BS EARTH SCIENCES  – 2003-05 Catalog
Earth and Soil Sciences Department
Science Bldg. (52), Room C-43
(805) 756-2261 FAX (805) 756-5412

            o  60 units upper division

   o  GWR

            o  2.0 GPA

   o  USCP

            * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

AG 360 Holistic Management (Area F)*

4

ANT 309 Elements of Archaeology

4

BOT 121 General Botany (B2 & B4)*

4

BOT 313 Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (transfer equivalent BOT 223

4

BRAE 237 Engineering Surveying I

2

BRAE 345 Aerial Photogramm/Remote Sensing

3

CHEM 127, 128 General Chemistry (B3 & B4)*

4,4

ERSC/GEOG 250 Physical Geography

4

ERSC/GEOG 333 Human Impact on the Earth

4

ERSC/GEOG 414 Climatology

4

ERSC/SS 110 Orientation to Soil Science (Crosslisting updated 4/15/03)

1

ERSC/SS 223 Rocks and Minerals

4

ERSC/SS 321 Soil Morphology

4

ERSC/SS 323 Geomorphology (Crosslisting corrected 4/15/03)

4

ERSC/SS 461, 462 Senior Project

1,3

FNR 306 Natural Resource Ecology/Habitat Mgt

4

FNR/GEOG/LA 318 Applic GIS in Natl Resources

3

GEOL 201 Physical Geology

4

GEOL 204 Geologic History/California

3

GEOL 241 Physical Geology Lab

1

GEOL/ERSC 401 Field – Geology Methods

4

SS 121 Introductory Soil Science

4

STAT 218 Applied Statistics/Life Sciences (B1)*

4

STAT 313 or CRSC 411

4

Concentration courses (see below; 4 units B1)*

39-41

 

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128-130

GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 20 units are in Major.

 

®Minimum of 12 units required at the 300-400 level.

 

Area A  Communication (12 units)

 

A1 Expository Writing

4

A2 Oral Communication

4

A3 Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing

4

Area B  Science and Mathematics (no add’l units req’d)

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics  * 8 units in Major & concentration

0

B2 Life Science * 4 units in Major

0

B3 Physical Science  * 4 units in Major

0

B4 One lab taken with either a B2 or B3 course

 


Area C  Arts and Humanities (20 units)

 

C1 Literature

4

C2 Philosophy

4

C3 Fine/Performing Arts

4

C4 Upper-division elective

4

Area C elective (Choose one course from C1-C4)

4

Area D/E  Society and the Individual (20 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy

4

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E)

4

D5 Upper-division elective 

4

Area F Technology Elective (upper division)
(4 units)
* 4 units in Major


0

 

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52

ELECTIVES

7/9

 

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CONCENTRATIONS (select one):

Geography Concentration

 

ERSC/GEOG 325 Climate and Humanity

4

FNR 416 Environmental Impact Analysis/Mgt

4

GEOG 150 Intro Cultural Geography (D3)*

4

GEOG 301 Geography of Resource Utilization

4

GEOG 308 Global Geography (D5)*

4

GEOG 340 Geography of California or
GEOG 300 Geography of the United States


4

MATH 118 Pre-Calculus Algebra (B1)*

4

MATH 119 Pre-Calculus Trigonometry

4

PHYS 121 College Physics

4

SS 433 Land Use Planning or GEOG 317 Introduction to the World of Geographical Information

3/4

 

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39/40

Land and Water Resources Concentration

 

BRAE 415 Hydrology

4

CHEM 129 General Chemistry

4

MATH 141, MATH 142 Calculus I, II (B1)*

4,4

PHYS 131, 132 General Physics

4,4

Take four of the following

16/17

ANT 310 Archaeological Field Methods (4)

 

FNR 419 Watershed Management (4)

 

GEOL/ERSC 402 Geologic Mapping (4)

 

SS/BIO/FNR 421 Wetlands (4)

 

SS 431 Soil Resource Inventory (4)

 

SS 432 Soil Physics (5)

 

 

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40/41

Individualized Course of Study

 

MATH 118 Pre-Calculus Algebra

4

MATH 119 Pre-Calculus Trigonometry

4

PHYS 121 College Physics

4

Restricted electives (minimum 18 units at 300-400 level)

28

 

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40