Environmental Studies   Department Information   Program Description   Career Opportunities   Scholarship   Advanced Placement   Major Requirements (B.A.)   Other Degree Requirements   Minor Requirements   Undergraduate Courses
Department Information	Department of Geography and Environmental Studies College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences Office: Robinson Hall 220 Phone: (510) 885-3193; FAX: (510) 885-2353 Website: http://class.csueastbay.edu/geography     Professors David Larson (Chair), Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Gary Li, Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo Scott Stine, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley   Associate Professors Karina Garbesi, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Michael Lee, Ph.D. London School of Economics (England) David Woo, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara   Lecturer Ellen Woodard, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley     Please consult the 2009-2010 online catalog for any changes that may occur.
Program Description	The Environmental Studies major is designed to provide an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary overview of the environmental studies field, coupled with an in-depth study of one subfield. The core requires coursework in the sciences and social sciences and students may build options based on one or several related fields in these categories.   As part of the Environmental Studies major, students must select a 20-24 unit program of electives. Five options allow students latitude in providing specialization to a particular field of interest: Human Environment, Physical Environment, Ecology and Life Sciences, Environmental Health, and Land Use Planning and Management. Courses in these options must be distributed across three departments.   Environmental Studies majors are provided internship opportunities through assignments in public and private agencies on projects related to citizen action, environmental planning, or in research. Ten to twenty hours weekly are required. Supervision and evaluation are by agency personnel and the course is conducted by the instructor. The internship may be repeated once for credit.   Student Learning Outcomes Students graduating with a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Cal State East Bay will have achieved the following: 1) recognition of their potential to function as professional Environmental Managers (whether they choose to become one or not); 2) a basic knowledge of politics, law, economics, biology, chemistry, geography and geology; 3) the ability to communicate orally and in writing; 4) the ability to solve basic quantitative problems; 5) familiarity with the practical/field dimensions of a range of Bay Area environmental problems and issues; 6) the ability to assist in the preparation of, and to critically review EIRs/EIAs; 7) a solid understanding of the key interrelationships between society, the economy and the environment.
Career Opportunities	Administrator • Citizen Activist • Consumer Affairs Specialist • Educator • Energy Impact Assessor • Environmental Auditor • Environmental Compliance Officer • Historic Preservationist • Journalist • Land Acquisition Analyst • Lawyer • Librarian • Mediator • Open Space and Recreation Planner • Solid Waste and Recycling Specialist • Water Control Inspector • Watershed Manager
Scholarship	Richard and Evelyn Thoman Scholarship in Geography and Environmental Studies One $500 scholarship awarded for the academic year for full-time undergraduate or graduate studies. Awards are limited to students with upper division or graduate standing. A grade point average of 3.5 or higher is required, and demonstrated scholastic and creative ability in the field of Geography or Environmental Studies.
Advanced Placement	Students who earn a grade of 3 or higher on the College Entrance Examination Board's Advanced Placement Test in Environmental Science will be given 4 units of credit equivalent to ENVT 2000.
