Earth Systems Science Policy B.S. General Freshman Pathway

Earth Systems Science & 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 ESSP advisor who will help identify the pathway that best matches your goals and schedule.

The generic pathway shown is applicable to most ESSP 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.

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