University General Course Catalog 2015-2016

Apr 19, 2024

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Environmental Science, B.S.

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Description

The major in Environmental Science is highly relevant to global and regional issues being faced today, including climate change, pollution, urbanization and resource use and extraction. This major provides students with a scientific background in the physical and biological sciences followed by courses that integrate these sciences in addressing environmental issues. The program also requires students to develop an understanding of social values and political implications associated with environmental decision making. Excellent employment opportunities for environmental scientists exist within the private sector, non-profit organizations, and local, state and national agencies. This major also prepares students for attaining graduate degrees in environment-related fields.

Contact Information

100D Knudtsen Resource Center
(775) 784-1896/(775) 784-6763

Nancy Markee (A-L) - nlmarkee@unr.edu
Julie Stoughton (M-Z) - jstoughton@cabnr.unr.edu

Graduation Requirements

Total Units	120
Cumulative GPA	2.0
University GPA	2.0
Major GPA	2.0
Residency Requirement	30 Upper-Division Units at UNR
Major Residency Requirement	15 Upper-Division Units in the major at UNR
Upper-Division Requirement	40 Upper-Division Units
Half Program Units/4 Year Institution	60 Units

I. University Core Curriculum Requirements (38-44 units)

NOTE: Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter of this catalog for information regarding the “Core English and Math Completion Policy”.

A. English (3-8 units)

Refer to the “English” section of the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.

NOTE: Students who place in ENG 102 are not required to complete ENG 101 .

B. Mathematics (3-4 units)

Refer to the “Mathematics” section of the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.

MATH 181 - Calculus I (4 units) OR
MATH 176 - Introductory Calculus for Business and Social Sciences (3 units)

C. Natural Sciences (8 units)

CHEM 121A - General Chemistry I (3 units)
CHEM 121L - General Chemistry Laboratory I (1 unit) AND
CHEM 122A - General Chemistry II (3 units)
CHEM 122L - General Chemistry Laboratory II (1 unit)
OR
CHEM 201 - General Chemistry for Scientists and Engineers I (4 units) AND
CHEM 202 - General Chemistry for Scientists and Engineers II (4 units)

D. Social Sciences (3 units)

ECON 102 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 units)

E. Fine Arts (3 units)

Refer to the “Fine Arts” section of the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.

F. Core Humanities (9 units)

Refer to the “Core Humanities” section of the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.

II. Additional College Requirements (0 units)

III. Major Requirements (34-35 units)

BIOL 190 - Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology (3 units)
BIOL 191 - Introduction Organismal Biology (3 units)
ENG 321 - Expository Writing (3 units)
GEOG 210 - Introduction to Geotechnology (3 units)
GEOL 100 - Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Natural Disasters (3 units)
NRES 100 - Principles of Natural Resources and Environmental Science (3 units)
NRES 210 - Environmental Pollution (3 units)
NRES 295 - Principles of Ecohydrology (3 units)
NRES 322 - Soils (4 units)
APST 270 - Introduction to Statistical Methods (4 units) OR
STAT 152 - Introduction to Statistics (3 units)
NRES 412 - Environmental Law (3 units) OR
PSC 403E - Environmental Law (3 units)

IV. Minor Requirements (0 units)

V. Technical Electives (32-33 units)

Students must select at least 32 units from the following list, including at least 3 units from each category. 25 units of course work must be upper-division courses. Some courses listed below have pre-requisites.

