Ecology and Environmental Sciences (Minor)

In addition to the Ecology and Environmental Sciences minor, the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics offers courses in Environmental Sciences designed to fulfill General Education requirements and prerequisites for majors and minors in other departments.

Minor Requirements

Upper Division

Select a minimum of 8 units from the following courses:

BIO 3500	Field Biology	1.00- 4.00 units
	or
BIO 3505	International Field Biology	1.00- 4.00 units

BIO 4310	Advanced Ecology	3.00 units
BIO 4315	Advanced Ecology Lab	1.00 unit
ENSC 3000	Environmental Chemistry	3.00 units
ENSC 3005	Environmental Chemistry Lab	1.00 unit
ENSC 3200	Disease Ecology	4.00 units
ENSC 3300	Advanced Environmental Science	3.00 units
ENSC 3305	Advanced Environmental Science Lab	1.00 unit
ENSC 4000	Conservation Biology	3.00 units
ENSC 4005	Conservation Biology Lab	1.00 unit
ENSC 4200	Marine Biology	3.00 units
ENSC 4205	Marine Biology Lab	1.00 unit
ENSC 4300	Toxicology	3.00 units
ENSC 4305	Toxicology Lab	1.00 unit

ENSC 4500	Geographic Information Systems	3.00 units
ENSC 4505	Geographic Information Systems Lab	1.00 unit
	or
GPH 3500	Global Environmental Health	4.00 units

BIO 4994	Teaching Assistant: Biology	1.00- 4.00 units
ENSC 4994	Teaching Assistant: Environmental Sciences	1.00- 4.00 units
BIO 4998	Directed Research: Biology	1.00- 6.00 units
ENSC 4998	Directed Research: Environmental Sciences	1.00- 6.00 units
BIO 4999	Independent Study: Biology	1.00- 4.00 units
ENSC 4999	Independent Study: Environmental Sciences	1.00- 4.00 units
Total Credit Hours:		8

*NOTE: BIO 3500, BIO 3505, ENSC 4999 Courses may be taken for 1-4 units; may be repeated for credit; not to exceed 4 units.

*NOTE: BIO 4998 Course may be taken for 1-6 units; may be repeated for credit; not to exceed 6 units.

Lower Division

BIO 1000	Organismal Biology	3.00 units
BIO 1005	Organismal Biology Lab	1.00 unit
	or
ENSC 2000	Environmental Sciences	3.00 units
ENSC 2005	Environmental Sciences Lab	1.00 unit

BIO 2900	Ecology and Evolution	3.00 units
BIO 2905	Ecology and Evolution Lab	1.00 unit
Total Credit Hours:		8

*NOTE: BIO 1000/BIO 1005 and BIO 2900/BIO 2905 are CORE Equivalent Courses and may be substituted for the CORE Curriculum Courses in the Science for Global Citizens Category.

Total Credit Hours: 16