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column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<div class=\"nectar-fancy-ul\" data-list-icon=\"fa fa-circle\" data-animation=\"false\" data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-color=\"accent-color\" data-spacing=\"default\" data-alignment=\"left\"> \n<ul>\n<li><strong>Environmental scientist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Environmental manager<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Environmental compliance specialist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildlife biologist<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; 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At DSU, we\u2019re going to automatically consider you for scholarships. Delta State offers a scholarship for Environmental Science majors that is based on academic performance and is awarded in the spring semester to a sophomore, junior, or senior. 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Transfer students from community colleges should have completed 1 year of major\u2019s Biology, 1 year of Chemistry, College Algebra, Trigonometry, and General Electives in order to graduate in two years.[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab icon_family=&#8221;fontawesome&#8221; title=&#8221;Curriculum&#8221; id=&#8221;1762787867887-9&#8243; tab_id=&#8221;1762787867888-7&#8243; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-file-text&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Curriculum<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The following courses are required to complete the major in Environmental Science.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221;][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; 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width: 100%; height: 600px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.5907%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Course Number and Course Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%; height: 24px;\"><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5907%;\" rowspan=\"5\">Required<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%;\">BIO 221: Introduction to Wildlife Management<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%;\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%;\">BIO 309: Environmental Regulation<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%;\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%;\">BIO 321: Wildlife Techniques<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%;\">BIO 459: Conservatory Biology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%;\">BIO 463: Wildlife Habitat Management<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5907%;\">Biology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Select three of the following courses:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em>BIO 319: Applied and Environmental Microbiology<br \/>\nBIO 328: Genetics<br \/>\nBIO 340: Entomology<br \/>\nBIO 415: Materials and Methods in Environmental Science<br \/>\nBIO 425: Medical Entomology<br \/>\nBIO 440: Evolution and Systematics<br \/>\nBIO 447: Parasitology<br \/>\nBIO 477: Wetland Ecology<br \/>\nBIO 478: Population Ecology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%;\">10-12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5907%;\">Vertebrate Zoology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Select two of the following courses:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em>BIO 439: Field Herpetology<br \/>\nBIO 461: Mammalogy<br \/>\nBIO 462: Ornithology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%;\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5907%;\">Botany<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Select three of the following courses (one must be BIO 312 or BIO 411):<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nBIO 312: Dendrology<br \/>\nBIO 404: Economic Botany<br \/>\nBIO 405: Plant Physiology<br \/>\nBIO 408: Biology of Nonvascular Plants<br \/>\nBIO 410: Plant Anatomy<br \/>\nBIO 411: Elements of Plant Systematics<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%;\">10-11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 10.5907%;\">Geospatial Technology<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Select one of the following courses:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em>GIS 310: Geospatial Analysis<br \/>\nGIS 461: Geospatial Mathematics, Algorithms, and Statistics<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%;\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 120px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 10.5907%; height: 120px;\">Physical Sciences<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 77.5105%; height: 120px;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Select one of the following courses:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em>PHY 221\/233: Physics for the Life Sciences I \/ Physics for the Life Sciences Laboratory I, <strong>or<\/strong><br \/>\nBIO 314: Physical Geology for the Life Sciences, <strong>or<\/strong><br \/>\nBIO 416: Soil Science and Biology, <strong>or<\/strong><br \/>\nPHY 314: Physical Geology for the Life Sciences<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%; height: 120px;\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 88.1012%; height: 24px;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>TOTAL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 11.8987%; height: 24px;\"><strong>53-56<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; 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