Map: CSN BAS Environmental Management

About This Academic Map

CSN students who have been accepted into the Environmental Management, BAS should follow this map.
This 120-credit map, designed for students without transfer credits, represents the optimal pathway to completing this degree.
- Please note: Students must complete this BAS degree with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher.
- Prior to Semester #1 - Apply to the Environmental Management program and receive approval from the program director to enter the program.
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CSN First Semester

Mathematics (General Education) - Credits 3-6: Options Include: MATH 126 or MATH 126E
English Composition (General Education) - Credits 3-5: Options Include: ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 110 or ENG 113
Communications (General Education) - Credits 3: COM 101 - Public Speaking
Human Relations (General Education) - Credits 3: Select a course from the Human Relations list on the degree sheet.
Natural Science (General Education) - Credits 3: ENV 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science

Mathematics (General Education) - Credits 3: MATH 127 - Precalculus II
Communications (General Education) - Credits 3: Options Include: ENG 102 or ENG 114
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: GEOL 101 - Geology: Exploring Planet Earth
Digital Literacy Elective (Major Requirements) - Credits 0-3: Complete ONLY if you wish to take GIS 109 as your Lower Division Elective Course. Options Include: IS 100B or IS 101

Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences (General Education) - Credits 3: Select a course from the Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences list on the degree sheet.
U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (General Education) - Credits 4: Options Include: HIST 100 or PSC 101
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 190 - Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II

Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 191 - Introduction to Organismal Biology
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: ENV 206 - Introduction to Climate Change
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: NRES 210 - Environmental Pollution
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: PHYS 151 - General Physics I
Lower Division Elective (Major Requirements) - Credits 2-4: Options Include: CEE 121 or GEOL 220 or GIS 109 *

^{*Must complete the Digital Literacy Elective (IS 100B or 101) as a prerequisite to enrolling in GIS 109.}

Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 220 - Introductory Organic Chemistry
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: BIOL 341 - Principles of Ecology
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: CHEM 310 - Environmental Chemistry
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: ENV 345 - Environmental Regulations, History, Law, and Methods
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: NRES 322 - Soils

Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: BIOL 211 - Introduction to Field Biology
Lower Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: ENV 260 - Environmental Measurement and Analysis
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: BIOL 305 - Introduction to Conservation Biology
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: GEOL 334 - Environmental Geology

Lower Division Core Requirememts (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: ENV 201 - Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: ENV 360 - Environmental Assessment Methods
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: GEOL 448 - Field Geology I
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: GEOL 474 - Hydrogeology
Upper Division Electives (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: Options* Include: BIOL 492 or ENV 492 ; or GEOL 495 ; or CHEM 495

^{*In the next semester either repeat BIOL 492 or ENV 492 or GEOL 495; or if CHEM 495 was chosen in this semester, then complete CHEM 496 in semester 8.}

Total Minimum Credits: 14
APPLY FOR GRADUATION by the deadline. Visit www.csn.edu/graduation for more information on applying for graduation.

Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: CHEM 330 - Analytical Chemistry
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: GEOL 330 - Introduction to Geochemistry
Upper Division Core Requirements (Major Requirements) - Credits 4: GEOL 362 - Principles of Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
Upper Division Electives (Major Requirements) - Credits 3: Options* Include: BIOL 492 ; or ENV 492 ; or GEOL 495 ; or CHEM 496

^{*Either repeat BIOL 492 or ENV 492 or GEOL 495; or if you completed CHEM 495 in the previous semester, complete CHEM 496 in this semester.}