Major Requirements (B.A.)	Please consult an advisor in your major department for clarification and interpretation of your major requirements. The major consists of 99-107 units; the B.A. degree requires a total of 180 units.   I.  Lower Division (32-33 units) Ecology/Life Sciences Option students must take BIOL 1401 (5); students in other options must take BIOL 1000, or BIOL 1001 and 1002 (5)   CHEM 1100 (5) ECON 2301 (4) ENVT 2000 (4) GEOG 2100 or 2410 (4) GEOL 1000, or GEOL 1001 and 1002 (5-6) STAT 1000 or 2010 (5)   II.  Upper Division (47-50 units) BIOL 3031 or 3110 (4) ECON 4306 or PHIL 3151 (4) ENVT 3400, 4100, and 4800 (11) ENVT 4910 (2-4) GEOG 3000 (4) GEOG 3450 (5) GEOG 4600 (5) POSC 3460 or 4171 (4)   Any two of the following: ENVT/GEOG 3480, ENVT 4300, GEOG 4125 (8-9)   III.  Program of Electives (20-24 units) Students must select one of the following options. Five or six courses, totaling 20-24 units, distributed across at least three departments, in one of the following five options:   A.  Ecology/Life Sciences BIOL 3015 Natural History of Marine Organisms (4); BIOL 3031 Nature Study (4) or BIOL 3110 Principles of Ecology (4); BIOL 3215 Marine Biology (4), 3216 Freshwater Environments (4), 4130 Biogeography (4); GEOG 4125 Field Course in Physical-Biotic Geography (4); MSC 4103 Marine Ecology (6); SOC 3100 Human Ecology (4)   B.  Environmental Health ANTH 1001 Humanity and Food (4), 3720 Medical Anthropology (4); BIOL 3070 Optimal Nutrition (4), 3410 Epidemiology (4), 4010 Microbes and Humanity (4); GEOG 3340 Urban Planning (4); HDEV 2001 Human Development in Contemporary Society (4); HSC 3200 Environmental Health (4); SOC 3100 Human Ecology (4)   C.  Human Environment ANTH 1000 Introduction to Anthropology (4), 1001 Humanity and Food (4), 1300 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (4), 3000 Anthropology in the Modern World (4); GEOG 2300 Cultural Geography (4), 2310 Economic and Resource Geography (4), 3340 Urban Planning (4), 3360 Historical Geography of North America (4), 3505 Geography of California (4); HDEV 2001 Human Development in Contemporary Society (4); HSC 3200 Environmental Health (4); PSYC 3500 Social Psychology (4); REC 3700 Community Organization in the Urban Setting (4), 4700 Environmental Recreation (4); SOC 3100 Human Ecology (4), 3200 Social Demography (4), 4450 Urban Sociology (4); STAT 3010 Statistical Methods in the Social Sciences (4)   D.  Land Use Planning and Management GEOG 2100 Physical Geography (4), 2310 Economic and Resource Geography (4), 3000 Sustainable Resource Management (4), 3115 Physical Landscape Analysis (4), 3340 Urban Planning (4), 3410 Air Photo Interpretation (4), 3505 Geography of California (4), 3600 Cartographic Principles and Graphic Communication (4), 4320 Energy and Society (4), 4350 Water Resources and Management (4), 4425 Remote Sensing of Earth Environments (4); POSC 1400 Introduction to Public Affairs and Administration (4); POSC 3120 State and Local Politics and Government (4) or POSC 3130 Urban Politics (4), 3800 Public Policy Analysis (4), 4171 Public Policy and the Environment (4); PUAD 4800 The Study of Public Administration (4), 4830 Organization Theory and Human Behavior (4); REC 3700 Community Organizations in the Urban Setting (4), 4300 Physical Setting of Leisure Services (4), 4700 Environmental Recreation (4)   E.  Physical Environment GEOG 2100 Physical Geography (4), 3120 Climatic Change (4), 3115 Physical Landscape Analysis (4), 4125 Field Course in Physical-Biotic Geog. (4); GEOL 1201 Introduction to Oceanography (4) or GEOL 3400 General Oceanography (4); GEOL 2101 (or 2100) Physical Geology (5), 3030 Earth and Life Through Time (5), 3040 Fundamentals of Meteorology (4), 3100 Geology of the Western National Parks (4), 3110 Principles of Geomorphology (4); PHIL 3331 History of Science (4), 3332 Philosophy of Science (4)
Other Degree Requirements	In addition to major requirements, every student must also complete the University requirements for graduation which are described in the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements chapter in the front of this catalog. These include the General Education-Breadth requirements; the second composition (ENGL 1002) requirement; the cultural groups/women requirement; the performing arts/activities requirement; the U.S. history, U.S. Constitution, and California state and local government requirement; the University Writing Skills Requirement; and the residence, unit, and grade point average requirements.
