Students must be able to apply advanced knowledge and skills relevant to their concentration
IMPORTANT: All students should meet with their upper-division advisor to select a sequence of courses appropriate to their career goals.
Required Courses
- Marine & Coastal Ecology Concentration
- Take three of the following, at least one of which must be 400 level or above:
- BIO 242/L: Plant & Animal Form & Function (4 units)
- BIO 310/L: Biochemistry (4 units)
- BIO 311: Genetics (3 units)
- BIO 342: California Ecosystems (4 units)
- BIO 344L: Environmental Biotech Lab (4 units)
- BIO 345/L: Marine Biology (4 units)
- BIO 448: Aquatic Ecology (4 units)
- ENVS 303/L: Calif Transect Orientation (5 units)
- ENVS 433: Seafloor Mapping (4 units)
- ENVS 436: Rmt Sns/Image Process (4 units)
- ENVS 440: Environmental Modeling (4 units)
- ENVS 442: Vernal Pools of Ft Ord (4 units)
- ENVS 470: Sci Pol & Mgmt in Marine Env (4 units)
- GEOL 360: Geomorphic Systems (4 units)
- PHYS 330/L: Electronics for Ecol Research (4 units)
- Or an advisor-approved MLML course
- Watershed Systems Concentration
- Complete the following:
- GEOL 460: River Hydrology, Assmt&Monitor (4 units)
- And complete one of the following
- BIO 340: Ecology (4 units)
- OR
- BIO 342: California Ecosystems (4 units)
- And complete one of the following
- BIO 448: Aquatic Ecology (4 units)
- ENVS 303/L: Calif Transect Orientation (5 units)
- ENVS 433: Seafloor Mapping (4 units)
- ENVS 436: Rmt Sns/Image Process (4 units)
- ENVS 440: Environmental Modeling (4 units)
- ENVS 442: Vernal Pools of Ft Ord (4 units)
- PHYS 330/L: Electronics for Ecol Research (4 units)
- Science and Social Justice Concentration
- Complete one of the following
- ENVS 386: Sci, Enviro & Polit Process (4 units)
- ENVS 387: Water Resource Assess/Law/Poli (4 units)
- SBS 385: CA/Gov/Politic/Environ/History (3 to 4 units)
- And complete one of the following
- ENVS 349S: Natural History Interpretation (4 to 5 units)
- ENVS 369S: Com-Based Watershed Restor SL (5 units)
- ENVS 394: Junior Internship (2 to 4 units)
- And another appropriate policy, ethics or science course approved by your advisor.
- Environmental Policy Concentration
- ENVS 580: Envir & Resource Eco:App&Meth (3 to 4 units)
- And complete one of the following:
- ENVS 386: Sci, Enviro & Polit Process (4 units)
- ENVS 387: Water Resource Assess/Law/Poli (4 units)
- SBS 385: CA/Gov/Politic/Environ/History (3 to 4 units)
- And one upper division policy or economic course approved by your advisor
- Science Education - Environmental Education Emphasis Concentration
- Group I. Choose an advanced course from the focus chosen in MLO 5:
- Complete one of the following for Multimedia focus:
- CST 328: Digital Art & Design (4 units)
- OR
- CST 251/L: Basic Web Design (4 units)
- Complete one of the following for Mass Communication Outreach focus:
- TAT 339/L: Advanced Video Prod Lect (4 units)
- OR
- TAT 361: Intro to Non-Linear Editing (4 units)
- Complete the following for GIS/GPS/RS focus:
- ENVS 436: Rmt Sns/Image Process (4 units)
- Group II. Teaching Experience. One Service Learning course with a Teaching focus:
- Complete one of the following. May not be double-counted for MLO 10
- ENVS 349S: Natural History Interpretation (4 to 5 units)
- OR
- ENVS 369S: Com-Based Watershed Restor SL (5 units)
- Group III. One Natural History course not taken for MLO 3:
- And complete one of the following
- BIO 342: California Ecosystems (4 units)
- BIO 345/L: Marine Biology (4 units)
- BIO 347: Working with Marine Mammals (3 to 4 units)
- BIO 360: Vertebrate Natural History (4 units)
- Or other course approved by advisor