Dec 04, 2024  
Undergraduate Course Catalog 2023-2024 
    
Undergraduate Course Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Science - B.S. to M.S


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Curriculum Requirements:


1. Students must complete a Plan of Graduate Work before completion of the undergraduate degree.

2. Transfer students must have completed a minimum of two semesters as a full-time student at North Carolina Central University, a minimum of 24 hours in the Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Science department before completing a Plan of Graduate work.

3. Students must have a minimum accumulated grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 at North Carolina Central University at the time of admission into the ABM degree program.

* required undergraduate or graduate course.

** required for undergraduate program (Environmental Science track)

Note: There are 6 courses (18 credits that are dual listed between graduate and undergraduate programs. However, only 4 courses (12 credits) will be accepted into the graduate program. Besides GEOG 4130/EASC 5130 (Geostatistics) and ENSC 3950/ EASC 5250 (US Environmental Policy and Regulation) which are offered on a regular basis because they are required by either the undergraduate and/or graduate program, the others are offered on a rotating basis and can serve as an electives or core requirements. As a result, it is expected that ABM students will only encounter 4 of these dual listed courses during their junior and senior years as an undergraduate student. If the schedule is arranged so that more that 4 of these courses are offered during their junior and senior years, they will be advised to only take a maximum of 4 courses since only 12 credits can be applied to the 4+1 program. 

Four-Year Curriculum Plan


4+1 Four-Year Plan in Environmental and Geographic Science- Earth Sciences

 

Freshman Year
Fall Semester

BIOL 1300 Molecules and Cell Function ( 4 )  

ENG 1110 English Composition I ( 3 )  

MATH 1110 Elementary Statistics ( 3 )  

HUM GEC Requirement (3)

UNIV 1100 First Year Seminar ( 2 )  

Spring Semester

CHEM 1100 General Chemistry I ( 4 )  

ENG 1210 English Composition II ( 3 )  

HIST 1320 World Societies ( 3 )   

MATH 1200 College Algebra and Trigonometry II ( 3 )  

HEDU 1531 Health ( 2 )  

KIN 1541 Fitness ( 2 )  

Sophomore Year
Fall Semester

GEOG 2100 Physical Geography ( 3 )  

MSCM 1250 Elements of Speech Communication ( 3 )  

CHEM 1200 General Chemistry II ( 4 )  

SOCI 2300 Social Problems ( 3 )  

GEOG 2100 Physical Geography ( 3 )  

Spring Semester

HUM 2410 Arts & Humanities I   or HUM 2420 Arts & Humanities II ( 3 )  

General Elective (3)

GEOG 3435 Geographic Information Systems ( 3 )  

ENG 2105 Introduction to Technical Writing ( 3 )   (WI)

ENSC 2100 Global Environmental Sustainability ( 3 )  

Junior Year
Fall Semester

HEDU 3100 Environmental Health ( 3 )  

CHEM 3100 Organic Chemistry I ( 3 )  

CHEM 3330 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I ( 1 )  

GEOG Intermediate GEOG Elective (3)

GEOG/ENSC Intermediate Elective (3)

Spring Semester

PHYS 2110 General Physics I   or Physics for Sci (4/3)

ENSC Intermediate ENSC Elective (3)

GEOG/ENSC Tech Elective (GEOG/ENSC) (3)

General Elective (3)

ENSC 4420 Environmental Science Seminar ( 1 )  

GEOG 4130 Geospatial Statistics ( 3 )  

Senior Year
Fall Semester

ENSC 3600 Air Quality and Control ( 3 )  

GEOG/ENSC Intermediate Elective (3)

GEOG/ENSC Advanced Elective (3)

GEOG/ENSC Advanced Elective (3)

ENSC 4420 Environmental Science Seminar ( 1 )  

ENSC 4230/EASC 5230 Minerals, Energy and Environment (3)

Spring Semester

GEOG/ENSC Concentration Elective (3)

GEOG/ENSC Concentration Elective (3)

GEOG/ENSC Concentration Elective (3)

GEOG/ENSC Concentration Elective (3)

ENSC 4420 Environmental Science Seminar ( 1 )  

ENSC 4400 Special Topics in Environmental Science   /EASC 5440 Science of Climate Change (3)

Senior-Grad
Summer Session

EASC 5600 Independent Study (3)

Grad year 1
Fall Semester

EASC 5030 Methods and Techniques (3)

EASC 5200 Atmospheric Processes (3)

EASC 5220 Hydrospheric Processes (3)

Spring Semester

EASC 5210 Lithospheric Process (3)

EASC Elective (3)

EASC 5800 Internship/Project (3)

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