Environmental Science & Resource Management, B.S.

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Summary of Units:

Lower Division Major Requirements	31
Upper Division Major Requirements	49
General Education Requirements	26
Free Electives and other Graduation Requirements	14
Total Units	120

Lower Division Requirements - 31 units

Foundations for ESRM
BIOL 200 - Principles of Organismal and Population Biology Units: 4
CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I Units: 4
ESRM 100 - Introduction to Environmental Science and Resource Management Units: 3
ESRM 250 - Environmental Ethics Units: 3
MATH 105 - Pre-Calculus Units: 4
Core Environmental Science
ESRM 210 - Physical Oceanography Units: 4
Core Resource Management
ESRM 205 - Principles of Sustainability Units: 3
Essential Skills for ESRM
ESRM 203 - Introduction to Environmental Statistics Units: 3
Complete one from the following:
ECON 110 - Principles of Microeconomics Units: 3
ECON 111 - Principles Of Macroeconomics Units: 3

Upper Division Requirements - 49 units

Core Environmental Science
ESRM 313 - Conservation Biology Units: 4
Core Resource Management
ESRM 329 - Environmental Law and Policy Units: 3
Essential Skills
ESRM 303 - Data Visualization and Climate Communication Units: 3
ESRM 328 - The Why of Where: Foundations in GIS Units: 3
ESRM 400 - Analytics Studio Units: 1
ESRM 491 - Capstone Preparation Units: 3
ESRM 499 - Capstone Units: 3
Field Experience
Complete a minimum of four units from the following:
ESRM 301 - Field Professionalism Units: 1
ESRM 351 - Field Methods: Monitoring and Assessment Units: 4
ESRM 370 - Fundamentals Of Remotely Piloted Systems Units: 4
ESRM 492 - Service Learning/Internship Units: 3
UNIV 391 - United States Travel Study Experience Units: 1-3
UNIV 392 - International Experience Units: 3
Applied Environmental Topics
Complete one from the following:
ESRM 335 - The Beach Units: 3
ESRM 341 - The National Park Units: 3
Complete one from the following:
ESRM 300 - Coastal Contaminants and Ecotoxicology Units: 4
ESRM 331 - Geomorphology and Hydrology Units: 4
ESRM 377 - Shaping the Coast Units: 4
Complete one from the following:
ESRM 462 - Coastal and Marine Resource Management Units: 4
ESRM 463 - Water Resources Management Units: 4
ESRM 464 - Land Management Units: 4
Complete one from the following:
ESRM 367 - Environmental Disasters Units: 3
ESRM 352 - Theory and Practice of Ecological Restoration Units: 3
ESRM 461 - Fish and Fisheries Units: 3
ESRM 365 - Natural History And Resource Management Of The California Channel Islands (Cross-listed as ANTH 365) Units: 3
Complete one from the following:
ESRM 345 - Power, Privilege, and the Planet Units: 3
ESRM 483 - Issues in Global Resource Management Units: 3
ESRM 484 - Climate Change And Adaptation Planning Units: 3

