Environmental Studies with a Concentration in Biology

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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: 20.5-21

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

ENV 200 - Introduction to Environmental Studies Research Methods

Two units from one of the following subjects:

Anthropology:

One unit from:

ANTH 201 - Topics in Contemporary Anthropology -only when offered as “Global Political Ecology,”
ANTH 378 - Nature, Culture, and Environmentalism
ANTH 442 - Ontological Politics

Economics:

ECON 201 - Introduction to Economic Analysis

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:

BIOL 273 - Evolution
BIOL 301 - Ecology
BIOL 303 - Leaves to Landscapes
BIOL 308 - Restoration Ecology
BIOL 313 - Forest Canopy Ecophysiology
BIOL 332 - Vascular Plant Diversity
BIOL 342 - Animal Behavior
BIOL 431 - Seminar in Biology: Contemporary Topics -only when offered as “Forest Canopy Research,” or “Global Change Ecology”
CHEM 201 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 202 - Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 212 - Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 230 - Environmental Chemistry
CHEM 311 - Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation
CHEM 315 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 316 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Spectra of Diatomic Molecules

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:

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

Four Units in Chemistry and Mathematics or Computer Science:

CHEM 201 - Organic Chemistry I
AND
CHEM 202 - Organic Chemistry II
Two units in mathematics or computer science

Junior Year Requirements:

ENV 300 - Junior Seminar
Junior qualifying examination in environmental studies
Junior qualifying examination in biology

Thesis

ENV 470 - Thesis