The Environmental Policy Major prepares its students to understand their connection to the environment and acquire the skills to explore scientific and human interrelationships in the global ecosystem.

Managing human interaction with the natural environment, while protecting important natural systems, continues to be one of the critical challenges facing society. Students incorporate environmental biology, chemistry, and geology with public values, economics, law, policy, and planning. Environmental Policy provides hands-on learning opportunities through diverse field-based programs, laboratory, and internship experiences.

Bachelor of Science with a Major in Environmental Policy
Students must take MATH 130 (Calculus I) to fulfill their General Education Math requirement.
LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS		Credits
BIOL 101, 105	Biology I and Lab	4
BIOL 102, 106	Biology II and Lab	4
CHEM 101, 105 or ESCI 101, 105	Chemistry I and Lab or Geology and Lab	4
ECON 101	Microeconomics	3
ECON 102	Macroeconomics	3
INTL 221	Political and Economic Geography	3
INTL 252	International Environmental Issues	3
MATH 251	Statistics	4
	Total Lower Division	28
UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS		Credits
BIOL 381, 385	Ecology and Lab	4
ENVP 423	Environmental Planning and Public Policy	4
ENVP 425	Environmental Law	4
MATH 351	Biological Statistics	4
ENVP 471	Research Methods in Environmental Science	2-3
ENVP 390 or 481	Internship or Senior Research Project	≥ 1
SELECT NINE CREDITS		9
BIOL 356	Birds of the Eastern Sierra and Great Basin
BIOL 357	Lake Tahoe Basin Ecosystems
BIOL 358	Desert and Montane Ecosystems
BIOL 359	Great Basin Flora
BIOL 386	Intertidal Ecology of the Central Pacific Coast
BIOL 407	Conservation Biology
BIOL 420	Tropical Field Biology
ENVS 353	Alternative Energy Systems I
ENVS 354	Alternative Energy Systems II
ENVS 355	Environmental Engineering
	Elective within major
	Internship or Research Project
	Total Upper Division	≥27
Total Environmental Policy major requirements		≥55
CORE Requirements		31
Electives		Up to 34
TOTAL (At least 42 credits must be upper division)		120