Continuing students must complete all lower-division courses before taking ENVS 100/ENVS 100L.
Lower-Division Courses
One of the following
CHEM1A | General Chemistry | 5 |
ENVS23 | The Physical and Chemical Environment | 5 |
Plus one of the following courses
Plus the following
ENVS25 | Environmental Policy and Economics | 5 |
Plus one of the following
One of the following
AM3 | Precalculus for the Social Sciences | 5 |
AM11A
/ECON 11A
| Mathematical Methods for Economists I | 5 |
AM11B
/ECON 11B
| Mathematical Methods for Economists II | 5 |
MATH3 | Precalculus | 5 |
MATH11A | Calculus with Applications | 5 |
MATH11B | Calculus with Applications | 5 |
MATH19A | Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics | 5 |
MATH19B | Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics | 5 |
MATH22 | Introduction to Calculus of Several Variables | 5 |
MATH23A | Vector Calculus | 5 |
Or take a placement exam
Take the Math Placement Exam (MPE) with a score of 300 or higher or take the AP Calculus exam with a score of 3 or higher
Plus all of the following
STAT7 | Statistical Methods for the Biological, Environmental, and Health Sciences | 5 |
STAT7L | Statistical Methods for the Biological, Environmental, and Health Sciences Laboratory | 2 |
Plus one introductory course in sociology, cultural anthropology, or ethics
Students choose one of the following introductory courses in sociology. cultural anthropology, or ethics:
ANTH2 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 5 |
BME80G
/PHIL 80G
| Bioethics in the 21st Century: Science, Business, and Society | 5 |
PHIL22 | Introduction to Ethical Theory | 5 |
PHIL24 | Introduction to Ethics: Contemporary Moral Issues | 5 |
PHIL28 | Environmental Ethics | 5 |
SOCY1 | Introduction to Sociology | 5 |
SOCY10 | Issues and Problems in American Society | 5 |
SOCY15 | World Society | 5 |
Upper-Division Courses
Students are required to complete the following upper-division courses:
All of the following
ENVS100 | Ecology and Society | 3 |
ENVS100L | Ecology and Society Writing Laboratory | 5 |
Environmental studies core course, offered twice yearly during the winter and spring quarters
Plus one of the following
ENVS147 | Environmental Inequality/Environmental Justice | 5 |
ENVS172 | Environmental Risks and Public Policy | 5 |
Plus one of the following
ENVS158 | Political Ecology and Social Change | 5 |
ENVS173 | An Introduction to World Environmental History | 5 |
Plus two of the following
(Not duplicating any courses taken from the above lists)
ENVS130B | Justice and Sustainability in Agriculture | 5 |
ENVS140 | National Environmental Policy | 5 |
ENVS143 | Sustainable Development: Economy, Policy, and Environment | 5 |
ENVS147 | Environmental Inequality/Environmental Justice | 5 |
ENVS154 | Amazonian Cultures and Conservation | 5 |
ENVS158 | Political Ecology and Social Change | 5 |
ENVS172 | Environmental Risks and Public Policy | 5 |
ENVS173 | An Introduction to World Environmental History | 5 |
ENVS176 | Vulnerability, Complex Systems, and Disasters | 5 |
CLTE135 | Apprenticeship in Community Engaged Research | 5 |
SOCY185 | Environmental Inequality | 5 |
No duplicate courses from lists above
Electives
Three upper-division electives (environmental studies courses numbered ENVS 101-ENVS 179).
One course must be from the list below of upper division courses based on natural sciences.
Lecture and lab combinations count as a single course.
A list of all courses offered by the Environmental Studies Department is available here. A list of which upper-division courses offered in the current year by the Environmental Studies Department are based in the natural sciences and which in the social sciences is available here.