ESRM Electives - 8 units

Choose 8 units from the following list:
Choose 8 units from the following list of courses. Courses taken to meet the above requirements are not eligible to also be taken as electives.
ESRM 203 - Introduction to Environmental Statistics Units: 3
ESRM 228 - Maps to Apps: Exploring GIS Units: 3
ESRM 300 - Coastal Contaminants and Ecotoxicology Units: 4
ESRM 301 - Field Professionalism Units: 1
ESRM 331 - Geomorphology and Hydrology Units: 4
ESRM 335 - The Beach Units: 3
ESRM 341 - The National Park Units: 3
ESRM 342 - Environmental History (Cross-listed as HIST 342) Units: 3
ESRM 350 - Ecological Restoration Design and Construction Units: 4
ESRM 351 - Field Methods: Monitoring and Assessment Units: 4
ESRM 352 - Theory and Practice of Ecological Restoration Units: 3
ESRM 365 - Natural History And Resource Management Of The California Channel Islands (Cross-listed as ANTH 365) Units: 3
ESRM 367 - Environmental Disasters Units: 3
ESRM 370 - Fundamentals Of Remotely Piloted Systems Units: 4
ESRM 371 - Coastal Monitoring With Remotely Piloted Systems Units: 3
ESRM 377 - Shaping the Coast Units: 4
ESRM 399 - Conservation Mechatronics Studio Units: Variable 1-3
ESRM 410 - Environmental Impact Assessment Units: 3
ESRM 428 - Intermediate Applied Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 4
ESRM 433 - Satellites to Sensors: Remote Sensing of the Environment Units: 3
ESRM 461 - Fish and Fisheries Units: 3
ESRM 462 - Coastal and Marine Resource Management Units: 4
ESRM 463 - Water Resources Management Units: 4
ESRM 464 - Land Management Units: 4
ESRM 482 - Ocean Law and Policy Units: 3
ESRM 483 - Issues in Global Resource Management Units: 3
ESRM 484 - Climate Change And Adaptation Planning Units: 3
ESRM 485 - Special Topics in Earth Systems Units: 3
ESRM 486 - Special Topics in Marine and Coastal Systems Units: 3
ESRM 490 - Special Topics Units: 3
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
Four of the 8 units of electives may be taken from the below list.
ANTH 445 - The Seacoast Through Time Units: 3
BIOL 312 - Marine Biology Units: 4
BIOL 319 - Plant Systematics and Identification Units: 4
BIOL 320 - Deep-Sea Biology And Ecology Units: 3
BIOL 433 - Ecology and the Environment Units: 4
BIOL 450 - Ichthyology: The Biology Of Fishes Units: 4
BIOL 451 - Ornithology Units: 4
BIOL 473 - Sustainable Agriculture Units: 4
CHEM 301 - Environmental Chemistry - Atmosphere and Climate Units: 3
CHEM 302 - Environmental Chemistry - Soil And Water Units: 4
ECON 362 - Environmental Economics Units: 3
ECON 480 - Topics In Environmental And Natural Resource Economics Units: 3
ENGL 337 - Literature of the Environment Units: 3
ENGL 482 - Professional Communication for Digital Citizenship Units: 3
ENGL 483 - Professional Communication in the Age of Social Media Units: 3
ESRM 327 - Communicating Science & Policy (Cross-listed as COMM 327) Units: 3
ESRM 332 - Human Ecology (Cross-listed as ANTH 332) Units: 3
ESRM 340 - Politics and the Environment (Cross-listed as POLS 340) Units: 3
ESRM 443 - Environmental Communication (Cross-listed as COMM 443) Units: 3
ESRM 450 - Environmental Conflict Resolution Units: 3
HIST 366 - Oceans of World History Units: 3
MATH 150 - Calculus I Units: 4
MATH 439 - Philosophy of Science (Cross-listed as PHIL 439, PHYS 439) Units: 3
PHYS 310 - Electronics (Cross-listed as EMEC 310) Units: 4
PHYS 315 - Introduction to Biophysics Units: 4
PHYS 344 - Energy and Society (Cross-listed as CHEM 344) Units: 3
SOC 355 - Environmental Sociology Units: 3
UNIV 391 - United States Travel Study Experience Units: 1-3
UNIV 392 - International Experience Units: 3

General Education and Graduation Requirements - B.S.

To graduate, students must complete a minimum of 120 units (27 units must be upper division), including the following General Education Requirements (GE) and Graduation Requirements not met within the major:

American Institutions Requirements
GE Requirements
- Lower Division General Education Area 1-6 Requirements
- Upper Division General Education (UDGE) Requirements (minimum of 3 units in each Area: UDGE-2 , or UDGE-5 , UDGE-4 and UDGE-3 )
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (C- or better grade)
Language Requirement (C- or better grade)
Multicultural Perspectives (MP) Requirement
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation