Download the Environmental Studies Major Requirements Checklist
The Major in Environmental Studies requires 58 units, as follows:
Required Courses (42 units):
- ENVA - 109 Environment and Society
- ENVS - 110 Introduction to Environmental Science w/Lab
- ENVS - 210 Ecology and Human Impacts w/Lab
- ENVS - 212 Air and Water w/Lab
- ENVS - 250 Environmental Data Analysis.
- ENVA - 290 Nature Immersion
- ENVA - 310 Recovering the Commons
- ENVA - 311 Cornerstone Seminar
- ENVA - 355 Methods and Approaches
- ENVA - 367 Environmental Justice
- ENVA - 450 Capstone Practicum
Pathway/Elective Courses (4 courses/16 units):
- ENVA - 130 Community Based Urban Agriculture
- ENVA - 140 Urban Agriculture: Spring
- ENVA - 145 Community Garden Outreach
- ENVA - 195 Voice, Memory and Landscape
- ENVA - 200 Computer Aided Design and Drawing (CADD) 1
- ENVA - 232 Environmental Economics
- ENVA - 235 Literature and the Environment
- ENVA - 240 Ethics: Environmental Issues
- ENVA - 300 Computer Aided Design and Drawing (CADD) 2
- ENVA - 304 Sustainable Systems Design
- ENVA - 319 Health and Environment
- ENVA - 320 Global Environments and Societies
- ENVA - 341 Feast and Famine: A History of Food
- ENVA - 342 Environmental History of Africa
- ENVA - 360 International Environmental Politics
- ENVA - 361 Religion and the Environment
- ENVA - 363 Environmental Law
- ENVA - 366 Introduction to Environmental Policy
- ENVA - 367 Environmental Justice
- ENVA - 390 Special Topics
- ENVA - 396 Community Internships
- ENVA - 404 Environmental Ethics
- ENVA - 441 UG History Seminar
- ENVA - 498 Research for Advanced Undergraduates
- ENVS - 311 Environmental Chemistry
- ENVS - 312 Water Resources Analysis
- ENVS - 320 Restoration Ecology w/Lab
- ENVS - 321 Wetland Ecology
- ENVS - 330 Environmental and Ecosystem Health
- ENVS - 350 Energy and Environment
- ENVS 360 Climate Change: Science and Policy
- ENVS - 370 Introduction to Landscape Ecology and GIS w/Lab
- ENVS - 390 Special Topics
- ENVS - 410 Methods of Environmental Monitoring w/Lab
- ARCD 200 Sustainable Design
- ARCD 320 Introduction to Landscape Design
- HIST - 290 Global Environmental History
- POLS - 396 Public Administration Internship
- POLS - 397 Fieldwork in Public Interest Organizations
- SOC/ENVA - 308 Research Methods
- SOC - 360 Urbanization and Development
- SOC - 395 Fieldwork in Sociology*
*Internship placement or research project must have an environmental component.
Learning Goals/Outcomes for the B.A. in Environmental Studies
Students who complete the B.A. in Environmental Studies will be able to:
- Integrate perspectives of multiple disciplines to understand the complexities of human-environment interactions.
- Demonstrate
an understanding of the range of environmental issues and the roles of
humans and institutions in responding to them.
- Analyze critically and develop socio-culturally appropriate strategies to resolve environmental problems.
- Connect environmental problems to issues of social justice through study and community engagement.
- Apply scientific principles to develop solutions for environmental problems.