Courses based on natural sciences
ENVS104A | Introduction to Environmental Field Methods | 5 |
ENVS104L | Field Methods Laboratory | 2 |
ENVS106A | Natural History of Birds | 5 |
ENVS107A | Natural History Field Quarter | 5 |
ENVS107B | Natural History Field Quarter | 5 |
ENVS107C | Natural History Field Quarter | 5 |
ENVS108 | General Entomology | 5 |
ENVS108L | General Entomology Laboratory | 3 |
BIOE151A
/ENVS 109A
| Ecology and Conservation in Practice Supercourse: Ecological Field Methods | 5 |
BIOE151B
/ENVS 109B
| Ecology and Conservation in Practice Supercourse: Ecological Field Methods Laboratory | 5 |
BIOE151C
/ENVS 109C
| Ecology and Conservation in Practice Supercourse: Functions and Processes of Terrestrial Ecosystems | 5 |
BIOE151D
/ENVS 109D
| Ecology and Conservation in Practice Supercourse: Conservation in Practice | 4 |
ENVS120 | Conservation Biology | 5 |
ENVS121 | Landscape Ecology | 5 |
ENVS122 | Tropical Ecology and Conservation | 5 |
ENVS123 | Animal Ecology and Conservation | 5 |
BIOE125
/ENVS 125
| Ecosystems of California | 5 |
ENVS129 | Integrated Pest Management | 5 |
ENVS129L | Integrated Pest Management Laboratory | 2 |
ENVS130A | Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture | 5 |
ENVS130L | Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Laboratory | 2 |
ENVS130C | Field Experiences in Agroecology and Sustainable Food | 5 |
ENVS131 | Insect Ecology | 5 |
ENVS133 | Agroecology Practicum | 5 |
ENVS138 | Field Ethnobotany | 5 |
ENVS160 | Restoration Ecology | 5 |
ENVS161A | Soils and Plant Nutrition | 5 |
ENVS161L | Soils and Plant Nutrition Laboratory | 2 |
ENVS162 | Plant Physiological Ecology | 5 |
ENVS162L | Plant Physiological Ecology Laboratory | 2 |
ENVS163 | Plant Disease Ecology | 5 |
ENVS163L | Plant Disease Ecology Lab | 2 |
ENVS164 | Projects and Practices in Soil Ecology | 5 |
ENVS166 | Agroecosystem Analysis and Watershed Management | 5 |
ENVS167 | Freshwater and Wetland Ecology | 5 |
ENVS167L | Freshwater and Wetland Ecology Lab | 2 |
ENVS168 | Biogeochemistry and the Global Environment | 5 |
ENVS169 | Climate Change Ecology | 5 |
ENVS170 | Agriculture and Climate Change | 5 |
Disciplinary Communication (DC) Requirement
Students of every major must satisfy that major's upper-division Disciplinary Communication (DC) requirement. A primary goal of the environmental studies major is to train students who are able to critically analyze interdisciplinary environmental problems, justify their position on an issue, and communicate that position to a range of audiences verbally and in writing.
The DC requirement in environmental studies is satisfied by completing
ENVS100 | Ecology and Society | 3 |
ENVS100L | Ecology and Society Writing Laboratory | 5 |
Plus one of the following
Comprehensive Requirement
The senior comprehensive may be satisfied by completing one of the options listed below. All courses used to satisfy the senior comprehensive requirement must be taken for a letter grade.
Before enrolling in the senior thesis or senior internship option, students must formally apply to work with a particular faculty mentor very early in their thesis or project preparation. The senior thesis and senior internship options require careful planning, additional independent research, and at least a two-quarter commitment. The topic must be related to global environmental justice.
ENVS 196 must be a topic related to global environmental justice
The following are two sample academic plans for students pursuing the environmental studies B.A. major with a concentration in global environmental justice. Plan One is for incoming frosh and Plan Two is for incoming transfer students.
Plan One for Incoming Frosh
*This course is also offered in the spring term.
This planner assumes that a student has completed and/or placed into MATH 3 or AM 3.
Students completing this major will have satisfied SI, IN, PE-E, IS, IN, and PR-E general education requirements. In addition, they will need to fulfill all remaining university, college, and general education requirements.
Plan Two for Incoming Transfer Students
|
Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
1st (junior) |
STAT 7 & STAT 7L |
ENVS 100 & ENVS 100L* |
ENVS upper-division
(concentration elective) |
|
ENVS 147 or ENVS 172 |
|
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|
|
2nd (senior)
|
ENVS 158 or ENVS 173 |
ENVS upper-division
(concentration elective) |
ENVS upper-division |
|
ENVS upper-division
(natural science) |
ENVS upper-division |
Comprehensive
requirement |
|
|
|
*This course is also offered in the spring term.
This planner assumes that a student has completed all required lower division courses—including UCSC or community college General Education requirements—with the exception of STAT 7 & STAT 7L, which is only offered at UC Santa Cruz.
A transfer student who has completed the requirements for the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) before matriculating at UC Santa Cruz, with at most two course requirements left to complete, is allowed to satisfy IGETC in lieu of the UCSC general education requirements.