Environmental & Sustainability Studies (ESS) General Curriculum

General Education Curriculum Applies to all ESS Undergraduate Degree Concentrations

General Curriculum

• ENGL 1010 English Composition I (3)
• ENGL 1020 English Composition II (3)
• COMM 2025 Fundamentals of Communication or PC 2500 Communicating in the Professions (3)
• *MATH 1710 Pre-Calculus Algebra; MATH 1830 Applied Calculus; or MATH 1910 Calculus I (3 or 4)
  *Mathematics course depends on the concentration of study.
• HIST 2010 Early United States History (3)
• HIST 2020 Modern United States History (3)
• ENGL 2130, 2235, or 2330 Literature (3)
• ECON 2010 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• *CHEM 1010 Introductory Chemistry I or CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I (4)                           *Chemistry course depends on the concentration of study
• ESS 1100 Intro. to Environmental Studies (3)
• *BIOL 1020 Diversity of Life (4) or BIOL 1113 General Biology I (4)                                        *Biology course depends on the concentration of study.
• Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)
• Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)

*Check Concentration Requirements 

Major Field Core Curriculum

• AGBE 4120 or ECON 4120 Natural Resource Economics (3)
• BIOL 3120/3130 General Ecology (with lab or non-lab) (3-4)
• ESS 3710 or CHEM 4710 Chemistry and the Environment (3)
• ESS 3000 Intro. to Environmental Law (3)
• ESS 4001/4002 Society and the Environment: Capstone Experience Part I and II (6)
• GEOL 1045 Earth Environment, Resources and Society or GEOL 1040 Physical Geology (4)
• HIST 3900 Environmental History or ESS 3200 Nonprofit Organizations and the Environment (3)
• MATH 3070 Statistical Methods I or BIOL 4220 Biostatistics (3)
• SOC 3600 Environmental Sociology or ESS 4110 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (3)
• ESS 2100 Environment and Ethics (3)
• ESS 3100 Global Sustainability Issues & Initiatives (3)

ESS Projected Course Offerings

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