Mississippi State University's

Environmental Sciences Certification

and Minor Program:

Curriculum Guidelines

 

General Requirements:

A total of 22 semester hours are required in the following four component areas with at least six hours from the social sciences and humanities and six hours from the natural sciences.  Courses typically serve as electives within any traditional disciplinary major.  No more than two courses can be double-counted between the ENS certificate and the student's academic major.  Introduction to Environmental Science (ENS 2102) and Environmental Sciences Practicum (ENS 4102) are required of all students.  It is recommended that ENS 2102 be taken as the entry-level course.

Priority for enrollment in ENS 4102 will be given to students who 1) are enrolled in the Environmental Sciences Program and have arranged to conduct a project with a faculty member conducting research in environmental sciences, 2) are enrolled in the program and are near their graduation date, 3) have arranged to conduct a project with a faculty member conducting research in environmental sciences but are not enrolled in the Environmental Sciences program, or 4) are enrolled in the program and have made satisfactory progress toward program completion.

Introductory (2 hrs.) Capstone (2 hrs.)
ENS 2102 Intro to Environmental Science

offered every Spring semester

 ENS 4102 Environmental Sciences Practicum

available every semester
Social Sciences and Humanities (6-12 hrs.)*  Natural Sciences (6-12 hrs.)*

AEC 3233 Intro Environ. Economics and Policy

BL 4263 Environmental Law

FO 4413 Natural Resources Policy

FP 4313 Environmental Principles

GR 3113 Conservation of Natural Resources

LA 2443 Urban Planning

PS 4743 Environmental Policy

SO 4173 Environment and Society

SO 4703 Population Problems and Processes

WF 4463 Human Dim. of Fish & Wildlife Mgmt

 

 ABE 3303 Biosystems Environment I
ABE 4263 Soil & Water Management
ABE 4312 Biosystems Environment II
BIO 3104 Ecology
BIO 4213 Plant Ecology
BIO 4404 Environmental Microbiology
CE 3824 Environmental Engineering
CE 4843 Advanced Sanitary Analysis
CE 4873 Water & Wastewater Treatment
CH 4303 Environmental Chemistry
CHE 4613 Air Poll. Control Design
CHE 4990 Pollution Abatement & Remed.
CVM 4513 Environmental Toxicology
FO 3123 Forest Ecology & Global Env.
GG 3133 Intro. Environ. Geology
GG 3603 Intro to Oceanography
GG 3613 Water Resources
GG 4304 Prin. Sediment Dep. I
GG 4443 Prin. Sediment Dep. II
GG 4613 Physical Hydrogeology
GR 4613 Applied Climatology
GR 4813 Natural Hazards and Processes
PSS 3303 Soils (with PSS3301)
PSS 4314 Soil Microbiology
PSS 4333 Soil Conservation and Land Use
PSS 4603 Soil Chemistry
WF 3133 Appl. Aquatic & Terr. Ecol. (w/ 3131)
WF 4372 Water Quality Mgmt. (w/ 4371)
WF 4383 Wetlands Ecol & Mgmt

* Other courses may be applied to these requirements, subject to review by program coordinator and oversight committee.

Current course offerings are accessible in MSU's online class schedule, along with the current course catalog through the MSU WWW Information System.