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Environmental Studies Department
BA - Environmental Studies
The BA degree is designed to prepare students for career opportunities in coastal resource management, environmental communications, environmental product design and packaging, environmental regulation and policy, integrated and solid waste management, human ecology and environmental planning.
| Course Requirements | |||
| General Education Requirements | 33 | ||
| Of the 51 units required by the university, 18 may be satisfied by specified major and support requirements. Consult major advisor for details. | |||
| American Institutions | (6) | ||
| Of the 6 units required by the university, all may be satisfied within general education requirements as specified in the schedule of classes. | |||
| Physical Education | 2 | ||
| Preparation for the Major Sequence | 13 | ||
| ENVS 010, STAT 095, ECON 001B and CHEM 030A | |||
| Requirements in the Major | 72 | ||
| Core Sequence | 25 | ||
| ENVS 001, ENVS 100W, ENVS 107, ENVS 110, ENVS 117, ENVS 124, ENVS 185 and ENVS 198 | |||
| Electives | 29 | ||
| Advisor-approved electives in environmental studies | |||
| Additional Electives | 18 | ||
| 6-8 units of field courses are required from: ENVS 144, 154, 164, 166, 187, 189, 190, 191, and 270. 3-9 units of ENVS 194 recommended. | |||
| Advisor-approved minor and/or electives | |||
| Total Units: | 120 | ||
Note: UNVS 015C may be used in lieu of the statistics course required by this major through the Summer 2014.
