Environmental Science Concentration

Introduction to Geology:

GEO 105	Earth: Our Environment	4 units
	Or
GEO 106	Earth and the Human Future	4 units

Introduction to Biology:

Students must select one course from the list below:

BIO 105	Marine Biology	4 units
BIO 106	Biology of California	4 units
BIO 110	Organisms on Earth	4 units
BIO 115	General Zoology	4 units

Environmental Biology:

BIO 260	Biodiversity and Organization of Marine Ecosystems	4 units
	Or
BIO 270	Ecology	4 units

Economics Component:

ECON 101	Principles of Economics I	4 units
	And
ECON 301	Environmental Economics and Policy	4 units

Fundamental Geology:

GEO 225	Introduction to Field Methods	4 units
GEO 235	Global Geophysics and Tectonics	4 units
GEO 245	Earth's Climate: Past and Future	4 units
GEO 255	Spatial Analysis with Geographic Information Science	4 units
GEO 305	Earth Materials	4 units
GEO 315	Sedimentary Geology	4 units
GEO 324	Advanced Field Mapping	2 units
GEO 325	Structural Geology	4 units
GEO 391	Research Methods	2 units
GEO 491	Senior Seminar and Thesis Research	2 units

Mathematics Component:

Students must select one option from below:

Option 1-

MATH 120

Calculus 2

4 units

Or department approved equivalent.

Option 2-

MATH 110	Calculus 1	4 units
	And
	Department-approved statistics course	4 units

All graduate schools and professional careers in geology or environmental science require at least a basic understanding of chemistry and physics. Students considering graduate school or professional careers in these fields should also take the following courses: CHEM 120; PHYS 110 and PHYS 120 or PHYS 115 and PHYS 125.