Potential Courses for Environmental Science Curriculum

Please note: It is the students' responsibility to insure that all 3000 and 4000 level courses they take are approved by the Graduate College for Graduate credit (this is denoted by an * in the list of courses in the OSU catalog). If they are not approved by the Graduate College, then they will not count towards the MS or PhD degrees.

The following courses are from many departments across the OSU campus. These courses are available for use in a student’s plan of study, depending upon the individuals focus. Because of the rapid evolution in environmental research, new courses with an environmental focus may be offered but are not yet listed.

For more complete course descriptions, a general catalog at: http://www.okstate.edu/registrar/Catalogs/Catalog.html

Key to courses that are suggested for the different specializations are designated as follows:
   EM - Environmental Management 
        DF - Decision Focused 
        POF - Policy Focused 
       TF - Technically Focused 
       PF - Project Focused  
   WW - Water and Watershed
   EE - Environmental Education
   ETRA - Environmental Toxicology & Risk Assessment
   S - Sustainability
   P - Policy
   EDM - Environmental Disaster Management 
   CM - Conflict Management
   * - courses that can be used for the Skills Component

Click on any of the links below to jump to a particular Department on this page.

Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Education

Applied Health and Educational Psychology
Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering
Biology
Botany
Business Communications
Chemical Engineering
Curriculum and Instruction Education
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Design, Housing and Merchandising
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Economics
English
Entomology
Environmental Science

Finance
Fire Protection and Safety Technology
Forestry

Geography
Geology

Health and Human Performance
History

Horticulture
Industrial Engineering & Management
Landscape Architecture
Leisure Studies
Master of Business Administration
Management
Management Science and Information Systems
Marketing
Mass Communications
Microbiology
Philosophy
Plant and Soil Science
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Social Foundations
Speech Communication
Statistics
Zoology

Agricultural Economics

AGEC 4413 Agricultural Law
AGEC 4503 Environmental Economics and Resources Development  EM-DF 
AGEC 4723 Rural Economic Development
AGEC 5113 Applications of Mathematical Programming *
AGEC 5213 Econometric Methods *
AGEC 5503 Economics of Natural & Environmental Resource Policy  EE
AGEC 5713 Rural Regional Analysis
AGEC 5723 Planning and Policy for Development
AGEC 6700 Agricultural Policy and Rural Resource Development Seminar

Agricultural Education

AGED 5983 Research Methods in Agricultural Education*

Applied Health and Educational Psychology

REMS 5013 Research Design and Methodology 
EPSY 5103 Human Development in Psychology
EPSY 5213 Advanced Educational Psychology
EPSY 5463 Psychology of Learning
REMS 5953 Statistical Methods in Education 
EPSY 6063 Research Applications with Q Methodology
EPSY 6533 Human Motivation

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Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering

BAE 4313 Hydrology I EM-TF
BAE 6313 Stochastic Methods in Hydrology
BAE 6333 Fluvial Hydraulics  EM-TF
BAE 6343 Groundwater Contaminant Transport Energy  WW/EM-TF
BAE 6520 Problems in Soil and Water Engineering (Watershed Modeling and Water Quality)

Biology

BIOL 3034 General Ecology

Botany

BOT 3463 Plant Physiology
BOT 5533 Multivariate Methods in Community Ecology
BOT 5850 Botany Seminar

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Business Communications

BCOM 5113 Seminar in Administrative Communication   *EM-POF

Chemical Engineering

CHE 5873 Air Pollution Control Engineering  EM-TF 

Curriculum and Instruction Education

EDTC 4113 Multi-media Program Production
CIED 4560 Environmental Education
CIED 5053 Curriculum Issues
EDTC 5103 Advanced Computing Applications in Education
EDTC 5153 Computer-Based Instruction Development
CIED 5223 Teaching Science in the Schools
CIED 5233 Teaching Science in the Secondary School
EDTC 5753 Educational Technology Strategies
CIED 6080 Seminar in Science Education

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Civil and Environmental Engineering

