Earth Systems Science & Policy, B. S.~ Degree Requirements
Total credits: 120-126, depending upon concentration
Minimum credits at CSUMB: 30
Total credits required for the major: 74-80
Upper-division credits in the major: 44
Note: With careful course selection, up to 25 credits of major requirements, including 13 upper-division credits, can double-count with other graduation requirements.
You may declare ESSP as your major at any time in your CSUMB career, although we recommend that you declare as soon as possible so that you can begin lower-division prerequisite courses.
The Earth Systems Science & Policy B.S. includes several concentrations or emphases, listed below. Each is designed to help you prepare for a particular type of career or postgraduate education, and each requires different courses, although the required courses for all concentrations fulfill ESSP Major Learning Outcomes. These ten MLOs describe the knowledge, skills, and abilities in science, math, technology, economics, and policy that you must demonstrate before you graduate with an ESSP degree. To demonstrate the required level of competency, you must earn a grade of C or higher in each required course. Click on the name of any concentration below to see what courses you would take to fulfill the ESSP Major Learning Outcomes within that concentration. To see what prerequisites are needed for a particular course, please consult the course descriptions.