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Program checklist · Environmental Science BS / MS Dual Degree

Environmental Science BS / MS Dual Degree

Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY

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Program
Award
Environmental Science BS / MS Dual Degree
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 RIT Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Taxonomy Codes Plan Code: ENVS-MS | HEGIS: 0420.00 Plan Code: ENVS-BS | HEGIS: 0420.00 After you review all of the information located here, view additional important details about this program at this link . // Overview Curriculum Admission Program Overview In this comprehensive accelerated dual degree in environmental science, you’ll build a foundation in core biological, geospatial, and environmental concepts and skills. Along the way, you’ll collaborate with community partners like the Seneca Park Zoo and Rochester Science Museum to develop solutions to pervasive problems like habitat loss, invasive species and stormwater pollution. Your master’s coursework will incorporate additional advanced environmental concepts, public policy education, data analysis skills, and independent research and fieldwork addressing key environmental challenges like microplastic pollution, climate change, wetland restoration, and more. This accelerated program prepares graduates for great careers at places like the Nature Conservancy, US Environmental Protection Agency, LaBella Associates, and Microvi Biotechnologies Inc. Curriculum The curriculum below outlines the typical course sequence(s) for this program. Plan of Study Grid First Year Fall Hours BIOL-123 Introduction to Biology: Organisms and Ecosystems 3 BIOL-125 Introduction to Biology Laboratory: Organisms and Ecosystems 1 ENVS-101 Concepts of Environmental Science 3 ENVS-102 Environmental Concepts Lab 1 ENVS-111 Soil Science 4 YOPS-10 RIT 365: RIT Connections 0 General Education: Global Perspective 3 Hours 15 Spring BIOL-124 Introduction to Biology: Molecules and Cells 3 BIOL-126 Introduction to Biology Laboratory: Molecules and Cells 1 MATH-161 Applied Calculus ( fulfills General Education: Mathematical Perspective A ) 4 General Education: Artistic Perspective 3 General Education: First Year Writing (WI) 3 Hours 14 Second Year Fall BIOL-240 General Ecology ( WI-PR ) 4 CHMG-141 General & Analytical Chemistry I ( fulfills General Education: Natural Science Inquiry Perspective ) 3 CHMG-145 General & Analytical Chemistry I Lab ( fulfills General Education: Natural Science Inquiry Perspective ) 1 ENVS-250 Applications of Geographic Information Systems 4 STSO-220 Environment and Society 3 Hours 15 Spring ENVS-301 Environmental Science Field Skills 4 Select one of the following: 3 PUBL-210 Introduction to Qualitative Policy Analysis STSO-421 Environmental Policy STSO-422 Great Lakes CHMG-142 General & Analytical Chemistry II ( fulfills General Education: Scientific Principles Perspective ) 3 CHMG-146 General & Analytical Chemistry II Lab ( fulfills General Education: Scientific Principles Perspective ) 1 General Education: Ethical Perspective 3 Open Elective 3 Hours 17 Summer ENVS-499 Environmental Science Co-op 1 0 Hours 0 Third Year Fall BIOL-208 Introduction to Programming with R 1 CHMO-231 Organic Chemistry I 3 CHMO-235 Organic Chemistry Lab I 1 STAT-145 Introduction to Statistics I ( fulfills General Education: Mathematical Perspective B ) 3 Environmental Science Concentration 2 3 General Education: Social Perspective 3 Open Elective 3 Hours 17 Spring BIOL-470 Statistical Analysis for Bioinformatics 3 BIOL-675 Advanced Conservation Biology 3 3 ENVS-551 Environmental Science Capstone Seminar I 3 ENVS-650 or ENVS-640 Hydrologic Applications of Geographic Information Systems 4 or Ecological Models in Geographic Information Systems 4 General Education: Immersion 1 3 Hours 16 Fourth Year Fall ENVS-552 Environmental Science Capstone Seminar II ( WI-PR ) 3 ENVS-601 Environmental Science Graduate Studies I 5 2 IMGS-431 Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing 3 Environmental Science Concentration 2 3 General Education: Immersion 2 3 Open Elective 3 Hours 17 Spring ENVS-500 Experiential Learning Requirement in Environmental Science 0 ENVS-602 Environmental Science Graduate Studies II 1 Environmental Science Concentration 2 3 Environmental Science Concentration 2 3 General Education: Immersion 3 3 Open Elective 4 3 Select one of the following Culminating Experiences: 3 ENVS-795 Environmental Science Graduate Research 6 Professional Elective 7,8 Hours 16 Fifth Year Fall Graduate GIS Elective 9 3 Graduate PUBL/STSO Elective 10 3 Graduate Statistics Elective 11 3 Select one of the following based on selected Culminating Experience: 3 ENVS-790 Environmental Science Thesis 6 Professional Elective 7,8 Hours 12 Spring Graduate Professional Elective 7 2 Select one of the following based on selected Culminating Experience: 3 ENVS-780 Environmental Science Project 8 ENVS-790 Environmental Science Thesis 7 Hours 5 Total Hours 144 Notes: All students pursuing a bachelor’s degree are also required to complete two different Wellness courses. In this dual degree program, 9 credits from the graduate program are double-counted because they also fulfill degree requirements in the undergraduate program. Students may take other combinations of graduate courses counting towards the BS degree than those listed, not to exceed 9 credits. 1 ENVS-499 Environmental Co-op is only required for Co-op track students. 2 Students select one of the following concentrations: Cell and Molecular Biology , Ecology & Field Biology , Organismal Biology & Evolution , Statistics , Mathematics , Chemistry , Remote Sensing & Digital Image Processing , Public Policy , or Economics . 3 Double-counted course 4 Double-counted course. Students are advised that they can count ENVS-640 Ecological Models in Geographic Information Systems or ENVS-650 Hydrologic Applications of Geographic Information Systems as their Graduate GIS Elective and instead take a Professional Elective. 5 This course fulfills two (2) credits of Environmental Science Concentration in the BS program. 6 Students who select Research Pathway as their Culminating Experience must complete three (3) credits of ENVS-795 Environmental Science Graduate Research and six (6) credits of ENVS-790 Environmental Science Thesis . 7 Select from Graduate Elective courses listed below. 8 Students who select Professional Pathway as their Culminating Experience must complete ENVS-780 Environmental Science Project and two additional Professional Electives. 9 See below for Graduate GIS Electives. 10 See below for Graduate Public Policy/STS Core Electives. 11 See below for Graduate GIS Electives.
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Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Environmental Science Graduate Electives

