Degree Requirements

RequirementsMinimum Units

1. Environmental Studies Core (Note 1)

1

2. Mathematics & Basic Science (Note 2)

2 2/3

3. Environmental Science and Engineering (Note 3)

3

4. Basic Social Science and Humanities (Note 4)

1

5. Environmental Social Science and Humanities (Note 5)

2

6. MQP

1

Total: 10 2/3 units

Notes

  1. Only courses with the prefix ENV count toward this requirement. Must include the senior seminar in environmental studies.
  2. Must include 2/3 unit of calculus; 1/3 unit of statistics; 2/3 unit of chemistry; and 2/3 unit of biology.
  3. All courses with prefixes BB, CE, CH, CHE, ES, GE, and PH may qualify to count under this requirement. BB courses must be at the 2000 level or higher. Must include 1/3 unit of ecology. Must include 1/3 unit of engineering at the 2000 level or higher. The 3 units of environmental science and engineering courses must be coherently defined and approved by the Environmental Studies Program Review Committee.
  4. Must include 1/3 unit of economics, 1/3 unit of public policy or political science, and 1/3 unit of either history or philosophy.
  5. Must include 1/3 unit environmental economics, 1/3 unit environmental policy, 1/3 unit environmental philosophy, and 1/3 unit environmental history.
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