Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science & Policy
120 Units (Major Code ES_PBS01)

The B.S. degree program emphasizes the physical and biological sciences, with a basic introduction to social science methods applied to human systems. Required courses emphasize natural sciences and include breadth in social sciences. Elective courses include physical and biological sciences, and technical courses in social sciences.

Lower Division: BIOL 211A, 211B, 260; CHEM 111A, 111B; ES P 200; GEOL 102, 104, 280; MATH 119A or 122, 119B or 123.

Upper Division: BIOL 350; CHEM 327 (or 320A); ECON 300 (or both 100 & 101), 310; one course selected from ECON 462, 463, and 464; ES P 300I, 400; GEOG 481 or 485; GEOL 300I.

Additional 20 units of course work selected from the following approved list of courses, 8 units of which must be upper division or approved by the advisor.

Natural Science track: 12 units must be in Biology, Microbiology, Environmental Science and Policy, Geology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Mathematics. PHYS 100A,B (or 151, 152) are required.

Social Science track: 12 units must be in Anthropology, Economics, Geography, and Mathematics.

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)
BIOL 313 Invertebrate Zoology (4)
BIOL 324 Vertebrate Zoology (4)
BIOL 353 Marine Biology (3)
BIOL 427 Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (4)
BIOL 450 Plant Ecology (3)
BIOL 451 Wetlands and Mangrove Ecology (3)
BIOL 456 Population Ecology (3)
BIOL 457 Field Methods in Ecology (3)
BIOL 459 Conservation Biology (3)
BIOL 464 Aquatic Toxicology (3)
BIOL 465 Experimental Design and Regression Analysis (4)
BIOL 467 Mulitvariate Data Analysis (4)

CH E 475 Environmental Pollution (3)

CHEM 251 Quantitative Analysis (4)
CHEM 320B Organic Chemistry (5)
CHEM 377A,B Fundamental of Physical Chemistry (3,3)
CHEM 441A Biological Chemistry (3)
CHEM 451 Instrumental Methods Analysis (4)

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 Evironmental Science and Policy Directed Study (1-6)

GEOG 400 Geographical Analysis (4)
GEOG 440 Land and Water Environments (3)
GEOG 442 Biogeography (3)
GEOG 443 Watersheds: Processes and Management (4)
GEOG 452 Geography of the Global Economcy (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)
GEOL 443 Stratigraphy/Sedimentology (5)
GEOL 460 Introduction to Geophysics (3)
GEOL 461 Introduction to Geochemistry (3)
GEOL 465 Physical and Chemical Oceanography (3)
GEOL 466 Oceanography Laboratory and Ocean Studies (1)
GEOL 477 Hydrogeology (3)
GEOL 554 Environmental Geochemistry (3)
GEOL 556 Organic Geochemistry (3)

H SC 422 Environmental Health (3)

MATH 380 Probability and Statistics (3)

MICR 200 General Microbiology for Health Professionals (4)
MICR 211 General Microbiology (5)

PHYS 100A,B or PHYS 151,152
PHYS 100A,B General Physics (4,4)
PHYS 151 Mechanics and Heat (4)
PHYS 152 Electricity and Magnetism (4)

NSCI 492 Internships in Natural Science (3)

STAT 381 Mathematical Statistics (3)