Apr 03, 2025

Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Sample Course Sequence for the Major in Coastal Environmental Studies

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FRESHMAN

FALL

First Year Seminar 101 Credits: 1 credit
WRT 101 - Introductory Writing Workshop 3 credits,
MAT 125 - Calculus A 3 credits
ENS 101 - Prospects for Planet Earth 3 credits
OR
SUS 111 - Introduction to Sustainability 3 credits
CHE 131 - General Chemistry IB 4 credits
CHE 133 - General Chemistry Laboratory I 1 credit

Total: 15 Credits

SPRING

First Year Seminar 102 Credits: 1 credit
WRT 102 - Intermediate Writing Workshop 3 credits,
CHE 132 - General Chemistry II 4 credits
MAT 126 - Calculus B 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 17 Credits

SOPHOMORE

FALL

BIO 201 - Fundamentals of Biology: Organisms to Ecosystems 3 credits
BIO 204 - Fundamentals of Scientific Inquiry in the Biological Sciences I 2 credits
AMS 102 - Elements of Statistics 3 credits
SUS 113 - Physical Geography Lecture 3 credits
OR
GEO 102 - The Earth 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits

Total: 14 Credits

SPRING

SUS 201 - Systems and Models 3 credits
ENS 119 - Physics for Environmental Studies 4 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

JUNIOR

FALL

SUS 305 - Collective Action and Advocacy 3 credits
BIO 351 - Ecology 3 credits
ENV 320 - Chemistry for Environmental Scientists 3 credits
CHE 311 - Environmental Chemistry Lab 2 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

SPRING

GSS 313 - GIS Design and Application I 3 credits
GSS 314 - GIS Laboratory 1 credit
Group A elective Credits: 3 credits
Group B elective Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 16 Credits

SENIOR

FALL

SUS 301 - Technical Writing and Communication 3 credits
ENV 304 - Global Environmental Change 3 credits
Group A elective Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits

SPRING

SUS 401 - Integrative, Collaborative Systems Studies 3 credits
OR
ENV 487 - Research in Environmental Sciences 0-6 credits
OR
ENV 488 - Internship in Coastal Environmental Studies 0-12 credits,
Group A elective Credits: 3 credits
Group B elective Credits: 3 credits
SBC Credits: 3 credits
Upper-division elective Credits: 3 credits

Total: 15 Credits