The Minor in Environmental Studies
Course Requirements for the Minor: 24 units
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.
Social Policy Core: 12 units
4 courses required:
SUBJ NUM | Title | Sustainable | Units | Semester Offered | Course Flags |
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ECON 365 | Environmental Economics | 3.0 | FS | GE | |
GEOG 304 | Environmental Issues | 3.0 | FS | GE | |
GEOG 440 | Environmental Thought and Action | 3.0 | SP | ||
Prerequisites: Faculty permission. | |||||
POLS 461 | Environmental Politics and Policy | 3.0 | SP | ||
Science Core: 6-8 units
2 courses selected from:
SUBJ NUM | Title | Sustainable | Units | Semester Offered | Course Flags |
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BIOL 334 | Conservation Ecology | 3.0 | FS | GE | |
Prerequisites: One biological sciences course. | |||||
CHEM 107 | General Chemistry for Applied Sciences | 4.0 | FS | GE | |
Prerequisites: Completion of ELM requirement, Intermediate Algebra. | |||||
CHEM 111 | General Chemistry | 4.0 | FS | GE | |
Prerequisites: Second-year high school algebra; one year high school chemistry. (One year of high school physics and one year of high school mathematics past Algebra II are recommended.) | |||||
GEOS 330Z | Environmental Science - Capstone | 3.0 | FS | GE WI C | |
Prerequisites: One course from GE Pathway Foundation Physical Sciences and one course from GE Pathway Foundation Life Sciences. |
Applications: 4-6 units
Note: If you choose to take 6 units in the Science Core, you must take 6 units in Applications. If you choose to take 8 units in the Science Core, you must take 4 units in Applications.
2 courses selected from:
One of the following three categories.
Natural Resources
SUBJ NUM | Title | Sustainable | Units | Semester Offered | Course Flags |
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GEOG 389 | Geography Internship | 1.0 -3.0 | FS | ||
Note: Requires prior approval of the Environmental Studies coordinator.
SUBJ NUM | Title | Sustainable | Units | Semester Offered | Course Flags |
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GEOG 426 | Water Resource Policy and Planning | 3.0 | SP | ||
Prerequisites: GEOG 304 or equivalent. | |||||
GEOS 340 | Environmental Geology | 3.0 | FS | ||
Prerequisites: One course from GE Pathway Foundation Physical Sciences and one course from GE Pathway Foundation Life Sciences. | |||||
GEOS 370 | Energy in the Human Environment | 3.0 | SP | ||
Prerequisites: One course from GE Pathway Foundation Physical Sciences. | |||||
GEOS 460 | Water Resources Management | 3.0 | SP | ||
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; GEOS 330 or GEOS 380. | |||||
GEOS 530 | Environmental Systems Modeling I | 3.0 | SP | ||
Prerequisites: CHEM 112; GEOS 330 or faculty permission; MATH 120; either PHYS 202B or PHYS 204C. | |||||
PSSC 390 | Food Forever: Comparisons of Sustainable Food Production Systems | 3.0 | FA | GE GC | |
Nature, Society, and Human Values
SUBJ NUM | Title | Sustainable | Units | Semester Offered | Course Flags |
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ANTH 423 | Human Behavioral Ecology | 3.0 | INQ | ||
ANTH 435 | Medical Anthropology | 3.0 | INQ | ||
BIOL 322 | Science and Human Values | 3.0 | FS | GE | |
Prerequisites: One biological sciences course. This course is also offered as PHIL 322. | |||||
BIOL 322I | Science and Human Values - Writing Intensive | 3.0 | FS | GE WI | |
Prerequisites: One biological sciences course. This course is also offered as PHIL 322I. | |||||
GEOG 389 | Geography Internship | 1.0 -3.0 | FS | ||
Note: Requires prior approval of the Environmental Studies coordinator.
SUBJ NUM | Title | Sustainable | Units | Semester Offered | Course Flags |
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GEOG 405S | Nature and Restoration | 3.0 | FA | ||
Prerequisites: GEOG 101 and GEOG 102 or equivalents. | |||||
GEOG 435 | Historical Geography of North America | 3.0 | FS | ||
Prerequisites: Faculty permission. | |||||
HIST 341 | American Environment | 3.0 | FS | GE USD | |
RECR 448 | Methods and Materials for Environmental Education | 3.0 | FS | ||
Prerequisites: BIOL 342 or GEOS 130 or NSCI 343 or equivalent. This course is also offered as EDCI 448. |
Law, Policy, and the Environment
SUBJ NUM | Title | Sustainable | Units | Semester Offered | Course Flags |
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ANTH 437 | International Development and Globalization | 3.0 | S2 | ||
ANTH 487 | Heritage Resource Planning | 3.0 | INQ | ||
ECON 355 | The Economics of Government Regulations | 3.0 | FS | ||
Prerequisites: ECON 103. | |||||
GEOG 389 | Geography Internship | 1.0 -3.0 | FS | ||
GEOG 425 | Planning for Sustainable Communities and Regions | 3.0 | FA | ||
GEOG 427 | Environmental Impact Analysis | 3.0 | SP | ||
Prerequisites: GEOG 320 or equivalent. | |||||
HCSV 362 | Environmental Health | 3.0 | FS | ||
POLS 468 | Planning Law | 3.0 | INQ | ||
POLS 489K | Internship in Legal Studies | 1.0 -3.0 | FS | ||
Prerequisites: Faculty permission. | |||||
SOCI 420 | Environmental Sociology | 3.0 | FS | GE | |
Note: Enrollment in GEOG 389 or POLS 489K requires the prior approval of the Environmental Studies coordinator.