2024-2025 Catalog 
    
    Oct 11, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

Environmental Science Major


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Program Learning Outcomes


Students will:

  • Explain the interdisciplinary nature and complexities of environmental issues
  • Apply the scientific method to environmental issues
  • Skillfully communicate knowledge of environmental science
  • Demonstrate knowledge of environmental conditions so as to promote active participation and social justice

Major Requirements (56 units)


Required (20 units)


Students must complete 20 units of required environmental science courses that build the foundational basis for the degree and also a capstone course for the culmination of the degree.

Required Support Courses (20 units)


Students must complete 20 units of support courses in the biological, chemical, physical, and analytical sciences to provide a solid foundation for their understanding of environmental science principles.

Biology (8 units)


Students must complete 8 units of general biology in support of their degree.

Chemistry (8 units)


Students must complete 8 units of general chemistry in support of their degree. It is preferable that students complete the General Chemistry for Engineers and Scientists sequence (Chem-150 and 151). Alternatively they may complete the General Chemistry sequence  (Chem-111, 112, 113, and 114).

Physics (4 units)


Students must complete 4 units in a physical or analytical science related to Environmental Science.

Curriculum Map


Freshman Year


Fall Units
Core - B2: ENVS 110 - Intro to Envir. Science w/Lab    4
CHEM 150 - Gen Chem 1 for Eng and Sci    4
Core: Rhetoric and Composition - Course 1 4
Core 4
Total Semester Units 16
Spring Units
Core - B1: ENVS 250 - Environmental Data Analysis   4
CHEM 151 - Gen Chemistry II for Eng & Sci   4
Core: Rhetoric and Composition - Course 2 4
Core 4
Total Semester Units 16

Sophomore Year


Fall Units
ENVS 212 - Air and Water w/Lab   4
BIOL 105 - Gen Biology - Molec of Life    4
Language - Course 1 4
Core 4
Total Semester Units 16
Spring Units
ENVS 210 - Ecology-Human Impact w/Lab   4
BIOL 106 - Gen Biology - Diversity of Life   4
Language - Course 1 4
Core 4
Total Semester Units 16

Junior Year


Fall Units
ENVS 3XX-Elective 4
Core - B2: PHYS 100 - Introductory Physics I   4
Core 4
Core 4
Total Semester Units 16
Spring Units
ENVS 3XX-Elective 4
Core 4
Core 4
Core 4
Total Semester Units 16

Senior Year


Fall Units
ENVS 3XX-Elective 4
Core 4
Core 4
Elective 4
Total Semester Units 16
Spring Units
ENVS 3XX-Elective 4
Community - Engaged Learning (CEL): ENVS 410 - Envir Monitoring w/Lab   4
Elective 4
Elective 4
Total Semester Units 16

*This information is subject to change, the curriculum map is a sample, and students should consult with the department for any updated information. 

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