CIVE 4823 Human Impact on the Environment  EE 
CIVE 4833 Unit Ops in Environmental Engineering EM-TF 
CIVE 5013 Aquatic Chemistry
CIVE 5123 Legal and Regulatory Environment of Engineering EDM 
CIVE 5213 Environmental Geotechnology  EM - TF/EDM
CIVE 5233 Geotechnical Engineering Investigations EDM 
CIVE 5263 Terrain Analysis
CIVE 5303 Systems Analysis for Civil Engineers  EM-DF 
CIVE 5343 Urban Transportation Planning 
CIVE 5703 Soils in Construction
CIVE 5813 Environmental Laboratory Analysis
CIVE 5823 Environmental Risk Assessment and Management  EM-TF/PF/ ETRA
CIVE 5833 Water Quality Management  EE 
CIVE 5853 Bioremediation  EM - TF 
CIVE 5863 Advanced Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering  EM - TF 
CIVE 5873 Air Pollution Control Engineering EM - TF 
CIVE 5883 Residuals and Solid Waste Management  EM - TF 
CIVE 5913 Groundwater Hydrology  WW 
CIVE 5923 Water Resources Planning and Management
CIVE 5933 Water Treatment EM - TF 
CIVE 5953 Biological Waste Treatment  EM - TF 
CIVE 5963 Open Channel Flow
CIVE 5983 Ground Water Pollution Control  EM-TF/WW 
CIVE 5993 Environmental Data and Analysis and Modeling
CIVE 6713 Seepage and Groundwater Flow  ETRA 
CIVE 6843 Stochastic Methods in Hydrology
CIVE 6853 Modeling of Water Resources Systems
CIVE 6913 Advanced Environmental Laboratory Analysis
CIVE 6923 Industrial Waste Engineering
CIVE 6953 Advanced Biological Waste Treatment  EM-TF/PF 

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Design, Housing and Merchandising

DHM 4163 Housing in Other Cultures
DHM 5273 Interpretive Theories of Material Culture
DHM 5343 Constructed Environment and Human Behavior
 

Electrical and Computer Engineering

ECEN 5153 Direct Energy Conversion
ECEN 5193 Power Economics and Regulation

Economics

ECON 3523 Economics of Health Care and Social Security
ECON 4723 Economic Analysis of Law
ECON 4913 Urban and Regional Economics
ECON 5013 Contemporary Environmental Policy EM-DF 
ECON 5113 Managerial Economics

ECON 5243 Econometic I *
ECON 5903 Regional Economic Analysis and Policy

English

ENGL 4523 Technical Writing Internship
ENGL 4533 Advanced Technical Writing
ENGL 4563 Scientific and Technical Literature
ENGL 5293 Interdisciplinary Uses of English
ENGL 5573 Theories of Communication EM-POF
ENGL 5583 Environmental Writing
 

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Entomology

ENTO 4223 Ecological Methodology
ENTO 5513 Biological Control

Environmental Science

ENVR 5050 Readings in Environmental Science Topics
ENVR 5123 Environmental Problem Analysis

ENVR 5210 Seminar in Environmental Science

ENVR 5303 Issues in Environmental Sustainability
ENVR 5503 Environmental Management Problem Analysis EM 
ENVR 5510 Environmental Management Internship & Report
ENVR 5703 Chemical Aspects of Environmental Science I
ENVR 5713 Chemical Aspects of Environmental Science II

ENVR 5733 Environmental Site Assessment

ENVR 5743 Environmental Impact Assessment

ENVR 5823 Watershed Management

ENVR 6011 Survey of Environmental Research (required for Ph.D.)

ENVR 6022 Interdisciplinary Research Proposal Preparation (required for Ph.D.)

ENVR 5031 Interdisciplinary Research Report Preparation (required for Ph.D.)
ENVR 6050 Advanced Readings in Environmental Science Topics

ENVR 6210 Advanced Seminar in Environmental Science
ENVR 6503 Advanced Environmental Management Practicum EM/EDM
ENVR 6516 Advanced Environmental Management Internship EM/EDM 

Finance

FIN 5053 Theory & Practice of Financial Management EM-DF 
FIN 5613 Corporate Financial Strategy EM-DF 

Fire Protection and Safety Technology

FPST 4133 Industrial Hygiene Instrumentation EDM 
FPST 4403 Hazardous Materials Incident Management  EM-PF/EDM 

