Courses

Courses for Environmental Sciences Majors could include some of the following courses, though specific classes should be selected and arranged with your program advisor.  Click on the below links for current course offerings.

The Environmental Sciences 6 year plan for course offerings can be found in PDF form here (PDF|12Kb).

Astronomy
ASTR S225 General Astronomy (3 cr)

Biology
BIOL S105 Fundamentals of Biology I (4 cr)
BIOL S271 Ecology (4 cr)
BIOL S382 Wetland Ecology (4 cr)
BIOL S480 Aquatic Pollution (3 cr)
BIOL S481 Marine Ecology (4 cr)

Chemistry
CHEM S105 General Chemistry I (4 cr)
CHEM S106 General Chemistry II (4 cr)
CHEM S341 Organic and Biologic Chemistry I (4 cr)
CHEM S450 Environmental Chemistry (4 cr)

Environmental Science
ENVS S101 Introduction to Environmental Science (4 cr)
ENVS S110 Intro to Geographic Information Systems (1 cr)
ENVS S111 Intro to Differential Global Positioning Systems (1 cr)
ENVS S200 Hazardous Materials Management (3 cr)
ENVS S301 Soil Sciences (4 cr)
ENVS S310 Geographic Info Systems (3 cr)
ENVS S311 Technical Writing for Science Majors (3 cr)
ENVS S402 Limnology (4 cr)
ENVS S403 Remote Sensing (3 cr)
ENVS S404 Snow Hydrology (4 cr)
ENVS S408 Biogeochemistry (3 cr)
ENVS S410 Advanced Geographic Information Systems (3 cr)
ENVS S420 Atmospheric Science (3 cr)
ENVS S491 Internship in ENVS Field (1-4 cr)
ENVS S492-ENVS Seminar (1 cr)
ENVS S493 Planetary Science (3 cr)
ENVS S498-Directed research (1-4 cr)

Geology
GEOL S104 Physical Geology (4 cr)
GEOL 271 Earth Materials (4 cr)
GEOL S300 Geology of Alaska (3 cr)
GEOL 301 Geomorphology (4 cr)
GEOL 302 Hydrology (4 cr)
GEOL S310 Glaciation and Climate Change (3 cr)
GEOL S315 Glacier Surveying* (3 cr)

Mathematics
MATH S200 Calculus I (4 cr)
MATH S201 Calculus II (4 cr)
MATH S202 Calculus III (4 cr)
MATH S302 Differential Equations (3 cr)
MATH S305 Geometry (3 cr)
MATH S311 Modern Algebra (3 cr)
MATH S314 Linear Algebra (3 cr)
MATH S460 Mathematical Modeling (3 cr)

Physics
PHYS S103 College Physics I (4 cr)
PHYS S104 College Physics II (4 cr)
PHYS S211 General Physics I (4 cr)
PHYS S212 General Physics II (4 cr)

Statistics
STAT S273 Elementary Statistics (3 cr)
STAT S373 Probability and Statistics (3 cr)
STAT F401 Regression and Analysis of Variance (4 cr)

Juneau Icefield Program courses (3-9 cr)
Courses are offered only in the summer. For more information see your program advisor or Juneau Icefield Research Program.