electives · 0 items

    Graduate Public Policy/STS Core Electives

    electives · 13 items
    1. ENVS 631
      Climate Change: Science Technology & Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. ESHS 755
      Corporate Social Responsibility
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. PUBL 610
      Technological Innovation and Public Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. PUBL 630
      Energy Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. PUBL 631
      Climate Change: Science, Technology and Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. PUBL 700
      Readings in Public Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    7. PUBL 701
      Graduate Policy Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    8. PUBL 702
      Graduate Decision Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    9. PUBL 703
      Evaluation and Research Design
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    10. PUBL 810
      Technology, Policy and Sustainability
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    11. STSO 621
      Graduate Biodiversity and Society
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    12. STSO 710
      Graduate Science and Technology Policy Seminar
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    13. STSO 750
      Graduate Sustainable Communities
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Graduate Science Core Electives

    electives · 14 items
    1. BIOL 636
      Graduate Seminar in Life Sciences
      Not resolved to a course
      1
    2. BIOL 640
      Environmental Genomics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. BIOL 650
      High Throughput Sequencing Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. BIOL 676
      Environmental Microbiology
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. BIOL 655
      Biogeography
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    6. BIOL 673
      Marine Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    7. BIOL 675
      Advanced Conservation Biology
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    8. BIOL 798
      Grad Biology Independent Study
      Not resolved to a course
      1-4
    9. ENVS 631
      Climate Change: Science Technology & Policy
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    10. ENVS 640
      Ecological Models in Geographic Information Systems
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    11. ENVS 650
      Hydrologic Applications of Geographic Information Systems
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    12. ENVS 670
      Advanced Concepts of Environmental Chemistry
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    13. ENVS 798
      Advanced Environmental Science Independent Study
      Not resolved to a course
      1-4
    14. IMGS 632
      Advanced Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Graduate GIS Electives

    electives · 3 items
    1. ENVS 640
      Ecological Models in Geographic Information Systems
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. ENVS 650
      Hydrologic Applications of Geographic Information Systems
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. IGME 771
      Introduction To Geographic Information Systems
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Graduate Statistics Electives

    electives · 4 items
    1. BIOL 672
      Computational Statistics and Data Science Methods
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. STAT 614
      Applied Statistics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. STAT 641
      Applied Linear Models - Regression
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. STAT 670
      Design of Experiments
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Graduate Professional Electives

    electives · 0 items

      Any of the above Graduate Electives or:

      electives · 4 items
      1. ESHS 613
        Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. ESHS 614
        Industrial Wastewater Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. ESHS 615
        Air Emissions Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. ISUS 704
        Industrial Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Cell and Molecular Biology Concentration

      concentration · 17 items
      1. BIOL 206
        Molecular Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. BIOL 216
        Molecular Biology Laboratory
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      3. BIOL 265
        Evolutionary Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. BIOL 265R
        Evolutionary Biology Recitation (WI-PR)
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      5. BIOL 302
        Cell Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. BIOL 305
        Plants, Medicine and Technology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      7. BIOL 311
        Introduction to Microbiology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      8. BIOL 321
        Genetics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. BIOL 322
        Developmental Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      10. BIOL 345
        Molecular Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. BIOL 365
        Introduction to Population Genetics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. BIOL 403
        Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry and Pathology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      13. BIOL 460
        Infectious Disease: Impact on Society and Culture
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. BIOL 536
        Seminar in Life Sciences
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      15. BIOL 540
        Environmental Genomics
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      16. BIOL 576
        Environmental Microbiology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      17. BIOL 599
        Research Based Writing
        Not resolved to a course
        2

