The Environmental Studies major provides students with a broad
foundation in the environmental sciences, social sciences, environmental
economics and policy, environmental history and communication. It also
provides students with local, regional and global perspectives on
current environmental issues and problems.
Graduates are able to think broadly on local, regional and global
levels, understand and synthesize information from multiple disciplines
and perspectives, communicate effectively and ethically, and to use
their knowledge and skills to promote sustainable, equitable and healthy
human and non-human communities.
LS 384:
Issues in Comparative and International Education (1-3 units)
LS 391:
Diversity in Educational Settings (3 units)
MSCI 359S: Marine Science in the Community (5 units)
Any upper-division Environmental Science course listed listed under
the Science for Sustainable Communities concentration
MLO 1: Environment Science and Quantitative Analysis
Students will understand and apply core concepts and methods from
biological, ecological and physical sciences.
MLO 2: Environmental Economics and Policy
Students will understand and apply core concepts and methods from
environmental economics and environmental policy.
MLO 3: Culture and the Environment
Students will understand and apply the ethical, cross-cultural and
historical contexts of environmental issues and problems.
MLO 4: Global Environmental Perspectives
Students will understand the transnational character of environmental
problems, global patterns of resource distribution and how individual
behaviors, national policies and international policies can create and
resolve inequitable distributions of environmental benefits and
burdens.
MLO 5: Critical Thinking and Communication
Students will demonstrate proficient critical thinking and ethical
written and oral communication skills needed to conduct high-level
work as interdisciplinary scholars and/or practitioners.
MLO 6: Service Learning
Students will deepen their understanding of personal and professional
social responsibility, and be able to apply the knowledge and skills
of environmental studies to enhance the social, cultural and civic
life of our communities; students will analyze and apply theories and
practices from environmental studies to understand how individuals and
social systems promote both equitable and inequitable practices in
society; and students will learn from and work responsively and
inclusively with diverse individuals, groups and organizations to
build just and equitable communities. Courses used to fulfill the
Service Learning MLO may double-count with MLO 3 but not with MLO 7.
MLO 7: Area of Concentration
Students will gain depth of understanding in Environmental Education
or Science for Sustainable Communities and they will apply that
knowledge to promote sustainable human and non-human communities.
This pathway is one example of how you might complete your degree
requirements, paying attention to course pre-requisites. There are
many different possible pathways; the following are two generic
examples of course pathways. Your own unique situation and a number of
other factors may mean your actual pathway is different. Perhaps
you'll need an extra math or language class, or one of the
courses we've listed isn't offered in a particular semester.
Don't worry - there is flexibility built into the curriculum.
You'll want to work closely with an advisor and use the academic
advisement report to take all that into account and develop a pathway
that's customized for you. In the meantime, use this example as a
starting point for choosing classes or discussing your plans with an
advisor. Your advisor is your best resource when it comes to figuring
out how to fit all the courses you need, in the right sequence, into
your personal academic plan.
Fall Freshman
* This FYS class is just an example. The FYS class you choose might
meet a different GE area, so you would have to adjust your actual
pathway accordingly.