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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

Lower Division

BIO 1000Organismal Biology

3.00 units
BIO 1005Organismal Biology Lab

1.00 unit
BIO 2900Ecology and Evolution

3.00 units
BIO 2905Ecology 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.

Upper Division

Select a minimum of 8 units from the following courses:

BIO 3500Field Biology

1.00 unit
or
BIO 3505International Field Biology

1.00 unit
 
BIO 4310Advanced Ecology

3.00 units
BIO 4315Advanced Ecology Lab

1.00 unit
ENSC 3000Environmental Chemistry

3.00 units
ENSC 3005Environmental Chemistry Lab

1.00 unit
ENSC 3300Advanced Environmental Science

3.00 units
ENSC 3305Advanced Environmental Science Lab

1.00 unit
ENSC 4000Conservation Biology

3.00 units
ENSC 4005Conservation Biology Lab

1.00 unit
ENSC 4200Marine Biology

3.00 units
ENSC 4205Marine Biology Lab

1.00 unit
ENSC 4300Toxicology

3.00 units
ENSC 4305Toxicology Lab

1.00 unit
ENSC 4500Geographic Information Systems

3.00 units
ENSC 4505Geographic Information Systems Lab

1.00 unit
 
BIO 4994Teaching Assistant: Biology

1.00 unit
ENSC 4994Teaching Assistant: Environmental Sciences

1.00 unit
BIO 4998Directed Research: Biology

5.00 units
ENSC 4998Directed Research: Environmental Sciences

5.00 unit
BIO 4999Independent Study: Biology

1.00 unit
ENSC 4999Independent Study: Environmental Sciences

1.00 unit
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.

Total Credit Hours: 16