ERM Program Specializations
The following specializations and courses listed below are intended to be illustrative. Specializations may be tailored to your interests and career goals; courses not on the list may also be considered. Remember to gain your advisor's counsel and approval before taking courses in your chosen specialization.
Biology-Ecology
- BIOL 415 Ecotoxicology
- BIOL 412 Evolution of Infectious Diseases
- BIOL 414 Taxonomy of Seed Plants
- BIOL 415 Ecotoxicology
- BIOL 417 Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 419 Ecology and Environmental Problem Solving
- BIOL 427 Evolution
- BIOL 428 Population Genetics
- BIOL 429 Animal Behavior
- BIOL 441 Plant Physiology
- BIOL 446 Physiological Ecology
- BIOL 448 Ecology of Plant Reproduction
- BIOL 450W Experimental Field Biology
- BIOL 463 General Ecology
- ERM 435 Limnology
- ERM 450 Wetland Conservation
- FOR 203 Field Dendrology
- FOR 308 Forest Ecology
- FOR/WFS 430 Conservation Biology
- MICRB 201 Introductory Microbiology
- MICRB 202 Introductory Microbiology Lab
- MICRB 400 Introductory Environmental Microbiology
- W F S 408 Mammalogy
- W F S 422 Ecology of Fishes
- W F S 446 Wildlife & Fisheries Population Dynamics
- W F S 447W Wildlife Management
- W F S 452 Ichthyology
- W F S 453 Ichthyology Laboratory
Energy & Air Pollution Control
- ENNEC 100 Introduction to Energy and Earth Sciences Economics
- ENNEC 484W Energy Economics
- ENNEC 490 Applied Financial and Investments Analysis
- ERM 430 Air Pollution Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems
- F SC 430 Air Pollution from Combustion Sources
- M E 433 Fundamentals of Air Pollution
- MNG 400 Mining and Our Environment
- MNG 445 Environmental Concerns in Mining Industry
- MIN E 415 Management in Mineral Industries for Environmental, Legal, Health and Safety Problems
- S T S 420 Energy and Modern Society
- S T S 471 Radiation, Reactors and Society
Environmental Education
A concurrent B.S. degree program combines the Environmental Science Option in Agricultural and Extension Education with the ERM major and can provide teaching certification (Grades K-12) in environmental education and general science. The Agricultural and Extension Education requirements are in the Baccalaureate Degree Program Bulletin. Concurrent degrees with teaching certification can be earned with approximately one additional year of course work.
Environmental Health and Toxicology: Industrial Hygiene
- BMB 433 Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
- BIOL 415 Ecotoxicology
- C E 471 Environmental Sanitation
- CHEM 402 Chemistry in the Environment
- ERM 431 Environmental Toxicology
- H P A 410 Principles of Public Health Administration
- H P A 440 Principles of Epidemiology
- H P A 445 Health Economics
- GEOSC 498 Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
- FD SC 407 Food Toxins
- I H S 400 Principles of Industrial Health & Safety
- I H S 430 Industrial Health and Safety Program Management
- I H S 445 Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology
- I H S 450 Environmental Health and Safety
- I H S 490 Industrial Health and Safety Seminar
- L I R 444 Occupational Health: Policy and Practice
- MICRB 201 Introductory Microbiology
- MICRB 202 Introductory Microbiology Lab
- MICRB 400 Introductory Environmental Microbiology
- MICRB 401 Microbial Physiology & Structure
- S T S 471 Radiation, Reactors & Society
Resource Economics and Policy
- AGECO 134 Sustainable Agriculture Science & Policy
- ECON 302 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
- ECON 304 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
- ECON 428 Environmental Economics
- ENNEC 100 Introducion to Energy & Earth Sciences Economics
- ENNEC 482 Economic Analysis of Minerals in the Environment
- ENNEC 484W Energy Economics
- ENNEC 491 Business and Public Policy Analysis
- E RRE 429 Natural Resource Economics
- E RRE 431W Economic Analysis of Environmental and Resource Policies
- PHIL 118 Introduction to Environmental Philosophy
- PHIL 403 Environmental Ethics
- PL SC 001 Introduction to American National Government
- PL SC 002 American Public Policy
- PL SC 003 Introduction to Comparative Politics
- PL SC 135 Politics of the Ecological Crisis
- PL SC 417 American Local Government and Administration
- PL SC 419 Bureaucracy and Public Policy
- R SOC 327 Society and Natural Resources
- SOC 447 Environment, Energy and Society
* Note: The Environmental and Renewable Resource Economics (E RRE) minor is also available and includes many courses on this list.
Soil Resources
- A S M 457 Land Application of Wastes
- E R M 433 Transformation of Pollutants in Soils
- E R M 450 Wetland Conservation
- FOR 470 Watershed Management
- GEOSC 452 Introduction to Hydrogeology
- SOILS 100 Soil Judging
- SOILS 401 Soil Composition and Physical Properties
- SOILS 402 Chemistry of Soils and Fertilizers
- SOILS 405 Hydropedology
- SOILS 412W Soil Ecology
- SOILS 415 Soil Morphology, Mapping and Land Use
- SOILS 416 Soil Genesis and Classification
- SOILS 418 Nutrient Management in Agricultural Systems
- SOILS 419 Soil Environmental Chemistry
- SOILS 420 Remediation of Contaminated Soils
- SOILS 422 Natural Resources Conservation and Community Sustainability
- SOILS 450 Environmental Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
* Note: The Environmental Soil Sciences (ESOIL) minor is also available and includes many courses on this list.
Waste Management
- A S M 457 Land Application of Wastes
- C E 476 Solid and Hazardous Wastes
- ERM 430 Air Pollution Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems
- ERM 433 Transformation of Pollutants in Soils
- GEOSC 498 Hazardous Waste Operations
- SOILS 418 Nutrient Management in Agricultural Systems
- SOILS 420 Remediation of Contaminated Soils
- MIN E 415 Management in the Mining Industry for Environmental, Legal, Health & Safety Problems
Water Resources
- BIOL 417 Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 450W Experimental Field Biology
- C E 361 Engineering Hydrology
- C E 471 Environmental Sanitation
- C E 472W Environmental Engineering Capstone Design
- C E 473 Water Quality Management
- C E 475 Water Quality Chemistry
- ENT 425 Freshwater Entomology
- ERM 435 Limnology
- ERM 450 Wetland Conservation
- FOR 470 Watershed Management
- FOR 471 Watershed Management Laboratory
- GEOEE 408 Contaminant Hydrology
- GEOG 362 Image Analysis
- GEOG 431 Water Resources
- GEOSC 412 Water Resources Geochemistry
- GEOSC 419 Organic Geochemistry of Natural Waters and Sediments
- GEOSC 452 Introduction to Hydrogeology
- MNG 400 Mining and Our Environment
- MNG 444 Groundwater in Mining
- MNG 445 Environ Concerns in the Mining Industries
- SOILS 422 Natural Resource Conservation & Community Sustainability
- W F S 410 General Fishery Science
- W F S 422 Ecology of Fishes
- W F S 452 Ichthyology
- W F S 453 Ichthyology Laboratory
* Note: The Watersheds & Water Resources (WWR) minor is also available and includes many courses on this list.
