Environmental Studies, Environmental Public Policy Concentration (BS)

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Required Core Courses (48 Units)

BISC 103Lgx General Biology for the Environment and Life Units: 4
CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and Life Units: 4
ENST 100g Introduction to Environmental Studies Units: 4
ENST 320a Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air Sustainability Units: 4
ENST 320b Water and Soil Sustainability; Energy and Air Sustainability Units: 4
ENST 387 Economics for Natural Resources and the Environment Units: 4
ENST 495 Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies Units: 4
GEOL 160Lg Introduction to Geosystems Units: 4
IR 323 Politics of Global Environment Units: 4
MATH 118gx Fundamental Principles of Calculus Units: 4 * or
MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4 *
POSC 270 Introduction to Environmental Law and Politics Units: 4
PSYC 274Lg Statistics Units: 4 *

Concentration in Environmental Public Policy (72 Units)

In addition to the 48-unit core:

Two of the Following Courses

PPD 420 Environmental Impact Assessment Units: 4
PPD 461 Sustainable Communities, Policy and Planning Units: 4
SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4

Four of the Following Elective Courses

PPD 314 Public Policy and Law Units: 4
PPD 315 Analytic Foundations for Public Policy Units: 4
PPD 353 Introduction to Philanthropy and Grant-writing Units: 4
PPD 382 International Development Units: 4
PPD 410 Comparative Urban Development Units: 4
PPD 427L Geographic Information Systems and Planning Applications Units: 4 or
SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4 ***
PPD 478 Social Innovations Units: 4

Note:

*MATH 118gx is not available as an alternative to MATH 125 for the BS ENVS with a concentration in Climate, Earth, and the Environment since this concentration requires MATH 125 and MATH 126 . MATH 125 has a prerequisite of either the math placement exam or MATH 108 . MATH 114 is a prerequisite for PSYC 274Lg .

**ENST 298aL , ENST 298bL is a corequisite for ENST 480 . ENST 480 cannot be double-counted for BS ENVS degree credit.

***ENST 310 , SSCI 301 , ENST 442 , and ENST 485 cannot be double-counted for BS ENVS degree credit.