Graduate Programs

Environmental Science Master's Program (M.S.)

Degree Requirements

All students in the master's degree program in environmental science complete 30 units of graduate work. No more than three courses may be at the 500 level. In addition to completing the core courses listed below, all students choose a concentration and select their elective courses from among those courses appropriate for that concentration (see below).

Option 1: Master of Science with Thesis (30 units)

Four core courses, electives appropriate to the concentration (no more than three 500-level courses) and ENVS 897 or two consecutive semesters of ENVS 898.

Option 2: Master of Science without Thesis (30 units)

Four core courses, electives appropriate to the concentration (no more than three 500-level courses) and ENVS 798 (which must be completed successfully the first time attempted).

Required Courses (15 units)

ENVS ENVS ENVS ENVS

601 602 603 604

Topics in Environmental Geology (4) Environmental Chemistry (4) Environmental Law and Regulation (3) Ecosystems Ecology (4)

ENVS

798

Research Practicum (3)

OR

ENVS

897

Research Thesis (6)

OR
Two consecutive semesters of ENVS 898 Research Thesis (3)

Water Resource Management and Assessment Concentration

BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL CHEM ENVS ENVS ENVS ENVS ENVS GEOG GEOG GEOG GEOG GEOG MATH MATH MATH MATH

506 555 601 609 610 653 562 630 635 640 645 650 518 523 587 631 672 545 575 630 632

Limnology (4) Fish Biology (4) Current Topics in Biology (3) Aquatic Community Analysis (4) Population and Community Biology (3) Biology of Freshwater Invertebrates (4) Chemical and Bacteriological Studies on Water Pollution (3) Concepts of Environmental Engineering(3) Wetlands Identification, Conservation and Delineation (4) Ecotoxicology (3) Fluvial Geomorphology and Hydrology (4) Aqueous Geochemistry (4) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3) GIS Application (3) Environmental Impact Assessment (3) Remote Sensing (3) Special Topics [i.e., Water Resources Management] (3) Sampling Techniques (3) Mathematical Models (3) Statistics-An Integrated Approach (4) Computational Stochastic Modeling (3)

Biological Resources Management Concentration

BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL ENVS ENVS ENVS GEOG GEOG MATH MATH MATH MATH

506 510 532 535 555 556 561 567 601 610 635 731 635 640 645 503 587 545 575 630 632

Limnology (4) Conservation Biology (4) Vascular Plant Taxonomy (3) Plant Ecology (4) Fish Biology (4) Ornithology (4) Entomology (4) Herpetology (4) Current Topics in Biology* Population and Community Biology (3) Physiological Plant Ecology (3) Plant Community Ecology (3) Wetlands Identification, Conservation & Delineation (4) Ecotoxicology (3) Fluvial Geomorphology and Hydrology (4) Soils and Vegetation (3) Environmental Impact Assessment (3) Sampling Techniques (3) Mathematical Models (3) Statistics: An Integrated Approach (4) Computational Stochastic Modeling (3)

Wetlands Assessment and Management Concentration

BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL BIOL ENVS ENVS ENVS ENVS GEOG GEOG GEOG GEOG MATH MATH MATH MATH

510 518 535 601 609 635 731 630 635 645 650 518 523 587 672 545 575 630 632

Environmental Conservation (4) Microbiology (4) Plant Ecology (4) Current Topics in Biology (3)* Aquatic Community Analysis (4) Physiological Plant Ecology (3) Plant Community Ecology (3) Concepts of Environmental Engineering (3) Wetlands Identification, Conservation & Delineation (4) Fluvial Geomorphology and Hydrology (4) Aqueous Geochemistry (4) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3) GIS Application (3) Environmental Impact Assessment (3) Special Topics [i.e., Water Resources Management] (3) Sampling Techniques (3) Mathematical Models (3) Statistics: An Integrated Approach (4) Computational Stochastic Modeling (3)

Environmental Spatial Analysis Concentration

BIOL ENVS ENVS GEOG GEOG GEOG GEOG GEOG GEOG GEOG GEOG GEOL MATH MATH MATH MATH

601 635 645 503 516 518 523 557 587 631 672 515 545 575 630 632

Current Topics in Biology* Wetlands Identification, Conservation & Delineation (4) Fluvial Geomorphology and Hydrology (4) Soils and Vegetation (3) Quantitative Methods in Geography (3) Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (3) GIS Application (3) Studies in Natural Hazards (3) Environmental Impact Assessment (3) Remote Sensing (3) Special Topics [i.e., Water Resources Management (3) Hydrogeology (4) Sampling Techniques (3) Mathematical Models (3) Statistics: An Integrated Approach (4) Computational Stochastic Modeling (3)

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