BS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT and PROTECTION – 2003-05 Catalog
Approved: Effective Summer 2003

Natural Resources Management Department
Agricultural Sciences Bldg. (11), Room 217
(805) 756-2702

            o  60 units upper division

   o  GWR

            o  2.0 GPA

   o  USCP

            * = Satisfies General Education requirement

MAJOR COURSES

 

Animals: ASCI 329/BIO 153/BIO 227

3-5

BIO 151 Intro to Biology or
BOT 121 General Botany (B2)*


4/5

BIO 325 General Ecology or
FNR 306 Ecology of Resource Areas


4

BRAE 237 Engineering Surveying I or
BRAE/FNR 247 Field Surveying


2

BRAE 348 Energy for a Sustainable Society or ENVE 324 Introduction to Air Pollution (Area F)*

4

CHEM 111 Survey of Chemistry

5

CHEM 212 Introduction to Organic Chemistry

5

CRP/FNR 404 Environmental Law

3

ENVE 330 Environmental Quality Control

4

FNR 140 Career Development and Planning NRM

1

FNR/GEOG/LA 318 Applications in GIS

3

FNR 326 Natural Resources Economics and Valuation

4

FNR 335 Conflict Managemt. in Natural Resources

4

FNR 412 Forest and Natural Resources Senior Assessment Project or FNR 461 Senior Project

3/4

FNR 416 Environmental Impact Analysis and Management

4

FNR 465 Ecosystem Management

4

GEOL 201 Physical Geology

3

MATH 118 Precalculus Algebra (B1)*

4

MATH 141/161/221 (B1)*

4

PHYS 121 Physics (B3&B4)*

4

Plant: BIO 152/BOT 333/EHS 231/FNR 208

4/5

PSY 201/202 Introduction to Psychology (D4)*

4

SS 121 Introductory Soil Science

4

STAT 217/218 Applied Statistics

4

Concentration courses (see below)

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GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 24 units are in Support.

 

®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 additional units are required)

 

B1 Mathematics/Statistics  * 8 units in Major

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 16 units)

 

D1 The American Experience (40404)

4

D2 Political Economy

4

D3 Comparative Social Institutions

4

D4 Self Development (CSU Area E) * 4 units in Major

0

D5 Upper-division elective

4

Area F Technology Elective (upper division)
(no additional units req’d)
*4 units in Major


0

 

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ELECTIVES

7-12

 

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CONCENTRATIONS (Select one)

Bioresource Waste Management Concentration

 

BIO 418 Limnology

4

BRAE 448 Bioconversion

3

CHEM 313 Survey of Biochemistry and Biotech

5

EDES 408 Implementing Sustainable Principles

3

ENVE 434 Water Quality Measurements

2

FNR/CRP 408 Water Law

3

MCRO 221 Microbiology

4

MCRO 342 Sanitary Microbiology or SS 442 Soil Vadose Zone Remediation

4

Select 10 units for one of the following emphases:

10

Non-Point Source Pollution Emphasis:
ASCI 329, CRP 438, FNR 339, FNR 419,
FNR 420, PPSC 311, PPSC 321, PPSC 441

 

Point Source Pollution Emphasis:
CRP 438, DSCI 121/230, DSCI 333, ENVE 439, ENVE 465, FNR 339

 

 

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Environmental Policy and Management Concentration

 

BIO 228 Wildlife Biology Laboratory

1

CRP 212 Introduction to Urban Planning

4

CRP 336 Regional and Environmental Planning Foundations

4

ECON 431 Environmental Economics

4

ENVE 465 Environmental Management and Urban Systems

2

FNR 425 Applied Resource Analysis

4

FNR 435 Natural Resources Policy Analysis

4

AGB 409 California Agricultural Law (3)
or FNR/CRP 408 Water Law (4)


3/4

FNR 419, FNR/REC 417, or SS 433

3/4

POLS 316 Political Parties and Interest Groups
or POLS 318 Political Behavior


4

LA 451/EDES 408/FNR 460

2-6

Restricted electives

0-3

 

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Watershed Management and Hydrology Concentration

 

FNR 420 Advanced Watershed Hydrology

4

SS 321 Soil Morphology

4

SS 440 Forest and Range Soils

4

Restricted electives, advisor’s prior written approval

26

 

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Individualized Course of Study

 

Courses are selected by the student with the approval of the student’s academic advisor

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