Environmental Science & Resource Management, B.S. Environmental Science Emphasis - 120 units

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Summary of Units:

Lower Division Major Requirements	38-39
Upper Division Major Requirements	28
Environmental Science Emphasis Requirements	15
Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements	38-39
Total Units	120

Lower Division Requirements - 38-39 units

BIOL 200 - Principles of Organismal and Population Biology Units: 4
BIOL 201 - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology Units: 4
CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I Units: 4
CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II Units: 4
ECON 110 - Principles of Microeconomics Units: 3
ECON 111 - Principles Of Macroeconomics Units: 3
ESRM 100 - Introduction to Environmental Science and Resource Management Units: 3
Complete one from the following:
ESRM 200 - Principles of Resource Management, Conservation and Stewardship Units: 3
ESRM 205 - Principles of Sustainability Units: 3
Complete one from the following:
MATH 140 - Calculus for Business Applications Units: 3
MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4
Complete one from the following:
ESRM 210 - Physical Oceanography Units: 4
GEOL 121 - Physical Geology Units: 4
GEOL 122 - Historical Geology Units: 4
Complete one from the following:
BIOL 203 - Statistics for Biologists Units: 3
ESRM 203 - Introduction to Environmental Statistics Units: 3
MATH 202 - Biostatistics (Cross-listed as PSY 202) Units: 3
MATH 329 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics Units: 3

Upper Division Requirements -28 units

ESRM 313 - Conservation Biology (Cross-listed as BIOL 313) Units: 4
ESRM 328 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Units: 3
ESRM 329 - Environmental Law and Policy Units: 3
ESRM 335 - The Beach Units: 3
ESRM 351 - Field Methods: Monitoring and Assessment Units: 4
ESRM 491 - Capstone Preparation Units: 1
ESRM 499 - Capstone Units: 3
Complete one from the following:
ESRM 463 - Water Resources Management Units: 4
ESRM 464 - Land Use Planning and Open Space Management Units: 4
Complete one from the following UDGE-D courses:
Note: ENGL 337 recommended to fulfill UDGE-C
ESRM 341 - The National Park (Cross-listed as POLS 341) Units: 3
ESRM 342 - Environmental History (Cross-listed as HIST 342) Units: 3

Emphasis in Environmental Science - 15 units

ESRM 352 - Theory and Practice of Ecological Restoration Units: 3
CHEM 250 - Quantitative Analysis Units: 3
CHEM 251 - Quantitative Analysis Laboratory Units: 1
Complete 8 units from the following:
BIOL 301 - Microbiology Units: 4
BIOL 310 - Vertebrate Biology Units: 4
BIOL 312 - Marine Biology Units: 4
BIOL 316 - Invertebrate Zoology Units: 4
BIOL 432 - Principles of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Units: 3
BIOL 450 - Ichthyology: The Biology Of Fishes Units: 4
BIOL 451 - Ornithology Units: 4
BIOL 453 - Methods in Population and Community Ecology Units: 4
CHEM 311 - Organic Chemistry I Units: 3
CHEM 312 - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory Units: 1
CHEM 314 - Organic Chemistry II Units: 3
CHEM 315 - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory Units: 1
CHEM 318 - Biological Chemistry Units: 3
ESRM 300 - Coastal Contaminants and Ecotoxicology Units: 4
ESRM 301 - Field Professionalism Units: 1
ESRM 327 - Communicating Science & Policy (Cross-listed as COMM 327) Units: 3
ESRM 341 - The National Park (Cross-listed as POLS 341) Units: 3 (if not completed above)
ESRM 342 - Environmental History (Cross-listed as HIST 342) Units: 3 (if not completed above)
ESRM 350 - Ecological Restoration Design and Construction Units: 4
ESRM 365 - Natural History And Resource Management Of The California Channel Islands (Cross-listed as ANTH 365) Units: 3
ESRM 370 - Fundamentals Of Remotely Piloted Systems Units: 4
ESRM 371 - Coastal Monitoring With Remotely Piloted Systems Units: 3
ESRM 400 - Analytics Studio Units: 1
ESRM 428 - Intermediate Geographic Information Systems Units: 4
ESRM 443 - Environmental Communication (Cross-listed as COMM 443) Units: 3
ESRM 490 - Special Topics Units: 3 (repeatable up to 9 units)
ESRM 492 - Service Learning/Internship Units: 3
ESRM 494 - Independent Research Units: 1-3
ESRM 496 - Environmental Film and Speaker Series (Cross-listed as COMM 496) Units: 1

Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (40 units must be upper division), including the following General Education (GE) and Graduation Requirements:

Additional lower division GE Area A-E requirements not met within the major
American Institutions Requirement
Language Requirement (C- or better grade)
Multicultural Perspectives (MP) Mission Pillar Requirement
Nine units of Upper Division General Education (UDGE) courses, one each in Areas UDGE-B, UDGE-C, and UDGE-D
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation