1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

Students must satisfy the specific degree requirements for their undergraduate major and fulfill the following University degree requirements: 

1. Academic (program total units with an average 2.0 GPA - “C” or better)

2. General Education (GE) (34 Lower Division + 9 Upper Division)

3. American Institutions (AI) (0-6 units) (may be satisfied in GE Areas 3A, 3B, 4, UD 3, or UD 4)

4. Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) 3 units (see Writing in the Disciplines) 

5. Physical Education (PE) (0-2 units)

6. Units in Residence (30 units, including 24 upper division and 12 in major)

7. Upper Division Units (40 units, including 12 upper div in major for BA, 18 upper div in major for BS)

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Summary of Degree Units

Core Lower Division General Education: 18 (10 units may be satisfied by major coursework)

American Institutions/ US123 Requirements: 6 (Note: may be satisfied by GE coursework)

Upper Division General Education: 9

Physical Education: 2

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR): 0 (3 units may be satisfied by Any 100W)

Major Preparation: 23

Major Requirements: 35

Major Electives: 21

University Electives: 6

Total: 120

2. Major Preparation (23 units)

• BIOL 10 - The Living World 3 unit(s) (GE Area 5B / Formerly Area B2)
• CHEM 1A - General Chemistry 5 unit(s) (GE Area 5A and 5C / Formerly Area B1 and B3)
• GEOL 111 - Geology and the Environment 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 2/5 / Formerly Area R)
• MATH 19 - Precalculus 5 unit(s) (GE Area 2 / Formerly Area B4)
• PHYS 2A - Fundamentals of Physics 4 unit(s) (GE Area 5A and 5C / Formerly Area B1 and B3)

• or 

  PHYS 50 - General Physics I: Mechanics 4
    unit(s) (GE Area 5A and 5C / Formerly Area B1 and B3)

• STAT 95 - Elementary Statistics 3 unit(s) (GE Area 2 / Formerly Area B4)

3. Major Requirements (35 units)

4. Major Electives (21 units)

Complete 21 units of STEM and interdisciplinary in consultation with your major advisor. The following are a list of recommended electives.

• GEOL 124 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 2/5 / Formerly Area R)
• GEOL 135 - Geochemistry 4 unit(s)
• BIOL 110 - Biodiversity and Biopolitics 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 2/5 / Formerly Area R)
• METR 155 - Remote Sensing 3 unit(s)
• ENVS 1 - Introduction to Environmental Issues 3 unit(s) (GE Area 1B / Formerly Area A3)
• ENVS 107 - Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy 4 unit(s)
• ENVS 119 - Energy and the Environment 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 2/5 / Formerly Area R)
• ENVS 124 - Introduction to Environmental Law 3 unit(s)
• ENVS 185 - Environmental Impact Analysis 4 unit(s) (Crosslisted with URBP)
• ENVS 187 - Environmental Restoration 4 unit(s)
• GEOG 107 - Mapping the World 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 2/5 / Formerly Area R)
• GEOG 181 - Introduction to Remote Sensing 3 unit(s)
• GEOG 182 - Programming for GIS 3 unit(s)

5. University Electives (6 units)

The following are recommended electives:

• ANTH 11 - Cultural Anthropology 3 unit(s) (GE Area 4 / Formerly Area D)
• ANTH 129 - Environmental Anthropology 3 unit(s)
• PHIL 126 - Environmental Ethics and Philosophy 3 unit(s)
• PHIL 133 - Ethics in Science 3 unit(s)
• POLS 135 - U.S. Environmental Policy 3 unit(s) (Crosslisted with ENVS)
• SOCI 141 - Environmental Sociology 3 unit(s)
• URBP 142 - Introduction to Environmental Planning 4 unit(s) (Crosslisted with ENVS)

Total Units Required (120 units)