Semester/ Year | For All Students | For BA Students | For BS students
(a suggested path) |
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First semester,
First year | Almost any of your 'CLA' distribution courses can be satisfied within the major. | Geol 106 is a great first environmental course.
| GEOL 106
BIOL 207 |
Second semester,
First year | | ENST 100 will count as a core course if you take it before declare a major.
| BIOL 208
ENST 245 |
First semester,
Second year
| Choose a study-abroad program. Especially consider School for Field Study or School for International Training. | As BA students, you have plenty of time to look around at many fields. | Pre-register with the BIOL department for 300-level BIOL courses
MATH 216 |
Second semester,
Second year | Consider applying for summer research support through the McKenna or the university programs. Internship advice is available from CDC.
| Declare the major. This is a good semester for BIOL 208. Distribution courses shopuld be completed by now.
| Plan ahead for the chance to study abroad. MATH 217
List 3 & 4 courses Your choices for chemistry courses include GEOL 205.
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First semester,
Junior year
| | | Upper level BIOL
List 3 & 4 courses |
Second semester,
Junior year | Consider applying for summer research support through the McKenna or the university programs. Internship and job advice is available from CDC.
| Independent study /thesis/ internship are possible choices for Senior year courses. | Upper level BIOL
List 3 & 4 courses Summer research grants are especially good ways to get a start of your thesis work. |
First semester,
Senior year | Honor thesis is an opportunity for those with a GPA above 3.5 to graduate with honors. Apply to graduate school? Check your "Academic Progress Report" to be sure that the courses you've taken are credited right. | "Senior course" is usually a CAPS; check the list emailed by the program. | Upper level BIOL
List 3 & 4 courses
ENST 349 Senior thesis is usually taken over 2 semesters -- half course each semester. |
Second semester,
Senior year | Think about using your extra electives to improve skills that you might need -- GIS? -- or for improving some aspect of your education you overlooked. | CAPS | ENST 350 |