A. Human Interactions and Policy

AGSC 307 - Environmental Economics (3 units)
AGSC 309 - Resource Economics (3 units)
AGSC 467 - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (3 units) *
GEOG 305 - Community Environmental Problems (3 units)
GEOG 454 - Urban Landscape Analysis (3 units)
GEOG 458 - Land Use Planning and Policy (3 units)
GEOG 464 - Race, Gender and the Environment (3 units) *
GEOG 466 - Environmental Planning and Policy (3 units)
NRES 467 - Regional and Global Issues in Environment Sciences (3 units) *
NRES 494 - Range and Forest Administration and Policy (3 units)
PHIL 480 - Science, Technology and Society (3 units) *
PSC 403B - Energy Politics and Policy (3 units)
PSC 403C - Environmental Policy (3 units) *
PSC 403D - Global Environmental Policy (3 units)

B. Basic Science

APST 463 - Design and Analysis of Experiments (3 units)
APST 470 - Linear Regression and Time Series (3 units)
BCH 400 - Introductory Biochemistry (4 units)
BIOL 192 - Principles of Biological Investigation (2 units)
BIOL 251 - General Microbiology (4 units)
CHEM 220A - Introductory Organic Chemistry Lecture (3 units)
MATH 182 - Calculus II (4 units)
PHYS 400 - Energy: Principles, Sources and Problems (3 units) *
CHEM 241 - Organic Chemistry I (3 units) OR
CHEM 341 - Organic Chemistry for Scientists and Professionals I (3 units)
CHEM 242 - Organic Chemistry II (3 units) OR
CHEM 342 - Organic Chemistry for Scientists and Professionals II (3 units)
MATH 352 - Probability and Statistics (3 units) OR
STAT 352 - Probability and Statistics (3 units)
PHYS 151 - Gen Physics I & Lab (4 units) OR
PHYS 180 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers I (3 units)

C. Earth

CEE 204 - Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems (3 units)
CEE 390 - Environmental Engineering Systems: Principles and Design (3 units)
CEE 417 - Quantitative Water Quality Analysis (3 units)
CEE 453 - Environmental Microbiology (3 units)
GEOG 437 - Geography of Past Environments (3 units)
GEOG 405 - GIS I: Geographic Information Systems and Science (4 units)
GEOG 472 - Geography of Arid Lands (3 units)
GEOL 371 - Geology of Natural Resources (2 units)
NRES 422 - Soil Physics (3 units)
NRES 430 - Analysis of Environmental Contaminants (3 units)
NRES 431 - Analysis of Environmental Contaminants Laboratory (1 unit)
NRES 432 - Advanced Environmental Toxicology (3 units)
NRES 433 - Environmental Chemicals: Exposure, Transport and Fate (3 units)
NRES 497 - Forest and Range Soils (3 units)

D. Air and Water

ATMS 117 - Meteorology (3 units)
ATMS 412 - Introduction to Air Pollution (4 units)
BIOL 420 - Aquatic Ecology (3 units)
GEOG 121 - Climate Change and Its Environmental Impacts (4 units)
GEOG 321 - Understanding Climate (3 units)
GEOG 438 - Western Water Resources and Management (3 units)
GEOL 416 - Environmental Geochemistry (3 units)
NRES 400 - International Issues for Water Development (3 units) *
NRES 440 - Wetland Ecology and Management (4 units)
NRES 482 - Small Watershed Hydrology (4 units)
NRES 484 - Limnology: Study of Inland Waters (3 units)
NRES 485 - Special Topics (1 to 3 units) (Limnology Lab)

E. Plants and Animals

AGSC 413 - Range-Livestock Interactions (3 units)
BIOL 314 - Ecology and Population Biology (3 units)
BIOL 321 - Marine Biology (3 units)
BIOL 430 - Field Ornithology (1 unit)
BIOL 433 - Ornithology (3 units)
BIOL 434 - Mammalogy (4 units)
BIOL 446 - Desert and Montane Ecosystem (3 units)
BIOL 481 - Principles of Animal Behavior (3 units)
GEOG 434 - Biogeography (3 units)
NRES 310 - Wildlife Ecology and Management (4 units)
NRES 341 - Principles of Range Management (3 units)
NRES 345 - Range and Forest Plants (5 units)
NRES 402 - Forest Management (5 units)
NRES 405 - Silviculture and Regional Silviculture (5 units)
NRES 406 - Ecophysiology of Forest & Range Plants (4 units)
NRES 407 - Forest and Range Measurements (5 units)
NRES 421 - Conservation Biology (3 units)
NRES 441 - Ecology and Management of Invasive Plants (3 units)
NRES 488 - Dynamics and Management of Wildlife Populations (3 units)
NRES 495 - Fire Ecology and Management (3 units)
NRES 498 - Rangeland Restoration Ecology (3 units)

