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Potential Emphasis Areas

This is flexible depending on a student's background and goals, but the following areas are suggested.

Surface water emphasis
Potential jobs: TMDL development, surface water assessments

Required Background
Organic Chemistry I
Microbiology
Physical Geology
Hydrology

Suggested electives
Limnology
Geochemistry
Applications in GIS (Intro GIS required)
Watershed Analysis
Environmental Models

Environmental Literacy
or
Thesis
1 graduate or undergraduate elective (for non-thesis)

Groundwater Track
Potential jobs: Aquifer supply and quality, groundwater remediation, Phase I and II investigations

Required Background
Organic I and II
Calculus I and II
Physical Geology
Introductory Hydrology

Suggested electives
Hydrogeology
Geochemistry
Applications in GIS (Intro GIS required)
Environmental Site Assessment
Contaminant Hydrogeology

Environmental Literacy
or
Thesis
1 graduate or undergraduate elective (for non-thesis)


Natural Resources Evaluation and Management
Potential jobs: Wetland delineation, natural area evaluation, resource planning

Required Background
Organic I
Ecology
Physical Geology

Suggested electives
Plant Taxonomy
Geomorphology
Applications in GIS (Intro GIS required)
Wetlands
Watershed Analysis

Environmental Literacy
or
ENVS 5883 Thesis
1 graduate or undergraduate elective (for non-thesis)

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