Students are responsible for following the Bulletin in effect when they enroll. The current Bulletin is on-line. The current (Oct. 2003) requirements of the Environmental Science program (ESP) are:

The courses for the Environmental Science Program (ENV) come from three different area, Core courses (20), other Environmental courses (6), Liberal Studies courses (19) and electives (3). This total of 48 courses then equals 192 credit hours for the Program

Liberal Studies (19)
7 — Common Studies Courses
2 — Initial Core - Discover Chicago and Focal Point (First Year)
2 — Writing (First Year)
1 — Multicultural Experience (Second Year)
1 — Experiential Education (Junior)
1 — Capstone (Senior), ENV 350
12 — Courses over 6 Learning Domains
2 — Understanding the Past
2 — Religious Dimensions
2 — Philosophical Inquiry
3 — Self, Society and the Modern World
3 — Arts and Literature

Core Courses (20)
BIO 101, 102 and 103 - Biology
CHE 111, 113, and 115 - General Chemistry
Second-year Sequence:
BIO 215 - Ecology
ENV 216- Earth System Science
ENV 217 - Human Impacts on the Environment
CHE 171, 173 and 175 - Organic Chemistry
ENV 294 - Second Year Seminar - ENV 294 (1 credit hour)
ENV 260 - Environmental Data Analysis - ENV 260
MAT 150, 151, and 152 or147, 148 and 149 - Calculus (This sequence includes MAT 131). SDV 310 Mathematical Modeling may be substituted for MAT 152
PHY 150, 151 and 152 - Physics
ENV 394 - Environmental Seminar (1 credit hour)
ENV 360 - Research Methods (2 credit hour)
ENV 362 - Senior Thesis (Variable credit)
ENV 350 - Environmental Impact Analysis (Counted as Liberal Studies Capstone course).

Additional Courses (2) - Choose 2 from the following list
PPS 202 - Intro. to Environmental Policy
ECO 105 - Principles of Microeconomics
CHE 240 - Biochemistry
GEO 342 - Geographical Information Systems
BIO 365 - Principles of Toxicology
ENG 204 - Technical Writing

Areas of Emphasis (4) - Students need to take four courses
from one of the following areas (*are required in that area)
Biology
BIO 210 - Microbiology
BIO 250 - Cell Biology
BIO 260 - Genetics
BIO 309 - Plant Physiology
BIO 317 - Aquatic Biology*
BIO 365 - Toxicology -
ENV 320 - Conservation Biology*

Chemistry
CHE 127 - Quantitative Analysis or
CHE 147 - Analytical Techniques
CHE 210 - Physical Chemistry I
CHE 240 - Introduction to Biochemistry
CHE 261 - Instrumental Analysis
CHE 265 - Air Chemistry
CHE 267 - Water Chemistry
CHE 269 - Solid Waste Chemistry

Earth Science
PHY 201 - The Atmosphere and the Oceans or
GEO 255 - Weather and Climate
ENV 115 - Environmental Geology or
ENV 220 - Soil Science
ENV 224 - Environment of the Chicago River
ENV 330 - Field Methods
GEO 242 - Remote Sensing or
GEO 243 - Geographic Information Systems

Ecology
ENV 250 - Applied Ecology
ENV 270 - Tropical Biology and Conservation
BIO 317 - Aquatic Biology*
ENV 320 - Conservation Biology*
ENV 330 - Field Methods
ENV 340 - Issues in Urban Ecology

Geography
GEO 210 - Environmental Conservation
GEO 225 - Weather and Climate
GEO 241 - Computer Cartography
GEO 243 - Remote Sensing
GEO 242 - Geographic Information Systems
ENV 200 - Cities and the Environment
ENV 230 - Global Climate Change
 
Public Policy
PPS 201 - Public Policy and Urban Issues
PPS 202 - Public Policy and Environmental Issues
PPS 320 - Public Policy in Production and Use of Energy and Pollution Control
PPS 324 - Public Policy and Natural Resources

Urban Forestry
ENV 250 - Applied Ecology
ENV 320 - Conservation Biology
ENV 322 - Ecosystem Ecology*
ENV 330 - Field Methods
ENV 340 - Issues in Urban Ecology*
ENV 342 - Natural History of Forests
BIO 309 - Plant Physiology

Electives (3)
Any three courses of interest to the student