2024-2025 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog

Nov 15, 2024

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2024-2025 Cal Poly Humboldt Catalog

Environmental Science and Management, Ecological Restoration Concentration, B.S. MAP

Major Academic Plans

Students at Cal Poly Humboldt follow many different paths to graduation. Your educational and career goals, as well as personal interests all contribute to planning the courses you take.

Major Academic Plans or MAPs show what courses you might take each semester in order to meet university and major program requirements and graduate with a degree in four years. Discussing course options with an advisor will best serve you in planning a customized schedule to meet your individual academic needs.

Additionally, you may build your personalized plan in DARS planning tools using a program MAP as a resource. Meet with your advisor each semester to assist in planning and to review your progress.

Year 1

Semester 1 (14-15 Units)

GE Area A: Oral Communication COMM 100 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication Units: 3
Major / GE Area B: Mathematics MATH 101 - College Algebra Units: 3 OR (MATH 101I - College Algebra with Integrated Support Units: 3 AND MATH 1 - Support for College Algebra Units: 1 ) ^[1]
Major / GE Area E: Lifelong Learning SCI 100 - Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century Units: 3
Major / GE Area B: Life Science BOT 105 - General Botany Units: 4
Elective Units: 1

^[1] Credit earned for math support course (MATH 1) does not count toward unit requirements for graduation, GE or major.

Semester 2 (16-17 Units)

GE Area A: Written Communication ENGL 102 - Composition and Rhetoric A Units: 3 ^[2] OR ENGL 104 - Accelerated Composition and Rhetoric Units: 3
Optional: ENGL 110 - Academic Literacies Support and Seminar Units: 2
GE Area D: Social Science / Major ESM 105 - Natural Resource Conservation Units: 3
Major (Core) STAT 109 - Introductory Biostatistics Units: 4
GE Area D: Social Science / Major GSP 101 - Geospatial Concepts Units: 3
American Institutions / DCG Domestic / GE Area F NAS 200 - Indigenous Peoples in U.S. History Units: 3

^[2] If ENGL 102 is selected, you will need to take ENGL 103 next semester. Adjust courses in consultation with an advisor.

Year 2

Semester 3 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area A: Critical Thinking
Units: 3
Lower Division GE Area C: Humanities
Units: 3
GE Area B: Physical Science / Major CHEM 107 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Units: 4
Major (Concentration) GSP 270 - Geographic Information Science (GIS) Units: 3
Elective Units: 2

Semester 4 (15 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
Units: 3
GE Area F: Ethnic Studies Units: 3 (Take a course that double-counts for DCG)
American Institutions
U.S. and California Government
Units: 3
Major (Core) ESM 230 - Environmental Methods Units: 3
Major (Concentration) SOIL 260 - Introduction to Soil Science Units: 3

Year 3

Semester 5 (16 Units)

Lower Division GE Area C: Arts
OR
Humanities
Units: 3
ESM 325 - Environmental Law and Regulation Units: 3
Major / UD GE Area B ESM 303 - Applied Natural History and Ecology Units: 4
Major (Concentration) FOR 315 - Forest Management Units: 3 OR RRS 306 - Rangeland Management Principles Units: 3
Major / UD GE Area C ESM 309B - Environmental Communication Units: 3

Semester 6 (15 Units)

Major / UD GE Area D ESM 305 - Environmental Conflict Resolution Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ESM 355 - Principles of Ecological Restoration Units: 3
Major (Concentration) BOT 350 - Plant Taxonomy Units: 4
Elective Units: 3
Elective Units: 2

Year 4

Semester 7 (14 Units)

Major (Core) ESM 435 - Grant Proposal Writing Units: 3
Major (Concentration) WSHD 310 - Hydrology and Watershed Management Units: 4
Major (Concentration) FOR 431 - Forest Restoration Units: 3 OR RRS 430 - Rangeland Restoration and Improvement Units: 3
Major (Concentration) Restricted Elective (consult advisor) Units: 3
Elective Units: 2

Semester 8 (14 Units)

Major (Concentration) ESM 425 - Environmental Impact Assessment Units: 3
Major (Concentration) ESM 455W - Ecological Restoration Capstone Units: 4
Major (Concentration) Restricted Elective (consult advisor) Units: 3
Elective Units: 4