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Paths Through the Major

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Two majors, and many possible paths through the program.

Bucknell environmental majors have many choices to make. This page is meant to give guidance about class choices for majors and potential majors. All declared -- or merely interested -- enviromental students should feel free to talk to any of the environmental faculty for informal guidance about course choices. 

 Semester/ Year 

For All Students 

For BA Students 

For BS students
(a suggested path)

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.

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

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