Undergraduate Degrees
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies: Social Sciences
| Required core courses | Units |
|---|
| BISC 120L | General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BISC 220L | General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology | 4 |
| BISC 315L | Introduction to Ecology | 4 |
| CHEM 105aLbL | General Chemistry | 4-4 |
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| ENST 495 | Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies | 4 |
| GEOL 105L | Planet Earth | 4 |
| One elective statistics course chosen from: | Units |
|---|
| ECON 317 | Introduction to Statistics for Economists | 4 |
| PSYC 274 | Statistics I | 4 |
| SOCI 314 | Sociological Statistics | 4 |
| Five elective courses chosen from (no more than two in a single department): | Units |
|---|
| ECON 487 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ENST 420 | Water Quality Policy and Regulation | 4 |
| ENST 430 | Air Quality Policy and Health | 4 |
| ENST 440 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 4 |
| GEOG 255 | American Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 345 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 360 | Environmental Disasters | 4 |
| GEOG 477 | Water Resources | 4 |
| IR 323 | Politics of Global Environment | 4 |
| IR 422 | Ecological Security and Global Politics | 4 |
| POSC 347 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| POSC 436 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SWMS 415 | Ecofeminism | 4 |
| SWMS 420 | Women, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women | 4 |
Internship
| Students must register for two units: | Units |
|---|
| GEOG 397 | Applied Geography Internship | 2 |
| POSC 395 | Directed Governmental and Political Leadership Internship | 2 |
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies: Business
| Required Core Courses | Units |
|---|
| BISC 120L | General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BISC 220L | General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology | 4 |
| BISC 315L | Introduction to Ecology, or |
| GEOL 105L | Planet Earth | 4 |
| BUAD 302 | Business Communication | 4 |
| BUAD 304 | Leading Organizations | 4 |
| BUAD 307 | Marketing Fundamentals | 4 |
| BUAD 403 | Legal Environment of Business | 4 |
| CHEM 105aLbL | General Chemistry | 4-4 |
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| ENST 495 | Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies | 4 |
| Two elective courses in business chosen from: | Units |
|---|
| BUAD 351 | Economic Analysis for Business Decisions | 4 |
| IOM 425 | Quality Management | 4 |
| IOM 441 | Management of Service Operations | 4 |
| MOR 421 | Social and Ethical Issues in Business | 4 |
| One elective statistics course chosen from: | Units |
|---|
| BUAD 310 | Applied Business Statistics | 4 |
| ECON 317 | Introduction to Statistics for Economists | 4 |
| PSYC 274 | Statistics I | 4 |
| SOCI 314 | Sociological Statistics | 4 |
| Two elective courses chosen from (no more than one in a single department): | Units |
|---|
| ECON 487 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ENST 420 | Water Quality Policy and Regulation | 4 |
| ENST 430 | Air Quality Policy and Health | 4 |
| ENST 440 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 4 |
| GEOG 255 | American Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 345 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 360 | Environmental Disasters | 4 |
| GEOG 477 | Water Resources | 4 |
| IR 323 | Politics of Global Environment | 4 |
| IR 422 | Ecological Security and Global Politics | 4 |
| POSC 347 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| POSC 436 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SWMS 415 | Ecofeminism | 4 |
| SWMS 420 | Women, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women | 4 |
Internship
| Students must register for two units: | Units |
|---|
| BUAD 495 | Practicum in Business Issues (Internship) | 2 |
| GEOG 397 | Applied Geography Internship | 2 |
| POSC 395 | Directed Governmental and Political Leadership Internship | 2 |
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies: Geography
| Required core courses | Units |
|---|
| BISC 120L | General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BISC 220L | General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology | 4 |
| BISC 315L | Introduction to Ecology | 4 |
| CHEM 105aLbL | General Chemistry | 4-4 |
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| ENST 495 | Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies | 4 |
| GEOG 281L | Environmental Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
| GEOG 345 | Conservation of Natural Resources, or | |
| GEOG 365L | Fundamentals of Weather and Climate | 4 |
| GEOG 392 | Geographical Analysis | 4 |
| GEOG 393 | Field Techniques | 4 |
| GEOL 105L | Planet Earth | 4 |
| and two of the following four courses: | Units |
|---|
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 360 | Environmental Disasters | 4 |
| GEOG 419 | Environment and Health | 4 |
| GEOG 477 | Water Resources | 4 |
One of the two optional geography courses not selected from the list of required courses may be taken as an additional optional elective course under the following two elective courses.