None of the above courses in FPST are for graduate credit

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Forestry

FOR 4333 Forest Resource Management: Planning and Decision Making
FOR 4443 Forest Administration and Policy
FOR 4553 Forest Recreation
FOR 4563 Forest Ecophysiology
FOR 4601 Contemporary Issues: Forestry & Natural Resources
FOR 4811 Water Quality Laboratory
FOR 4813 Watershed Hydrology and Water Quality  EM-TF/EE 

Geography

GEOG 4313 Field Techniques and Geodata Collection * 
GEOG 4323 Computer Cartography * 
GEOG 4333 Remote Sensing  * EE/ETRA 
GEOG 4343 Geographic Information Systems: Resource Management  EM-PF/EE 
GEOG 5123 International Resource Management  EM-PF 
GEOG 5343 Adv Geographic Info Systems: Resource Mgmt Applications  *EM-PF/ETRA 

Geology

GEOL 3073 Geomorphology
GEOL 4453 Hydrogeology (no longer for graduate credit) EE/WW 
GEOL 4463 Physical Hydrogeology EE/WW 
GEOL 4563 Sedimentology
GEOL 5073 Fluvial Geomorphology
GEOL 5100 Problems in Hydrogeology WW 
GEOL 5233 Trace Elements in Hydrogeology WW 
GEOL 5453 Advanced Hydrogeology WW 
GEOL 5503 Advanced Environmental Geology
GEOL 5523 Organic Geochemistry ETRA 
GEOL 5553 Environmental Geochemistry EE/ETRA 

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Health and Human Performance

HHP 6063 Statistical Computing and Proposal Writing

History

HIST 5023 Historical Methods *

Horticulture

HORT 5133 Temperature Stress Physiology
HORT 5233 Experimental Horticulture
HORT 5433 Postharvest Physiology

Industrial Engineering & Management

IEM 4413 Industrial Organizational Management
IEM 5603 Project Management  EM-PF 
IEM 5943 Hazardous Material and Waste  EM-PF/EDM 

Landscape  Architecture

LA 4034 Landscape Planting Design
LA 4433 Lands Use and Community Planning
LA 4573 Recreation Planning
LA 4583 Landscape Environmental Planning

Leisure Studies

LEIS 4453 Outdoor Education
LEIS 4463 Areas and Facilities in Leisure Services
LEIS 4473 Outdoor Recreation  EE 
LEIS 4573 Leadership in Experiential Education
LEIS 4580 Technical Management in Wilderness
LEIS 5403 Interpretation in Leisure Services  EE 

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Master of Business Administration

MBA 5240 Managerial Communication Skills  *EM-DF/POF 
MBA 5303 Corporate and Business Strategy  EM-DF 

Management

MGMT 4313 Change Management
MGMT 4713 Negotiation Essentials  EM-PF/POF 
MGMT 5213 Seminar in Organizational Behavior
MGMT 5223 Seminar in Human Resource Management  EM-DF/PF 
MGMT 5553 Management of Technology and Innovation  EM-DF 

Management Science and Information Systems

MSIS 3243 Managerial Decision Theory  EM-DF 
MSIS 4263 Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques  EM-DF 
The two above courses are not for graduate credit

MSIS 4013 Database Systems Design, Management, and Administration  EM-DF 
MSIS 5303 Quantitative Methods in Business  * EM-DF 
MSIS 5623 Information and Network Technology Management  EM-DF 
MSIS 5633 Decision Support and Expert Systems  EM-DF 
MSIS 5643 Advanced Database Management  EM-DF 

Marketing

MKTG 5613 Seminar in Consumer Behavior

Mass Communications

MC 5113 Methods of Research in Mass Communication  
MC 5223 Mass Communication Research Analysis and Interpretation
MC 5333 Process and Effects of Mass Communication
MC 5733 Responsibility in Mass Communication

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Microbiology

MICR 2125 Introduction to Microbiology
MICR 3224 Advanced Microbiology
The two above courses are not for graduate credit
MICR 4133 Molecular and Microbial Genetics
MICR 4214 Microbial Ecology
MICR 5153 Emerging Infectious Agents
MICR 5213 Environmental Microbiology
MICR 6143 Advanced Microbial Physiology
MICR 6153 Advanced Molecular Genetics
MICR 6253 Microbial Evolution

