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Program checklist · BS

Environmental Studies BS

University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
BS
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
30.4401
Credits (computed from items)
278-300
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196088
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196088_ff36df6a
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Admission Criteria

0 items

    Course Requirements

    0 items

      Required Courses (18-19 credits)

      10 items
      1. EVS 118LEC
        Introduction to Environmental and Sustainability Studies
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. BIO 200LLB
        Evolutionary Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        5
      3. Choose one introductory chemistry course:
        Not resolved to a course
      4. EVS 217LEC
        Environmental Chemistry: Principles and Applications
        Not resolved to a course
        or: CHE 101LR - General Chemistry
        3
      5. Choose one Earth Sciences sequence:
        Not resolved to a course
      6. GEO 101LEC
        Earth Systems Science
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. GEO 105LAB
        Earth, Environment, and Climate Laboratory
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      8. GEO 106LEC
        Global Climate Change
        Not resolved to a course
        or: ERT 101LEC - Natural Hazards
        3
      9. ERT 102LEC
        Climate Change
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. ERT 105LAB
        Natural Hazards and Climate Change:Past, Present, Future
        Not resolved to a course
        1

      Environmental Core (18 credits)

      10 items
      1. EVS 309LEC
        Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. EVS 310LLB
        Ecological Methods
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. EVS 315LAB
        Field Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. EVS 450SEM
        Undergraduate Colloquium Credits:
        Not resolved to a course
      5. GEO 481LLB
        Geographic Information Systems
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      6. Choose one introductory 4 credit statistics course:
        Not resolved to a course
      7. GEO 211LLB
        Univariate Statistics in Geography
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      8. PSY 207LLB
        Psychological Statistics
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      9. STA 119LEC
        Statistical Methods Lecture
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. STA 119REC
        Statistical Methods
        Not resolved to a course
        1

      Social Sciences/Humanities Core (9 credits)

      9 items
      1. EVS 250LR
        Environmental Justice
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. Choose two additional courses:
        Not resolved to a course
      3. DMS 201LEC
        Green Media
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. EVS 201LEC
        Climate Change & Sustainability
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. EVS 220LEC
        Nature Through Time
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. EVS 238LEC
        Science, Religion, and Nature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. EVS 317LEC
        The Politics of Sustainability
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. EVS 442SEM
        Environmental Movements
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. SOC 341LEC
        Environment & Society
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      One Environmental Internship (3 credits)

      1 item
      1. EVS 496TUT
        Environmental Internship
        Not resolved to a course
        1-6

      Specialty Electives (15 credits)

      29 items
      1. BIO 318LEC
        Plant Biology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. BIO 442LLB
        Ornithology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      3. BIO 473LAB
        Mycology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      4. EVS 301SEM
        Wilderness First Aid I
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      5. EVS 302SEM
        Wilderness First Aid II
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      6. EVS 321LEC
        The Environmental Impact of War
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. EVS 326LEC
        Great Lakes Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. EVS 345LEC
        Water & Society
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. EVS 350LEC
        Water Quality
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. EVS 360LEC
        Environmental Impact Statements and Resource Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. EVS 385LEC
        Energy, Environment, and Society
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. EVS 409LEC
        Advanced Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. EVS 411LEC
        Marine Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. EVS 413LEC
        Ecology of Invasive Species
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      15. EVS 419SEM
        Wilderness
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. EVS 441LEC
        Wildlife and Wildlands Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      17. EVS 445LEC
        Restoration Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      18. EVS 452LLB
        Limnology
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      19. EVS 459SEM
        Human Impacts On Ancient Environments
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      20. EVS 463LEC
        Soil Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      21. EVS 472LEC
        Tropical Environments
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      22. EVS 493LAB
        Ecology of Unique Environments
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      23. EVS 495TUT
        Undergraduate Supervised Teaching
        Not resolved to a course
        1-3
      24. EVS 498LEC
        Undergraduate Research
        Not resolved to a course
        1-6
      25. EVS 499TUT
        Independent Study
        Not resolved to a course
        1-6
      26. GEO 356LEC
        Forest Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      27. GEO 435LEC
        Conservation Biogeography
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      28. GEO 446LEC
        Global Change Ecology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      29. IDS 344SEM
        Indigenous Health and the Environment
        Not resolved to a course
        3

      Additional Degree Requirements Include

      0 items

        Academic Requirements

        0 items

          Program Distinction

          0 items

            Curricular Plan

            43 items
            1. UB Seminar
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            2. ENG 105LEC
              Writing and Rhetoric
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            3. EVS 118LEC
              Introduction to Environmental and Sustainability Studies
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            4. ERT 101LEC
              Natural Hazards
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            5. ERT 105LAB
              Natural Hazards and Climate Change:Past, Present, Future
              Not resolved to a course
              1
            6. GEO 101LEC
              Earth Systems Science
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            7. GEO 105LAB
              Earth, Environment, and Climate Laboratory
              Not resolved to a course
              1
            8. Pathway
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            9. Statistics
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            10. Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            11. ENG 105LEC
              Writing and Rhetoric
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            12. GEO 106LEC
              Global Climate Change
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            13. ERT 102LEC
              Climate Change
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            14. Pathway
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            15. Pathway
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            16. Social Sciences Core
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            17. Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              2
            18. BIO 200LLB
              Evolutionary Biology
              Not resolved to a course
              5
            19. Pathway
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            20. Pathway
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            21. Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            22. Social Sciences Core 2
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            23. Social Sciences Core 3
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            24. Communication Literacy 2
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            25. Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            26. EVS Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            27. EVS 310LLB
              Ecological Methods
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            28. EVS 309LEC
              Ecology
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            29. UBC 399MNT
              UB Curriculum Capstone
              Not resolved to a course
              1
            30. EVS 217LEC
              Environmental Chemistry: Principles and Applications
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            31. EVS 315LAB
              Field Ecology
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            32. EVS Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            33. EVS Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            34. Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            35. EVS 496TUT
              Environmental Internship
              Not resolved to a course
              1-6
            36. GEO 481LLB
              Geographic Information Systems
              Not resolved to a course
              4
            37. EVS Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            38. Elective 300/400 level
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            39. Elective 300/400 level
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            40. EVS Elective
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            41. Elective 300/400 level
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            42. Elective 300/400 level
              Not resolved to a course
              3
            43. Elective 300/400 level
              Not resolved to a course
              3
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