School of Environmental Studies

Environmental & Sustainability Studies

Environmental Science: Natural Resources | 120 Hours

 

About

• Explore and investigate diverse environmental and conservation issues for public land management agencies and private land organizations
• Develop knowledge and skills necessary for future careers as environmental and conservation professionals through a range of disciplines and perspectives

General Education Curriculum Applies to all ESS Undergraduate Degree Concentrations

General Curriculum (41-42 hours)

• ENGL 1010 English Composition I (3)
• ENGL 1020 English Composition II (3)
• COMM 2025 Fundamentals of Communication or PC 2500 Communicating in the Professions (3)
• MATH 1710 Pre-Calculus Algebra; MATH 1830 Applied Calculus; or MATH 1910 Calculus I (3 or 4)
• HIST 2010 Early United States History (3)
• HIST 2020 Modern United States History (3)
• ENGL 2130, 2235, or 2330 Literature (3)
• ECON 2010 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• CHEM 1010 Introductory Chemistry I or CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I (4)
• ESS 1100 Intro. to Environmental Studies (3)
• BIOL 1020 Diversity of Life (4)
• Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)
• Hum/FA Elective (From approved list) (3)

Major Field Core Curriculum (37-38 hours)

• AGBE 4120 or ECON 4120 Natural Resource Economics (3)
• BIOL 3120/3130 General Ecology (with lab or non-lab) (3-4)
• ESS 3710 Chemistry and the Environment (3)
• ESS 3000 Intro. to Environmental Law (3)
• ESS 4001/4002 Society and the Environment: Capstone Experience Part I and II (6)
• GEOL 1045 Earth Environment, Resources and Society or GEOL 1040 Physical Geology (4)
• HIST 3900 Environmental History or ESS 3200 Nonprofit Organizations and the Environment (3)
• MATH 3070 Statistical Methods I or BIOL 4220 Biostatistics (3)
• SOC 3600 Environmental Sociology or ESS 4110 Human Dimensions of Natural Resources (3)
• ESS 2100 Environment and Ethics (3)
• ESS 3100 Global Sustainability Issues & Initiatives (3)

Concentration Core (16 hours):

• AGRN 3000 Soils (4)
• ESS 4100 National Parks and Protected Areas (3)
• GEOL/GEOG 3200 Water Resources (3)
• BIOL 4840 Limnology, ESS 4093 Special Topics, or GEOL 4150 Geomorphology (3)
• AGET 3100/3115 Natural Resource Systems and Lab, ESS 4300 Environmental Management System, or ESS 4900 Internship (3)

Directed Electives (12-13 hours) 

Choose four of the following:

• AGBE 2010 World Food and Society (3)
• AGHT 3450 Dendrology (3)
• BIOL 2310 General Botany (4)
• BIOL 3240 Field Botany (3)
• BIOL 4330 Plant Ecology (3)
• GEOG 4510 Theory of GIS I (3)
• GEOG 4511 Theory of GIS II (3)
• GEOG 4650 Environmental Applications of GIS (3)
• WFS 4730 Conservation Biology (3)

Free Electives (11-14 hours)

 

Natural Resources: Year by Year Flow Chart (PDF)

Natural Resources Checklist (PDF)

For questions, please contact your advisor:

Dr. Samantha Allen — saallen@tntech.edu
Dr. Tammy Boles — tboles@tntech.edu
Lisa Brown — lbrown@tntech.edu
David Hajdik — dhajdik@tntech.edu
Dr. Hayden Mattingly — hmattingly@tntech.edu
Dr. Steve Sharp — ssharp@tntech.edu