      Ecology & Field Biology Concentration

      concentration · 22 items
      1. BIOL 205
        Animal Behavior
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      2. BIOL 211
        Invertebrate Zoology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      3. BIOL 212
        Vertebrate Zoology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. BIOL 218
        Biology of Plants
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. BIOL 265
        Evolutionary Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. BIOL 265R
        Evolutionary Biology Recitation (WI-PR)
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      7. BIOL 371
        Freshwater Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      8. BIOL 372
        Biology Without Walls
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      9. BIOL 385
        Seneca Park Zoo Internship
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      10. BIOL 444
        Ornithology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. BIOL 536
        Seminar in Life Sciences
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      12. BIOL 555
        Biogeography
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. BIOL 573
        Marine Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. BIOL 599
        Research Based Writing
        Not resolved to a course
        2
      15. ENVS 305
        Urban Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. ENVS 310
        Flood Hydrology and Wine Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        2
      17. ENVS 311
        Wetlands
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      18. ENVS 531
        Climate Change: Science Technology & Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      19. ENVS 540
        Ecological Models in Geographic Information Systems
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      20. ENVS 550
        Hydrologic Applications of Geographic Information Systems
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      21. ENVS 640
        Ecological Models in Geographic Information Systems
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      22. ENVS 650
        Hydrologic Applications of Geographic Information Systems
        Not resolved to a course
        4

      Organismal Biology & Evolution Concentration

      concentration · 16 items
      1. BIOL 211
        Invertebrate Zoology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      2. BIOL 212
        Vertebrate Zoology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. BIOL 218
        Biology of Plants
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. BIOL 265
        Evolutionary Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. BIOL 265R
        Evolutionary Biology Recitation
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      6. BIOL 311
        Introduction to Microbiology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      7. BIOL 313
        Comparative Animal Physiology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      8. BIOL 322
        Developmental Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      9. BIOL 372
        Biology Without Walls
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      10. BIOL 414
        Animal Nutrition
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. BIOL 444
        Ornithology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. BIOL 536
        Seminar in Life Sciences
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      13. BIOL 573
        Marine Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. BIOL 599
        Research Based Writing
        Not resolved to a course
        2
      15. BIOL 673
        Marine Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. ENVS 311
        Wetlands
        Not resolved to a course
        4

      Statistics Concentration

      concentration · 6 items
      1. STAT 305
        Regression Analysis
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. STAT 325
        Design of Experiments
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. STAT 335
        Introduction to Time Series
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. STAT 345
        Nonparametric Statistics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. STAT 415
        Statistical Sampling
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. STAT 521
        Statistical Quality Control
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Mathematics Concentration

      concentration · 7 items
      1. MATH 221
        Multivariable and Vector Calculus
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      2. MATH 231
        Differential Equations
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. MATH 241
        Linear Algebra
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. MATH 326
        Boundary Value Problems
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. MATH 341
        Advanced Linear Algebra
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. MATH 351
        Graph Theory
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. MATH 381
        Complex Variables
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Chemistry Concentration

      concentration · 10 items
      1. CHEM 201
        Clean Energy: Hydrogen Fuel Cells
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. CHEM 531
        Climate Change: Science Technology & Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. CHMA 311
        Instrumental Analysis
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. CHMA 315
        Instrumental Analysis Lab
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      5. CHMB 460
        Infectious Diseases: Impact Society & Culture
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. CHMI 351
        Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. CHMO 232
        Organic Chemistry II
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. CHMO 236
        Organic Chemistry Lab II
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      9. CHMP 341
        Physical Chemistry I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. ENVS 670
        Advanced Concepts of Environmental Chemistry
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Remote Sensing & Digital Image Processing Concentration

      concentration · 5 items
      1. IMGS 251
        Radiometry
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. IMGS 261
        Linear and Fourier Methods for Imaging
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      3. IMGS 361
        Image Processing
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. IMGS 362
        Machine Learning for Image Analysis
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. IMGS 532
        Advanced Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Public Policy Concentration

      concentration · 9 items
      1. PUBL 301
        Public Policy Analysis
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. PUBL 302
        Decision Analysis
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. PUBL 530
        Energy Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. PUBL 531
        Climate Change: Science, Technology and Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. STSO 201
        Science and Technology Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. STSO 326
        History of Ecology and Environmentalism
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. STSO 330
        Energy and the Environment
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. STSO 421
        Environmental Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. STSO 521
        Biodiversity and Society
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Economics Concentration

      concentration · 10 items
      1. ECON 201
        Principles of Macroeconomics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. ECON 401
        Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. ECON 403
        Econometrics I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. ECON 404
        Mathematical Methods: Economics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. ECON 406
        Global Economic Issues
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. ECON 421
        Natural Resource Economics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. ECON 422
        Benefit-Cost Analysis
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. ECON 444
        Public Finance
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. ECON 448
        Development Economics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. ECON 520
        Environmental Economics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
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