Note(s):

* = if not selected as a Capstone course

VI. Electives (8-16 units)

Select courses in consultation with your advisor, or select from one of the following three minors: Forest Management and Ecology , Wildlife Ecology and Conservation , and Ecohydrology .

VII. Recommended Schedule

A. First Year

Fall Semester (14 units)

ENG 101 - Composition I (3 units)
MATH 181 - Calculus I (4 units)
CHEM 121A - General Chemistry I (3 units) AND
CHEM 121L - General Chemistry Laboratory I (1 unit)
NRES 100 - Principles of Natural Resources and Environmental Science (3 units)

Spring Semester (16 units)

ENG 102 - Composition II (3 units)
CHEM 122A - General Chemistry II (3 units) AND
CHEM 122L - General Chemistry Laboratory II (1 unit)
ECON 102 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 units)
GEOL 100 - Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Natural Disasters (3 units)
NRES 210 - Environmental Pollution (3 units)

B. Second Year

Fall Semester (16 units)

CH 201 - Ancient and Medieval Cultures (3 units)
BIOL 190 - Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology (3 units)
NRES 211 - Conservation, Humans and Biodiversity (3 units)
APST 270 - Introduction to Statistical Methods (4 units)
NRES 295 - Principles of Ecohydrology (3 units)

Spring Semester (15 units)

CH 202 - The Modern World (3 units)
BIOL 191 - Introduction Organismal Biology (3 units)
GEOG 210 - Introduction to Geotechnology (3 units)
Core Curriculum Fine Arts (3 units)
General Elective (3 units)

C. Third Year

Fall Semester (15 units)

CH 203 - American Experiences and Constitutional Change (3 units)
NRES 322 - Soils (4 units)
Technical Elective-Basic Science (3 units)
Technical Elective-Human Interactions and Policy (3 units)
General Elective (2 units)

Spring Semester (15 units)

ENG 321 - Expository Writing (3 units)
Technical Elective-Plants and Animals (3 units)
Additional Technical Electives (6 units)
Technical Elective - Earth (3 units)

D. Fourth Year

Fall Semester (15 units)

Core Curriculum Major or department approved Capstone (3 units)
NRES 412 - Environmental Law (3 units)
Technical Elective-Air and Water (3 units)
Additional Technical Electives (6 units)

Spring Semester (14 units)

Core Curriculum Major or department approved Capstone (3 units)
Additional Technical Electives (5 units)
General Electives (6 units)

Environmental Science, B.S.

Description

Contact Information

Graduation Requirements

I. University Core Curriculum Requirements (38-44 units)

A. English (3-8 units)

B. Mathematics (3-4 units)

C. Natural Sciences (8 units)

D. Social Sciences (3 units)

E. Fine Arts (3 units)

F. Core Humanities (9 units)

G. Capstone Courses (6 units)

And one of the following: (3 units)

H. Diversity (3 units)

II. Additional College Requirements (0 units)

III. Major Requirements (34-35 units)

IV. Minor Requirements (0 units)

V. Technical Electives (32-33 units)

A. Human Interactions and Policy

B. Basic Science

C. Earth

D. Air and Water

E. Plants and Animals

Note(s):

VI. Electives (8-16 units)

VII. Recommended Schedule

A. First Year

Fall Semester (14 units)

Spring Semester (16 units)

B. Second Year

Fall Semester (16 units)

Spring Semester (15 units)

C. Third Year

Fall Semester (15 units)

Spring Semester (15 units)

D. Fourth Year

Fall Semester (15 units)

Spring Semester (14 units)