Environmental Studies Distribution Requirements - ESFN

Foundations of Environmental Science

Definition: These courses present students with disciplinary knowledge from the natural sciences foundational to environmental science.  They may or may not consider how this knowledge relates to environmental science and include courses at introductory through advanced levels.

Updated 2/18/2025

Subject Course Title
ANTH 100 Introduction to Biological Anthropology
ARCH 218 Geographic Information Systems
BIOL 120 Life at the Extremes: A Survival Guide
BIOL 121 Alien Worlds
BIOL 122 The Biochemical Basis of Metabolic Disorders
BIOL 123 Interactions of Plants, Animals and Fungi
BIOL 124 Biology of Behavior
BIOL 125 Understanding Cancer
BIOL 126 Infectious Disease versus Immune Defense
BIOL 127 This is Your Life
BIOL 131 Field Natural History 
BIOL 131 Introduction to Organisms, Populations and Ecosystems: The Physiology of Life
BIOL 131 Introduction to Organisms, Populations, and Ecosystems: Topics in Field Natural History
BIOL 131 Introduction to Organisms, Populations, and Ecosystems: Topics in Ocean Ecology
BIOL 131 Topics in Ecology of Animals, Plants and Fungi
BIOL 131 Topics in Evolution and Ecology
BIOL 131 Topics in Ocean Ecology (formerly BIOL 129 Changing Ocean Ecosystems)
BIOL 132 Introduction to Molecules, Gene, and Cells: Topics in Development
BIOL 132 Molecules, Genes and Cells: Topics in Genetics & Genomics
BIOL 213 Cell and Tissue Biology
BIOL 215 Evolution
BIOL 216 Genetics w/Lab
BIOL 221 Animal Diversity
BIOL 313 Cell Biology w/Lab
BIOL 315 Evolution
BIOL 318 Animal Development
BIOL 321 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL 323 Algae, Fungi and Lichens
BIOL 326 Microbiology
BIOL 333 Physiology
BIOL 334 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy w/lab
BIOL 342 Structure and Function of Biomolecules w/Lab
BIOL 343 Metabolism
BIOL 380 Immunology
BIOL 401 Field Natural History Mosaic
BIOL 416 Population Genetics
BIOL 417 Molecular Genetics
BIOL 425 The Biology of Cancer w Lab
CHEM 131 General Chemistry I
CHEM 132 General Chemistry II w Lab
CHEM 141 Accelerated General Chemistry
CHEM 241 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 242 Organic Chemistry II w Lab
CHEM 244 Thermodynamics and Kinetics
CHEM 342 Structure and Function of Biomolecules w/Lab
CHEM 343 Metabolism
CHEM 347 Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry
COMP 130 Introduction to Computing
COMP 131 Introduction to Computer Science
COMP 132 Introduction to Computer Science II
COMP 132 Principles of Object-Oriented Design
COMP 180 Introduction to Data Science
COMP 241 Computational Mathematics
DATA 180 Introduction to Data Science
ENST 218 Geographic Information Systems
GEOS 121 Are We Alone? Understanding Habitable Worlds
GEOS 141 Earth's Hazards
GEOS 142 Earth's Changing Climates
GEOS 151 Foundations of Earth Sciences
GEOS 201 Surface Processes
GEOS 203 From Treetop to Bedrock: An Introduction to the Critical Zone
GEOS 205 Introduction to Soil Sciences
GEOS 206 Volcanology
GEOS 218 Geographic Information Systems
GEOS 221 Oceanography
GEOS 301 Field Geology
GEOS 305 Earth Materials
GEOS 306 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
GEOS 307 Paleontology
GEOS 309 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
GEOS 310 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems for Field Scientists
GEOS 321 Isotope Geochemistry
GEOS  322 Archaeological Geology
GEOS 331 Geochemistry
GEOS 333 Environmental Geophysics
GEOS  335 Global Geophysics and Tectonics
GISP 218 Geographic Information Systems
MATH 121 Elementary Statistics
MATH 151 Introduction to Calculus
MATH 170 Single Variable Calculus
MATH 171 Multivariable Calculus
MATH 180 Introduction to Data Science
MATH 211 Foundations of Higher Mathematics
MATH 225 Probability and Statistics I
MATH 241 Numerical Methods
MATH 241 Computational Mathematics
MATH 262 Linear Algebra
MATH 270 Integration and Infinite Series
MATH 271 Differential Equations
MATH 325 Probability and Statistics II
MATH 331 Operations Research
PHYS 131 Workshop Physics: The Mechanical Universe 
PHYS 132 Introductory Physics
PHYS 141 Physics for the Life Sciences
PHYS 142 Physics for the Life Sciences
PHYS 311 Dynamics and Chaos
PHYS 312 Electrodynamics
PHYS 331 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics