Environmental Science, Technology & Policy B.S. ~ General Freshman Pathway

The following sample lower-division pathway is just one of many lower-division pathways you can follow in ESSP. You should contact the SEP office to meet with an ENVS advisor who will help identify the pathway that best matches your goals and schedule.

The generic pathway shown is applicable to most ENVS concentrations and emphases, except that some concentrations require only one semester of calculus. The detailed requirements for each concentration are listed under Requirements. This pathway assumes you have already completed all recommended preparation for admission to the CSU, including two years of high school language and passing scores on the ELM and EPT. If you have not completed this preparation, you may need to take additional courses.

Because CSUMB is outcomes-based, this chronological pathway lists each target outcome first either as an MLO (Major Learning Outcome) or ULR/GLO (University Learning Requirements / Graduation Learning Outcomes). It then shows courses aligned with those outcomes along with credits and an indication of when they are offered. For more information on a course-including title, credits, description, and prerequisites-click its number. For more information on an outcome, click on its abbreviated name.

This pathway, intended as a reference, models graduation with 120 credits. It is unlikely that your actual pathway will look exactly like the model due to several factors:

  • Any required remedial courses such as MATH 098 and WRT 095
  • Actual availability of courses during a given semester
  • Personal choices you make in your Individual Learning Plan-in consultation with your First Year Seminar professor, and lower-division and major advisors-including the decision to pursue more than the minimal learning requirements

You must earn nine upper-division General Education credits after you have reached upper-division status. Upper-division GE courses taken when you are a lower-division student do not count toward this requirement.

MLO
Covered

ULR/GLO
Covered

Course
Number

When
Offered

CR

F
A
L
L

1
-
-
-
-

MATHCOM
TECH
FYS
LANG
VIBRANCY

MATH 130/130L
CST 101
FYS 100
Any 102
Approved activity course

Every semester
Every semester
Every semester
Some every semester
Some every semester

4
3
3
4
1

S
P
R
I
N
G

1
2

-
-
2

-
-
ENGCOM A
LANG
-

MATH 150/150L
CHEM 110/110L
ESSP 211
Any 201
ESSP 271

Every semester
Every semester
Every semester
Some every semester
Every semester

4
4
4
4
2

F
A
L
L

1
2
-
-

-
-
ENGCOM B & ETHICS
ARTSCOM & LIT

MATH 151/151L*
CHEM 111/111LESSP 212
Any approved course

Every semester
Every semester
Spring semester
Some every semester

4
4
4
4

S
P
R
I
N
G

2
2
1
-

-
-
-
VIBRANCY & CP

BIO 240/240L
GEOL 260 /260LSTAT 200 or 250
KIN 271S or SL200S,
plus KIN 161

Every semester
Every semester
-
Every semester

4
4
4
6-7

F
A
L
L

2
2
9
5

-
-
GWAR
-

BIO 241*
ESSP 280
ESSP 300
ESSP 332/332L

Every semester
Every semester
Every semester
Every semester

3
4
4
4

S
P
R
I
N
G

3
2
7
9

-
-
-
-

Depends on concentration
PHYS 220/220L
Depends on concentration
ESSP 400

Some every semester
Every semester
Some every semester
Every semester

4
4
4
2

F
A
L
L

8,7
2
4,10

-
-
CULTURE & SERVICE

Depends on concentration
ESSP 272
ESSP 384S

Some every semester
Every semester
Fall semester

4
2
5

S
P
R
I
N
G

6
9

7
-

-
-
-
DEMPART & HIST

Depends on concentration
ESSP 403
Depends on concentration
Any approved course

Some every semester
Every semester
Some every semester
Some every semester

4
2
4
4

* These courses are required for certain concentrations/emphases. Please check Requirements.