Environmental Chemistry and Sustainability Minor

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The environmental chemistry and sustainability minor is designed for students majoring in business, engineering, law, communications and other professional fields to give them the knowledge of chemistry needed to understand, formulate and manage scientific issues related to natural environmental processes as well as technologies involving the environment.

Required Courses, Lower-Division

CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4
CHEM 105bL General Chemistry Units: 4 or
CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4
CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4

Required Courses, Upper-Division

One Elective Course Chosen From:

CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry Units: 4
BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4 *
BISC 419L Microbiology for a Sustainable Future Units: 4 *
BISC 427 The Global Environment Units: 4 *
GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4 **

Note:

*Prerequisite required

**Corequisite required