15 semester credit hours of suggested elective courses:
Depending on area of interest, students can select electives from courses in the Bioshpere, Geosphere or Chemosphere after consulting with the Undergraduate Advisor, Dr. Janis Bush. Courses selected must represent a coherent plan of study. Students are responsible for any prerequisite coursework.
| BIO 2313 | Genetics |
| BIO 2322 | Genetics Laboratory |
| BIO 3003 | Intro to Marine Biology |
| BIO 3103 | Biotechnology |
| BIO 3413 | General Physiology |
| BIO 3422 | General Physiology Laboratory |
| BIO 3513 | Biochemistry |
| BIO 3522 | Biochemistry Laboratory |
| BIO 3813 | Cellular Biology |
| BIO 3822 | Cellular Biology Laboratory |
| BIO 4033 | Conservation Biology |
| BIO 4043 | Desert Biology |
| BIO 4233 | Field Biology |
| BIO 4241 | Field Biology Laboratory |
| ES 3023 | Man and His Natural Resources |
| ES 4063 | Global Positioning System (GPS) Mapping |
| ES 4093 | Remote Sensing |
| ES 4193 | Field-Based Inquiry |
| or GEO 3113 | Geologic Field Investigations |
| ES 4203 | Environmental Assessment |
| GEO 3063 | Paleontology |
| GEO 3071 | Paleontology Laboratory |
| GEO 3083 | Stratigraphy |
| GEO 3091 | Stratigraphy Laboratory |
| GEO 3123 | Sedimentary Geology |
| GEO 3131 | Sedimentary Geology Laboratory |
| GEO 3163 | Oceanography |
| GEO 3203 | Rocks and Minerals |
| GEO 3211 | Rocks and Minerals Laboratory |
| GEO 3323 | Global Tectonism and Geologic Processes |
| GEO 3331 | Global Tectonism and Geologic Processes Laboratory |
| GEO 3374 | Geochemistry |
| GEO 4023 | Engineering Geology |
| GEO 4063 | Principles of Environmental Geology |
| GEO 4113 | Geomorphology |
| GEO 4121 | Geomorphology Laboratory |
| GEO 4623 | Ground-Water Hydrology |
| ES/GEO 4911-3 | Independent Study |
| ES/GEO 4951-3 | Independent Study |
| CHE 2303 | Organic Chemistry II |
| CHE 2342 | Organic Chemistry II Laboratory |
| CHE 3103 | Analytical Chemistry |
| CHE 3204 | Thermodynamics |
| CHE 3212 | Physical Chemistry Laboratory |
| CHE 3224 | Kinetics and Quantum Theory |
| CHE 3264 | Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry |
| CHE 4243 | Organic Chemistry III |
| CHE 4253 | Spectroscopy |
| CHE 4263 | Inorganic Chemistry |
| CHE 4383 | Introduction to Mass Spectrometry |