Environmental Studies Advising Grid CORE CURRICULUM New Curriculum as of Fall 2006 – updated Fall 2009
Name:__________________________ Course # Course
ESSJ
Date _______________ Units Semester Grade Instructor Taken
3 5 3 3 3 1-3 3
MAJOR CORE: All required (21 units)
ENVS 300 CHEM 115* ENVS/CHEM 380* ENVS 450* ENVS/GEOG 600* ENVS 680* ENVS 690* Introduction to Environmental Studies (FS) Gen Chemistry I: Essential Concepts (placement exam) (FS) Chemistry Behind Environmental Pollution (S) Environmental Law and Policy (FS) Environmental Problems & Solutions (E) (III) Internship (FS) Senior Seminar ENVS (FS)
Major Core units taken:
MAJOR ELECTIVES: Select one from each category (15-24 units)
Physical Environment
GEOG 101II GEOL 270 II GEOG 102 II ANTH 120 II ENVS/ECON 306 ANTH 321 RAZA 450 USP 514 USP 515 Our Physical Environment (E) Environmental Geology (F) The Human Environment (E) Intro to Social & Cultural Anthropology (E) Economics and the Environment (S?) Endangered Cultures (S+) (III) Indigenismo: Indigenous Cultures/Personality (FS) (III) Sustainable Development in Cities (F) (III) Race, Poverty, and the Environment (S) (III) Introductory Biology I (E) (placement exam) and Introductory Biology II(E)) or Principles of Ecology (E) (III) Env. Communication on the Electronic Media (F) (III) Literature and Ecology (R) Nature, Culture, and Technology (S?) (III) Environmental Ethics (S?)(III) Politics, the Environment, and Social Change (F) (III) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 4
Human Environment
Environmental Justice/Urban Issues
Ecology
(BIOL 230* and BIOL 240* or BIOL 313* BECA 502 ENG 535* ENVS 392* PHIL 470 PLSI 354*
Human Values and Environmental Ethics
Major Electives units taken:
Total for core: 36-45
GE Segment III Courses: ____________________
Note: only two of three can also count units toward major
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ENVS 300 is a prerequisite for ENVS 450, 680 and 690. ENG 214 is a prerequisite for ENVS 450. Majors must pass both ENVS 300 and 450 with a grade of C or better.*
* = Prerequisite, or consent of instructor, III = segment 3 F = Fall, S = Spring, + = Plus other semesters occasionally, A = Alternate years (i.e. every 2 years), E = Every Semester (FS and Summer), R = rare, if ever, ? = Don’t know II = GE Segment II ^NOTE: Course, NOT UNITS, can be double counted between core & concentration. ************availability of classes may be different than indicated here******************************
ENVS Advising Grid – ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE
CONCENTRATION CORE: All required (3-11 units)1
GEOG 421*^ PLSI 354*^ USP 514^ Future Environments (FS) (III) Politics, the Environment, and Social Change (F) (III) (if not taken in major core) Sustainable Development in Cities (F) (III) (if not taken in major core)
Units Semester Grade Instructor
3 4 4
Concentration Core units taken:
ELECTIVES: Select 15 units upon advisement
AIS 310^ BECA 390^ BECA 502^ BIOL 349^ BUS 450*^ CINE 325 CST 300 ECON/GEOG 425 ECON 550* ECON 620*^ ENVS 224 ENVS/ECON 306 ENVS/IR 331* ENVS 392*^ ENVS 470* ENVS 570 GEOG 422*^ GEOG 427^ GEOG 647* GEOG 666*^ GEOL 305 GPS/IR/PHIL 315*^ HED 418^ HIST 476 IR 334* IR/SS 520*^ PHIL/PLSI 150 PHIL 365^ PHIL 470^ SOC/ETHS 410 SOC 471*^ SOC 477*^ SOC 483*^ SS 360 SS 681 TPW 490* USP/SW 456* WGS 541* WGS 578* WGS 621* American Indian Religion and Philosophy (F) (III) The Age of Information (F) (III) Env. Communication on the Electronic Media (F) (III) Bioethics (R) (III) Greening of Business (S) (III) Ecology & Film (R) Intro to Critical Social Thought (R) Economic Geography Environmental Economics Economic Development (FS) (III) Research Methods for Environmental Studies Economics and the Environment (S?) Global Environmental Crisis Nature, Culture and Technology (S?) (III) Climate Politics and Policy Campus Sustainability (S?) Environmental Perception (S) (III) Agriculture and Food Supply (S) (III) Geography of Water Resources (S) Geography of Garbage (S) (III) Energy and Its Environmental Issues Intro to Global Peace Studies (F) (III) Environmental Health (FS) (III) American Environmental History Intl Organizations: New World Order (F) Globalization and Development (F) (III) Contemporary Moral/Political Issues (?) Science and Civilization (R) (III) Environmental Ethics (F) (III) Grassroots Organizing for Change in of Comm. of Color Societal Change and Development (?) (III) Environmental Sociology (S) Global Sociology (FS) (III) The Individual in Modern Society2 Community Service Learning in the Schools2 Grantwriting (S) Urban Community Organizing /Citizen Action (F) Women Writers and Social Change (?) Third World Women and Ecology (R) Feminist Theories (S+) 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Concentration Electives units taken:
Total for concentration: 18-26 Total for major: 56-71
1. All three courses are required, but units from PLSI 354 and URBS 514 may be used for major electives. 2. Students may take either SS 360 or SS 681, but not both as concentration electives.