GE Pathway: Environmental Sustainability
The Environmental Sustainability GE pathway provides holistic perspectives on environmental issues by exploring relationships between society and nature through interdisciplinary connections of natural science, social science, humanities, and business. Choose courses from this pathway to broaden your awareness of the environment and human interactions with ecosystems, learn different viewpoints about what the concept of "sustainability" means, and meet the challenges of promoting sustainability in the local community and at a global scale.
Students interested in this pathway, have the option of completing a GE minor. See information on GE Minor: Environmental Sustainability.
Pathway Requirements (12 units)
To complete the Environmental Sustainability GE Pathway, students are advised to complete at least four courses (12 units) by choosing one course from four of the following seven categories:
| Category E -- Foundation Seminar | ||
| Leadership for Global Challenges: Citizenship in a Sustainable World (G) | ||
| Science, Environmental Sustainability and Social Responsibility | ||
| GE Category B1 -- Physical Science | ||
| Environmental Geology and Geological Hazards (G; recommend GEOL 1060L to fulfill GE B3.) | ||
| Water in the West (G; both GEOL 2040 and GEOG 2040) | ||
or GEOG 2040 | Water in the West | |
| GE Category B2 -- Life Science | ||
| Sustainable Agriculture | ||
| GE Category B5 -- Upper Division Scientific Inquiry | ||
| Human Ecology | ||
| Chemistry and the Environment | ||
| Natural Disasters (G) | ||
| Energy and the Environment (G) | ||
| Introduction to Systems Modeling | ||
| GE Category C4 -- Upper Division Arts or Humanities | ||
| Analysis of Environmental Discourse (G, WI) | ||
| Environmental Literature (G) | ||
| Environmental Ethics (DI, WI) | ||
| Category D3 -- Social Science Discipline Perspectives | ||
| The Economy: Problems and Perspectives (G) | ||
| Environment and Society (G) | ||
| GE Category D4 -- Upper Division Social Science | ||
| Environmental Sustainability | ||
| Climate Change (G) | ||
| Total | 12 | |