Environmental Science Major: Chemistry Concentration

Major requirements

Twenty credits in:

• BIO 215 Ecology  
• CHEM 153 Chemical Principles  
• ESCI 160 Geology  
• ESCI 201 Environmental Science  
• ESCI 298 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems  

Four credits chosen from:

• BIO 241 Biological Data Analysis  
• MATH 101 Calculus I  
• MATH 141 Introductory Statistics  
• MATH 151 Introduction to Data Science  

Sixteen credits required for Chemistry Concentration

• CHEM 232 - Aqueous Equilibria
• CHEM 253 - Organic Chemistry I
• CHEM 321 - Chemistry of Natural Waters
• CHEM 332 - Instrumental Analysis

Twelve credits in elective courses chosen from:

Choose three courses not in concentration core, for a total of at least twelve credits at the 300-level overall. 

• ESCI 230 Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology  
• BIO 200 Research Experience in Biology  *taken concurrently with BIO 202
• BIO 226 Comparative Animal Behavior  
• BIO 231 Marine Biology  
• BIO 261 Economic Botany  
• Any Biology or Environmental Science course at the 300-level
• CHEM 254 Organic Chemistry II  
• CHEM 321 Chemistry of Natural Waters  
• CHEM 332 Instrumental Analysis 
• PHYS 165 Climate Change, Past and Present  
• PHYS 227 Remote Sensing  
• PHYS 228 Scientific Computing  
• PHYS 360 Geophysics   

Four credit Capstone

• ESCI 400 Senior Seminar  
• ESCI 499 Independent Research  
• ESCI 500 Honors Research  

Notes:

As per Wheaton College policy, students may count only one course toward both a major and a minor. Only one course may be overlapped between this major and a second major. Courses taken at Wheaton College on a Grade/Pass/Fail basis cannot fulfill major requirements, except under special circumstances.