Academic Catalog 2024-25

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 3500Field Biology

1.00- 4.00 units

or

BIO 3505International Field Biology

1.00- 4.00 units

 

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 3200Disease Ecology

4.00 units

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

or

GPH 3500Global Environmental Health

4.00 units

 

BIO 4994Teaching Assistant: Biology

1.00- 4.00 units

ENSC 4994Teaching Assistant: Environmental Sciences

1.00- 4.00 units

BIO 4998Directed Research: Biology

1.00- 6.00 units

ENSC 4998Directed Research: Environmental Sciences

1.00- 6.00 units

BIO 4999Independent Study: Biology

1.00- 4.00 units

ENSC 4999Independent 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 1000Organismal Biology

3.00 units

BIO 1005Organismal Biology Lab

1.00 unit

or

ENSC 2000Environmental Sciences

3.00 units

ENSC 2005Environmental Sciences 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.

Total Credit Hours: 16