Program requirements

Thesis-Track Program Requirements:

Area 1: Program Core    Required Hours: 20
ENVS 5165: Introduction to Hydrology
ENVS 5255: Environmental Geology (including lab)
ENVS 6105: Environmental Issues
ENVS 6106: Environmental Law and Regulations
ENVS 6207: Ecological Methodology (including lab)
ENVS 7115: Environmental Chemistry

Area 2: Program Electives      Required Hours: 10
Select 10 hours from the following
ANTH 5555: Selected Topics in Anthropology
BIOL 5515: Selected Topics: Cell/Molecular Biology
BIOL 5525: Selected Topics: Organismic Biology
BIOL 5535: Selected Topics: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BIOL 5899: Independent Study
CHEM 7165: Environmental Organic Chemistry
CHEM 7175: Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry
CHEM 7185: Aquatic Chemistry
CHEM 7555: Selected Topics in Environmental Chemistry
ENVS 5125: Human Ecology*
ENVS 5225: Natural Environments of Georgia
ENVS 5226: Culture and Environment
ENVS 6235: Geographic Information and Global Positioning
ENVS 5315: Stream Ecology
ENVS 5365: Limnology and Freshwater Ecology
ENVS 6109: Environmental Air Quality
ENVS 6206: Water Resources Management
ENVS 7145: Land Use and Waste Management
ENVS 7555: Selected Topics in Environmental Science
GEOL 5115: Geochemistry
GEOL 5116: Meteorology
GEOL 5135: Introduction to Oceanography
GEOL 5175: Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
GEOL 5215: Geomorphology
GEOL 7275: Vertebrate Paleontology
GEOL 7565: Selected Topics in Environmental Geology
MATH 5175: Mathematical Statistics
STAT 5176: Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments

Area 3: Thesis Research      Required Hours: 6
ENVS 7000: Thesis Defense
ENVS 7999: Research in Environmental Science

Total Required Hours: 36

Non-Thesis Track Degree:

Area 1: Program Core      Required Hours: 24
ENVS 5165: Introduction to Hydrology
ENVS 5255: Environmental Geology (including lab)
ENVS 6105: Environmental Issues
ENVS 6106: Environmental Law and Regulations
ENVS 6207: Ecological Methodology (including lab)
ENVS 6235: Geographic Information and Global Positioning
ENVS 7115: Environmental Chemistry

Area 2: Program Electives      Required Hours: 12
Select 12 hours from the following:
ANTH 5555: Selected Topics in Anthropology
BIOL 5515: Selected Topics: Cell/Molecular Biology
BIOL 5525: Selected Topics: Organismic Biology
BIOL 5535: Selected Topics: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
BIOL 5899: Independent Study
CHEM 7165: Environmental Organic Chemistry
CHEM 7175: Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry
CHEM 7185: Aquatic Chemistry
CHEM 7555: Selected Topics in Environmental Chemistry
ENVS 5125: Human Ecology
ENVS 5225: Natural Environments of Georgia
ENVS 5226: Culture and Environment
ENVS 5315: Stream Ecology
ENVS 5365: Limnology and Freshwater Ecology
ENVS 6109: Environmental Air Quality
ENVS 6206: Water Resources Management
ENVS 7145: Land Use and Waste Management
ENVS 7555: Selected Topics in Environmental Science
GEOL 5115: Geochemistry
GEOL 5116: Meteorology
GEOL 5135: Introduction to Oceanography
GEOL 5175: Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
GEOL 5215: Geomorphology
GEOL 7275: Vertebrate Paleontology
GEOL 7565: Selected Topics in Environmental Geology
MATH 5175: Mathematical Statistics
STAT 5176: Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments

Total Required Hours: 36