The B.A. degree program emphasizes the social sciences, with a basic introduction to physical and biological sciences applied to natural systems. Required courses emphasize social sciences and include breadth in natural sciences. Elective courses include social sciences applied to environmental analysis and policy, and permit some additional coursework in natural sciences.
Lower Division: BIOL 200 or 211A, 260; CHEM 140 or 111A; ECON 100, 101; ES P 200; GEOL 102, 104, 280; MATH 115 or 119A or 122.
Upper Division: BIOL 350; ECON 310; one course selected from ECON 462, 463, and 464; ES P 300I, 400; GEOG 481 or 485; one course selected from GEOG 442, 455, and 460; GEOL 300I; one course selected from POSC 328, 329, 431 or 432.
Additional 21 units of course work selected from the following courses, 12 units of which must be upper division or approved by the advisor.
Electives:
ANTH 140 Pyramids, Tombs and Treasure: Wonders of the Past (3)
ANTH
301 Principles of Archeology (4)
ANTH
481 Faunal Analysis (4)
BIOL 303 Coastal Systems and Human Impacts (3)
COMM 330 Intercultural Communication (3)
ECON 355 Law and Economics (3)
ECON
403 Mathematical Economics (3)
ECON
410H Advanced Microeconomics (3)
ECON
434 Economics of Regulation (3)
ECON
462 Environmental Economics (3)
ECON
463 Energy Economics (3)
ECON
464 Natural Resource Economics (3)
ECON
485 Econometrics I (4)
ECON
486 Econometrics II (4)
ENGR 302I Energy and Environment: A Global Perspective (3)
ES P 490 Special Topics in Environmental Science and Policy (3)
ES P
491 Senior Thesis/Project in Environmental Science and Policy (1-6)
ES P
499 Environmental Science and Policy Directed Study (1-6)
GEOG 160 Introduction to Human Geography (3)
GEOG
355I International Environmental Issues (3)
GEOG
400 Geographical Analysis (4)
GEOG
440 Land and Water Environments (3)
GEOG
442 Biogeography (3)
GEOG
443 Watersheds: Processes and Managements (4)
GEOG
452 Geography of the Global Economy (3)
GEOG
455 People as Agents of Environmental Change (3)
GEOG
458 Hazards and Risk Management (3)
GEOG
460 Population Geography (3)
GEOG
473 Remote Sensing (4)
GEOG
474 Introduction to Digital Image Processing (4)
GEOG
475 Geographical Applications in Remote Sensing (4)
GEOG
482 Map Design for Presentation and GIS (4)
GEOG
486 Field Methods in Landscape Analysis (4)
GEOG
487A Applications of Geographic Information Science (GIS): Envr & Natural Resources (4)
GEOG
488 Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Science (4)
GEOL 190 Environmental Geology (3)
GEOL 250 Introduction to Field Petrology and Geological Field Techniques (3)
GEOL
303 Coastal Systems and Human Impacts (3)
GEOL
339 Introduction to Geomorphology (3)
H SC 422 Environmental Health (3)
HIST 481 The Environmental History of Early America: 1500-1860 (3)
HIST
482 Recent American Environmental History (3)
MATH 123 Calculus II (4)
MATH
380 Probability and Statistics (3)
MICRO 200 General Microbiology for Health Professionals (4)
PHYS 100A or 151
PHYS 100A General Physics (4)
PHYS 151 Mechanics and Heat (4)
POSC 328 Public Policy (3)
POSC
329 Cases in Public Policy Making (3)
POSC
431 Public Policy Analysis (3)
POSC
432 Public Values and Public Policy (3)
SOC 350 International Population Problems (3)
SOC
401I Environmental Sociology (3)
STAT 381 Mathematical Statistics (3)
