Option 1: Environmental Biology (16 units)
Foundation Areas: (12 or 16 units)
1. Written and Oral Communication:
- a. BIOL 561 - Seminar: Professional Development in Environmental Science (4)
2. Spatial Information and Computer Actuated Databases:
- a. GEOG 469 - Spatial Analysis and GIS Modeling (4)
3. Statistical Analyses and Experimental Design:
- a. BIOL 408 - Experimental Design and Advanced Biometry (4)
- b. MATH 474 - Theory of Probability (4)
4. Public Policy and Environmental Management:
- a. POLS 585 - Seminar: Regulation, the Environment and California Public Policy (4)
- b. SOC 487 - Environmental Policy, Law, and Society (4)
Option Courses: Environmental Biology (16 units)
Provides preparation for a career within academics or agencies in specific research areas such as conservation, pollution, and global change. Professional Experience and Research Experience students must take a minimum of 16 units. Select courses from the list below:
- BIOL 560 - Workshop in Environmental Science (4) - or any other 500 level BIOL course in consultation with the Biology Graduate Advisor
Elective Courses: (or others in consultation with Advisor)
- BIOL 415 - Population Genetics (4)
- BIOL 420 - Global Change (4)
- BIOL 432 - Fundamentals of Toxicology (4)
- BIOL 470 - Conservation Biology (4)
- BIOL 472 - Marine Ecology (4)
- BIOL 473 - Molecular Ecology (4)
- BIOL 540 - Seminar: Data Analysis for the Biological Sciences (3) (3)
- BIOL 543 - Seminar: Ecology - Environmental Biology (3)
- BIOL 545 - Seminar: Genetics Evolution (3)
- PH 526 - Seminar in Health Effects of Environmental Contaminants (3)
Culminating Experiences: Thesis, Reports, Presentations, Exams (14 or 18 units)
Professional Experience students (14 Units)
Professional Experience students must complete the three courses listed below (14 units). For ENVS 595, the student must complete a part- or full-time internship experience of at least one and a maximum of three quarters. Professional Experience students also are expected to present a seminar, either in ENVS 511 or a departmental seminar of a participating department following completion of their internship. Professional Experience students will enroll in four (4) units of ENVS 599: Thesis or Project. Based on their internship experience, Professional students will be required to submit a written report. This report will be approved by their Advisory Committee, which consists of their primary advisor, graduate committee members, and internship advisor(s). They must also pass an oral exam given by their Advisory Committee. The content of the exam will be based on the student’s course of study and topics relevant to the internship experience.
- ENVS 511 (2) or Equivalent
- ENVS 595 - Directed Field Work (1-8) (8)
- ENVS 599 - Thesis or Project (1-4) (4)
Research Experience Students (18 units)
Research Experience students must complete the four courses listed below (18 units). As part of their culminating experience, students are expected to present a seminar, either in ENVS 511 or a departmental seminar of a participating department, upon the conclusion of their research. Research Experience students will enroll in eight (8) units of ENVS 599 during which time they must prepare a Masters Thesis for submission to their Advisory Committee for approval. They must also pass an oral exam given by their Advisory Committee based upon their Master’s thesis research.
- ENVS 511 or equivalent (2)
- ENVS 597 - Graduate Research (1-6) (6)
- ENVS 598 - Graduate Directed Study (2)
- ENVS 599 - Thesis or Project (1-8) (8)