BS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT and PROTECTION – 2005-07 Catalog
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

 

FNR 140 Careers in Forestry & Env. Mgmt.

1

FNR/LA/GEOG 318 Applications in GIS

3

FNR 326 Natural Resources Econ. & Valuation

4

FNR 335 Conflict Mgmt. in Natural Resources

4

FNR 402 Forest Health or
FNR 419 Watershed Mgmt & Restoration


4

FNR/CRP 404 Environmental Law or
FNR/CRP 408 Water Law


3

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

3

FNR 416 Env. Impact Analysis and Mgmt

4

FNR 425 Applied Resource Analysis

4

FNR 465 Ecosystem Management

4

ASCI 329/BIO 263/BIO 427

3-4

BIO 161 Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology or
BOT 121 General Botany (B2&B4)*


4

BIO 162 Intro to Organismal Form & Function or FNR 208 Dendrology

4-5

BIO 301 Env. Science and Human Ecology

4

BIO 325 General Ecology or FNR 306 Ecology of Natural Resources & Habitat Mgmt

4

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


2

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

4

CHEM 111 Survey of Chemistry or CHEM 127 General Chemistry (B3)*(students in the Biowaste Resource Mgt Concentration take CHEM 127)


4-5

CHEM 312 Survey of Organic Chemistry

5

ENVE 330 Environmental Quality Control

4

GEOL 201 Physical Geology

3

MATH 161/221 (B1)*

4

PHYS 121 College Physics I (B3)*

4

PSY 201/202 Introduction to Psychology (D4)*

4

SS 121 Introductory Soil Science

4

STAT 217/218 Applied Statistics (B1)*

4

Concentration courses (see below)

34-37

Note: If Major Courses, less concentration courses, total 129 (132) units, then take 37 (34) units in concentration

 

 

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129-132

GENERAL EDUCATION (GE)

 

72 units required; 24 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 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 (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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48

ELECTIVES

0-3

 

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180

CONCENTRATIONS (Select one)

Bioresource Waste Management Concentration

 

CHEM 128 General Chemistry

4

BIO 418 Limnology

4

BRAE 448 Bioconversion

3

CHEM 313 Survey of Biochemistry and Biotech

5

ENVE 434 Water Quality Measurements

2

FNR/CRP 404 Env. Law or FNR/CRP 408 Water Resource Law and Policy

3

MCRO 221 Microbiology

4

MCRO 342 Sanitary Microbiology or SS 442 Soil Vadose Zone Remediation

4

Restricted electives, advisor’s prior written approval

5-8

 

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34-37

Environmental Policy and Management Concentration

 

CRP 212 Introduction to Urban Planning

4

CRP 420 Land Use Law

4

ECON 431 Environmental Economics

4

ENVE 465 Environmental Management and Urban Systems

2

FNR 435 Natural Resources Policy Analysis

4

FNR/CRP 404 Env. Law or FNR/CRP 408 Water Law (4)

3

FNR/REC 417, FNR 418 or SS 433

3-4

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


4

LA 451 Regional Landscape Assessment or FNR 339 Internship in Forest & Natural Resources

5-6

Restricted electives, advisor’s prior written approval

1-2

 

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34-37

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

22-25

 

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34-37

Individualized Course of Study

 

Courses are selected by the student subject to approval by the student’s academic advisor and department head

34-37