| Two elective courses chosen from (no more than one in a single department): | Units |
|---|
| ECON 487 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ENE 201 | Introduction to Applied Environmental Science and Engineering | 4 |
| ENE 400 | Environmental Engineering Principles | 3 |
| ENST 420 | Water Quality Policy and Regulation | 4 |
| ENST 430 | Air Quality Policy and Health | 4 |
| ENST 440 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 4 |
| IR 323 | Politics of Global Environment | 4 |
| IR 422 | Ecological Security and Global Politics | 4 |
| POSC 347 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| POSC 436 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SWMS 415 | Ecofeminism | 4 |
| SWMS 420 | Women, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women | 4 |
Internship
| Students must register for two units: | Units |
|---|
| GEOG 397 | Applied Geography Internship | 2 |
Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies: Public Policy and Management
| Required core courses | Units |
|---|
| BISC 120L | General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BISC 220L | General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology | 4 |
| BISC 315L | Introduction to Ecology | 4 |
| CHEM 105aLbL | General Chemistry | 4-4 |
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| ENST 495 | Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies | 4 |
| GEOL 105L | Planet Earth | 4 |
| PPD 320 | Organizational Behavior in Public Administration | 4 |
| PPD 357 | Government and Business | 4 |
| PPD 402 | Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations | 4 |
| PPD 404x | Statistics for Policy, Planning, and Development | 4 |
| Two elective courses in public policy and management chosen from: | Units |
|---|
| PPD 220 | Simulated Policymaking in Urban Systems: Theory and Practice | 4 |
| PPD 313 | Finance of the Public Sector | 4 |
| PPD 316 | Human Resource Management for Public Organizations | 4 |
| PPD 318 | Financial Accounting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations | 4 |
| PPD 403 | Management Analysis I | 4 |
| PPD 407 | Financial Management of Public and Nonprofit Organizations | 4 |
| PPD 473 | Public Policy and Planning Analysis | 4 |
| Two elective courses chosen from (no more than one in a single department): | Units |
|---|
| ECON 487 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ENE 201 | Introduction to Applied Environmental Science and Engineering | 4 |
| ENE 400 | Environmental Engineering Principles | 3 |
| ENST 420 | Water Quality Policy and Regulation | 4 |
| ENST 430 | Air Quality Policy and Health | 4 |
| ENST 440 | Environmental RiskAssessment | 4 |
| GEOG 255 | American Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 345 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 360 | Environmental Disasters | 4 |
| GEOG 477 | Water Resources | 4 |
| IR 323 | Politics of Global Environment | 4 |
| IR 422 | Ecological Security and Global Politics | 4 |
| POSC 347 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| POSC 436 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SWMS 415 | Ecofeminism | 4 |
Internship
| Students must register for two units in: | Units |
|---|
| PPD 401 | Public Policy, Management and Planning Practices: Internship Seminar | 2 |
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies: Biology
| Required core courses | Units |
|---|
| BISC 120L | General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BISC 220L | General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology | 4 |
| BISC 300L | Introduction to Microbiology | 4 |
| BISC 315L | Introduction to Ecology | 4 |
| BISC 320L | Molecular Biology | 4 |
| BISC 330L | Biochemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 105aLbL | General Chemistry | 4-4 |
| CHEM 322abL | Organic Chemistry | 4-4 |
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| ENST 495 | Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies | 4 |
| MATH 125 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 126 | Calculus II, or |
| MATH 208x | Elementary Probability and Statistics | 4 |
| PHYS 135abL | Physics for the Life Sciences | 4-4 |
| One course from: | Units |
|---|
| BISC 325 | Genetics | 4 |
| ENE 400 | Environmental Engineering Principles | 3 |
| GEOL 105L | Planet Earth | 4 |
| GEOL 412 | Oceans, Climate, and the Environment | 4 |
| GEOL 460L | Geochemistry and Hydrogeology | 4 |
| Four elective courses chosen from (no more than two in a single department): | Units |
|---|
| ECON 487 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ENST 420 | Water Quality Policy and Regulation | 4 |
| ENST 430 | Air Quality Policy and Health | 4 |
| ENST 440 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 4 |
| GEOG 255 | American Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 345 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 360 | Environmental Disasters | 4 |
| GEOG 370 | Marine and Coastal Zone Geography | 4 |
| GEOG 477 | Water Resources | 4 |
| IR 323 | Politics of Global Environment | 4 |
| IR 422 | Ecological Security and Global Politics | 4 |
| POSC 347 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| POSC 436 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SWMS 415 | Ecofeminism | 4 |
| SWMS 420 | Woman, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women | 4 |
| One of the following may be included among the four courses by students who do not select MATH 208x: | Units |
