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
- Phone: (213) 740 - 7770
- Email: environ@dornsife.usc.edu








