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Environmental Science - 4 Year Degree Plan

2025-2026

My Advisor is _____________________

Lamar University's Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science program is an interdisciplinary program that will teach you to protect, monitor, manage and improve the environment. The program combines study in biology, chemistry, geology, engineering and political science to prepare you for your career. The program is offered only on-campus and its coursework includes general biology, microbiology, general botany, etc. Graduates will have practical skills in the field and lab and real-life experience solving environmental problems. 

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NOTE: Degree plans may change over a four-year period. This may not be the most current list of course requirements for your program. It is always advised that you check Degree Audit in Banner Self-Serv or your advisor for the most up-to-date degree requirements and to track your progress toward a degree.Visit the for information about course equivalency and degree applicability of transfer credit on a statewide basis. 

FIRST     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
BIOL 1406 General Biology I (Majors) 4 ______ ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 ______
CHEM 1311
and CHEM 1111
General Chemisty I
and General Chem I Laboratory
 4 ______ BIOL 1407 General Biology II (Majors) 4 ______
Communication 3 ______ CHEM 1312
and CHEM 1112
 General Chemisty II
and General Chem II Laboratory
 4 ______
MATH 2312 Pre Calculus and Elementary Functions 3 ______ Social and Behavorial Science 3 ______
  Hours 14 ______   Hours 14 ______
SECOND   YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
ENGL 1302 Composition II 3 ______ HIST 1302 U.S. History II Since 1877 3 ______
HIST 1301 U.S. History I 1763-1877 3 ______ PSYC 2317 Introduction to Stastical Methods 3 ______
BIOL 2421 Microbiology for Science Majors 4 ______ GEOL 1403 Geology I: Physical Geology 4 ______
CHEM 3401 Quantitative Analysis 4 ______ CHEM 3311
and CHEM 3111
Organic Chemistry I
and Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
 4 ______
______ Language, Philosophy and Culture 3 ______
  Hours 14 ______   Hours 17 ______
THIRD     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
Creative Arts 3 ______ COSC 1371 Microcomputers 3 ______
POLS 2301 Into to American Government I 3 ______ POLS 2302 Into/American Government II 3 ______
CHEM 4481 Environmental Analysis 4 ______ BIOL 4435 Environmental Toxicology 4 ______
GEOL 4370 Meteorology 3 ______ GEOL 3390 Environmental Geography and Geology 3 ______
BIOL 3450 General Botany 4 ______ GEOL 3315
or GEOL 4311
Hydrogeology
or Fundamentals of GIS
 3 ______
  Hours 17 ______   Hours 16 ______
FOURTH     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
Select one of the following:  3 ______ Select one of the following:  3 ______
BIOL 4300
Approved Free Elective
 Undergraduate Problems (Internship)

 ______ BIOL 4300
Approved Free Elective
 Undergraduate Problems (Internship)

 ______
BIOL 4460 Ecology 4 ______ BIOL 4430 Limonology 4 ______
BIOL 4302 Conservation Biology 3 ______ BULW 3330 Environmental Law 3 ______
PHYS 1401 College Physics I 4 ______ PHYS 1402 College Physics II 4
  Hours 14 ______   Hours 14 ______