Concentrations
Concentrations
Students may elect to pursue one of four concentrations for the elective portion of the program. As students declare a concentration, they are assigned to the faculty adviser responsible for it, and the adviser helps the student formulate an individual program including electives, which must be selected from at least two other concentration areas.
Other courses may be substituted with the approval of the concentration adviser/program coordinator. Courses in environmental engineering, chemistry, occupational safety and health, and/or computer science may also be approved as electives.
Concentration in Environmental Ecology
Concentration Adviser: Roman N. Zajac, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
EN 602 Environmental Effects of Pollutants
EN 607 Environmental Reports and Impact Assessment
EN 609/MB 609 Data Analysis in the Environmental and Biological Sciences
EN 615 Toxicology
Restricted Electives (two courses, from two other concentrations)
Plus two to three of the following:
EN 603 Wetlands Ecology with Laboratory (4 credits)
EN 604 Ecology of Inland Waters
EN 605 Marine and Estuarine Ecology
EN 608 Landscape Ecology
EN 621 Hydrology (4 credits)
EN 650 Environmental Microbiology (4 credits)
EN 670 Selected Topics
Minimum total credits: 26
Concentration in Environmental Education
Concentration Adviser: R. Laurence Davis, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Ph.D., University of Rochester
EN 632 Field Geology of the Northeast (4 Credits)
EN 634 Environmental Education Instructors Clinic
ED 603 Hum Growth/Development
ED 612 Curriculum Design
ED 622E Elem Science Teaching
ED 622S Secondary Science Teaching
One of the following:
EN 603 Wetlands Ecology with Laboratory (4 Credits)
EN 604 Ecology of Inland Waters
EN 605 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (4 Credits)
One Restricted Elective* of either:
EN 625 Geomorphology (4 Credits)
or a course in the Environmental Ecology Concentration
or other approved field of experience
Plus one free elective* of any approved Environmental Science of Education Course
*The choice of electives is made in consultation with the program coordinator in light of the student's academic and professional goals
Concentration in Environmental Geoscience
Concentration Adviser: R. Laurence Davis, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Ph.D., University of Rochester
EN 621 Hydrology (4 credits)
EN 622 Groundwater Geology (4 credits)
EN 632 Field Geology of the Northeast (4 credits) or
EN 633 Selected Topics in Field Geology (1-4 credits)
Restricted Electives (two courses, from two other concentrations)
Plus two to four of the following:
EN 617 Subsurface Assessment
EN 620 Advanced Environmental Geology (4 credits)
EN 625 Geomorphology (4 credits)
EN 626 Glacial Geology
EN 627 Soil Science
EN 670 Selected Topics
Minimum total credits: 26
Concentration in Environmental Health and Management
Concentration Adviser. Roman N. Zajac, Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
EN 607 Environmental Reports and Impact Assessment
EN 615 Toxicology
EN 617 Subsurface Assessment
EN 618 Hazardous Materials Management
Restricted Electives (two courses, from two other concentrations)
Plus two to three of the following:
CE 605 Solid Waste Management
EN 602 Environmental Effects of Pollutants
EN 610 Environmental Health
EN 612 Epidemiology
EN 613 Radioactivity and Radiation in the Environment
EN 616 Human Health and Environmental Risk Assessment
EN 670 Selected Topics
SH 608 Industrial Hygiene Practices
SH 620 Occupational Safety and Health Law
Minimum total credits: 26
Concentration in Geographical Information Systems and Applications
Concentration Adviser: Daniel DePodesta, Practitioner-in-Residence in Biology and Environmental Science, M.B.A., Quinnipiac University
EN 640 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
EN 641 Geographical Information System Techniques and Applications I
EN 642 Geographical Information System Techniques and Applications II
EN 643 Application of GIS in Environmental Science
Restricted Electives (two courses, from two other concentrations)
Plus two to three of the following:
EN 608 Landscape Ecology
EN 620 Advanced Environmental Geology (4 credits)
EN 625 Geomorphology (4 credits)
EN 670 Selected Topics
Minimum total credits: 26
See the Certificates page for the certificate in geographical information systems.
