Environmental Science (BS)

Curious about environmental issues? Wondering how you can make a difference? Environmental Science could be the degree for you! Environmental scientists make the world a safer and healthier place for humans and wildlife!

Lindenwood University offers a highly competitive Environmental Sciences B.S. in the Greater Saint Louis Region. Through this program, you will gain important technical knowledge to analyze and address a variety of environmental problems, including their causes, impacts, and methods of preventing environmental problems in the future. By earning a B.S. in environmental science at Lindenwood University, you will have options for professional employment in multiple areas, as well as be poised to enter graduate school to earn an advanced degree in a specialized area. The Environmental Sciences faculty members are experienced professionals in soil sciences, fate and behavior of chemical contaminants in the environment, environmental risk assessment, geology, geo-archaeology, geospatial methods, and hydrology. Lindenwood University also offers a minor in Environmental Sciences.

A B.S. in environmental science will prepare you for multiple career choices and future options, such as:

• A career in the private sector working with industry to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and permits.
• Working for a consulting firm, investigating hazardous waste sites, and providing recommendations on clean-up options.
• A position with a federal or state regulatory agency to ensure that environmental regulations are being followed.
• A career working for an environmental advocacy group to work toward environmental stewardship and sustainability by monitoring environmental and wildlife conditions.
• An academic career by earning an advanced degree in a specialized area and through research expand and develop new techniques to assess environmental hazards and remediation.

A B.S. degree in Environmental Science requires a general education core curriculum, plus 74 credit hours in the subject-specific course. You will study subjects like biological diversity, environmental policy, hydrology, chemistry, and many more.

Major Coursework

64 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• BSC 24000 Introduction to Biological Diversity
• BSC 24400 Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology
• BSC 24800 Introduction to Ecology and Evolution
• ESC 26300/BSC 26300 Environmental Policy
• CHM 23000 General Chemistry 1
• CHM 23100 General Chemistry 2
• CHM 23200 General Chemistry 3
• CHM 24100 General Chemistry 2 Laboratory
• CHM 24200 General Chemistry 3 Laboratory
• ESC 10000 Physical Geology with Lab
• ESC 11200 Fundamentals of Environmental Science
• ESC 32000 Hydrology
• ESC 33000 Fundamentals of Soil Science
• ESC 34000 Environmental Sampling and Data Management
• ESC 40000 Hydrogeology
• ESC 41000 Environmental Fate of Contaminants
• GEO 20000 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• MTH 17300 Survey of Calculus
• MTH 24100 Statistics for Natural Science
• PHY 25100 Introductory Physics I

Additional CHM Coursework

4 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• CHM 35500 Analytical Chemistry
• CHM 36100 Organic Chemistry I

Elective Coursework

6 credit hours of coursework from the following options:

• BSC 32000 Plant Biology
• BSC 36200 Advanced Environmental Biology
• BSC 36600 Field Biology
• BSC 46500 General Ecology
• ENV 45000 Environmental Internship
• ESC 35000 Hazardous Waste Management
• ESC 39000-39999 Special Topics in Environmental Science
• ESC 42000 Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Alternatively, other 30000-level or above courses may be an accepted electives with prior approval by the department. Additional credits will be required to meet the university 42 credit minimum of 30000 or higher-level courses and may be fulfilled with Environmental Sciences or other department electives.