|---|
| ECON 317 | Introduction to Statistics for Economists | 4 |
| PSYC 274 | Statistics I | 4 |
| SOCI 314 | Sociological Statistics | 4 |
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies: Chemistry
| Required core courses | Units |
|---|
| BISC 120L | General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BISC 220L | General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology | 4 |
| BISC 315L | Introduction to Ecology | 4 |
| CHEM 105aLbL | General Chemistry | 4-4 |
| CHEM 300L | Analytical Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 322abL | Organic Chemistry | 4-4 |
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| ENST 495 | Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies | 4 |
| MATH 125 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 126 | Calculus II | 4 |
| PHYS 135abL | Physics for the Life Sciences | 4-4 |
| one course from among: | Units |
|---|
| CHEM 430a | Physical Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 453 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry | 4 |
| ENE 400 | Environmental Engineering Principles | 3 |
| one course from among: | Units |
|---|
| ENE 428 | Air Pollution Fundamentals | 3 |
| ENE 429 | Air Pollution Control | 3 |
| GEOL 105L | Planet Earth | 4 |
| GEOL 412 | Oceans, Climate, and the Environment | 4 |
| GEOL 460L | Geochemistry and Hydrogeology | 4 |
| Four elective courses chosen from (no more than two in a single department): | Units |
|---|
| ECON 487 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ENST 420 | Water Quality Policy and Regulation | 4 |
| ENST 430 | Air Quality Policy and Health | 4 |
| ENST 440 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 4 |
| GEOG 255 | American Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 345 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 360 | Environmental Disasters | 4 |
| GEOG 370 | Marine and Coastal Zone Geography | 4 |
| GEOG 477 | Water Resources | 4 |
| IR 323 | Politics of Global Environment | 4 |
| IR 422 | Ecological Security and Global Politics | 4 |
| POSC 347 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| POSC 436 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SWMS 415 | Ecofeminism | 4 |
| SWMS 420 | Woman, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women | 4 |
| one of the following may be included among the four courses: | Units |
|---|
| ECON 317 | Introduction to Statistics for Economists | 4 |
| MATH 208x | Elementary Probability and Statistics | 4 |
| PSYC 274 | Statistics I | 4 |
| SOCI 314 | Sociological Statistics | 4 |
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies: Earth Sciences
| Required core courses | Units |
|---|
| BISC 120L | General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BISC 220L | General Biology: Cell Biology and Physiology | 4 |
| BISC 315L | Introduction to Ecology, or | 4 |
| ENE 400 | Environmental Engineering Principles | 3 |
| CHEM 105aLbL | General Chemistry | 4-4 |
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| ENST 495 | Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies | 4 |
| GEOL 105L | Planet Earth | 4 |
| GEOL 315L | Minerals and Earth Systems | 4 |
| GEOL 316L | Petrologic Systems | 4 |
| GEOL 460L | Geochemistry and Hydrogeology | 4 |
| MATH 125 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 126 | Calculus II, or |
| MATH 208x | Elementary Probability and Statistics | 4 |
| PHYS 135abL | Physics for the Life Sciences | 4-4 |
| two of the following four courses: | Units |
|---|
| GEOL 320L | Surficial Processes and Stratigraphic Systems | 4 |
| GEOL 321L | Structural Geology and Tectonics | 4 |
| GEOL 412 | Oceans, Climate, and the Environment | 4 |
| GEOL 440 | Geophysics and Geoengineering | 4 |
| Four elective courses chosen from (no more than two in a single department): | Units |
|---|
| ECON 487 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ENST 420 | Water Quality Policy and Regulation | 4 |
| ENST 430 | Air Quality Policy and Health | 4 |
| ENST 440 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 4 |
| GEOG 255 | American Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 345 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 360 | Environmental Disasters | 4 |
| GEOG 370 | Marine and Coastal Zone Geography | 4 |
| GEOG 477 | Water Resources | 4 |
| IR 323 | Politics of Global Environment | 4 |
| IR 422 | Ecological Security and Global Politics | 4 |
| POSC 347 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| POSC 436 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SWMS 415 | Ecofeminism | 4 |
| SWMS 420 | Women, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women | 4 |
| One of the following may be included among the four courses by students who do not select MATH 208x: | Units |
|---|
| ECON 317 | Introduction to Statistics for Economists | 4 |
| PSYC 274 | Statistics I | 4 |
| SOCI 314 | Sociological Statistics | 4 |
Progressive Degree Program in Environmental Studies
This progressive degree program allows superior USC undergraduates completing a bachelor's degree in a related natural science or environmental policy area to also complete a master's degree in environmental studies in as little as five years. An overall GPA of 3.2 or higher in all courses taken at USC is preferred. A 3.2 GPA does not guarantee acceptance. For more information about progressive degrees, see
here.
