Environmental Science, Concentration

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field that incorporates the study of problems caused by human use of the natural world with analysis of remedies for these problems through social, economic or political change. While incorporating information on natural processes, the field of environmental science also analyzes the role that technology plays in our society and its capacity to alter natural processes as well as solve problems.

Concentration Director: Dr. Deanna Soper, dsoper@udallas.edu

In this field the analysis of the social processes that characterize human populations emphasizes critical thinking about decisions made at the individual, societal, corporate, political and global level that impact natural processes. This approach outlines the way in which environmental problems are both created and solved by human populations. Thus, environmental science is a mixture of traditional science, societal values and political awareness.

Reflecting this interdisciplinary approach, the Environmental Science Concentration requires six courses selected from a wide range of disciplines and departments.

Required Courses

BIO 2360     Environmental Science (Offered Fall Semesters in Odd Years and Virtually during Summer I)

BIO 2160    Environmental Science Lab (Offered Fall Semesters in Odd Years and Virtually during Summer I)

BIO 3311    Marine Biology (Offered Spring Semesters in Even Years)

BIO 3317    Tropical Ecology and Ecopsychology  (Offered Spring Semesters in Odd Years)

BIO 3345    Biostatistics OR  MAT 2305 Introduction to Statistics OR PSY Statistical Methods for Social Science