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BA - Environmental Systems

Environmental Systems

This concentration is designed for students who would like to focus on the natural environment, including the nature of biophysical patterns and processes, as well as applied, science-based conservation, restoration, conservation planning, land management, and preservation.  Please Note: This is the teach out plan and changes are noted in bold italics.

Foundation Courses

Concentration (18 Units)

Must take at least one 400 level capstone course during junior/senior year. Take at least two courses in GEP 340-359, Biological Path: GEP 447 Required. Breadth not double-counted in concentration

Concentration (18 units)
Course Units GE
GEP 318 Agroecology in Practice 2  
GEP 319 Native Plant Propagation in Practice 2  
GEP 340 Applied Ecology 3  
GEP 343 Biogeography 4  
GEP 344 Field Methods 2  
GEP 345 Lab Methods 2  
GEP 346 Restoration Ecology 4  
GEP 350 Geomorphology 4  
GEP 351 Natural Hazards 3  
GEP 352 Soil Science 3-4  
GEP 354 Watershed Hydrology & Mgmt. 4  
GEP 355 Weather and Climate 3  
GEP 359 Special Topics in Environ. Systems 2-4  
GEP 380 Environmental Remote Sensing 4  
GEP 388 Environmental GIS 3-4  
GEP 447 Conservation Biology 4  
GEP 456 Global Climate Change 4  
GEP 486 Environmental Data Analysis 4  
GEP 489 Advanced GIS 3-4  

Supporting Courses (12-13 units)

Choose one of two pathways to meet the 12 unit minimum
Biological Path Units GE
BIOL 130 Cell Biology and Genetics (Required) 4 B2
BIOL 131 Biological Diversity and Ecology (Required) 4 B2
BIOL 322;323;324;327;329;330;332;333;335;337;341;350,351 4  
Physical Path Units GE
BIOL 131 Biological Diversity and Ecology (Required) 4 B2
CS 115 Programming I 4 B3
GEOL 303/304 Adv Principles of Geol/Mapping/Report writing 5 B3
GEOL 323 Hydrology 4  
GEOL 306 Environmental Geology 4  
GEOL 310 Geophysics 4