This is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide Students with specialized training in Environmental Sciences. All the departments in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters participate in the program, as do several other colleges at Florida Atlantic University.
Students are required to take most of the coursework spread across the six core subject areas listed below. The exact courses taken are to be determined by students and their advisory committees.
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Admission will be based upon academic record (B or better average on the
last 60 hours of undergraduate credits or established graduate level proficiency),
two letters of recommendation, and an acceptable GRE score (minimum of 1000,
combined verbal and quantitative categories).
Potential students must have a "sponsor" from within Florida Atlantic University,
who will then act as the student’s advisor until a thesis topic has been
chosen.
For sponsor selection suggestions, contact Program Coordinator Cynthia Berman at envirosci@fau.edu or go to the departmental web pages to examine the fields and interests of individual faculty. When a faculty member who is in a field of interest is found, contact them directly.
A student curriculum consists of a minimum of 36 credits taken in the following four categories:
Core Subject Areas: 22-28 credits from the core subject areas and electives with at least one course from four different core subject areas
Electives: No more than 9 credits of electives taken outside the core areas will be counted towards the degree, and no more than 6 credits may be 4000 level courses. No more than three credits of Directed Independent Study may be counted towards this degree
Thesis: 6-12credits
Colloquium 2 credits or more
A student curriculum consists of a minimum of 36 credits taken in the following three categories:
Core Subject Areas: 34 credits from the core subject areas and electives with at least one course from four different core subject areas
Electives and Directed Independent: Studies: No more than 9 credits of electives taken outside the core areas will be counted towards the degree, only 6 credits may be 4000 level courses. No more than three credits of Directed Independent Study may be counted towards this degree
Colloquium 2 credits or more
Colloquium
Geo 6920 Geosciences Colloquium Series (1 credit, may be taken more than once)
Chemistry
CHS 6611 Chemistry For Environmental Scientists
GLY 5243 Advanced Environmental Geochemistry
Geographic Information Science
URP 6270 Introduction to GIS in Planning
GIS 5051c Principles of Geographic Information Systems
GIS 5100c Applications In Geographic Information Systems
GIS 5103c Programming In Geographic Information Systems
GIS 5038c Remote Sensing Of The Environment
GIS 5033c Digital Image Analysis
GIS 6039 Advanced Remote Sensing
GIS 6127 Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
GIS 6114 Internet Gis
GIS 6120 Topics in Geoinformation Science
Modeling
GLY 6826 Optimization Applications In Groundwater
GLY 6827c Advanced Hydrogeology
GLY 6828 Groundwater Solute Transport Modeling
GLY 6836 Modeling Groundwater Movement
EVR 6070 Ecological Modeling
Statistics
STA 6206 Statistical Methods For Environmental Sciences
Conservation And Ecology
GEO 6318 Plants And People
EVR 6364 Environmental Restoration
BOT 6606 Coastal Plant Ecology
BOTl6606 Coastal Plant Ecology Lab
PCB 6336c Conservation Biology
PCB 6317 Marine Ecology
PCB 6046 Advanced Ecology
PCB 6317l Marine Ecology Lab And Field Studies
ENC 6258 Scientific Communication
PCB 6307 Freshwater Ecology
PCBl6307 Freshwater Ecology Lab
BSC 6365 Symbiosis
BSC 6534 Seminar in Avian Ecology
BSC 6336 Conservation Biology
PCBc6749 Environmental Physiology
GLY 5736c Marine Geology
GLY 5934 Advanced Topics In Applied, Coastal And Hydrogeology
GLY 6707 Regolith Geology
GLY 6737 Coastal Environments
GLY 5575c Shore Erosion And Protection
GLY 6746 Global Environmental Change
GLY 6889 Environmental Geosphysics
ZOO 6459 Seminar In Ichthyology
ZOO 6495 Seminar In Ichthyology
ZOO 6495 Graduate Ecology Seminar
ZOO 6256 Marine Invertebrate Zoology
ZOOl6256 Marine Invertebrate Zoology Lab
ZOO 6456 Natural History Of Fishes
ZOOl6456 Natural History Of Fishes Lab
ZOO 6544 Seminar In Avian Ecology
Policy And Planning
GEA 6277 Human-Environmental Interactions
GEO 6337 Culture, Conservation And Land Use
GEO 5435c Geographic Analysis Of Population
GLY 6888 Coastal Hazards
URP 6711 Introduction to Transportation Planning
URP 6421 Environmental Planning And Society
URP 6425 Environmental Analysis In Planning
URP 6429 Environmental Policy And Programs
URP 4402 Sustainable Cities
URP 6840 Urban And Regional Theory
WST 6348 Women, Environment, Cofeminism, Environmental Justice
PHM 6035 Environmental Philosophy