Environmental Chemistry

The EA-Chemistry provides students tools to understand the transport and fate of toxins in the environment, including heavy metals, metalloids, and natural and synthetic organic chemicals mobilized by manufacturing, mining, drilling, and combustion.

Faculty Advisor:

C. Taylor (Chemistry)

Affiliated Faculty:

M. Los Huertos (Environmental Analysis)

Course Requirements (15 to 16 Courses):

Students must complete the core courses, EA 010 PO  or EA 010 PZ , EA 020 PO , and EA 030 PO or  EA 030E PO  and one senior capstone course (EA 190 PO  or EA 191 PO ). In addition, EA-Chemistry majors are required to take the following courses:

• Either of the following
  • CHEM 001A PO  and CHEM 001B PO  - General Chemsitry with Laboratory; or
  • CHEM051 PO - General Chemistry with Laboratory Accelerated  
• One from
  • CHEM106 PO - Environmental Chemistry   
  • CHEM139 KS - Environmental Chemistry ​ 
• CHEM110A PO - Organic Chemistry with Laboratory    
• One from
  • CHEM110B PO - Organic Chemistry with Laboratory   
  • CHEM115 PO - Biochemistry with Laboratory ​ 
• CHEM156 PO - Physical Chemistry in Molecular Biology   
• CHEM161 PO - Advanced Analytical Chemistry with Laboratory  
• CHEM191 PO - Senior Literature Thesis  
• MATH030 PO - Calculus I   
• MATH031 PO - Calculus II   
• PHYS041 PO - General Physics with Laboratory   
• PHYS042 PO - General Physics with Laboratory