1.

Fulfill baccalaureate degree requirements.

2.

Maintain a 2.5 GPA in all courses taken for the major. Note: Coursework in the major must be taken for a letter grade (not P/NP).

3.

Complete the core requirements for the ES major.

4.

Complete requirements for a concentration in Cultural Resource Management, Ecology and Conservation, Land Use Planning, Sustainability and Policy, or Watershed Science.

Required Lower Division (16 credits):

• ES 101 - Introduction to Environmental Studies: Earth Science 4 credits
• ES 102 - Introduction to Environmental Studies: Biological Science 4 credits
• ES 103 - Introduction to Environmental Studies: Social Science 4 credits
• ES 210 - Environmental Studies I 4 credits

Required Upper Division (14 credits):

• ES 310 - Environmental Applications 4 credits
• ES 351 - Environmental Policy and Impact Analysis 4 credits

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• ES 349 - Maps, Cartography, and Geospatial Technology 4 credits

• or

• GEOG 349 - Maps, Cartography, and Geospatial Technology 4 credits

Select one of the following:

• ES 451 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 credits

• or

• GEOG 451 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 credits

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• ES 453 - Introduction to Remote Sensing 4 credits

• or

• GEOG 453 - Introduction to Remote Sensing 4 credits

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• ES 457 - Introduction to Global Positioning Systems 4 credits

• or

• GEOG 457 - Introduction to Global Positioning Systems 4 credits

Upper Division Natural Science, select two of the following (8 credits):

• BI 340 - Introductory Ecology 4 credits

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• ES 340 - Introductory Ecology 4 credits

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• GEOG 482 - Climatology 4 credits
• G 360 - Environmental Geology 4 credits
• G 314 - Hydrology 3 credits

Upper Division Social Science, select two of the following (8 credits):

• ES 421 - Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development 4 credits
• ANTH 451 - Cultural Ecology 4 credits
• SOC 420 - Environmental Sociology 4 credits
• GEOG 437 - Conservation in the United States 4 credits

Mathematics (8 credits):

• MTH 243 - Introduction to Statistical Methods 4 credits

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• ES 386 - Environmental Data Analysis 4 credits
• GEOG 386 - Environmental Data Analysis 4 credits

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• OR

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• Students selecting the Watershed Science Concentration are required to complete:

• MTH 111 - Precalculus I: College Algebra 4 credits

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• MTH 112 - Precalculus II: Elementary Functions 4 credits

• These courses will substitute for MTH 243  and ES 386 .

Capstone (5-9 credits):

• ES 494A - Environmental Studies Capstone I 2 credits
• ES 494B - Environmental Studies Capstone II 2 credits
• ES 494C - Environmental Studies Capstone III 2 credits

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• OR

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• ES 495 - Environmental Studies Honors Capstone I 1 to 2 credits
• ES 496 - Environmental Studies Honors Capstone II 2 to 3 credits
• ES 497 - Environmental Studies Honors Capstone III 2 to 3 credits

• with advisor approval

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Footnotes

Students may substitute either of the following for ES 101  and 102  (8 credits) with advisor approval.

• ES 111 - Physical Environment I 4 credits

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• ES 112 - Physical Environment II 4 credits

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• OR

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• G 101 - Physical Geology I 4 credits

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• G 102 - Physical Geology II 4 credits

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• G 103 - Historical Geology 4 credits