Lower-Division Courses
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 of the following options
Plus all of the following
Choose one of the following:
Plus one of the following options
Plus one of the following options
Plus one of the following
Plus the following
ENVS25 | Environmental Policy and Economics | 5 |
Plus one of the following
ANTH2 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 5 |
PHIL22 | Introduction to Ethical Theory | 5 |
PHIL24 | Introduction to Ethics: Contemporary Moral Issues | 5 |
PHIL28 | Environmental Ethics | 5 |
BME80G
/PHIL 80G
| Bioethics in the 21st Century: Science, Business, and Society | 5 |
SOCY1 | Introduction to Sociology | 5 |
SOCY10 | Issues and Problems in American Society | 5 |
SOCY15 | World Society | 5 |
Upper-Division Courses
One of the following options
Plus all of the following
ENVS100 | Ecology and Society | 3 |
ENVS100L | Ecology and Society Writing Laboratory | 5 |
Electives
The upper-division courses should be selected in pursuit of a coherent plan of study, such as water policy-hydrology, restoration ecology-geochemistry, agroecology-soil physical processes, or environmental policy-climate change, among others, in consultation with faculty from both the Environmental Studies and Earth and Planetary Sciences departments. None of the three environmental studies upper-division courses can be an environmental studies internship, individual study or substitution course.
Three upper-division environmental studies courses
Three additional upper-division environmental studies courses (numbered ENVS 101-ENVS 179) including at least one course based in the social sciences selected from the following upper-division courses:
ENVS110 | Institutions, the Environment, and Economic Systems | 5 |
ENVS130B | Justice and Sustainability in Agriculture | 5 |
ENVS140 | National Environmental Policy | 5 |
ENVS141 | Ecological Economics | 5 |
ENVS143 | Sustainable Development: Economy, Policy, and Environment | 5 |
ENVS145 | Green Cities | 5 |
ENVS146 | Water Quality: Policy, Regulation, and Management | 5 |
ENVS147 | Environmental Inequality/Environmental Justice | 5 |
ENVS149
/LGST 149
| Environmental Law and Policy | 5 |
ENVS150 | Coastal and Marine Policy | 5 |
ENVS151 | Environmental Assessment | 5 |
ENVS154 | Amazonian Cultures and Conservation | 5 |
ENVS158 | Political Ecology and Social Change | 5 |
ENVS165 | Sustainable Water Systems | 5 |
ENVS172 | Environmental Risks and Public Policy | 5 |
ENVS173 | An Introduction to World Environmental History | 5 |
ENVS176 | Vulnerability, Complex Systems, and Disasters | 5 |
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 in the social sciences is available here.
Three upper-division Earth sciences courses
Three additional upper-division Earth sciences courses (Earth and Planetary Sciences courses numbered EART 100-EART 191C). A list of the upper-division courses offered by the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department is available here.
Disciplinary Communication (DC) Requirement
Students of every major must satisfy that major's upper-division Disciplinary Communication (DC) requirement. The DC requirement for the environmental studies/Earth sciences combined major is satisfied by completing:
The following courses:
ENVS100 | Ecology and Society | 3 |
ENVS100L | Ecology and Society Writing Laboratory | 5 |
Plus one of the following options:
Students taking the cross-listed course BIOE 151B/ENVS 109B are recommended to enroll in ENVS 109B.
Comprehensive Requirement
Students satisfy the senior comprehensive requirement in environmental studies or Earth sciences by completing either:
- One of the senior comprehensive options for single environmental studies B.A. majors (see options listed below);
- One of the senior comprehensive options for Earth sciences B.S. (see Comprehensive Requirement under the Earth Sciences B.S.).
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 option require careful planning, additional independent research, and at least a two-quarter commitment.
Students with advanced skills in one of the graduate focal areas may also take a graduate seminar by invitation from the instructor.
The following are two sample academic plans for students pursuing the environmental studies B.A. major without a concentration. 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.
Students completing this major will have satisfied the SI, IN, PE-E, IS, IN, MF, 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
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Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
3rd (junior) |
STAT 7 & STAT 7L |
ENVS 100 & ENVS 100L* |
Upper-division EART
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EART 110B & EART 110M |
Upper-division ENVS
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4th (senior) |
Upper-division ENVS
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Upper-division ENVS
(social sciences) |
Comprehensive
requirement |
Upper-division EART |
Upper-division EART |
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*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 and 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.
Plan One for Incoming Frosh
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Fall |
Winter |
Spring |
1st (frosh) |
MATH 3 or AM3
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SOC/ANTH/ethics
course |
ENVS 23 or
CHEM 1A |
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ENVS 25 |
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2nd (soph) |
ENVS 24 or BIOE 20C |
ENVS 100 & ENVS 100L* |
Upper-division ENVS |
STAT 7 & STAT 7L
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3rd (junior) |
Upper-division ENVS
(social science) |
Upper-division ENVS
(natural science) |
Upper-division ENVS
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4th (senior) |
Upper-division ENVS |
Upper-division ENVS |
Upper-division ENVS
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Comprehensive
requirement |
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*This course is also offered in the spring term.