Environmental Studies with a Concentration in Biology

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Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________	Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: Environmental Studies with a Concentration in Biology
Environmental Studies with a Concentration in Biology Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements. College Requirements: Degree Requirements Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.
Major Requirements: Total major units: 19.5-21, depending on mathematics proficiency
Eight and One-half to Nine Units in Environmental Studies Requirements
ENV 200 - Introduction to Environmental Studies Research Methods Prerequisite(s): One semester of either BIOL 101 or BIOL 102 or CHEM 101, and one semester of HUM 110
Two units from one of the following subjects:
Anthropology:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ANTH 201 - Topics in Contemporary Anthropology
OR
ANTH 211 - Introduction to Anthropology: History, Theory, Method
One unit from:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ANTH 201 - Topics in Contemporary Anthropology -only when offered as “Global Political Ecology,”
ANTH 376 - Situating Climate Change Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201 or ANTH 211
ANTH 378 - Nature, Culture, and Environmentalism Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201 or ANTH 211
ANTH 379 - Power, Resources, Extractivism Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201 or ANTH 211
ANTH 415 - Risk and Uncertainty Prerequisite(s): ANTH 211
Economics:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ECON 201 - Introduction to Economic Analysis
One unit from:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ECON 348 - Economics of the Public Sector Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
ECON 351 - Environmental Economics Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
ECON 352 - Natural Resource Economics Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
ECON 358 - Urban Economics Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
ECON 371 - Law and Economics Prerequisite(s): ECON 201
History:
A Minimum of One Unit From:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
HIST 215 - Environmental History of US Empire
HIST 240 - World Environmental History
HIST 242 - The Love and Destruction of Nature: Romanticism in the Time of Settler Colonialism
HIST 270 - Introduction to American Environmental History
HIST 310 - Water and the American West Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 311 - Environmental Justice Histories of Latin America Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 314 - Nature Knows No Borders: Environmental History of the U.S. - Mexico Borderlands Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 317 - The American Earth: U.S. Environmental History in the Twentieth Century Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 338 - Crisis & Catastrophe in Modern Europe Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
HIST 345 - Whole Earths, Globalizations, and World Pictures Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
Political Science:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
POL 220 - Introduction to Global Politics
OR
POL 230 - Introduction to Political Economy
OR
POL 240 - Introduction to International Relations
OR
POL 260 - Introduction to American Politics and Public Policy
One unit from:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
POL 338 - Energy Politics and the Climate Crisis Prerequisite(s): POL 220, POL 230, POL 240, POL 260, or POL 280.
POL 361 - The Science and Politics of Climate Change
POL 362 - State and Local Politics Prerequisite(s): POL 220, POL 230, POL 240, POL 260, or POL 280
POL 368 - Environmental Politics and Policy Prerequisite(s): POL 220, POL 230, POL 240, POL 260, or POL 280
POL 380 - Earth, Nature, World Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
POL 381 - Science, Politics, Authority
One additional unit in a different subject than used above
Four and One-half to Five Units from the Following
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
BIOL 101 - Topics in Biology I
AND
BIOL 102 - Topics in Biology II

CHEM 101 - Molecular Structure and Properties
AND
CHEM 102 - Chemical Reactivity Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101
One Course from the Following:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
BIOL 273 - Evolution Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 or BIOL 102
BIOL 301 - Ecology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 303 - Leaves to Landscapes Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 313 - Forest Canopy Ecophysiology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 332 - Vascular Plant Diversity Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 342 - Animal Behavior Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 431 - Seminar in Biology: Contemporary Topics -only when offered as “Forest Canopy Research,” or “Global Change Ecology” Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, two additional units of biology with laboratory, and junior or senior standing
CHEM 201 - Organic Chemistry I Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
CHEM 202 - Organic Chemistry II Prerequisite(s): CHEM 201
CHEM 212 - Inorganic Chemistry Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101, CHEM 102, and CHEM 201
CHEM 230 - Environmental Chemistry Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
CHEM 311 - Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
CHEM 315 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory Prerequisite(s): CHEM 332 or CHEM 333. May be taken concurrently.
CHEM 316 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Spectra of Diatomic Molecules Prerequisite(s): CHEM 311 and CHEM 333. CHEM 333 may be taken concurrently.
Five Units in Biology:
A Minimum of One Unit from Each of the Following Clusters:
Cluster A:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
BIOL 331 - Computational Systems Biology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, and either BIOL 131 or CSCI 121
BIOL 352 - Bioinformatics Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 358 - Microbiology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
BIOL 363 - Genes, Genetics, and Genomes Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
BIOL 372 - Cellular Biology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
Cluster B:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
BIOL 342 - Animal Behavior Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 351 - Developmental Biology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
BIOL 381 - Neurobiology and Physiology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102, CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
Cluster C:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
BIOL 301 - Ecology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 303 - Leaves to Landscapes Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 313 - Forest Canopy Ecophysiology Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
BIOL 332 - Vascular Plant Diversity Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101 and BIOL 102
One unit from a 300-level Lecture-Laboratory Course
One Unit From:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
An additional biology course at the 200 level or higher (including a combination of two one-half-unit courses, but excluding 470)
CHEM 230 - Environmental Chemistry Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
Two Units in Chemistry:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
CHEM 201 - Organic Chemistry I Prerequisite(s): CHEM 101 and CHEM 102
CHEM 202 - Organic Chemistry II Prerequisite(s): CHEM 201
One to Two Units in Mathematics or Two Units in Computer Science Two units of Computer Science OR One to two units of Mathematics: Mathematics Proficiency, Demonstrated by One of the Following: MATH 111 - Calculus OR Departmental waiver of one unit in cases where the student has demonstrated proficiency A minimum of one additional unit in Mathematics
One Unit of Junior Year Requirements:
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ENV 300 - Junior Seminar Prerequisite(s): Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENV core requirements
Junior qualifying examination in environmental studies Junior qualifying examination in biology
Two units of Thesis
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ENV 470 - Thesis
Notes:

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College Requirements:

Major Requirements:

Eight and One-half to Nine Units in Environmental Studies Requirements

Two units from one of the following subjects:

Anthropology:

One unit from:

Economics:

One unit from:

History:

A Minimum of One Unit From:

Political Science:

One unit from:

One additional unit in a different subject than used above

Four and One-half to Five Units from the Following

One Course from the Following:

Five Units in Biology:

A Minimum of One Unit from Each of the Following Clusters:

Cluster A:

Cluster B:

Cluster C:

One unit from a 300-level Lecture-Laboratory Course

One Unit From:

Two Units in Chemistry:

One to Two Units in Mathematics or Two Units in Computer Science

One Unit of Junior Year Requirements:

Two units of Thesis