An Environmental Initiative at Miami University
Environmental Science Co-major
Miami University offers 2 environmental co-majors — Environmental Science and Environmental Principles & Practice. A student taking a co-major must also complete a primary major in one of the divisions at Miami. Completion of the co-major satisfies the Miami Plan thematic sequence requirement. A number of departments and academic units participate in the environmental science co-major programs. For more information, contact:
- Dr. James Rubenstein
- (rubensjm@muohio.edu)
Program Administrator & Chief Advisor Geography Department
(513) 529-5025 or (513) 529-5254
The Environmental Science Co-major emphasizes earth science and life science approaches to understanding environmental patterns and processes. If you are primarily interested in biological and physical science specializations, such as zoology or other life and earth sciences, this co-major complements your major especially well.
Degree Requirements
- Biological Science (1 of these)
- BMZ 115 Biological Concepts
BOT 191 General Botany
ZOO 113 Animal Diversity (offered at Hamilton/Middletown only) - Physical Science (2 of these, 1 each from a and b)
- a:
CHM 111 Chemistry in Modern Society
CHM 142, 145 College Chemistry/College Chemistry Lab
GLG 211 Chemistry of Earth Systems (GLG majors only)
b:
GLG 111 The Dynamic Earth
GLG 121 Environmental Geology
GLG 131 Geology and Gemstones
GLG 141 Geology of U.S. National Parks
GLG 115.L Geology Lab (required with any GLG enrollment)
GEO 121 Global Physical Environments - Economics
- ECO 201 Microeconomics
- Social Science (1 of these)
- ATH 175 Peoples of the World
GEO 101 Global Forces and Local Diversity
POL 241 American Political System
POL 261 Public Administration - Statistics (1 of these)
- STA 261 Statistics
STA 301 Applied Statistics
STA 368 Introduction to Statistics
STA 462 Inferential Statistics - Environmental Science (required course)
- ENV 275 Principles of Environmental Science
(cross-listed as BOT/CHM/GEO/GLG/MBI/STA/ZOO 275) - Advanced Courses (2 of these)
- BOT 401 Plant Ecology
BOT/GEO 431 Global Plant Diversity
BOT/GEO 432 Ecoregions of North America
BOT 467 Conservation Biology
CHM 363/4 Analytical Chemistry and laboratory
CHM 454 Instrumental Analysis
CHM 463 Environmental Chemistry
GEO 421 Climatology
GEO 425/GLG 454 Hydrogeography
GEO 428 Soil Geography
GEO 437 Regional Land Use Capability
GEO 441 Geographic Information Systems
GLG 335 Ice Age Earth
GLG 401 Global Climate Change
GLG 402 Geomicrobiology
GLG 408 Introduction to Hydrogeology
GLG 430 Mineral Surface Geochemistry
GLG 432 Clays and Clay Mineralogy
GLG 482 Contaminant Hydrogeology
GLG 491 Geochemistry of Natural Waters
GLG 496 Isotopes in Environmental Processes
MBI 402 Geomicrobiology
MBI 475 Microbial Ecology
PHY 421 Introduction to Biophysics
PHY 437 Intermediate Thermodynamics
PHY 441 Optics and Laser Physics
STA 475 Data Analysis Practicum
ZOO 333 Field Ecology
ZOO 453 Animal Physiological Ecology
ZOO 462 Ecological Toxicology
ZOO 463 Limnology
ZOO 467 Conservation Biology - Synthesis (1 of these)
- BOT/ZOO 351 Environmental Education
GEO/WMS 436 Women, Gender and the Environment
BOT/BUS/GEO/GLG/ZOO 494 Sustainability Perspectives in Resources and Business
IES 431 Environmental Science Field-Based Workshops (See department for available workshops)
Honors Thesis Independent Study or Internship