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:
GEOG 104 Environmental Issues 3.0 FS *
ECON 165 Environmental Economics 3.0 FS
POLS 261 Environmental Politics/Admin 3.0 SP
SOSC 240 Environ Studies Capstone Sem 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.
SCIENCE CORE
6-8 units selected from:
BIOL 134 Conservation Ecology 3.0 FS *
Prerequisites: BIOL 001 or equivalent.
CHEM 027 Gen Chem for Applied Sciences 4.0 FS *
Prerequisites: Intermediate Algebra.
CHEM 037 General Chemistry 4.0 FS *
Prerequisites: Second-year high school algebra; one year high school chemistry
or CHEM 016. (One year of high school physics and one year of high
school mathematics past Algebra II are recommended.)
GEOS 130 Environmental Science 3.0 FS *
Prerequisites: One course from Breadth Area B1 and one course from Breadth
Area B2 of the General Education requirements.
APPLICATIONS
NOTE: You must select at least two courses from one of the following three
categories.
4-6 units selected from:
Natural Resources
GEOG 226 Water Resource Development 3.0 FA
Prerequisites: GEOG 104 or equivalent.
GEOS 140 Environmental Geology 3.0 FS *
Prerequisites: One course from Breadth Area B1 and one course from Breadth
Area B2 of General Education requirements.
GEOS 170 Energy in the Human Environment 3.0 SP *
Prerequisites: One course from Breadth Area B1.
GEOS 230 Environmental Systems Modeling I 3.0 F2
Prerequisites: CHEM 038; GEOS 130 or faculty permission; MATH 007A; either
PHYS 002B or PHYS 004C.
GEOS 260 Water Resources Management 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; GEOS 130 or GEOS 180.
PSSC 100 Food Forever 3.0 FS *NW
This course is the same as INST 105 which may be substituted.
RECR 110 Natural Resource/Inform Citizen 3.0 FS *
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
SOSC 189 Social Science Internship 1.0-3.0 FS
This course is the same as GEOG 189 which may be substituted.
Note: Requires prior approval of the Environmental Studies coordinator.
Nature, Society, and Human Values
ANTH 223 Human Behavioral Ecology 3.0 Inq
ANTH 235 Medical Anthropology 3.0 Inq
BIOL 116 Science and Human Values 3.0 FS *
Prerequisites: BIOL 001 or BIOL 008.
This course is the same as PHIL 116 which may be substituted.
GEOG 205 Nature and Society 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: GEOG 001 and GEOG 002 or equivalents.
GEOG 235 Historical Geography North Amer 3.0 FA
Prerequisites: faculty permission.
This course is the same as AMST 235 which may be substituted.
HIST 150 American Environment 3.0 SP *Eth
PHIL 146 Environmental Ethics 3.0 FS *
RECR 251 Methods/Materials for Environ Ed 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: BIOL 142 or GEOS 030 or equivalent or faculty permission.
This course is the same as EDCI 251 which may be substituted.
R S 149 Cross-Cultural Environ Ethics 3.0 FS *
SOSC 189 Social Science Internship 1.0-3.0 FS
This course is the same as GEOG 189 which may be substituted.
Note: Requires prior approval of the Environmental Studies coordinator.
Law, Policy, and the Environment
ANTH 237 Anthropology/Development Issues 3.0 Inq
ANTH 287 Heritage Resource Planning 3.0 Inq
ECON 155 Economics of Gov Regulations 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: ECON 003.
GEOG 223 Planning Methods 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: GEOG 115, GEOG 120.
GEOG 227 Environmental Impact Analysis 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: GEOG 120 or equivalent.
HCSV 162 Environmental Health 3.0 FS
POLS 268 Planning Law 3.0 SP
POLS 289K Internship in Public Law 3.0 FS
Prerequisites: faculty permission.
SOCI 145 Environmental Sociology 3.0 FA
SOSC 170 Methods of Conflict Resolution 3.0 FS
SOSC 189 Social Science Internship 1.0-3.0 FS
This course is the same as GEOG 189 which may be substituted.
Note: Enrollment in POLS 289K and SOSC 189 requires the prior approval
of the Environmental Studies coordinator.
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