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This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.

NOTES: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.

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CRWT Placement

CRWT 101 to CRWT 102

CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S

Math Placement

MATH 021/022 to MATH 108-121

NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.

First Year

Fall Semester

Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
Major: GEOL 106 - FUNDAMENTALS OF EARTH SCIENCE LECTURE (HRS 4)
Major: GEOL 106L - FUNDAMENTALS OF EARTH SCIENCE LAB (HRS 2)
Total: (HRS 14)

Spring Semester

Major: ENSC 103 - INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (HRS 4)
Gen Ed: MATH 108 - ELEMENTARY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS or MATH 121 - CALCULUS I
General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
Career Pathways: PATH TS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
Total: (HRS 16)

Second Year

Fall Semester

Gen-Ed: CHEM 116 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LECTURE (HRS 4)
Gen-Ed: CHEM 116L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB (HRS 1)
Major: BIOL 111 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LECTURE (HRS 4)
Major: BIOL 111L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LAB (HRS 1)
General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
Career Pathways: PATH TS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
Total: (HRS 14)

Spring Semester

Major: CHEM 117 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LECTURE (HRS 4)
Major: CHEM 117L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LAB (HRS 1)
Major: BIOL 221 - GENERAL ECOLOGY* (HRS 4)
Major: BIOL 315 - FIELD BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY* (HRS 4)
Major: ENSC 230 - SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCES (HRS 4)
Career Pathways: PATH TS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
Total: (HRS 17)

Third Year

Fall Semester

General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
Major: ENSC 343 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LECTURE (HRS 4)
Major: ENSC 343L - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LAB (HRS 2)
Major: ENSC Elective 1 (HRS 4)
Major: ENSC 225 - GIS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (HRS 4)
Total: (HRS 18)

Spring Semester

Major: ENSC 345 - RESEARCH DESIGN & STATISTICS (HRS 4)
Major: ENSC 3xx: Methods & Modeling (HRS 4)
General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
Total: (HRS 16)

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Major: ENSC 417 - ECOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH LECTURE (HRS 4)
Major: ENSC 417L - ECOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH LAB (HRS 2)
Major: ENSC Major Elective 2 (HRS 4)
General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 2-4)
Total: (HRS 16-18)

Spring Semester

General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
Major: GEOL 328 - PALEONTOLOGY, PALEOECOLOGY & PALEOENVIRONMENTS LECTURE (HRS 4)
Major: GEOL 328L - PALEONTOLOGY, PALEOECOLOGY & PALEOENVIRONMENTS LAB (HRS 1.5)
Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
Total: (HRS 17.5)

Total Credits Required: 128 credits

GPA Required: 2.0

Note: Major Electives and Free Electives can be switched around. Total of 2 ENSC Major Electives are required; there is one offered each semester, in rotation (Fall 2024 ENSC 305, Sp2025 GEOL 327, Fall 2025 ENSC 320, Spring 2026 ENSC 350). See the College Catalog or UAchieve Degree Audit for Major Elective list.

* CRWT 102 is a prereq for GEOL 106, but first semester students are given an override if they take CRWT 102 concurrently

** Students may opt to take ENSC 225 in their second year Fall

*General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:

Social Science Inquiry (+W)

SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY

Scientific Reasoning

SCIENTIFIC REASONING

Historical Perspectives (+W)

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES

Studies in the Arts and Humanities (+W)

STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Global Awareness (+W)

GLOBAL AWARENESS

Distribution Category (Outside of TAS)

VALUES AND ETHICS; SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; OR CULTURE AND CREATIVITY