Majors

B.A. in Environmental Studies

Concentration in Sustainability, Energy and Society (56 units)

In addition to the 48-unit core:

 

Two of the following courses:

ENST 370: Marine and Coastal Environment (4)

ENST 450: Case Studies of Green Businesses (4)

ENST 485: Role of the Environment in the Collapse of Human Societies (4)

 

Concentration in Oceans, Life and People (56 units)

In addition to the 48-unit core:

 

Required courses:

BISC 427: The Global Environment (4)

ENST 370: Marine and Coastal Environmental Policy (4)

 

Concentration in Climate, Earth and Environment (56 units)

In addition to the 48-unit core:

 

Required courses:

ENST 445: Earth Climate: Past, Present, and Future (4)

GEOL 470: Environmental Hydrogeology (4)

 

B.S. in Environmental Studies

Concentration in Sustainability, Energy and Society (72 units)

In addition to the 48-unit core:

 

Four of the following upper division courses:

BISC 427: The Global Environment (4)

ENST 445: Earth Climate: Past, Present, and Future (4)

GEOG 255: American Environmentalism (4)

GEOG 360: Environmental Disasters (4)

GEOL 450L: Geosystems (4)

GEOL 470: Environmental Hydrogeology (4)

IR 422: Ecological Security and Global Politics (4)

POSC 436: Environmental Politics (4)

PPD 461: Sustainability Planning (4)

 

Concentration in Oceans, Life and People (72 units)

In addition to the 48-unit core:

 

Four of the following upper division courses:

BISC 315L: Introduction to Ecology (4)

BISC 320L: Molecular Biology (4)

BISC 447L: Island Biogeography and Field Ecology (4)

BISC 456L: Conservation Genetics (4)

BISC 469L: Marine Biology (4)

ENST 485: Role of the Environment in the Collapse of Human Societies (4)

GEOL 320L: Surficial Processes and Stratigraphic Systems (4)

GEOL 412: Oceans, Climate, and the Environment (4)

GEOL 450L: Geosystems (4)

GEOL 470: Environmental Hydrogeology (4)

 

Concentration in Climate, Earth and Environment (72 units)

In addition to the 48-unit core:

 

Required courses:

MATH 126: Calculus II (4)

PHYS 151LG: Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics (4)

 

Two of the following upper division courses:

BISC 427: The Global Environment (4)

ENST 485: Role of the Environment in the Collapse of Human Societies (4)

GEOL 315: Minerals and Earth Systems (4)

GEOL 412: Oceans, Climate and the Environment (4)

GEOL 425: Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental Sciences (4)

GEOL 450L: Geosystems (4)

 


 


  • Dr. James Haw
  • Director
  • Environmental Studies Program
  • Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
  • Social Sciences Building (SOS) B15
  • 3502Trousdale Parkway
  • University of Southern California
  • Los Angeles, California 90089-0036