Minor Requirements	The minor is designed to encourage and enable students enrolled in any major to organize their elective courses around a broad study of the environment and its problems from both a social and scientific perspective. The minor consists of 36 units arranged in an integrated pattern, as approved by an advisor. The core program includes three sequential courses (totaling 12 units) which are required of all students in the minor. The remaining 24 units are electives selected from the list below.   I.  Core Courses (12 units) ENVT 2000 Introduction to Environmental Studies (4) ENVT 4300 Environmental Field Studies (5) ENVT 4800 Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies (3)   II.  Electives in Natural Science (8 units minimum) Two courses outside the major department, chosen from the following list, which will be expanded as relevant new courses develop:   BIOL 3110 Principles in Ecology (4); GEOG 2100 Physical Geography (4), 3120 Climatic Change (4); GEOL 1001 Introduction to the Earth Sciences (or 1003 or 1004) (4), 1002 Environmental Geology Laboratory (2) and GEOL 1201 Introduction to Oceanography (4), 2101 Physical Geology (or 2100) (5), 3040 Fundamentals of Meteorology (4)   III.  Electives in Social Science (8 units minimum) Two courses outside the major department, chosen from the following list, which will be expanded as relevant new courses are developed:   ENVT 4100 Environmental Impact Analysis (4); GEOG 2300 Cultural Geography (4), 3000 Sustainable Resource Management (4), 3340 Urban Planning (4); POSC 3460 Environmental Law (4), 4171 Public Policy and the Environment (4); SOC 3100 Human Ecology (4)   IV. Additional Electives (8 units minimum) Chosen from list II or III (above) or from the following list and Independent Study projects. No more than 5 units may be in the department of the undergraduate major:   BIOL 3031 Nature Study (4), 3215 Marine Biology (4), 4010 Microbes and Humanity (4), 4130 Biogeography (4); GEOG 2310 Economic and Resource Geography (4), 3320 Geography of World Agriculture (4), 3340 Urban Planning (4), 4320 Energy and Society (4), 4350 Water Resources and Management (4); GEOL 3400 General Oceanography (4); MSC 4103 Marine Ecology (6); SOC 3200 Social Demography (4), 4450 Urban Sociology (4)
Undergraduate Courses	The course prefix for the following courses is ENVT.   2000     Introduction to Environmental Studies (4) Survey of important local, national, and world environmental problems, emphasizing a multidisciplinary approach. Not open to those with credit for ENVT 2001.   2001     Environmental Perspectives (4) Basic concepts of the global human environment: problems and causes, including ecosystem imbalance, human population explosion, fossil fuel depletion and search for alternatives, air and water pollution, solid and hazardous waste disposal, climate change, deforestation, and rangeland management. Not open to those with credit for ENVT 2000.   3400     Environmental Resource Analysis (4) Quantitative methods for environmental problem solving including unit analysis, computer aided analysis, common functions, statistics, and error analysis.   3480     Applied Field Studies (4) (See GEOG 3480 for course description.)   3999     Issues in Environmental Studies (4) Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in environmental studies. May be repeated for credit when content varies.   4100     Environmental Impact Analysis (4) The language and changing dynamics of the environmental review process. Contents and standards of environmental impact reports and their role in the planning process.   4300     Environmental Field Studies (5) Weekly visits to various sites throughout the Greater Bay Area to observe environmental processes. Natural areas, industrial facilities, environmentally related agencies. Prerequisites: ENVT 4100 and senior standing in Environmental Studies. One hr. lect., 8 hrs. field.   4320     Energy and Society (4) (See GEOG 4320 for course description.)   4800     Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies (3) Problem-oriented around selected topics of environmental concern, and requiring projects or reports. Prerequisites: ENVT 2000, 4300; restricted to seniors completing the major or minor in Environmental Studies.   4900     Independent Study (1-4)   4910     Internship in Environmental Studies (2-4) Assignments in public and private agencies on projects related to citizen action, environmental planning, or in research. Ten to twenty hours weekly. Supervision and evaluation by agency personnel and the course instructor. Students exchange ideas and experiences in weekly group sessions which are conducted by the instructor. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: ENVT 2000 and consent of instructor.
Footnotes	Prerequisite for ECON 4306     If not taken as a required core course alternative.
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