Graduation Requirements for the Major

Students matriculating prior to the fall semester 2015 in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) must complete the SEBS general education requirements. In addition, students majoring in  environmental sciences must complete the major requirements described below.

Students matriculating fall 2015 or after and transfer students matriculating in 2016 and after must complete a goal-based Core Curriculum in place of general education requirements. The goal-based core is described here: http://sebs.rutgers.edu/core. Courses are certified for the Core Curriculum by a faculty committee. A current list of certified courses can be found here: http://sebs.rutgers.edu/core. Environmental sciences major requirements are as described below.

Proficiency in the Environmental Sciences (60-71 credits)

A. REQUIRED COURSES (42)

Quantitative Skills

  01:640:1__ CALC I (4)

Professional Ethics

Ethical problems in environmental and regulatory fields are addressed throughout the program in both introductory and advanced level courses.

Additional Requirements

  01:160:161-162  General Chemistry (4,4)

  01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)

  11:375:201  Biological Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)

  11:375:202  Chemical Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)

  11:375:203  Physical Principles of Environmental Sciences (3)

  11:375:303  Numerical Methods in Environmental Science (3)

  11:375:310  Analytical Environmental Chemistry Laboratory (2)

  11:375:312  Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (2)

  11:216:351  Principles of Ecology (4)

  01:750:193-194  Physics for the Sciences (4,4) or 01:750:203-204  General Physics (3,3)

  01:960:211  Statistics I (3) or equivalent

1. Environmental Science (34-36)

Required courses (24)

  01:160:307-308  Organic Chemistry (4,4) or 01:160:209  Elementary Organic Chemistry (3) and 11:375:340  Environmental Applications of Organic Chemistry (3)

  01:640:1__  CALC2 (4)

At least four of the following (12):

  11:375:346  Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry (3)

  11:375:407  Environmental Toxicology (3)

  11:375:411  Environmental Microbiology (3)

  11:375:423  Environmental Fate and Transport (3)

  11:375:444  Water Chemistry (3)

  11:375:453  Soil Ecology (3)

Electives (6-8)

2. Applied Environmental Science (31-38)

Required courses (26-31)

  01:160:209  Elementary Organic Chemistry (3) or 01:160:307-308  Organic Chemistry (4,4) [recommended for those considering graduate study]

  11:375:302  Elements of Water and Wastewater Treatment (3)

  11:375:307  Elements of Solid Waste Management and Treatment (3)

  11:375:430  Hazardous Wastes (3)

  11:680:390  General Microbiology (4) or 01:119:131  Microbiology for the Health Sciences (3) or equivalent

Electives (9-11)

 At least 9 credits in one of the following concentrations:

a. Concentration in Pollution Science

 01:640:1__  CALC2 (4)

 11:375:322  Energy, Technology, and Its Environmental Impact (3)

 11:375:340  Environmental Applications of Organic Chemistry (3)

 11:375:424  Air Sampling and Analysis Techniques  (3)

 11:375:423  Environmental Fate and Transport (3)

 11:375:434  Principles of Industrial Hygiene (3)

 11:375:444  Water Chemistry (3)

 11:375:453  Soil Ecology (3)

b. Concentration in Environmental Health

  11:375:406  Public Health Practice and Administration (3)*

  11:375:407  Environmental Toxicology (3)*

  11:375:421  Air Pollution (3)

  11:375:424  Air Sampling and Analysis Techniques (3)

  11:375:434  Principles of Industrial Hygiene (3)

c. Concentration in Environmental Science Policy

  01:790:305  Public Policy Formation (3) or 01:790:341  Public Administration: American Bureaucracy (3) or 01:790:342  Public Administration: Policymaking (3)

  01:790:362  International Law (3)

  11:372:231  Fundamentals of Environmental Planning (3) or 10:975:306  Introduction to Urban and Environmental Planning (3)

  11:373:363  Environmental Economics (3)

  11:374:301  Environment and Development (3)

  11:374:313  Environmental Policy and Institutions (3)

  11:374:315  International Environmental Policy (3)

  11:374:322  Environmental Behavior (3)

  11:375:403  Principles of Epidemiology (3) or 11:375:406  Public Health Practice and Administration (3)

3.  Environmental Health (30-37)

Required courses (21-24)

   01:119:131  Microbiology for the Health Sciences (3)

   01:160:209  Elementary Organic Chemistry (3) or 160:307-308  Organic Chemistry (4,4)

   11:375:302  Elements of Water and Wastewater Management (3)

   11:375:307  Elements of Solid Waste Management (3)

   11:375:403  Principles of Epidemiology (3) or PHCO 0502  Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (3)* for B.S./M.P.H. students; B.S. students by permission

   11:375:406  Public Health Practice and Administration (3)*

   11:375:407  Environmental Toxicology (3) or ENOH 0594  Environmental and Occupational Toxicology (3) for B.S./M.P.H. students; B.S. students by permission

Electives (9-11)

  At least 9 credits from the following courses:

  01:640:1__ CALC2 (4)

  11:374:460  Environmental Law and Policy I - Nature, Law, and Society (3)

  11:375:411  Environmental Microbiology (3)

  11:375:421  Principles of Air Pollution (3)

  11:375:424  Air Sampling and Analysis Techniques (3)

  11:375:430  Hazardous Wastes (3)

  11:375:453  Soil Ecology (3)

  11:375:455,456  Environmental Health Internship (2)*

Unspecified Electives

In addition to courses meeting the above requirements, students can take any other courses offered by the university, for which they meet the course eligibility requirements, to bring their total number of credits to the minimum of 128 required for graduation.