 2150 | Biodiversity | 4 |
| EEES 2160 | Biodiversity Laboratory | 1 |
| MATH 2640 | Statistics for Applied Science | 3 |
| EEES 3900 | Literature And Communications In The Environmental Sciences | 3 |
| US Diversity | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fifth Term | ||
| EEES 3050 | General Ecology | 3 |
| EEES 3060 | General Ecology Laboratory | 1 |
| PHIL 3180 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| COMM 2600 | Public Presentations | 3 |
| Minor Course | 3 | |
| Minor Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Sixth Term | ||
| ENGL 3050 | Persuasive Writing | 3 |
| Writing Across the Curriculum | 3 | |
| Non-US Diversity | 3 | |
| Minor Course | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Seventh Term | ||
| EEES 4940 | Internship | 1 |
| PSC 4340 | Environmental Policy | 3 |
| EEES 4960 | Senior Seminar | 1 |
| Minor Course | 3 | |
| Minor Course | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Eighth Term | ||
| ECON 3240 | Environmental Economics | 3 |
| EEES 4970 | Senior Environmental Capstone | 3 |
| Minor Course | 3 | |
| Electives | 6 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
- PLO 1. Students will be able to describe general taxonomic organization of life on earth and the evolutionary processes that underlie biological diversity.
- PLO 2. Students will be able to explain how both abiotic factors, such as climate and pollution, and biotic factors, such as competition and disease, affect organisms, communities, and ecosystems.
- PLO 3. Students will be able to describe how scientific and social (economic or political) factors constrain solutions to environmental quality problems;
- PLO 4. Students will demonstrate an increase in their knowledge of the relationships between the biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere in northwest Ohio.
- PLO 5. Students will be able to explain how human activities impact the biosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere in northwest Ohio.
- PLO 6. Students will be able to identify science-based information or research that can contribute to communicating environmental issues to the public and contribute to solutions to environmental issues.
- PLO 7. Students will be able to develop and propose informed solutions to environmental issues while taking into account economic considerations and political compromises.