Biological Sciences
Natural Resource Management Courses Choose eight units from the following offerings:
Ecological Agriculture
Units: 4
BIOS 303
Land Resources
Units: 4
BIOS 306
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Water Resources (Limnology) Conservation Biology Restoration Ecology Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies Topics in Natural Resource Management
Units: 4
BIOS 307
Faculty
Units: 4
BIOS 371
Units: 4
BIOS 372
Matt Cruzen
Chair
BIOS 390
Units: 4
BIOS 430
Environmental Science
Units: 1-4
Degree Program A Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science is offered upon completion of the university baccalaureate and major requirements. Students are encouraged to take courses during summers at either the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies Great Lakes Campus in Michigan, or the Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship on Whidbey Island in Washington, or a semester with the Creation Care Studies Program in either Belize or New Zealand.
Environmental Policy and Ethics Courses Choose eight units form the following offerings:
Global Development and Ecological Sustainability
BIOS 305
Units: 4
Environmental Ethics
Units: 4
BIOS 353
Bioethics
Units: 4
BIOS 354
Environmental Health: An Ecological Perspective Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies
BIOS 355
Units: 4
BIOS 390
Units: 4
All Environmental Science majors automatically meet the general education requirement of eight units of science and mathematics. The foreign language requirement is met by two years in high school or the first four units in college.
Topics in Environmental Science
Units: 1-4
Note:
BIOS 410
Supporting Science Courses Twenty-six units of supporting sciences from the Departments of Physical Science and Chemistry are required including:
Environmental Science Concentration (68-70 Units) A minimum of 42 units in biology or environmental studies.
General Chemistry I General Chemistry II
Units: 4
CHEM 105
Units: 4
CHEM 106
Basic Organic and Biochemistry
Units: 3
CHEM 320
Environmental Chemistry
Units: 4
CHEM 332
Required Biological Science Courses BIOS 103
Geology Physics I
Units: 3
PHSC 103
Introduction to Environmental Science
Units: 3
Units: 3
PHSC 111
General Biology II
Units: 3
BIOS 112
Physics I Laboratory
Units: 1
PHSC 111L
General Biology II Laboratory
Units: 1
BIOS 112L
Physics II
Units: 3
PHSC 112
Biostatistics
Units: 3
BIOS 318
Physics II Laboratory
Units: 1
PHSC 112L
Botany
Units: 4
BIOS 222
General Ecology
Units: 4
BIOS 401
Courses (BIOS)
Seminar in Advanced Biology
Units: 1
BIOS 470
Internship
Units: 1
BIOS 480
Introduction to Environmental Science 3 An interdisciplinary approach to the study of the environment using concepts from ecology, biology, chemistry, geology, the social sciences and scripture to understand the interplay of natural resources, how humans are affecting the environment, and how to deal with environmental problems. 3 Continuation of general biology emphasizing the principles of human physiology, ecology and homeostatic mechanisms. General Biology II General Biology II Laboratory 1 This laboratory, which accompanies General Biology II, will involve dissection as well as experimentation. A field project involving the La Mirada Creek is included. Lab fee: $60.
BIOS 103
Organismal Biology Courses Choose two courses from the following offerings:
Vertebrate Biology Invertebrate Biology
Units: 3
BIOS 301
Units: 4
BIOS 351
BIOS 112
Marine Biology
Units: 4
BIOS 352
Natural History of Southern California
Units: 3
BIOS 362
Parasitology
Units: 4
BIOS 402
BIOS 112L
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