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Environmental Science (B.S.) with Ecosystem Sciences ConcentrationShown below is a sample 4-year study plan that includes all major and Dearborn Discovery Core (DDC) course requirements.
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Freshman Year
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First Semester
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Course Code and NameCreditsPrerequisitesCorequisitesDDC DesignationsNotes
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ESCI 101 Environmental Science I4noneGENS
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ESCI 118 Geology I4noneESCI 118LGENS
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COMP 105 Writing & Rhetoric I3COMP 099 or Composition Placement Score with a score of 20 or Composition Placement Score with a score of 105GEWO
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Foreign language course3-4noneForeign language requirement (two course sequence)
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Total = 14-15
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Second Semester
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Course Code and NameCreditsPrerequisitesCorequisitesDDC DesignationsNotes
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ESCI 201 Environmentalism4noneGEIN
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STAT 263 Introduction to Statistics3noneGECC
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COMP 106 Writing & Rhetoric II3COMP 105 or COMP 1050) or (Composition Placement Score with a score of 30 or Composition Placement Score with a score of 106) or COMP 110GEWO
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Foreign language course3-4noneForeign language requirement (two course sequence)
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Total = 13-14
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Sophomore Year
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First Semester
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Course Code and NameCreditsPrerequisitesCorequisitesDDC DesignationsNotes
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BIOL 130 Introduction to Organismal and Environmental Biology4noneBIOL 130LGENS
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CHEM 134 General Chemistry IA4MATH 104* or MATH 105* or MATH 113* or MATH 115* or Mathematics Placement with a score of 105 or Mathematics Placement with a score of 115CHEM 134LGENS
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ESCI 350 Geomorphology4ESCI 118
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CASL/DDC course or elective3-4varies with course
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Total = 15-16
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Second Semester
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Course Code and NameCreditsPrerequisitesCorequisitesDDC DesignationsNotes
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CHEM 136 General Chemistry IIA4CHEM 134CHEM 136LGENS
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ESCI 348 Environmental Chemistry4CHEM 344 and (CHEM 225 or CHEM 325)
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ESCI concentration elective 3-4varies with course
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CASL/DDC course or elective3-4varies with course
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Total = 14-16
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Junior Year
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First Semester
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Course Code and NameCreditsPrerequisitesCorequisitesDDC DesignationsNotes
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ESCI 305 Intro to GIS4none
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ESCI 304 Ecology4BIOL 130 and (MATH 104 or MATH 105 or MATH 113 or MATH 115 or MPLS, Minimal grade: 116ESCI 304L
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ESCI 385 Environmental Internship3noneGECE
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CASL/DDC course or elective3-4varies with course
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Total = 14-15
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Second Semester
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Course Code and NameCreditsPrerequisitesCorequisitesDDC DesignationsNotes
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ESCI 340 Remote Sensing 4none
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ESCI concentration elective 3-4varies with course
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ESCI concentration elective 3-4varies with course
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CASL/DDC course or elective3-4varies with course
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Total = 13-16
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Senior Year
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First Semester
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Course Code and NameCreditsPrerequisitesCorequisitesDDC DesignationsNotes
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ESCI 420 Advanced Field Ecology4permission of instructor
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ESCI 440 Advanced GIS4ESCI 305 or GEOG 305 or GISC 305
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ESCI concentration elective 3-4varies with course
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CASL/DDC course or elective3-4varies with course
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Total = 14-16
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Second Semester
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Course Code and NameCreditsPrerequisitesCorequisitesDDC DesignationsNotes
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ESCI 499 Lab Research in Environmental Science3none
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ESCI concentration elective 3none
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CASL/DDC course or elective3-4varies with course
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CASL/DDC course or elective3-4varies with course
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Total = 12-14
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General Notes:
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1. A minimum of 120 credits is required to graduate. However, your academic plan for degree may require additional credits. See an academic advisor to discuss your specific credits required to graduate.
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2. The major GPA must be a minimum of 2.00 in order to graduate. All courses that may count toward the completion of the major will count in the major GPA including failed classes.
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3. At least 23 of the minimum 45 upper level credits in the major must be elected at UM-Dearborn.
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4. A maximum of 6 credits of independent study/research in any Dept. of Natural Sciences discipline may count towards the 120 hours required to graduate.
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ESCI Concentration Elective Courses (miniumum of 17 credits required)
Dearborn Discovery Core Designations
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BIOL 333 Plant Biolpogy
Writing and Oral Communication (GEWO)
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BIOL 353 Ornithology
Upper-Level Writing Intensive (GEWI)
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BIOL 380 Epidemiology
Quantitative Thinking and Problem Solving (GEQT)
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ESCI 320 Field Biology
Critical and Creative Thinking (GECC)
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ESCI 337 Plant EcologyCapstone (GECE)
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ESCI 352 Introduction to Toxicology
Natural Science (GENS)
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ESCI 420 Advanced Field Ecology
Intersections (GEIN)
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ESCI 422 Conservation Biology
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ESCI 485 Spatial Analysis and the Environment
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GEOG 320 Global Climate Change
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