BS EARTH SCIENCES   2005-07 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

BOT 121 General Botany (B2 & B4)*

4

BOT 326 Plant Ecology or FNR 306 Natural Resource Ecology and Habitat Management

4

BOT 333 Field Botany

4

BRAE 237 Engineering Surveying I

2

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

4,4

ERSC 144 Introduction to Earth Systems

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

1

ERSC/SS 223 Rocks and Minerals

4

ERSC/SS 321 Soil Morphology

4

ERSC/SS 323 Geomorphology

4

ERSC/SS 461, 462 Senior Project I, II

1,3

ERSC/SS 463 Undergraduate Seminar

2

FNR/GEOG/LA 318 Applications in GIS

3

GEOG 328 Geographic Apps. in Remote Sensing

4

GEOL 201 Physical Geology

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

Concentration courses (see below; 4 units B1)*

40

 

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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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ELECTIVES

4

 

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CONCENTRATIONS (select one):

Environmental Interpretation and Assessment Concentration

 

ERSC/GEOG 325 Climate and Humanity

4

FNR 416 Environmental Impact Analysis/Mgt

4

GEOG 301 Geography of Resource Utilization

4

MATH 118 Pre-Calculus Algebra (B1)*

4

MATH 119 Pre-Calculus Trigonometry

4

PHYS 121 College Physics I

4

Select 16 units from the following:

16

GEOG 150, GEOG 340, ERSC/SS 202, CRP 420, FNR/CRP 404, FNR/CRP 408, FNR 425, SS 433

 

 

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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 131/141, 132 General Physics

4,4

Select 16 units from the following

16

ANT 309, ANT 310, ERSC/SS 202, FNR 419, GEOL/ERSC 402, SS/BIO/FNR 421, SS 431, SS 432

 

 

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Individualized Course of Study

 

MATH 118 Pre-Calculus Algebra

4

MATH 119 Pre-Calculus Trigonometry

4

PHYS 121 College Physics I

4

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

28

 

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