Degree Requirements

To earn a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences degree from UIC, students need to complete university, college, and department degree requirements. The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences degree requirements are outlined below. Students should consult the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for additional degree requirements and college academic policies.

General Education

See General Education and Writing-in-the-Discipline in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section for information on meeting these requirements. Students should consult the course lists below and their advisors to determine which courses are counted toward the General Education and Writing-in-the-Discipline requirements.

Required Prerequisite and Collateral Courses

a

These courses are approved for the Analyzing the Natural World General Education category.

b

General Education credit is given for successful completion of both CHEM 122 and CHEM 123 or CHEM 124 and CHEM 125.

c

MATH 180 fulfills the LAS Quantitative Reasoning requirement.

Core Courses

a

This course is approved for the Analyzing the Natural World General Education category.

b

EAES 290 fulfills the Writing-in-the-Discipline requirement.

Selective Courses

Students must select at least 19 hours with at least one course from each of the following groups. In order to reach the 19 hours, one course can be chosen, with permission of the director of undergraduate studies, from an approved list of courses in environmental studies offered in other departments; these courses must be at the 200 level or above.

Recommended Plan of Study