School of Environmental Studies

Environmental Science: Biology Option | 45 Hours

 Concentration Core (10 hours)

• AGRN 2300 Soils (3)
• GEOG 3200 (GEOL 3200) Water Resources (3)
• PHYS 2010 Algebra-Based Physics I (4)

Biology Option (16 hours)

• BIOL 1010 Intro. to Biology (4) or BIOL 1113 General Biology I (4)
• BIOL 1123 General Biology II (4)
• BIOL 2310 General Botany (4)
• BIOL 3140 Cellular Biology (4) or BIOL 3200 Gen. Microbiology (4) or BIOL 3810 General Genetics (4)

Directed Electives (12-13 hours)

Choose one of the following:

• AGHT 3450 Dendrology (3)
• BIOL 3240 Field Botany (3)
• BIOL 4330 Plant Ecology (3)

Choose one of the following:

• GEOL 2000 Earth Evolution and Life History (3)
• WFS 4500 National Wildlife Policy (3)
• WFS 4730 Conservation Biology (3)

Choose one of the following:

• BIOL 4130 Environmental Microbiology (3)
• BIOL 4650 Marine Biology (4)
• BIOL 4840 Limnology (3)

Choose one of the following:

• BIOL 3330 Entomology (3)
• BIOL 4230 Animal Behavior (3)
• BIOL 4610 Invertebrate Zoology (3)
• BIOL 4630 Ornithology (3)
• BIOL 4810 Ichthyology (3)
• BIOL 4820 Mammalogy (3)
• BIOL 4830 Herpetology (3)

Free Electives (4-6 hours)

Biology Option: Year by Year Flow Chart (PDF)

Biology Checklist (PDF)

 

For questions, please contact your advisor:
Dr. Tammy Boles	tboles@tntech.edu
Lisa Brown	lbrown@tntech.edu
David Hajdik	dhajdik@tntech.edu
Dr. Steve Sharp	ssharp@tntech.edu