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USC Catalogue 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]
Environmental Studies (BS)
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The Environmental Studies Program offers two undergraduate majors, Environmental Studies (ENVS) and Environmental Science and Health (ENSH). Each of these majors leads to either a BA or BS degree. The environmental studies degrees are built on specialized natural science and social science courses and a set of interdisciplinary courses focusing on sustainability. The social science core courses focus on environmental problems from political, legal, economic and international perspectives. Specially designed one-semester surveys of biology, earth science and chemistry provide the natural science competency for subsequent policy or science advanced course work in environmental studies. Two concentrations are available in the BA in Environmental Studies degree: science and management and policy and management. Four concentrations are available in the BS in Environmental Studies degree: sustainability and society; oceans and people; climate and environment; and environmental policy. Both the Environmental Studies BA and BS culminate in the capstone experience of a senior seminar focusing on environmental problem-solving by interdisciplinary teams. A single 24-unit environmental studies minor is derived from the core major curriculum.
The environmental science and health degrees combine the interdisciplinary courses on sustainability described above and some of the environmental social science content with traditional biology and chemistry content to provide options for students preparing for one of the health professions with an undergraduate emphasis on environmental sustainability. The BS in Environmental Science and Health incorporates recommended preparation for medical schools. The BA in Environmental Science and Health may be appropriate for students preparing for other graduate or professional training as well as students pursuing double majors. The environmental studies courses common to both majors emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of environmental problems. A number of opportunities are provided for field studies from the urban Los Angeles environment to marine protected areas on the coasts of the California Channel Islands. More intensive field study opportunities include “Problems Without Passports” courses with international components. Note that some of the field studies opportunities require travel to remote, rural locations and study under sometimes physically and mentally demanding conditions. These trips require a willingness to conform to the announced guidelines for conduct and safety.
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Common Courses (48 Units)
Natural Science Core Experiences:
Environmental Studies Core Experiences:
Social Science Core Experience:
Concentrations (23-24 units)
Concentration in Climate and Environment
Electives
Four of the following (a minimum of two classes must have the ENST prefix): - ENST 335 Science, Health and the Environment Units: 4
- ENST 344 Environmental Ethics Units: 4
- ENST 442 Global Climate Change: Policy and Society Units: 4
- ENST 445 Earth Climate: Past, Present, and Future Units: 4 or
- GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
- ENST 483 Tropical Coastal Zone Sustainability Units: 4
- ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or
- ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science Internship Units: 2, 4
- GEOL 470L Environmental Hydrogeology Units: 4
- GEOL 425L Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Units: 4
- GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4
- HP 448 Global Environmental Changes and Health Units: 4
- PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning Applications Units: 4 or
- SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Concentration in Environmental Policy
Four of the following (a minimum of three classes must have the ENST prefix): - ECON 203g Principles of Microeconomics Units: 4 or
- ECON 205g Principles of Macroeconomics Units: 4
- ENST 344 Environmental Ethics Units: 4
- ENST 370 Marine and Coastal Environmental Policy Units: 4
- ENST 432 Environment and Governance: International and National Policy Units: 4
- ENST 442 Global Climate Change: Policy and Society Units: 4
- ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or
- ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science Internship Units: 2, 4
- HP 446 Poisons, People, and Politics Units: 4
- MATH 208x Elementary Probability and Statistics Units: 4 or
- PHIL 258g Probability and Rational Choice Units: 4
- MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East Units: 4
- POSC 418 Environmental Sustainability and Public Participation Units: 4
- POSC 436 Environmental Politics Units: 4
- PPD 315 Analytic Foundations for Public Policy Units: 4
- PPD 410 Comparative Urban Development Units: 4
- PPD 420 Environmental Impact Assessment Units: 4
- PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning Applications Units: 4 or
- SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Concentration in Oceans and People
Six of the following (a minimum of three classes must have the ENST prefix):
- BISC 315L Introduction to Ecology Units: 4
- BISC 431L Aquatic Microbiology Units: 4 or
- BISC 457L Methods in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography Units: 4
- BISC 469L Marine Biology Units: 4 or
- BISC 473L Biological Oceanography Units: 4
- ENST 310 Sustainable Fisheries Management Units: 4
- ENST 370 Marine and Coastal Environmental Policy Units: 4
- ENST 483 Tropical Coastal Zone Sustainability Units: 4
- ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or
- ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science Internship Units: 2, 4
- GEOL 412 Oceans, Climate, and the Environment Units: 4
- GEOL 450L Geosystems Units: 4
- GEOL 470L Environmental Hydrogeology Units: 4
- PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning Applications Units: 4 or
- SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Concentration in Sustainability and Society
Six of the following (a minimum of three classes must have the ENST prefix):
- ANTH 302 Humans and Ancient Environments Units: 4
- ARCH 447 Ecological Factors in Design Units: 3
- ENST 310 Sustainable Fisheries Management Units: 4
- ENST 344 Environmental Ethics Units: 4
- ENST 432 Environment and Governance: International and National Policy Units: 4
- ENST 445 Earth Climate: Past, Present, and Future Units: 4
- ENST 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or
- ENST 492 Directed Environmental Policy and Science Internship Units: 2, 4
- GEOL 425L Data Analysis in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Units: 4
- MDES 401 Environment and Politics in the Middle East Units: 4
- MOR 466 Business and Environmental Sustainability Units: 4
- POSC 418 Environmental Sustainability and Public Participation Units: 4
- PPD 361 Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning Units: 4
- PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning Applications Units: 4 or
- SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
Minimum of 71 units required
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