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2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

Environmental Systems Science, Earth and Climate Science Emphasis, B.S. Four-Year Course Plan


All General Education course options can be found here.  

First Year

Fall Spring
ESS 001: Introduction to Earth Systems Science   Major Lower Division ESS Elective
MATH 011: Calculus I  or  MATH 021: Calculus I for Physical Sciences and Engineering   MATH 012: Calculus II  or  MATH 022: Calculus II for Physical Sciences and Engineering   
SPRK 001: Spark Seminar  or SPRK 010: Spark Seminar   WRI 010: College Reading and Composition  
CHEM 002: General Chemistry I   CHEM 010: General Chemistry II  

Second Year

Fall Spring
Major Probability and Statistics ESS 148: Fundamentals of Ecology  or BIO 148  
General Education: AREA B General Education: AREA B
Major Computer Science Requirement Major Lower Division NS/ENGR Elective
PHYS 018: Introductory Physics I for Biological Sciences  and PHYS 018L  OR  PHYS 008: Introductory Physics I for Physical Sciences  and PHYS 008L   PHYS 019: Introductory Physics II for Biological Sciences  and PHYS 019L  OR  PHYS 009: Introductory Physics II for Physical Sciences  and PHYS 009L  

Third Year

Fall Spring
ESS 100: Environmental Chemistry in Natural Sciences   ESS 170: Fundamentals of Soil Science  and ESS 170L  
ESS 110: Hydrology and Climate   ESS 190: Undergraduate Seminar  
General Education: Writing in the Discipline Earth and Climate Science Emphasis Elective
General Education: AREA B General Education: Crossroads

Fourth Year

Fall Spring
Earth and Climate Science Emphasis Elective Earth and Climate Science Emphasis Elective
Earth and Climate Science Emphasis Elective Major Research or Service-Learning Course
Major Upper Division NS/ENGR Elective Major Upper Division NS/ENGR Elective
Free Elective Free Elective