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Environmental Geoscience B.S. requirements
Explore the reviewed Environmental Geoscience B.S. major at Boston College, organized by requirement and course.
(A) 12 credits from EESC2201–2208 (2 credits each, plus laboratories) and/or EESC1132 (4 credits)
Choose from these approved options.
- EESC2201 Environmental Systems: The Human Footprint
- EESC2207 Environmental Systems: Earthquakes
- EESC1132 Exploring the Earth
- EESC2202 Environmental Systems: Ecosystems
- EESC2203 Environmental Systems: Water Resources
- EESC2204 Environmental Systems: Carbon Cycle
- EESC2205 Environmental Systems: Climate Change
- EESC2206 Environmental Systems: Oceans
- EESC2208 Environmental Systems: Quantitative Methods
(A) Note: Approved substitutions for the introductory Environmental Systems sequence
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(B) EESC2220 Earth Materials (4 credits)
Required for the program.
(C) Electives: approved non-EESC courses (up to 6 credits of the 18 elective credits)
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- SOCY3346 Environmental Justice
- PHIL5534 Environmental Ethics: Value of Nature/Nature of Value
- CHEM2231 Organic Chemistry I
- INTL2260 International Environmental Science and Policy
- ECON2277 Environmental Economics and Policy
- ECON2278 Environmental Economics
- HIST2406 This Land is Your Land: U. S. Environmental History
- ECON3391 Economics of Energy and the Environment
- BIOL4450 Behavioral Ecology
- CHEM4475 Physical Chemistry I
- HIST4703 Environmental Histories of Water
- BIOL5130 Environmental Disruptors of Development
- PHIL5515 How to Save the World: Ethics of Climate Change
(D) Senior research experience (at least 4 credits)
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(E) Corequisite: Calculus II
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(E) Corequisite: two semesters of Physics with labs, or two semesters of Chemistry with labs, or three semesters of Biology
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- CHEM1110 General Chemistry II
- CHEM1112 General Chemistry Laboratory II
- CHEM1118 Honors Modern Chemistry II
- CHEM1120 Honors Modern Chemistry Laboratory II
- BIOL2000 Molecules and Cells
- BIOL2010 Ecology and Evolution
- BIOL2040 Investigations in Molecular Cell Biology Lab
- PHYS2051 Introductory Physics Laboratory II
- PHYS2201 Introductory Physics II (Calculus)
- CHEM1109 General Chemistry I
- CHEM1117 Honors Modern Chemistry I
- CHEM1119 Honors Modern Chemistry Laboratory I
- PHYS2050 Introductory Physics Laboratory I
- PHYS2200 Introductory Physics I (Calculus)
- CHEM1111 General Chemistry Laboratory I
Source and limitations
Requirements sourced from Boston College University Catalog — Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Applies to the Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year cohort.
45 courses across 7 requirement groups.
Requirement eligibility varies by school, cohort, and section. Confirm every degree requirement in EagleApps or with an advisor.