Requirements for the Minor in Environmental Social Sciences
| Required core courses | Units |
|---|
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| and two of the following: | Units |
|---|
| BISC 120L | General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BISC 315L | Introduction to Ecology | 4 |
| CHEM 105aL | General Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 105bL | General Chemistry | 4 |
| GEOL 105L | Planet Earth | 4 |
| One elective statistics course chosen from: | Units |
|---|
| ECON 317 | Introduction to Statistics for Economists | 4 |
| GEOG 392 | Geographical Analysis | 4 |
| PSYC 274 | Statistics I | 4 |
| SOCI 314 | Sociological Statistics | 4 |
| Four elective social sciences courses chosen from (no more than one in a single department, excluding the internship): | Units |
|---|
| ECON 487 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ENE 400* | Environmental Engineering Principles | 3 |
| ENST 420 | Water Quality Policy and Regulation | 4 |
| ENST 430 | Air Quality Policy and Health | 4 |
| ENST 440 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 4 |
| GEOG 345 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 360 | Environmental Disasters | 4 |
| GEOG 397 | Applied Geography Internship, or | |
| POSC 395 | Directed Governmental and Political Leadership Internship | 4 |
| GEOG 477 | Water Resources | 4 |
| IR 323 | Politics of Global Environment | 4 |
| IR 422 | Ecological Security and Global Politics | 4 |
| POSC 347 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| POSC 436 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SWMS 415 | Ecofeminism | 4 |
| SWMS 420 | Women, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women | 4 |
Total units: 31-32
Requirements for the Minor in Environmental Natural Sciences
| Required core courses | Units |
|---|
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| three of the following: | Units |
|---|
| BISC 120L | General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BISC 315L | Introduction to Ecology | 4 |
| CHEM 105aL | General Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 105bL | General Chemistry | 4 |
| ENE 400* | Environmental Engineering Principles | 3 |
| GEOL 105L | Planet Earth | 4 |
| One elective course outside student's major from among: | Units |
|---|
| CHEM 300L | Analytical Chemistry | 4 |
| CHEM 322aL | Organic Chemistry | 4 |
| ENE 428 | Air Pollution Fundamentals | 3 |
| ENE 429 | Air Pollution Control | 3 |
| GEOL 412 | Oceans, Climate, and the Environment | 4 |
| GEOL 460L | Geochemistry and Hydrogeology | 4 |
| Three elective social sciences courses chosen from (no more than one from a single department): | Units |
|---|
| ECON 487 | Resource and Environmental Economics |
| ENST 420 | Water Quality Policy and Regulation | 4 |
| ENST 430 | Air Quality Policy and Health | 4 |
| ENST 440 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 4 |
| GEOG 345 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environs | 4 |
| GEOG 360 | Environmental Disastersource | 4 |
| GEOG 477 | Water Resources | 4 |
| IR 323 | Politics of Global Environment | 4 |
| IR 422 | Ecological Security and Global Politics | 4 |
| POSC 347 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| POSC 436 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SWMS 415 | Ecofeminism | 4 |
| SWMS 420 | Women, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women | 4 |
Total units: 30-32
Requirements for the Minor in Environmental Planning and Development
| Required courses | Units |
|---|
| ENST 100 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| PPD 304 | Property Rights, Governance and the Environment | 4 |
| Two courses chosen from: | Units |
|---|
| BISC 120L | General Biology: Organismal Biology and Evolution | 4 |
| BISC 315L | Introduction to Ecology | 4 |
| CHEM 105aL | General Chemistry | 4 |
| GEOL 105L | Planet Earth | 4 |
| One methods course chosen from: | Units |
|---|
| GEOG 281L | Environmental Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
| PPD 404x | Statistics for Policy, Planning, and Development | 4 |
| PPD 429 | Urban Design Practicum | 4 |
| Two planning and development processand politics courses chosen from: | Units |
|---|
| PPD 227 | Urban Planning and Development | 4 |
| PPD 302 | Urban Sleuths: Exploring People and Places in Cities | 4 |
| PPD 443 | Sustainability Planning | 4 |
| One elective course chosen from: | Units |
|---|
| ECON 487 | Resource and Environmental Economics | 4 |
| ENE 400* | Environmental Engineering Principles | 3 |
| ENST 420 | Water Quality Policy and Regulation | 4 |
| ENST 430 | Air Quality Policy and Health | 4 |
| ENST 440 | Environmental Risk Assessment | 4 |
| GEOG 345 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 4 |
| GEOG 350 | Race and Environmentalism | 4 |
| GEOG 360 | Environmental Disasters | 4 |
| GEOG 397 | Applied Geography Internship | 4 |
| GEOG 410 | Urban Geography | 4 |
| GEOG 477 | Water Resources | 4 |
| IR 323 | Politics of GlobalEnvironment | 4 |
| IR 422 | Ecological Security and Global Politics | 4 |
| POSC 347 | Environmental Law | 4 |
| POSC 395 | Directed Governmental and Political Leadership Internship | 4 |
| POSC 436 | Environmental Politics | 4 |
| SWMS 415 | Ecofeminism | 4 |
| SWMS 420 | Women, Nature, Culture: The Behavioral Ecology of Women | 4 |
Total units: 31-32
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