Philosophy

PHIL 4713 Philosophy of Science
PHIL 4733 Philosophy of Biology

Plant and Soil Science

SOIL 3433 Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification
SOIL 3893 Soil Chemistry & Environmental Quality
SOIL 4210 Describing and Interpreting Soils
SOIL 4234 Soil Nutrient Management
SOIL 4363 Environmental Soil Science
SOIL 4463 Soil and Water Conservation
SOIL 4483 Soil Microbiology
SOIL 4683 Physical Properties of Soils
PLNT 5112 Herbicide Fate in the Environment  EDM 
SOIL 5193 Spatial and Non-spatial Data Base Mgt. of Natural Resources  * 
SOIL 5224 Soil Chemical Processes and Impact on Env. Quality
SOIL 5353 Advanced Soil Genesis and Classification
SOIL 5613 Laboratory Methods of Soil, Plant, and Environmental Analysis
SOIL 5813 Soil-Plant Nutrient Cycling and Environmental Quality
RLEM 5954 Ecology of Rangeland Habitats and Landscapes

RLEM 5973 Rangeland Resources Planning
SOIL 5990 Soil Physical Analysis

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Political Science

POLS 4353 Administrative Law
POLS 4363 Environmental Law and Administration  EE 
POLS 4593 Natural Resources and Environmental Policy

POLS 5013 Quantitative Methods of Political Analysis *
POLS 5100 Advanced Problems in Government, Politics, and Public Policy  EDM 
POLS 5113 Seminar in Public Program Evaluation  EM-POF 
POLS 5300 Seminar in Emergency Management  EDM 
POLS 5343 Seminar in Fire and Emergency Services Administration  EDM 
POLS 5613 Seminar in Public Policy *  EM-POF 
POLS 5620 Seminar in Natural Resource Policy, Law, and Administration
POLS 5633 Practical Environmental Compliance  EDM/EE 
POLS 5643 Regulatory Risk Analysis  ETRA 
POLS 5653 Risk Assessment in Emergency Management Planning  EDM/ETRA 
POLS 5663 Community Relations in Environmental and Emergency Mgt.  EDM 
POLS 5673 Understanding and Responding to Terrorism EDM 
POLS 5683 Emergency Management and Public Policy in the United States  EDM 

Psychology

PSYC 4213 Conflict Resolution  EM-POF/EDM

Sociology

SOC 4133 Social Research Methods  * 
SOC 4323 Sociology of Agriculture
SOC 4383 Social Stratification
SOC 4423 Community Organization and Development
SOC 4533 World Population Problems
SOC 5213 Techniques of Population Analysis * 
SOC 5243 Social Research Design and Analysis  * 
SOC 5263 Quantitative Methods of Social Research  * 
SOC 5273 Qualitative Research Methods  * 
SOC 5463 Seminar in Environmental Sociology  EM-POF/EE 
SOC 6460 Advanced Studies in Environmental Sociology  EM-POF 
SOC 6493 Sociology of Disaster  EDM
SOC 6550 Seminar in Social Organization (Social Ecology)
SOC 6853 Seminar in Symbolic Interactionism

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Social Foundations

SCFD 6113 Theoretical Foundation of Inquiry  * 
SCFD 6123 Qualitative Research I  * 
SCFD 6190 Qualitative Research: Selected Methods  * 
SCFD 6193 Qualitative Research II  * 

Speech Communication

SPCH 4763 Organizational Communication  EM-POF 
 

Statistics

STAT 4043 Applied Regression Analysis *
STAT 5013 Statistical Experimenters I  * 
STAT 5023 Statistical Experimenters II  * 

STAT 5033 Nonparametric Methods *
STAT 5063 Multivariate Methods *
STAT 5403 Theory of Sample Designs 

Zoology

ZOOL 4115 Biology of Fishes, Amphibians & Reptiles  WW 
ZOOL 4303 Ecotoxicology  ETRA
ZOOL 4434 Limnology
ZOOL 5123 Behavioral Ecology
ZOOL 5133 Evolutionary Ecology
ZOOL 5424 Techniques of Environmental Toxicology  ETRA 
 

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